The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-11-08
HOLDS HIS OWN 10 THE FINISH
sCHLEY's ORIufNAL REPORT WAS
REJECTED BY ADMIRAL
q SAMPSON. ,,
COURT ASKS SOME QUESTIONS
But NONE OF THEM RELATE TO
THE BATTLE OF SAN
TIAGO.

Washington, Nov. 1. = The cross-eX-
animation of Admiral Schley by Judge
Advocate Lemly was finished at 1856
o'clock yesterday. Half an hour after
the court reconvened for the afternoon
session, the judge advocate announced
that he had no more questions to ask
the witness, and Mr.. Rayner, Schley's
chief counsel, said he had nothing to
ask in rebuttal. Admiral Dewey said
he had come questions to ask and pro-
ceeded to query the applicant on several
points of the campaign already gone
into. His questions, which were read
by Mr.. Hanna, touched many points Of
the campaign Of the flying squadron,
but mainly centered about the diff
culties encountered in coaling and the
reasons for the retrograde movement.
Not one of them related to the battle Of
Santiago.
During the forenoon Mr.. Lemly's fire
Of questions was more searching than
at any time since Schley took the stand,
but the witness displayed remarkable
GOODNESS and possession, some of
his witty answers
Nonplussing His Questioner.
At the opening the witness in reply to
Capt. Lemly defended at some length
his plan of blockade, and condemned
the circular blockade as impracticable.
The admirars attention was called to
Capt. Foiger's statement that the later
had advised him to go in closer at
Santiago and his own statement that
on the next day Capt. Folger had sig
nailed him that they were within range
of the batteries. The admiral. in reply,
changed the date of the signal to a day
later. He read Fodger's signal, II
think the forts may open at this range"
He said when Folger made this signal
the squadron was in practically the
same position as on the day Folger tes-
titled he had asked the admiral to go i'll
closer.
Here followed an examination of the
various signals from the Massachu-
sets on May 81. the day of the bonn
bardment of the Colon, which the admi-
raj verified. At the same time he re-
marked that he thought there We're
Other Signals Unrccorded.
One of the most important features
of the day was the development of the
fact that the report of the battle writ
not the original report. The original
report never has been published, and
in accordance with a previous decision
the court declined to let it go into the
record. Admiral Schley was allowed to
explain, however, that Admiral Samp-
son declined to receive the first report
because it did not mention the presence
of the New York.
II felt that the victory at that time"
said Admiral Schley in explaining the
matter was big enough for ali, and
knew if the New York had been pres
ent she would have done as good work
as anybody else"
Capt. Thomas Borden of the marine
corps, who was aboard the Brooklyn,
will be the last witness called by Admit
raj Schley After he testifies to-day the
judge advocate will put on the stand
the witnesses in rebuttal. of whom
there are understood to be about fifteen,
and 1t is probable that Admiral Schley's
counsel will call several witnesses in
sur-rebuttal.
Schley's Original Report
It was learned last night that the
original and unpublished report Of Ad-
miral Schley Of the battle of Santiago
to Admiral Sampson referred to in the
proceedings yesterday was of prelim-
mary character and differed from that
subsequently made in that it omitted
mention altogether Of the cruiser New
York, and that it also requested that
Admiral Sampson have the command
ing officers or captains of the vessels
engaged transmit to him tSchley) their
detailed accounts of the action in order
that he might write full and complete
official report of the battle