The San Francisco call., 1901-10-19
Men Who Served Under Him in the Cuban Campaign
Say He Was Constantly Exposed to Danger

off. We attempted first to drop his body over
but the commodore said to carry him aft not
10 throw him overheard, and that he should
be buried on land"
Did you see Commodore SchIey about that
time ?''
'All the time
What was his manner and hearing as thew
impressed YOU %
Admirable, I thought,
MAS ms position one of danger?'
hls position was on little bridge huilt
around the coming tower and he was on the
nghfing side Of the ship all the time as far
''All TIE time p0Sl''0--
Lieutenant Wells Story.
,,,ddeut Leutenant B. ". Wells Jr.. who was Com
p,9T m2dore- schley,s flag lieutenant during the
Wells gave detailed account of the entire
campaign, beginning with the departure from
cruise to santiaro "1 tb stay at oiehInegos, me
the blockade of Santiago, the bombardment of
te i fSaon tS ana the battle of Santiago Describ-
ing the plockade of Cienfuegos, the witness
SPOKE especially of the appearance there of the
british steamer Adula on May %. which he
containing the information that the Spanish
squaaron mad gone into the harbor at Santi-
ago put nad subsequently left. He remembered
Yale and Minneapolis the evening of the
the agahp bv tes ans s g. that tin time IN made to
Channel.
commodore signaled to ask if the Texas could
coal to which the reply was: Can try"
me Ie%as and other vessels having coaled,
the neet headed to the eastward, arriving off
santiago about sunset. The next morning the
squadron had steamed in more closely am he
had seen two of the Spanish ships.
Coming to the bomhardment of the, Colon
on May 81. the witness undertook to quote
from memory publication by the Navy De
impression that the land batteries there were
manned by large guns. Captain Lemly OBJ
"a U
produced. Some controversy between counsel
ensued, and e; Raynor spoke of the objection
responded:
Objects to Criticism.
4 object to this criticism. Counsel has been
repeatedly criticizing and throwing siurs on
the officers of the court, l beg that it be
stopped. 1t is unbecoming in court o. this
character. 1t is extremely unusual. May it
please the court, we are making history here
How will these things read in history, even if
the great State of Maryland? They are un-
worthy of court of the dignity which this
but repeatedly
=, Hanna bIsn indorsed this statement. but Raynor
to omit the reference to the publication and
proceed, upon Captain Lemly's assurance that
the original would be produced.
Lieutenant Wells said he had gone aboard the
MASSACHUSETTS, with Commodore Schley. He
had heard orders given to the New Orleans to
fire on the shore batteries Continuing, he
said:
Il saw during this action a number of dis
charges of smokeless powder from the slope
to the westward OF the entrance. Several
shells passed over US and dropped near us.
The commodore at that time made a number
of joking remarks about some of dodging.
don't think he lodged. HeF seemed to
that time to be wholly self possessed and
without any perturbation"
WAS he laboring under any mental excite
ment at that timer
None at all, that I could see. He was in
very natural frame of mind"
Mr. Raynor. questioned the witness at con-
siderable length concerning the receipt of dis
patches while the flying squadron lay off Glen
fuegos and also after it had arrived at San
tiago. He first directed the witness attention
to dispatch No. Z, known the Dear Schley,'
letter, and ELECTED from him the statement,
based upon notes upon the pack of copies OF
the dispatch presented to him for identifica-
tion,- that two copies had been received. the
first on the 23d and the second on the E4th OF
May.