The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-29

miral Schiey if he regarded as expedi-
tious the Journey of the squadron from
Key West to Cienfuegos. in view of the
instruction to establish the blockade
there with as little delay as possible.
Cruising as he was in squadron against
a current, Admiral Sehley replied that
he did.
The judge advocate then asked about
the speed from Charleston to Key
West, to show that the speed from Key
West southwark was not so great He
asked why, at one stage, the admiral
had signaled to the Massachusetts that
il she could make ten knots it would
be sufficient The admiral replied
that after three years it was pretty
difficult to tell just why "A particular
signal had been made when there was
nothing startling to fix it.
Your speed was two knots less from
Key West 10 Cienfuegos than from
Charleston to Key West?"
Apparently
why. at PAS p. m. May p, accord
ing to the log. did you slow to four and
a half knOts?"
Il think it was on account of fire on
board the Scorpion
Why Stop Was Made.
why did you stop at midnight May
p. before your arrival at Cienfueg
I'VE were ten or twelve miles from
the height in the land where the mouth
of the harbor of Cienfuegos was, and
we stopped until daylight. 1 did not
care to arrive there in the dark.
Admiral Schley was asked why he did
not personally communicate with Cap
tain McCalla when he met the Marble
head on the way down. He replied that
he saw the auxiliary coming down from
the Marblehead 20 communicate with
him. 1t was Captain McCalla's duty
/ if he possessed important information
to communicate it.
was it the duty of the senior Of
| ficers to call for report, or the juniors
duty to volunteer it?"
THE junior officer invariably volun-
teers such information"
Did Captain Chester inform you
/ that Captain McCalla, who came
aboard the Cincinnati. had lately beer
at CienfuegOs in communication with
the insurgents?"
| NO"
The witness said he had had no con
VersatiOn with Captain Chester abOu
the methods of blockade. The CONVEX
! sation dealt rather with the habits anC
usages of the blockade.
Did you learn from Captain Chester
| or Captain McCalla that several gun
boats were reported al Cienfuegos?''
Il heard that in Key West. 1t wa
the general report there replied TIN
| witness.
Orders of Sampson.
What official Information ana In
| structions did you get at Key Yves
/ from the commander-in-ch ief?-' aske'
| Captain Lemly.
His orders. of course. to proceed
and the conversation I have detaile,
with him."
The witness said he thought he coul
tell why the department issued it's OF
der regarding the protection of ship
from land batteries when Capital
Lemly objected. The court decide
that they did not care for this.
| The witness said he was on boar
the New York, as well as he could re
member, at that time from half t
( uhree-quarters of an hour. Mr.. Ham
then read two dispatches from the dc
partment dated Washington, May I
regarding the reported presence Of ii
Spanish fleet near Curacao. Captai
Lemly asked the witness if Re was fl
miliar with these dispatches when I
had his conversation with Admir-;
Sampson.
Admiral Sampson merely mentione
them to me-" replied the witness.
had not seen them"