The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-11

cred He told of the voyage from Glen
fueEos To- Santiago. and of the position
which the Marh.ehead occupied inside the
picket line of the latter port From her
position de- said ne could not see the rest
of the ships OF the squadron at night
They came mp into position where ne
could Sc, them i'm the daytime
His direct examination was very brief.
and Mr. Eayn,r again announced that he
had no questions.
BY IN, Court:
Q.-Nas the MarhthOad i'm position
where she could have seen tho eUemy's
ships had they made any effort To escape
from the harhOr2
A-That would depend upon certain
. conditions upon the state of the weather
LemIy EIucidatcS n Question.
Captain LemIy said that what the Court
would like to know was. taking the con-
ditions into consideration, whether the en-
'mys ships could have been seen had
they made an effort 20 escape.
The witness replied by saying that it
would depend upon which way the yes
sells went Had they come out and gone to
the east and kept close to the shore ne
could not have seen them from the Mar
. blohead's position Neither could he have
seen them If they had gone straight south
as they would have been four miles away
in leaving the harbor.
Mr. Rayuor then asked the witness sew
eTal questions upon this point. TO which
Lieutenant B0uChtcr replied that the
Mart,oh,ad was about three miles from
the shore and six miles from the MorIO.
He insisted that ne could not have seen
the enemy's ships coming out unless they
had started FOR the westward He was
. unable 20 say how far the Vixen was to
. Q a..
Vixen and the Marblohead or what the
Vixen would have been able 90 see He
admitted that the purpose Of the Mar
hl'h,ad inside the lines was 10 keep
watch Of the Spanish fleet and inform
tn" squadron if the enemy started 20
come out He repeated his answers. how
. ever, TO the effect if they had gone To the
east or the southwark he would have
/ been unable 20 see them.
At this point recess was taken until
, o'clock
The Afternoon Session.
/ When The Court recouveued after the
+ recess Lieut. Ernest l. Bennett flag
lieutenant of the New York Admiral
/ Sampsoas flagship. was called
/ Practically an that was developed from
/ the witness was the fact that ne knew
/ nothing which in any way interested the
+ Court III regard 20 the subject under en-
. quiry.
His examination showed thar after an
. he was not the nag lieutenant TO SrnD-
son actually. hut AN assistant 10 the flag
I lieutenant He knew nothing OF the d.s-
: patches sent by Sampson 10 SchIt, al
/ 'leniueeos by the Dupont, the Iowa. OF
/ the Hawk He told OF the arrival Of the
. New York off Santiago on June J. about
~ oht stopped about seven miles of.
Inc wing squadron was four miles or
I probably I'VE miles As 10 the formation
he did not know exactly but il auuasred
{ 10 be- irregular
The witness described seeing the Colon
| In the mouth of the harbOr and her sub
sequent Withdrawal, but at the sugges-
/ the record.
Captain Lemly-That is an 7 wish 10 ash,
/ OF this witness I brought him here that
| he might he fully crosS-exarlfn.d v-ifbi1
! the scope Of the Urcccut
Mr. Rayner-Why. / don't see that he
/ has testified 10 anything He said he
/ knew nothing about the dispatches
! have no croSS-e-Sa miuation.
The witness listened TO the reading Of
I his testimony los the steuographer. had no
/ changes TO make. and was excused.
SIMPSONS Flag Secretary.
Lieut. Charles q. Marsh. flag secretary
70 Admiral Sampson. was next called. He
was questioned in regard 60 the messages
sent by Sampson 10 SchIey at Cieufuegos.
BY Captain Lemly.
State what dispatches were sent by
/ ihe Dupont 70 Commodore Schley.
At is my opinion. IL is my convic-
| ton that the dispatches sent
/ Here Captain Parker interrupted. say
I ing; we do not wish him % state his
/ convictions nor his opinions. but the
facts"
/ The witness c1nG1uod-To the best of
I my knowledge and belief the documents
/ sent 90 Commodore SchIey consisted of "a
/ letter 10 the commodore and mem0rau-
Q.-Describe their contents SO that you
can Identify them.
/ A-My remsn 5rauce is thai one was n
/ letter from the Navy Department asking
/ that Commodore SchIey l,cur. from Cam
| tain MC'alla certain information regard
ing the landing facilities at CIuufueg0S as
/ il was desired 20 land troops there
| This witness remembered that ia. mem
( orandUm Oreferred 90 Ey former witnesses
/ as containing the information concerning
/ tho landing place and the fact that COM
| municaton lad been established with the
/ Cubausl was placed ID cipher It vas i'm
| portaut. he said, and so sent I'm cipher. IL
| was sent o. the commodore Of the FIviug
| Squadron. he thought. both by the Bu-
! pout and the Iowa. He remembered the
] Dupont more distinctly.
Q-Describe the letter sent To SchIcv
/ first, and second the memorandum which
| were sent 10y the Dupont and the Iowa
| Al do not think ] can describe The
I letters sent There Were three sent with
/ In tweuty-four hours by L.. Iowa Du-
/ pOnt, and Hawk. They went exactly in
! the order OF th' sailing of the vessels
| The first was sent by the first vessel sail
/ INK and so copied. the second by the next
| vessel sailing and so copied, and $50 ou.
Copies of Dispatches.
A long cou0quy then ousucd as 70 the
| admission o. tn dispatches. the judge
| advocate having stated that some Of the
/ originals were lost.
Mr. Rayuer freely agreed 20 admit any
| statement in regard TO this the Judge ad-
| yocate might make. lie said ne would
| admit the copies.
! The witness was shown tho copy-books
| Of the New York containing copies Of the
! letters and dispatches, for the purpose OF
! refreshing his memory as 10 which des-
patches had been sent first lie explain
| cd how the press cOpy-bOoks were kent
! and said that the -irSt entered would De a
| good indication thu il had been first sent
| The witness rea0 from the press c3Bv-
! book showing May - letter No. sent TO
y hleyi also another letter of same date
] No 6, sent to Schley enclosing the No
/ Gala mrmpra Ld I'M Ghe memorandum,
| ne SAID. was on the opposite PAGE Let
/ ter No. T. the Dear Schlcy'' letter he
| found was sent on May -
| tie found 10y the register that the let
/ ter enclosing the McCaIIa memorandum
| 7 he journal also showed the same Rv
| th- journal he discovered that the letter
I no. t'DsaT Sthlry' letter.. was sent
| by the Dupont which sailed at noon MAY