The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-12

Questioned as TO the correctness OF his
memory the witness said that his mind
was refreshed by the records OF the com
mander-in-ehief as to his correspondence
Every letter was, he said. press copied
as soon as written and he therefore con
sidered the order in which the letters
we're copied as a certain record OF what
had transpired in the way Of letter wri-
ting. Other records were produced which
he said were corroberative Of this. From
these records he found that the Dear
Schley letter had been sent On the Du-
pont May %. he also found the record
that dispatch of May 81, saying the
Spanish squadron was probably at San
tiagc." had been forwarded by the Mar
blehead. This is the dispatch dated at
Key West, in which Admiral Sampson
said 70 Commodore SchIey: If you are
satifed they Ohe enemy are AT Cienfu-
egos, proceed to Santiago, etc.
DISPATCH is IDENTIFIED.
He also identified a dispatch of May p.
dated AT Havana and urging the commo-
dore to get away from Cfenfuegos before
the night Of May 3. as The Spanish
wuold probably still be al Santiago"
The latter dispatch he said had been
written after the dispatch from KeyWest
of the same date.
Mr.. Hanna asked: Would it have been
possible that the Dear Schley' letter
could have been sent on an earlier date
than this letter Of May 70 Transmitting the
McCana memorandum
81 should say not. The McCalla memo
randum was press copied ia the book on
prior page"
In cross examining the witness Mr..
Rayner said that counsel for Admiral
Schley would admit the receipt Of one
copy of the McCalla memorandum, bat
that there was dispute IS 20 the other
copies. He tried TO get the witness 70
say that the Iowa carried a duplicate Of
the Dear Schley" letter, but he would
not do 50. lie held. however. 70 the
statement that the McCalia memorandum
had been carried by both the Dupont
and the Iowa. lie had. however. no writ
ten evidence that either the Hawk or the
Marblehead had carried the memorandum
I'VE were likely TO be on the safe side
in such matters" said the witness. And
to have chucked into the memorandum.
but the Marblehead had not been relied
upon 10 carry the dispatch"
Mr. Rayner questioned the witness at
some length on this point. saying: Il
want to call your attention 20 this The
dispatch No. was received on May =
by the Hawk in evidence here that the
Hawk carried No. TO Commodore Schloy
and this letter commences: In reply 10
your, letter No s. I would state. and so
on. And then it says: regarding enclosed
information from McCalia. Now don't
that refresh your memory on the point
that when he received No. from the
Hawk he received with it the enclosed
information from Captain McCalla which
is the memorandum %
"He probably did He might have re-
ceived it half dozen times. That was
not the first time it was sent
Does not that settle it that he got it
from the Hawk
Il do not know that II necessarily does.
Lieutenant Marsh was then excused
The last witness Of the day wcs Cap
tain French r. ChadwlclV. at present IN
command OF the Newport Naval station.
He went on the stand at $50 and had
not concluded his testimony when the
court adjourned. He vas questioned by
Mr. Hanna concerning the code signals
arrangement by Captain McCalia Of the
Marblehead. with the insurgert Cubans
near Cienfuegos. lie replied
CAPTAIN McCalla arrived off the reef
of Key West at noon on the 18th day OF
Nav. He came on board aud was there
some time with Admiral sampsen and
myself After coming or deck he spoke
10 me and said he had made arrange
ments with the Clbans Off Cierfuegos
by which they could communicate with
the ships He said he did not care 70 have
ANYTHING said about It. as he was going
back the next day and his would probably
be the first ship there. lie was accident
allv DELAYED nj Key est by his inability 70
get coal and water until the next day 50
that. instead Of leaving on the 10Th, h
left on the Dist
was this system OF signals reduced 70
writing?"
NO"
what was said. If anything, about re-
ducing them TO writing"
'He was anxious about them. He did
not want the code TO get out publicly. He
seemed 10 have some idea that the Span
iards might get hold Of II and get the
Cubans into trouble thereby"
TO whom. II YOU reconect. did you
4 communicate this system cf signals. or
( information respecting it2''
NY memory is entirely at fault regard
/ ing that. / cannot say positively that
/ communicated il u anybody"
/ Did you communicate it 10 Commo-
+ dore schley? II not. why not2'
THE signals were not communicated -
I Commodore Schley because Captain NC
Gala said he was going back the next
day Al once and would give them 70 an
the ships or Cienfuegos himself
was Commodore schley then IN Key
westg'
He had left on the morning OF the 18th
/ for Cienfuegos.
some hours before McCalla arrived
/ with this system OF siguaiss'
About three hours before
/ .sDo you remember communicating this
systeu yourself 20 Captain Evans
Il have no recollection OF IT.
/ .sno you remember whether Commodore
Scrlev was advised az that time that CAP
tain McCaua was operating on Cienluesos
4 or not7~
.,f4e rad been informed thac Capf7in
( MrCsila.s silp would form q part n shat
r,t7dron do not remember auy co7-
/ ve-eatson. Commodore schiev vas on
( board the Sew YORK on the afternoon
ef tho 1Sth uutl 4 O'Clock a13 as BE- was
going % Cienfregcs the neNt rnorni g Z
supposed be would b. given TIE iniofEia1-
tioa
you have referred 70 Tislt % Com
moaore sch.ey ~ key WtsL "a fa-
/ state anythlne tnat occurred there %