Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-09-24
|SCHLEYS FAMOUS LOOP
Another Point is Touched Upon in the
Testimony Before the Schley Court 4
g. - = of Inquiry. 4s 4
Commander Heilner, Navigation Off.
GERS of Texas, Says His Ship i
; = -.,5ss Was in Danger.
Schley's Attorneys Give Reasons for
the Continual Reference to Ad-
miral Sampson.

Washington, Sept. 24.-The Sch1ey
sourt of inquiry resumed at II a. m.
Captain Lemly presented the deck
log books Of the Brooklyn, Texas,
Iowa, Castine, Marblehead, Massachu-
setts, Minnesota, New Orleans, st.
Paul, Oregon, Scorpion, Yale, Vixen,
Eagle, Dupont, Hawk and Merrimac.
"How about the New York;" asked
Judge Wilson. "I want to expedite
the proceedings" ~.
~"I have no objection" responded
Captain Lemly. II, too, want to has
ten the proceedings as much as pos
sible." sr.
Proceeding, Captain Lemly said he
had suggested such logs as he con-
sidered essential and that he would
have printed the points considered
pertinent.
Captain Lemly also presented the
steam logs of the Brooklyn, MasSachu-
setts, Iowa, Texas and Marblehead
Admiral Schley's counsel asked to
have the log of the Spanish ship Girls
tobal Colon presented. This was
agreed to.
Commander Schroeder was recalled
and asked If be desired to make any
corrections in the official record Of his
testimony of Saturday.
"There is one omission from Admir-
al sSchley's remarks on the Massachu-
setts on the day of the bombardment
of the Colon which overheard which
1 should like to supply" he replied.
ut is this. He said when he came
aboard that Admiral Sampson would
be there on the following day. He
made that statement in connection
with his remark that he was going in
to sink the Colon"
/ Commander Schroeder was then
asked concerning the coal supply of
the Massachusetts, and when he re-
piled that he had no information on
that point he was asked to read the
/ log to secure this information. Coun-
sci for Admiral Schley objected, but
Assistant Judge Advocate Hanna in
sisted, saying that Admiral Schley's
counsel were merely creating delay by
/ their objections. ~
+ The objection to the question was
not pressed and upon reading from the
log Commander Schroeder said it
showed that the Massachusetts, had
over 500 tons of coal aboard when 1t
arrived at Santiago.
When Commander Schroeder left
the stand he was requested to return
and correct the official copy of his
testimony if necessary.
49,, Commander HeiIner Called.
Lieutenant Commander l.. G. He'll
ner, who was navigator of the Texas
during the Spanish war, was next call
ed. He said he had heard no guns
fred when the squadron approached
Cienfuegos. To his knowledge no eff
fort was made to ascertain whether
the Spanish fleet was in the harbor at
that point or to destroy Spanish works
there. Nor had there been any effort
to communicate with Cubans on shore
until Captain McCal1a arrived on the
Marblehead. = Nv.
He told how the fleet had proceeded
from Cienfuegos to within 20 miles of
Santiago. "We had,". he said, good
weather; fresh wind and sea that
was moderate to rough" None of the
fighting ships had delayed the feet,
he said, but some of the smaller YES
sells had. The fleet was signalled that
the rendezvous would be Is miles due
south of Santiago. - ~
The witness was then asked to de-
scribe the battle of July and did SO
In DETAIL referring, at length to the
now famous "loop''s of the Brooklyn.
~ IL MI eyso ne is ct toru toi,
Lemly asked: "2 IT, e-I;s .-r77,e;!s - 4. s>s
IS E ''tAt what time during the battle OF
Santiago did You consider that the
Mr.. Raynor objected, contended that
such opinions were shut out by pre-
5vious ruling of the court. r. :}s#: z5..?1
The court oyerruled the objection
and the question was repeated. s.54 is
4 N 554STs'L ooking back, responded the wit:
ness, ttsI know that the time OF the
greatest oanger of the Texas was
when the Brooklyn loomed up out Of
the smoke right ahead OF us.
He said in response to questions
that he never had sailed with a man
VINO had quicker sight or who handled
his ship to better advantage than
Captain Phillips He added that the
captain had on this occasion given
successive orders and that the Texas
had backed until Ii was dead In the
water. He said that on account Of
4 this incid lent two or three minutes had
been lost and that fully three miles.
were. lost to the ship. Il A part Of this
delay had, however, he said, been
caused on account OF the fault of the
ships blowers, rend dering the vessel
slow in getting up steam s5s NJ;
Referring TO Commodore Schley's
blockade of Santiago harbor the wit
sness said that during the ay the dis.
tance was 1--WE or: six miles out, but
that in steamins across the mouth of
the harbor ait i'll igilt II, the distance was
gradually Increased. On the day