Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-11
NE End NOT IN sight
Schlsy Inquiry Promises to Drag
Well ALONG Into Next
Month.
Government Will Require Anoth-
q Week TO Present Its Side...
Today's Witnesses.
Nephew Of Admiral Dewey on
! Nephew Of Admiral Dewey on
the Stand...Schley's Report
Read.

the Stand-..Schley's Report
Read.
washington, Oct. 11-Judge Advo-
cate Lemly will be unable to conclude
presentation of the governments side
{ IL the Schley court of inquiry this week
~ expected, and will probably consume
4 the greater portion of next week. At
forney Rayner estimates that the court
win not be able to terminate its iabors
before the, middle Of November.
Among the witnesses called for tho
( purpose Of correcting previous testi-
s Inony was Admiral Taylor, of the Indi-
nan. He was questioned where ne nad
received information that the Span
4 siards were coming out of Santiago har-.
h6r before their appearance on the
morning of July and whether he had
nor got q message from the Vixen In
reference to the smoke coming out OF
the harbor or anybody Oh the Indiana
had reported to him that they had OBJ
served smoke. Taylor replied in the
negative to all.
After the witnesses of yesterday had
been recalled today in the Schley court
for the purpose of correcting their tes-
timony Lieut.. ]. n. Holden was resin
troduced to continue his examination.
4 Other witnesses called for the day We're
Captain Chadwick. SIMPSONS chtef
of stan during the war with Spain,
Lieut., Commander Marsh and Lieut..
Bennett. both OF whom served on the
fiaeship New York. Lieut.. Althouse of
the Massachusetts, Lieut.. Boughter OF
the Marblehead. Lieut.. Reynolds, signal
ofiicer OF the Texas.
When the court was called to order
Capt. Lemly made q brief explanation OF
sone Of his statements yesterday con-
cerninE the statement received from
Commander Mark. He had said the
statement was .'unsworn.'' .I would
4 Hike it to appear he said, that altho
4 they were sworn, they are not, being in
the shape OF deposition and exparte
such sworn evidence as is usually adj
with their full status, merely because
there was no objection on either side
Among the witnesses called for the
was Admiral Taylor. He was questioned
az. to whether he had received informa-
ton OF the Spaniards coming out of the
5 their appearance on the morning of July
& Answer: None whatever
You did not get a message from the
Vixen IN reference to smoke coming out
of the harbor?''
s. None.
Your attention was not called to the
smoker
mo-
s.Do you remember anybody on your
vessel who did observe smoke and re-
I ported It to you?"
s'No."
Lieut.. Adelbert Althouse. formerly di-
vision officer on the battleship Massa-
chusetts was called. He detailed the
movements Of the vessel in connection
with the flying squadron. He said at
Cienfuegos the vessels lay six to ten
miles out at night, going nearer in the
day time. Lieut.. Althouse said on the
day OF the bombardment of the Cristo-
bal Colon he had been in charge of the
S-inch turret and said the ship had not
been to exceed three minutes in passing
the entrance to the harbor on the first
; passage: that only two shots We're then
nred and instructions were to make the
range 1000 yards. but the shots fell
short and the range was Increased on
\ The return trip to $500, then to 10000.
Z Asked what was developed as to the
strength OF the land battery by the rec
pnno1egance, he said, to his mind, 1t was
shown they were very weak. In reply to
= question as to whether he had made
any notes concerning the engagements,
he replied: mo; we went in under in
etructions to sink the Colon. His orders
I had been to direct the fire at that vessel.
When Althouse was excused Capt. Lem
ley introduced as evidence reports made
by Schley to the secretary of the navy
OF the engagement May 81. In one of
these, dated July 3. Commodore Schley
said The reconnaissance was intended
Drincipally to injure or destroy the CO.
!. lon. The fire was returned without de-
) lay by heavy batteries to the east and
west Of the entrance, of large caliber
and long range; the reconnaissance de-
yeloped satisfactorily the presence of
the Spanish squadron lying behind the
island near the inner fort, as they fired
over IIc I'LL 1t IoAuoAA. <AiAA 'loASS S~as-
isfied the Spanish fleet is there"
The court asked:
s.Was the Marblehead in such posi-
tion at night while on picket duty off
Santiago that the enemy's vessels would
have been seen had they attempted to
leave the harbor?'
Witness replied:
That would depend upon great
many circumstances, state of the wealth
;er, course they took and their success in
keeping the ships dark and quiet"
Admiral Dewey: 1.-THE Marblehead
was on picket duty. Could she have seen
the enemy coming 2"
III the enemy kept close to shore and
were three miles OF during most of the
time we could not have seen them. If
! the enemy had stood south from the en-
Z trance, which would have placed them
about four miles off. we could not have
seen them, provided they kept reasona-
bly, dark and quiet.
Rayner: What was the purpose of
'7the picket boats being there If they
could not see the enen.y?"
They were supposed to be there, I
: presume, for that purpose"
Then if they were there for that pur-
pose, what was 1t that would have pre-
vented them from accomplishing this
object7s