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y do not know jus, when IL ~~ received
said Capt. L.mly.
Mr. Raynor said he would HI To hs the
date Of the reccipt Of the letter, and ~"
vessel from which II was rcCeiN'Sl. There
must he some indor-enient Then Nh.
Raynor made tllese remarks. taken from
the Official report, which appear 20 Indicate
an intention on the Part ot Admiral Schey
70 abardon his statement to ine sr1al. .
tommittee. that b" received w" bear
Schl.y- letter ON May 2S
1t appcar- Ia In an opan question "a
To whether the Dupont carried that de-
spatch. There II no doubt thai the Dupont
carried that despatch and delivered II. 4.
but whether the Iowa carried n duphcat.
Of that despatch II l. impossible - ell
from a rigid examination Of all ihcr" docu-
m.ntz and ". should like To get tie vessel
that carried II aud III" date, n ynu nave
IL. II you have not Of cours' W. cannot
get H.
The Juog. Advocate This ~ not material.
VI. expect to show when that Nas received
a. the proper tinr. hut W. cannot show
u by this witness Admiral tott"nl, ~
course
Nj Rsvnpr Have you th" original
Of No THE Dear Schl"y- l"uerl'
Tie judy, Adyocai. That is ~" original
pArr wHEN REcKIyEn ALrELEp
Mr. Raynor The Original hs- an in
dUr--ineni on the hack showing when
II was received has II not'
received bv th. Dupon'' II that j. 81"
~. can fiN ~" date
Mi Ravnor- II You will allow me-, 'he
Iowa got there on the ?2d, aud 'h" Dupont
got Their, un the .ad think 49, 'tn agree
on thi. The Iona glt there Al I - u VI.
un MAY % as shown hy the ApprndiN. IN
Dupont got ih"r. pu NAV ?2staA VI lf'ie
th, Iowa did Admiral Sainfsson says her"
that a copy Of this de-patch went WIN lhr
Iowa and another COPY with th. Dupont
IL A.. f.sI think That !. stFTtiI.
bu' the Dupnnt evidently cam" ther" "h
NAV - ate VI What ". wotlu like 20
find ont is ~hrn the Dupon' delivered 'hi-
dispatch ! thought II YOU had the original
there must have been an lpdur-"in"ni on
it showing when u was received
MIR Hanna Is--,-taut 10 the Judge
Advocatei II app.ar- not. eN""rn a ISn"h
Endorsement. which ~ ht,l" obscure.
having ts-'n changed form one hguro u"
another
Mr. Ravno- )After examining the pap"rl
That Irncil indur-"m"nt apIss'r- ln i+
very plain. II - an alteration, and tins -
a 3. making II -2s.' isn't ~
Nlr Hanna II appears 10 nave been
altered.
Tho Judge Advocate Il l. altered from
- Ia -. or from p to ~. ! don't know winch
Mr. Raynor DOES the 3 APPEAR to bs
cl.ar7
Mr Hanna II i not clear that il u 'h"
receiving stamp. " NAV IT, number or
Mr Ravnor OF cour~e, Il YOU do not
admit it
The Judge Advocate II W. do not admit
~hais
MIR Ravnor II We cannot agr"c To its
beiug received un he a3d
The Judge Advocate ! thought y'u
said the 22d
Mr. Ravnor Which is n' don't know.
IN. Judge Advocate | think the I'D
Mr. Raynor The Dupont got there ~
"a u on Nav - When did sh'' deliver
that dcspatch' I will not interrupt Nou
fnr the purpose ~ finding uut nov, hut
II j. very important, though
VI Hanna We will eith her agree On 10"
22d or pass II
Mr. Ravnor I have tried 10 and out
have looked over great many page of
print To- Try To- find out
Mr. Hanna We ar. not making snv
progress now Why not leave this
Mr. Ravnor will agree 80 that Leave
ii Tor th" present but vou will have 20 find
II out
The Judge Advocate oh. certainly
Mr. Hanna We want 20 do that.
n IL for the Cour- 20 determine whether
there was a change made ia the date "i u"
indor~ement. and II 80, 10y whom and for
what purpose
Admiral Cotton in his Testimony said 'he
scorpion had delivered 90 him the despatch
of which the above cologuv ~a- h" subl"c.
at SA VI on NAV ~ The official report -
IN" Scorpions commander, printed IN the
Appendix, shows that he left tIenfuegus
on th. night ~ NAV ?? with d.-patci.- FOR
the vessels scouting on Santiago
cAPT Wish os THr N,Sr
Capt William I, Wise who Cuumaf d.d
the Scout Yale uhe American Me steam
chip Parisi Ia the spanish Nar. and Nho
had Just begun 10 give lis testimony y"~i"i-
day when the court sd '0urned. Was tl'"i
~ soon a. Alfred II tlaNiou. irrue-Iv
warrant mschinis' on the TeVas. had ven -
4 a..
Capt Wi,e dsscrtled the experiences
of the Vale In towing the 'li~r Mer'i'n1c
when that vessel started With the others
OF SChlevis squadron frnm Santiago fur
hey West IN Obedience 60 Cpuin"drre
SChleVs signal from the HrrGklvu. mace
when the Yale ipinei the -quadr1n aud
h"fure the Witness had a chance Go C,'u-
munica'c With the Commodore, ~" Vac
| had taken the Merrimac in tow The Gag.
| ship Hignalsi. asking IL the Yale had - al
enough "a reach Key West and an 1f'irnIa-
| tive answer was returned. Then the nag
! ship asked how fast the Yale ~'uld t.w
the Merrimac Catt Ni-e replied 'N,u.
/ knots, or faster. II the tow hie hohlS >
Al li10 O'Clock that night tNay 80 ihs
4 tow line slipped on the M"rrim5r A',"r
I ~ good deal 81 delay steel havSer 10
| ohtained and was finally made fast n
O'Clock on NAV q 1hru. th- witu,-s
said he suggested Ia the flagship thai he
! Nerritnac Cluld ~t.um over six knots hV
her own engines and asked N hr should
! cast on The answer returned waS Me- .
| That evening the cnlumn stopped In bet
| the TeNa. and the MarblehrlU coal from
/ IN. MarrimRc Cant Wiz. -aid al-n that
I ou the morning 90 Nav - he Wa ssA I'D
/ bv the flagship how much coal he had and
replied that he had two days supply fnr
/ full stesming and four davs Tor moder alta
/ steaming
WISE coSrRApIcrs scHiHy
Mr. Hanna then read to Capt Wise a
b statement from Admiral Schlev's written
/ dcfenop To the Senate Committee on Naval
! Affairs - tho effect that he had started
/ from santiago for key w.-s' partly IN view
! Of the information given MIN bv Capir
/ Sigslpe Jewell and Wise. and asked tho
witness " h" had given Admiral Schl"y
4 that information
Il did not, answered Cant WIsr
The statement Of Admiral Srhlcv con-
tradicted hv Capt VIE" wss a. 'niIuS-
After having hs.n informed lev the
( scouts. commanded hv such sfi~.r~ -
/ Sigsb-r, Jewell and Wi-e, that alt hougn
they had all h""n on Santiago de hIla fr' a
week they had ss-rn nothing ~ ~ Uh. span
/ ish -quadronl and knew nothing IT IT,
movements or iis whereabouts -incr q
had left Curacao. dc.Wei
| IL best la take the action I did Che retro
| grade movement 30 the flying squadron
/ toward key West
q Did Won give him anv informal ION