Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-10-31

more or less confusion, such as die
actually occur later "
Tho admiral's attention was called
TO Capt. Folger's statement that the
latter had advised him to go In closer
at Santiago and his avn statement In
chief chat on the next day Capt. Folgei
had signalled him that they we're within
range OF the batteries.
The admiral. in reply, changed the
date of the signal TO day later. lie
read Folger's signal: II think the
first may open at this range" lie saio
when Folger made this signal the
squadron WAS in practically the same
position as on the day Folger testified
he had asBed the admiral to go In
closer.
The witness attention WAS then
called to his statement that neither at
Oienfuegos nor Santiago bad any vesse
entered OF departed, and he was asked
I how he knew this.
lie replied that he only knew it be.
cause hp never heard of any shin get.
tirg in. On the North Cuba blockade,
when Ffenchnan succeeded in get.
Ting through the blockading line into
Havana. the fact had been widely nd
yritised as great accomplishment.
His conclusion, therefore, was that
none had entered.
Coming to the reconnaissance OF May
3lst, when the Spanish ship Colon was
bomharded as il lay in the harbor at
Santiago, Capt. Lemly asked Admiral
Sohley when he first received notice
that the commander in. chief would be
at Santiago.
The witness replied that the notice
had come IN the dispatch brought to
him by Capt. Cotton, which was dated
May 18th. This telegram was. be said,
not received until May 3lst Possibly,
too, tina New Orleans might base
brought Information of the coming OF
Admiral Sampson.
Here followed an examination Of the
various signals from the Massach usetts
ON the day OF thu commandment, which
the admiral verified. At tie same time
he remarked that he thought there were
other signals unreoorded. Admiral
Sohley said he hadlorderad the range at
I,O1O yards for that day, but he had
not supposed the Colon was 80 fnr up
the harbor. ''Of COURSE he said, 81
left tire measurement Of the range to
the executive officer
Does your letter to the Senate,
dated February 18th, 1899, plead the
precautionary order of the department.
Tor not destroying the ColonI"
~ should rather think that is the
inferAnce...'
why did you wait two days after
the discovery of the presence of the
Host in the harbnr before undertaking
your Reconnaissance?
For the reason | had used these
two days for coaling the eessels Of the
fleet, 30 as TO be prepared ia case the
enemy should come out, Relating
the occurrences OF the ponbai ,imept,
he said he recalled that CAN'T iiiegin
son had asked after he tSct es went
aboard the Massachusetts that lhe b. m
bhrdment. be postponed until httec
dinner, that he warned sume peopie to
get oil the turreta aud that Lieutenant.
Commander Potts had given noTice that
they were on the range. lie did not
recall, he said, the signal not 10 go in
closer, but il was possible tnat such n
signal had beenseDt and 1t that had not
been recorded. 1t might be that it was
this as with other signals which had
not been recorded, because the writing
of them was always deferred until the
next day. mo man, he said, Tex
caFt tho press correspondents, who
brave all dangers, oan always have
paper and nencil at hand while battle
ia in progress, and, as consequence,
there is failure to record many oc-
eurrenoes that should be recorded. -
The admiral then, ut the request NJ
the Judge advocate, read what he wrote
to the Senate. The letter contained the
precautionary order of the department
at the opening OF the war. He again ex-
planned that when he wrote his COM
munication to the Senate he did not
have all the records before him. He
omitted TO mention 10 that communica.
ton. he said, Admiral Simpsons eau
tion at Key West.
In your report of June LIST to the
department concerning the reconnois.
sance you did not mention any purpose
TO sink or destroy the Oulon?"
II did not. " g.,4
but in your Geographic report you
did say that your purpose was to de.
stroy the Colon?'
incidentally, yes.' ,a
The admiral was asked whether he
had informed Eusign Macy, Capt. Cook
and Correspondent Graham that the
affair Of May 3lst was to be recon-
noissanoe.
He thought ne had in a general way,
and he thought he could be fairly said
to hare informed the captains in the
signals hoisted.
Did you signal to the commanding
officers that it was to be reconnois.
sRuce?'
mo, ] think not. / think / sig
nailed that we should go in and fire
our large guns. l."
Ibid the affair develop without ques-
tion the presence of the enemy In the
harbor?''
~ thought SO, because of the large
shells fired at US, and also because n
number of vessels were SEEM
Capt. Lemly asked why the mouth of
Santiago harbor had not been enfiladed
ard all the ships used on May 3lst.
Admiral Sohley replied that he had
not done SO simply because the bat
teries would have been safe while the
ships used thus would haze been placed
IN greater danger, ''This," he added,
rs like many arrangements which we
might make that we do not make. This
question of coaling was SO important
and had been so strongly urged by the
communicative chief | felt that we
should lose no opportunity of putting
the ships in the. highest condition of
efficiency"
Marriage Certificate Found.
The certificate of the marriage Of
Francis b. Corrigan and Elizabeth