The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-29
Admiral SchIeN While Under
CrosS-Examination, Gave His
Answers, CearIy and ConCiSeIy,
Although Examination Was
Very Searching
LITTLE MORE THAN THIRD
OF THE GROUND COVERED
Admiral Dewey CurtaiIed Attempt
Of Judge Advocate to Press
Line of Inquiry to Show That
the Admiral Did Not Proceed to
Cienfuegos 'With Dispatch

Washington, Oct. %.-The cross-exam-
ination of Admiral Schley began today
before the Court of Inquiry, and hardly
more than a third of the ground was COW
cred when the court adjourned at
o'clock. After Admiral Schley concludes
two other witnesses will be called in his
behalf, Admiral Barker and Capt. Thomas
Borden. The latter was an officer of the
marine corps aboard the Brooklyn. The
Judge advocate then will call his wit
nesses in rebuttal, of whom there are UNI
derstood to be more than 10, and 1t is
probable that Admiral Schleys counsel
will call witnesses in surrebuttal.
The crowd present today, while hardly
so large as on Friday last, when Admiral
Schley told the story of the battle or san
tiago, showed unabated interest In the
proceedings Nothing sensational devel-
oped, and the only outburst in the court
occurred when Mr.. Raynor, Admiral
Schleys counsel, objected to line of in
quiry. of the judge advocate designed to
criitcise Admiral Schley's alleged failure
to formulate a plan of battle with the
declaration that as Admiral Sampson was
in command, his junior had no right to
plan an order of battle.
Admiral Schley concluded his direct ex-
animation, which continued only about 10
minutes after the court convened this
morning, with a statement about the eff
feet of the fire of the respective fleets at
Santiago showing that So per cent of the
hits suffered by the enemy were scored
by the Brooklyn's five-inch guns, while
his ship received 10 per cent of the hits
from the Spanish ships. x
Capt. Lemly's cross-examination was
very searching. Admiral Schley, how
ever, appeared to be unruffied throughout
the examination, frankly admitting on
several occasions that he could not re-
member little details after the lapse of
three years. One line of inquiry which
the Judge advocate tried to press to show
that Admiral Schley did not proceed
with dispatch" from Key West to Glen
fuegos was an attempt to contrast the
speed made between Charleston and Key
West with the time between Key West
and Cienfuegos This attempt, however.
was curtailed by decision of the court
which confined the questions to the time
subsequent to May 10, the day on which
the flying squadron left Key West.
The Judge advocate, in his cross-exam-
nation, dwelt upon the interview between
Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley
at Key West before the departure of the
flying squadron. during which the latter
testified Admiral Sampson instructed him
not to expose his ships to shore batteries
until the Spanish feet had been destroyed;
on the fact that Admiral Sehley issued no
written order of battle; on the question
of coaling off Cienfuegos and the steps
Admiral Schley took at that place to as
certain the presence of the Spanish fleet.
He was cross-examining the witness
upon matters connected with the cruise
of the squadron from Cienfuegos to San
tiago when the court adjourned.
The retrograde movement, the firing
upon the Colon and the battle of Santi-
ago, which constituted the main features
of the precept, were not touched upon to-
day.