Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-10-10

nothing more, we shall continue 10
hold Havana and Santiago " Admiral
Hchley, In the letter which be suisse.
quently sent to the Senate naval com
mittee. called attention to this mad
vertenoe, and in parenthesis, in the
copy Of the letter which he used, said
Evidently this should be Cienfuegos,"
Judge Advocate Lemly refused to I'D
NIT an error had been made by Ad-
mirAl Sampson, and declared that he
should stand on the record II Cien-
fuegos were to he accepted by the court
as being in Admiral SIMPSONS mind
when he used the word Santiago, he In;
sisted that the defence should prove the
fact, and offered to call any witness on
| the list of witnesses for the government
| or for the defence whom Mr.. Rayner
! might desire. MIR. Rayner replied that
IL might be well 70 call Admiral stamp.
son himself. This, of course, Capt.
Lemly declined 10 do, un!esa Sampson
be called as n witness for the defence
/ Tbat there Is great naLtri In such
courss for. Sohley goes Without aayinR.
CART Stayton, when here asst Satur.
day, after asking the previous day to
be recognized as counsel for Admira'
Sampson, which the court refused 70
do, stated that Admiral Sampson, ii be
should go on the witness stand, wopp
be able to testify to events OF VIII oh De
might have knowledge. but his physi
cal condition was such that he would
be of necessity be obliged to 81 eRiS yery
slowly, and the court would be asked
too snow him all possible innuignce on
this account. Ue also SAID thar, in his
Judgment, Admiral Sampson, under
severe cross examination, would hardly
be equal to any great strain. and CuG d
ne likely to be confused ia his ideas
ana expressions u is stated on good
authority that admiral llawey and his
associates on tile court we're carefully
advised of these fRcts with regard tc
the mental and physical coalition Of
Admiral Sampson, and they are titmfy
resolved that Sampson shall not be
drawn into the proceedings, II IL can
, be fairly prevented. Justice and risht
to all concerned ileing taken into nc.
count. The frienus OF Admiral Schley
we're last night very much concerned
about the matter, and fearful of the
CONSTITUENCIES to him, If he should per.
init his counsel to take the decisive
action of calling Sampson ns a witness
for the defence They believe that this
, would prejudice Sohley'a case with the
court. bring upon him tho charge OF
inbumanity and deprive him OF the
} sympathy which may have heen created
} for him by the testimony thus lar taken.
} Washington. Oct 5. - Lieutenant.
: Commander ,lIodgsou, formerly navi.
} gator OF Commodore Schley's flagship,
/ the Brooklyn, cor tinued his Testimony
| before the Schley Court Of Inquiry to-
/ day. after some OF the other witnesses
of yesterday had been given an oppor.
3 tunity to correcr their testimony. Wher
l the court adjourned last night, Dom
j mander iodgson was in tho hands Of
3 Judge Advocate Lemly, whoss examina
! tion Of him partook very largely Of th,
Q nature Of croes examination. This
t was due to the fact that Mr.. Hodgsor
! had been called by DO h sides Of the
< controversy. and was considered ever
Q more Schley witness than govern
7 ment witness. Capt. Lemly and Mr.
llama continued the inquiry for th,
government at the beginning Of thu
8 sitting today, alter which Mr.. Raynel
Z began SERIES q questions intended Il
d present the Schley side OF the conduct
o of the Brooklyn during not only th'
n battle Of July 3D. but Of the entrl
3 Santiago campaign.
b Tho iirstof the witnesses OF ERE
. vious day who were recalled to corroc
Q testimony was Lieut.. Doyle, who wa
o on tho Brooklyn during the battle Of
b Ssntisgo lie made number o
= changes 10 phrasoology. Ills attention
l. was called to an error In his iorinel
!. testimony in stating the distance Tn
d brnoklyn stood out from the Moro a
J. Santiago la reply to question from
. the court. lie had formerly placed thi
q distance at two or three miles, but ha
Il orroneousy basad his statement ON th
n log for uns 18th, instead OF May 2Sth
!, BOOKING ut the log for May 26th. b
found only ono ,stiinete Of the distanc
!. out, placing 1t at seven miles.
n Mhsb Lieut.. Doyle was excused, Capt
j, Lemly again brought up the questio
n OF tho difference al construction Of tn
J last paragraph OF the "Dear Schley'
" letter. lie produced the original copy
:. read,ug part Of the paragraph, a. TO
10 lows: therefore, atm Of the opinio
!. that cur best chance OF success in cal
"a turing their ships will be TO huld tn
{ two points, Cienfuegos aud Havana
IL with all tliH force we can muster.
y later it should develop that these yesse
~ are at Santiago, We could then assetnb
pif char port tho ships rest suited 10
10 Until we. then, receive more positiy
ly informa ion, so shall continue to hol
10 Havana and Santiago.
to. Capt Lelny than said: III the cou
al piease, ! was yesttrdny requested
COUNSEL for the Applicant 10 produ,
a the original OF The letter from Admir-
be Sampson 20 Commodore 9chlHy date
be Msy goth, 1893, the question: being as
or the final dame at the end OF the iri
ey paragraph, whether IL SHOULD be 'Ciel
BIT fuegos' or Santiago. 1 have ii
%. original, and tia name appears SAINT
d, ago, and appears over an e-asure.
i'm invite attention to the fact that In u
ds press copybook it Is Santiago, viii,
OF shows that the change was made befo
ns the letter was pfesscopied and sent.
go will add that the punctuation Is, rs
he stated yesterday, the same as in II
he press copy" lie also, at the rsque
Of Of Admiral Schley's counsel, prudIc,
he another copy, "in which,. he sal
he you will see there was no corrertio
he 1t appears originally as Santiago. -
en- The ouiirt examined the origin
lid papers and the press copies with car
10 aud IL was agreed that the pape
to should again be printed in the recur
lse Capt. Lemly then requested that ,
tes the papers ID Admiral Schley's POSSE
nd sion bearing up on the case be supple
and Mr. Rayner replied for the Admit
yn that he admiral Schley) had no INC
he papers, .,ss 4..s
l." Lieutenant Commander Albion
ger Hodgson was then called to contin
ON his Testimony Of yesterday. lie "
est asked by Capt. Lemly about Ills corr
ley sloldente with Admiral Schley &C
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