The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-26

of all dispatches that were addressed to or intended for Commodore ,schley or the
 The witness identified one dispatch printed in the appendix in reply to the Bureau of Navigation May 2, 1898
 The court at this point adjourned for luncheon.
 THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
 When the court reconvened after lunch- con, MT. Raynor resumed his cross ex- animation of Admiral Cotton. His first effort was to reconcile certain dates, saying that 1t was most important that were Intended for the Harvard and were they should be correct. He would admit the delivery of one dispatch on the Eth. but the contention was that the other dispatches were delivered on the 3lst.
 He called the AdmiraFs attention to the he had said he delivered on May N had been dated in Washington on that day. The dispatch in which Secretary Long had instructed the commander as n,9.,a1s to the whether Cervera's fleet was in Santiago harbor. The Admiral said If he had said that this dispatch was delivered on 1t was delivered on the 31st after his return from Kingston. He was certain, however that he had delivered more
 than one dispatch to Commodore schley II delivered to Commodore Schley two dispatches on the morning Of May Znn: | think it probable that among the dis. patches which I speak of having handed him on that day there may have been | some which were addressed to me ana not I to him. which contained information sucn
 as thought he should have: Of these, | two dispatches addressed to him one | was from Admiral Sampson. - Recurring to his conversation with Ad- mlral Schley concerning the coal supply l said that Admiral Schley had expressed great anxiety on that point, such as any Commander would have felt, he said, un- | der the circumstances. Mr. Raynor attempted to have Admiral Cotton say that his conversation witn Admiral Schley concerning Lieutenant Beaiis proposition to go ashore nao oot,- 0c of May. The witness said that this might possibly be the case, put that to his best recollection the conver-
 sation occurred ntn;nsd on the nfn' that Admiral SchIey had on the 31st sent man ashore
 to communicate with the insurgents which would explain Aomirai ochley
 declination of Lieutenant beah N propos'-
 The witness said that up to May 24th he did not know of the presence or the
 Spanish fleet within the nsrDor anw other d oS of fcer who had that information at that
 ''tn' On redirect examination; Admiral Got; ssd ton said he was satisfied that he had
 Bealls proposition on the 27th.
 An Unpublished Dispatch.
 MT Hanna here introduced copy or
 a iIspatch from Admiral Sampson, which ! had been received by the HaTvaro ana which had not been made public hereto, fore It was stated that this message had | been written on May 2. A notation on l if showed that 1t had been receiveo on
 May SS The disPaschn tSs hsTSsrd was n at Mole St.. | Nicholas. It was translated by Lieuten- | ant BealI and as presented read: ,s
 "The Spanish squadron at SannaEio. Haatisgn n communicate with schley if he theyl
 moves west. Schley Is expected May A l at Santiago from Cienfuegos. Ieiegrapnl
 me from Nicholas Mole 10 Ney atter for
 Scbiev, Then go to Santiago to meet
 him. I shall be at Cay Franels "ion rn | snuadron, If two scouts are avaliaple one
 should keep track of the spanish '40"u
 roA Admiral Cotton said that if he had ever l aix,en that dispatch to Admiral Schley II had been on the 27th and not on the "is'
 ol MT. Raynor here raised the point that | the document read was copy amo no to | the original. He also called aIteIlttos loeo So
 the fact that the aeiS reports of the Navy | F1enartment An animated controversy | followed in which MT. Raynor commentea,
 upon the inaceuracyd ydsd or tne tne oTieinaI % dis | reports. fte
 pa'sTrbb p'Tb,s ah is an inquiry and not prosecu, | tion. and you are here 10 protSece eme rta
 vindicate Admiral schley as mucn as we
 aTsi Ie said Admiral schley had turned in | ali his papers and that Admiral Saisp- s
 sons papers should also De aVsiiSo'e io' | the purposes of the court tho
 ' aptain Lemiey then produced the | orSsjpaI cipher copy of the dispatch ana
 asked Admiral Cotton: .. ,,o,,r Enow,-
 aa1e and belief, and your best recollec- | einS, of the subject, you delivered on the
 SSth of May to Commodore Schley thlS
 dispatch?" .on,,aaee and be- lief [ delivered a copy of that dispatcnn to SchIey on May N on Santlago Su9 T that ts one of the dispatches 10 WnlSn .t |
 referred as having deilyerer ds,irered a COT copy of
 that dispatch because 1t was important information for him and he was men Ultimately MT. Raynor consenteo to oo cept the copy as correct.
 MT. Raynor Objects.
 This point settled. counsel for the ae- partment passed to the point concsrnite co,I te inc proposition of Lieutenant besn to | communicate with the Cuban insurgents on shore and in doing so caused another ohiection to be raised by MT. Kaynor' The question was put up by MT Hanna
 who said: .x .,ou u,o,,Id
 
 have considered that you had dlscnarg- ed your whole duty, having knowleags } of this, if you had not communicated } with Commodore Schey?" .. MT Raynor indicated an oo1ecuoh You are not pressing question oi ''if To this Admiral Dewey interjected: "The witness has already stated tha very fact .,. ra.sor , for verifying his recollection, put th' question is asked here whether ne per Admiral Dewey-As the witness said | that he considered he had done his whole duty. I think he has answered that. was struck with that very phrase ana | thought how much time we were vast, } ing asking the same question over ane over again"
 Captain W. c. Wise Testifies. } Captain William c. Wise, who was 1T command of the auxiliary cruiser 1ai' } followed Admiral Cotton on the Wlt } ness stand. He told of his reconnoiter
 ing about Santiago Harbor on May 2
 and May g, previous to the arrival ol
 inc flying squadron. He said he had no'
 been able to see anything of the Spanish
 Captain Wise related how he had come
 m with the fiy:nL squadron cn Santiago
 just as 1t had begun Its retrograde move l oNA tnld of