The age-herald., 1901-10-06
CORRESPONDENCE READ AT TRIAL SchIey Court On|y Held One
 Session HODGSON AGAIN ON STAND Lemley Grows Impatient and Asks That VoIuminous Letters Be Printed and Submitted In
 That Form.

Washington, October 5.-Only one ses- sion of the Schley court of inquiry was held today An adjournment until Mon- day was taken at Il o'clock in order to allow counsel to recuperate after an arr duous weeks labor. =
 Practically the only witness of the day was Lieutenant Commander Albon O.. Hodggon. who was navigator of the flag ship Brooklyn during the campaign Of lSsS and almost his entire time was taken up with reading of correspondence between himself and Admiral schley concerning an alleged colloquy between them during the battle of Santiago, which the witness was reported to have detailed to news paper correspondent. The correspondence has been published. Lieutenant Doyle was also on the stand again. but only for the purpose of correcting his former tes- timony.
 During the day Judge Advocate Lemley made another statement concerning Ad- miral Sampson's dispatch of May 20, 1898, relating especially to the admiral's use of the word Santiago, where it was alleged he had intended to use the word "Cienfuegos'
 The first of the witnesses of the pre- vious day who were recalled to correct xyhn was on the Brooklyn during the battle off Santiago. He made a number of changes in phraseology His attention was called to an error in his former testi- mony in stating the distance the Brook lyn stood out from the Morro at Santiago in reply to a question from the court. He had formerly placed the distance at two or three miles, but he had erronously based his statement on the log for June 2S instead of May 2s Looking at the log for May 2S, he found only one estimate of the distance out, placing it at seven miles.
 "Dear Schley" Letter.
 When Lieutenant Doyle was excused Captain Lemley agafn brought up the question of difference of construction of the last paragraph of the Dear Schley" letter He produced the original copy, reading a part of the paragraph as follows:
 "I am, therefore of the opinion that our best chance of success in capturing the Spanish ships will be to hold the two points. Cienfuegos and Havana, with all the force we can muster. If later 1t should develop that these vesse\s are at Santiago, we could then assemble of that port the ships best suited for the purpose and completely blockade 1t. Until we then. receive more positive information, we shall continue to hold Havana and Santiago"
 Captain Lemley then said: "If the court please, I was requested by counsel for the applicant to produce the original of the letter from Admiral Sampson to Com modore Schley, dated May 20, 1898, the question being as to the final name at the end of the first paragraph whether it should be 'Cienfuegos' or Santiago I have the original and the name appears Santiago and appears over an erasure. I invite attention to the fact that in the press copy book 1t Is Santiago. which shows the change was made before the letter was press copied and sent. I will add that the punctuation Is as I stated yesterday in the press. copy"
 He also at the request of Admiral Schley's counsel introduced another copy, Tin which," he said you will see there was no correction. It appeared originally as Santiago"
 The court examined the original papers and the press copies with care, and it was agreed that the papers should again be print ed in the record.
 Captain Lemley then requested that all the papers in Admiral Schleys possess sion bearing upon the case be supplied, and MT. Rayner replied for the admiral that he Admiral Schley) had no more papers.
 Hodgson Continues Testimony.
 Lieutenant Commander Hodgson was then recalled to continue his testimony of yesterday. He was asked by Captain Lemley about his correspondence with Admiral Schley concerning what the judge advocate denounced as a 'newspa- per colloquy" The witness took excep- tion to the use of the word "colloquy'' and Captain Lemley replied that this was the witness own characterization. The letters were then read by the judge | advocate, Commander Hodgson identify ing the various documents as they were separately presented. Mir Rayner said that if desired the letters would be &C., cepted as evidence, and that they could be printed without being read Captain Lemley replied, however, that he considered the letters to have an inn portant bearing upon the precept and therefore he preferred to read them. While the reading of the letters be- tween Admiral Schley and Lieutenant Commander Hodgson and newspaper ar- ticles bearing upon the correspondence was in progress. MT. Rayner objected to the reading of one of the newspaper statements as irrelevant The reading had required considerable time. | Taking Up Too Much Time. | Admiral Dewey said: Those things could all have been printed. You are taking valuable time here. We want facts-facts. We don't want newspaper | articles. We have ruled these out Can- not these matters be printed?' Captain Lemley-'"rhen they would be in evidence. Do you mean you don't want them at all?'
 | Admiral Dewey-'We want them Could they not be printed like other pa pers?"
 MT. Rayner: we want everything tha, | passed between Lieutenant Hodgson and Commodore Schley that appertains tc this controversy, but we would not like | for this record to contain editorials | again Commodore Schley. I do not think there ought to be printed in the record ar | editorial against Schley or any other ad. miral or for him which was never seen by Admiral Schley at all. That article wal | not sent in any letter to Admiral Schley He says not"
 Captain Lemley: "It Is really a part | of the correspondence and referred to | We do not contend for one moment thar | any allegations that may be made in thai editorial against Admiral schley ar,