The age-herald., 1901-11-07
MEN CHEER, WOMEN WEEP AS
 RAINIER TELLS OF ADMIRAL
 SCHLEY'S GREAT NOBLE HEART
DRAMATIC SCENE BETWEEN
 COUNSEL IN SCHLEY CASE

W NOVemDer o---n nlle NIT. Rayner was discussing the testimony of Lieutenant Potts before the Schley court of inquiry this afternoon, he said that Lieutenant-Commande Potts had said that he was always scared in battle. Captain Lemly protested against this lan- guage, and sharp verbal encounter be- tween the two occurred.
 MT. President" ,said Captain Lemly. "counsel is not abiding by the facts Lieu tenant Commander Potts has never said that he was always scared when he was in battle. He is traducing the reputation of an officer who is well known to you, an officer of ability and high standing Many instances have occurred in which counsel has absolutely misstated the ev- idence."
 Mir. Rayner And you have no right to traduce the reputation of Admiral Schley You say I have made a remark that he said he was scared"
 Captain Leruiy: There again he Is in- accurate, and is not stating facts.''
 MT. Rayner then read from the evidence of Mir. Potts to. prove his statement about the latter being scared. How does that suit you?'
 Tt does not suit" Captain Lemly said. q still say it is incorrectly stated, and
 
 show that you are criticising one man for not doing what another man never at- tempted to do."
 MT Rayner next devoted his attention to the message delivered by the Eagle to Commodore Schley when the latter was enroute to Cienfuegos and met Captain McCalla's suD-squadron returning to Key West
 Telling of the landing of the Scorpion "Where Is the megaphone message of Commander Southerland? Is 1t still in the megaphone? Or Is it vibrating upon the tropical breezes of the Carlo bean sea? Southerland must either have gotten at the wrong end of the instrument or perhaps the instrument was the stadimer and was not correct on recording sounds at distance of thirty yards. At any rate the message that the Scorpion did receive, which has been sent to US by Commander Marx from the Philippines, was what? That there was an insurgsnt camp in the vicinity of Cienfuegos? Oh no. That signal code had been agreed upon with the friendly natives? Oh no. These are all mysteries that it was not proper to communicate to the commander of the flying squadron. in- stead of that dull thud fell upon his listening and anxious ears. No news of the Spanlards' was the thrill Ing intelligence he received, and with it the Eagle and her megaphone went on her way rejoicing and the Marble head sped to the presence of her com mander-in-chief at Key West with this profound secret buried in the bosom of her fearless commander"
 LIEUTENANT HOODS
 UNFORTUNATE POSITION.
 In connection MT. Rayner referred to the testimony of Lieutenant Hood, which he said he did not like. He thought that the lieutenant had put himself in a place in which 1t was impossible for him to extracate himself because he had con- demned the comma nder in chief more severely than he had criticised Admiral Schiey. He could not he said believe what the lieutenant had said concern ing the messages written and verbal, which he had carried to Commodore Schley from Admiral Sampson It was un- conceivable that the commander in chief would give him a dispatch outlining his uncertainty as to the presence of the Spaniards at Cienfuegos and at the same time would give the lieutenant verbal messages saying he was positive that they were there. Without impugning any officer of the American feet" MT. Rayner declared that Admiral Schley was the victim of unfortunate circum- stances or combinations that left him l. k,k Aa ttr., r,ff fk..n Spanish fleet"
 Concerning the question of coalinS at sea MT. Rayner read the testimony of several witnesses to prove the great diffl- culties such task involved. He said that all they wanted to prove was that Admiral Schley was honest, that he in- formed the department of his anxiety regarding the coal supply, and he acted | according to the dictates of his own con scious. He said the question was not how long the fleet could have remained off Santiago on blockade but what the fleet could have done had the Spaniards come out He was prepared to prove that one ship could not have followed the Spaniards six hours and have had enough coal left to return to Key West Coming to the reconnaissance of May 31 MT. Rayner contended that 1t had been Commander Schley's chief intention to de- velop the Spanish land batteries and In this he said he had been emlnently suc- cessful. He claimed that the man who was in command at such a time should be given great discretion for he must necessarily know more of the situation than the gentlemen who make out battle plans at home on charts, with compass and lead pencils and direct other people thousands of miles away how to fight a battle BRIsToL's VISION
 A DIVINE INSPIRATION.
 | MT. Rayner referred satiracaliy to the testimony of Lieutenant Bristol, saying. among other things:
 His vision was divine inspiration. | Sextants and stadimeters, compass bear ings, government measurements and Photographic plates were all dim and ob- l scure in comparison with the miraculous powers of his unaided vision, which lit up and illumined the entire harbors of Cienfuegos and Santiago with the uner- ring precision of the morning sunbeams. Government experts with mathematical accuracy had measured the heights of Morro Castle and Zocapa battery, but down they came 100 feet when they en- countered Bristors miraculous eye"