Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-30

the fdct tHat NOinnhOuyiN ',N"'N' -
cabled the department that II was I'M
possible TO coal to the leeward OF cape
Cruz, owing to the southwest Wihne,
and In response 70 O request LOT MS
reasons FOR sending such message the
admiral replied!
Because II was perfectly open port
and there we're occasional southwest
winds II was the approach OF the Dad
season. and doubtful west winds kicked
up a very heavy sea inshore''
"Did Capt. McCala suggest Cape
Cruz as practical place TO coalY :.
II do not remember that he did.
think McCalla's information to me was
that under the lee Of the Hayten coast
was the best possible position"
WHAT COTTON SAID.
Capt. Cotton has testified that he
was not concerned about his coal sup
ply and that he could get coal at
Kingston or Port Royal. whittier you
sent him. In view OF this, what have
you To say TO your statement In the
dispatch Of May ~ to the department
that the Harvard lust reports to me
she has only coal enough 70 reach
Jamaican"
DtNduSt liiol was thN SNHN'lHNhs
Capt Cotton made to me-"
"Then you differ from Capt. Cotton
as 20 the terms Of the statement In that
particular"
yes. That Is a decided difference.
l remember that he was very greatly
concerned about II. Those vessels
burned $50 tons day, almost, In turn
ing their engines over. and | am not
csr no thai, nj
anxious about the coal supply"
sCHLEY CLOSELY QUESTIONED.
Admiral schley was closely ques-
toned as to why be had cabled the de-
partment that he would coal off
Gonaives, when n few days previously
he had reported that he could not coal
there any vessels except small ships.
His answer was. Il could not coal In
the harbor OF Gonaiyes, but | thought
/ could coal of the coast"
why did you, on May 2S, wire the
department urging that two golfers be
sent to Gonaives to hasten the coaling
of all vessels?"
simply because thought they
would lie off the coast as the others
had done. / had no thought that the
department would send them into the
harbor."
REASON FOR SUGGESTION.
why did you suggest, on May 20,
that Admiral SIMPSONS squadron be
sent to relieve yOurs2 That is In a
telegram to the department, I call your
plan TO go to Gonaives for coap?"
simply because ! thought II would
ha N
port unblockaded"
why did you, at Santiago, confer
with Capt Sigsbee instead OF Can't.
Wise, the senior ofllcer?"
Really, until afterward did not re-
member that Capt. Wise was the senior
officer
why did you not have all three Of
the captains or the scout boats on
boardg"
II called Capt. sigsbee on board and
thought the Information he gave from
the others was quite conclusive"
Don't you think II would have been
wise measure to have had all three
OF them and to have consulted them?"
A VERY POINTED ANSWER.
Il think It would have been wiser n
they had given me the information
they had without consultation"
You say that either Capt Wise or
capt, Jewell failed to give you infor-
nation"
Il do not mean to say they failed in
lhe offensive sense but | say that they
eiu not 40 So They were within signal
distance Of me-"
when they were within signal dis
lance why did you not signal them to
come on board7"
simply because II is the duty NJ a
junior always to report what informa-
zion he has to his senior without re-
quest When Capt. Sigsbee assured
me that neither Cant. Wise nor Cant
Jewell had seen or heard ANYTHING OF
me Spanish ships ] accepted thar as
their assurance, and | understood In
my conversation with Capt. Sigsbee
mat he conveyed II In that sense -"
AT this point Admiral Schley'e atten-
ton was called 10 the statement made
oy MIN In his examnatioin-in- chief.
that IN making the retrograde move
ment the Brooklyn had steamed about
twenty-eight miles. After reading the
entry IN the log covering this subject
ne SAID II indicated that the flagship
really had sailed thlrty-two or thirty
,hree miles He added that in his for
mer answer he spoke from memory.
Admiral Schley was then questioned
as to the time when he had sent the
cuban pilot Nunez, on shore TO the
westward from Santiago He replied
mat according 10 his recollection the
plot had gone ashore on the 3lst. vet
ne admitted that this might have oc-
CURED on June l.
LOG HAS PRECEDENCE.
After Capt. Lemly had read an entry
N the log Of the Vixen, showing that
Nunez had been taken ashore June /.
Admiral Schley said that the log ma
turally would take precedence over his
memory. but that he was certain he
had written a letter to Col. Cerbereco.
or the Cuban forces, which he had In
tended that Nunez should carry 70 that
officer and which was dated Nav 81
The reading from the Vixen's log de-
veloped the fact that Admiral Samp.
sons flagship the New York, had come
within hailing distance OF the Vixen
as she was about to land the pilot and
had stenalec the Vixen to continue the
work that she was engaged In.
Capt Lcmly then called the witness
attention TO the fact that It was on
May 2s that he had seen the Spanish
ship Colon In the harbor and also the
bows and nasts Of the other vessels
and added Then two DAYS before
Nunez landed you knew that at least
some Of the fleet was there7" 20 which
Admiral schley replied in the afTlrma-
tive.
In response 10 another question, Ad-
iniral Schlev said that Nunez had gone
on board the Brooklyn first on May
20 and stayed until the next day, and
then had asked that he might return
10 Jamaica In the Harvard for papers
or letters. Continuing. he said that the
pilot had returned 20 the Brooklyn in
the Harvard on May 81. after his visit
to Kingston.
Capt Lemly then asked: "Why did
you not, when he came on board May
&c, land him and obtain the infornla-
tion from tire nsuTgentis7"
"Simnly because the information
which he gave me al that time was so
positive In It's character that the enemy
could not get into the port that I did