The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-28

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memorandum had been received at SIS
a. m. May %. The witness Identified
these as the orders he had carried. He
also said that he had carried two other
envelopes. one containing oruers trvm
the department and the other q mem.
orandum which had not been read to
him.
Ho said he had arrived OF Cienfuegos
at Z a. IN. May 23 and had gone aboard
the Brooklyn for the purpose Of deliv-
erlng the dispatches.
Couldn't Go to Santiago.
In response to request from the
Judge advocate Lieutenant Hood relat.
ed the conversation he had had with
Admiral Schley after delivering the or.
ders, saying that he (the witnsss) had
told the admiral that 1t was Admiral
SIMPSONS wish that the flying squad.
ron should proceed Immediately to San.
tiago. as his information was very pos.
tive. His statement was as follows:
Commodore Schley read the dispatch.
es and then. turning to me. said: Cap.
tain. Admiral Sampson wishes me to
60 to Santiago. I cannot do IT, I
told Commodore Schlsy that the admi.
raj certainly expected the squadron to
leave the instant l arrived.
Commodore Schley then said in
nearly these words: I am not at all
satisfied that the Spaniards are not
here in Cienfue2os. Besides, my ships
all want coal He said that the Mas
sachusetts, Texas and the Brooklyn
wanted so many tons Of coal and that
the day before Captain Sampson had
sent him down the Iowa with only half
her coal supply, so that she could not
60 anywhere; that it was useless to
send ships down there only half filed
with coal
~ told Commodore Schley that had
passed collier conveyed by gunboat
only little before daylight that morn.
ing. and it would certainly be there
with at least 1000 or 5000 tons of coal
within two or three hours. He referred
again to his belief of the Spaniards be-
ing In Cienfuegos and stated that he
had heard some firing about forty miles
from port, which he took to be a vel
come to the Spanish squadron. He had
also seen some smoke, which he con.
ceived TO be the Spanish squadron. and
he believed they were there. said to
Commodore Schley then that the infor
nation which the admiral had he con.
Sidered as definite. He had no doubt
that the Spanish squadron was at San.
tiago.
snmpson's Information Definite.
Commodore Schley then said to me,
Captain Sampson does not understand
He Is not on the spot and cannot
judge. l also Informed Commodore
Schley that they certainly expected thu
squadron to leave Immediately and thai
had verbal orders from the command
er in chief to remain with the Hawk
alone ut Cientuegos after the squadron
had gone and conduct blockade for
day or two or as long as my coal sup
ply lasted
"Descrihe the commodore's manner
upon this OCCASION" said Captain Lem
ly.
"The commodore was sitting in hia
chair all the time was talking to him
very quietly. lie seemed to me very
much perplexed as to what to do"
''Do You remember whether there
was anything said about communica.
tion with the insurgentsT
There was something said by me-"
"In the commodore's presenceT"
NO chief of staff on deck. The com.
modore was in the cabin"
can you state whether or not during
the time you We're in Cienfuegos with
the Hawk any effort was made to COM
municate with the insurgent Cubans?"
There was not"
The witness then testified that the
steamer Adula i'll passing had reported
to the Brooklyn that cable report had
been received at Kingston on May 10
saying that the Spanish squadron was
In the harbor at Santiago. Admiral
Schley's report Of this occurrence was
also read, us was his statement dis.
crediting the information because he
then believed the squadron to be In
Cienfuegos hnrbor. All these reports
have heretofore been published.
Mr.. Rayncr began bis cross examina.
ton and had not proceeded far when
The court took an adjournment.
Just before adjournment Judge AL
vocntc Lemly read a letter from Ad.
niral Sampson dated at Lake Sunapee
\. H., sept ?. asking that Messrs
Stayton and Campbell be allowed to
him in the case. The court
lecided that they could not appear.