The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-10

Higginson says about Commander
Schleys manner and bearing upon
that occasion He says: His manner
was that Of -in-chief.' He
left different impression in your mind
from what he left on Captain Hig
ginson's mind, then2"
Apparently"
Differed With His Captain.
Had Captain Higginson opportunity
to observe him on mat OCCASION
mot as much as l did"
Why was that?"
Because Captain Higginson was in
the coming tower and L was out
side
Did not Captain Higginson have any
conversation with the commodore at
that time?"
From time TO time. yes"
What do you mean by mental ex-
citement?'
II quoted conversations that I had
had. The first thing was the apparent
anxiety of Commodore SchIey about US
ing the coming tower Secondly his
stating that at a distance of FIVE to- six
niles men standing on the forward
thirteen-inch turret were conspicuous
objects.
did the commodore use the coming
tower?"
L did not see the commodore go into
the coming tower. To the best of my
knowledge and belief he did not. He
was outside the coming tower and be-
tween the coming tower and the heavy
plate that protects the manhOle in the
coming tower. My preconceived idea
of Commodore Schley previous to that
| occasion was so entirely different from
| the impression I received on that day
concluded that he certainly was I'M
der tremendous mental strain
Have you ever been under any men,
i tai strain in time of hattie 2,'
| Il have been scared
Schley's Mental Strain.
Have you any other facts from
| which you base your statement to the
court that he was laboring under men
tai excitement, except the facts which
you have given?'
Yes. When Commodore Schley came
on board the Massachusetts, he stated
/ In distinct terms that he was going in
to destroy the Colon. The Colon was
not destroyed. When he left the shiI
he called II a reconnaissance drawing
the fire of the batteries and developing
their weakness or strength
do you gather from that that he
was laboring under great mental ex-
citement2"
From that and from circumstances
have already stated from my obser.
walton of him from the time he came
aboard the ship until he left
Suppose you were made aware OF
the fact that when he entered into
| that engagement he was under obliga-
| tons to the navy department to not en-
gage in battle if there was any danger
of the shore batteries Gripping the
| ships, would you say. II you knew Of
that, that he was still laboring under
great mental excitement?''
| II cannot answer that"
Captain Lemly objected to the intro
duction Of the navy departments order.
as evidence. but the court decided they
| could be put in, and Mr.. Raynor in
! troduced an order TO COmmodOr,
Schley. Mr.. Raynor then asked con
Cienfuegos and the witness said tina
on May 2S it had been what is called
dirty" There was an easterly wine
; and a moderate sea-
Thought They Were Conspicuous.
The witness said on further exami
nation that Lieutenant Commando
Schroeder, Lieutenant Sears and Ii III
tenant Wells had been present durin,
the bombardment of the Colon, wheI
Commodore Schley had remarked tina
as they were conspicuous objects OF
the thirteen-inch turret it would be bet
ter to move away.
Referring to the Spanish shore bat
teries at Santiago, Commander POtt
said they would have been no menaC
to armored ships passing them.
At the suggestion Of Judge AdvocaJ,
Lemly and in accordance with the de
cision OF the court, Mr.. Raynor her
formally introduced as evidence tn
order from the navy department con
corning the exposition of the American
ships to the fire of the shore batteries
The order is that issued by Secretar7
Long April S, 1898. and directed to Ad
miral Sampson. The court asked ques
tions as follows:
Can you give the distance the larg
vessels were from the entrance L
Cienfuegos on the early morning @
either the 22nd or 23rd of May?"
Il do not recollect being nearer thai
have said. four or five miles. It di,
not measure the distances there
J What efforts were made by the YES
sells of the flying squadron prior to III