The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-11
MESSAGE OF AGILE
NEVER DELI VERED.
Judge Advocate Admits Evidence
Fails to Show Its Delivery.
WHEREABOUTS OF sPANlsH.
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sa,ti. MS..c,i ci:icec Oh .iie SCORPION, as a
|iii1ess. lieutenant Iioiaen Signed The
entry IN the SCORPION ) i~S, e.NlHS Liz
s,al llcuiarS of the receipt MESA sc
tocs Nut,liiouorC ocnIeS rom Inc GaSIe
Which that vessel hao brought from
S..,>....l nlc,alia, .4May i..n, ia9s wliell me
1lying Squadron, then bound Tor Glen
s luvSos, IeL In with Captain McCalla s
.siD -squaoroli, which llau just lett that
port. Inc government mad sought To SHOW
sfdt by tins message Cosnmouore SchIeE
i.au been notIiieu mat the Spanish feet
WIS not in the hasbor OF C:eniuesos
Lnd licutenaalt Commander Southerland,
Of the Eagle. llau testified that he had
mesapnoned to The Scorpion that there
were only d torpedo boat and severa,
cannenseros in that harbor.
S Captain Lei:ly told the court to-day that
the dog OF the Scorpion did not show the
receipt OF the message in this form and
that there was no evidence to show the
delivery of the message TO Commodore
Schiey.
Other witnesses of the day were Lieu
tenant Commander w II. Schuctze. who
"a On the Iowa, and Lieutenant A. w.
Grant who was on The massachusetts
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campaign Of the tlslmg squadron.
Assistant Judge ADVOCATE Hanna was
not present in the court-room to-day. He
was detained at his home by illness and
Inc entire presentation of the case on be-
hall Of the Government was conducted by
Judge Advocate Lc:niy.
Captain Parker. Of counsel for Admiral
Schley. was also absent, having gone to
his home in New Jersey.
BLOCKADE AGAIN.
Captain l-er1iy resumed the questioning
OF Lieutenant Leiper by asking him con-
corning the blockade of Santiago by Com
mo6or.a SchleE. The witness said that
when the New Orleans Joined the blockade
the vessels were ly'irG in column from six
to eight rifles off shore Al night they
steamed slowly hack and forth in front Of
the lla,hor 500 yards apart. They Were 50
far out. the witness said. that it was i'm
possible To distinguish points on the shore
or TO determine where the shore line met
the water-ine. He could distinguish the
vessel nearest TO him ai,,ad On the first
night of the Blockade he had not been able
TO distinguish the Brooklyn and the Vixen
The Narb'ehead and the Vixen mad occu-
ped places between the Blockade line and
the shore. but he had not been able to dis
fineuish them. Practicable tire distance Of
the main vessels from the shore line was
ihe same IN tho day as az night
NEARER AT NIGHT
On Decentralization MIR. Rayner called
Inc ATTENTION OF The witness To The state
hh h'et OF Saptlin t'oiser who had been III
command OF the New Orleans. that the
ileHt was nearer the shore at night than
IN daSiilne AHA asked whether he agreed
With his commanding officer. The witness
replied: AS a 1ieer or squadron l do not
agree thas they moved closer &C the shore
ut night
have an indistinct recollection that
the New Orleans, the first e-ening. was
lying q littie farther of shore than the
Brooklyn. When the Brooklyn took up
her course east, the New Orleans had to
go IN PROBABLY quarter or possibly half
a mile TO get her position in rear of the
Brooklyn, but ii was no more than that
i MIR. Rayner called attention TO the fact
that the log of the New Orleans placed
the distance Of that vessel from the
Moro at four and a half miles, and the
witness said this was true. lieutenant
Leiper said in further reply to questions
that his estimate of the distance out was
entirely Que to visua. observation.
PARTIAL SUCCESS.
Asked whether he agreedd with Captain
ITolger in stating that the reconnaissance
OF iAIay 3lst, when the Colon was bonn
barded. was 4 success in developing the
strength and number of the shore bat
teries, the witness replied that he thought
it had been success to that extent put
hat he could not agree with Captain FOL
ger in ali that he had said. BE found
that the fire of the batters was slow.
The Judge advocate asked: What,
really, as a matter of fact. was developed
by the affair of May 31st as to The
strength OF weakness Of guns"
nh. witness replied: LAS compared with
The strength OF the ships Of the squadron,
or rs compared with the strength of the
guns of any ship in the squadron. any OF
the battlesIlips--the Brooklyn, New Or
leans or the Misunderstanding batteries
We're weak
Iieutenant I.eiper was then excused and
IlerttDant Bristol called for the purpose
of correcting his testimony of yesterday.
Nlli,e Lieutenant Bristol was on the
stand Nj. RaSner read to him reports
from Captain Il. D. Evans, Captain ] lry
G!;las and Lieutenant Wainwright Kel-
1egg, dated in 1855. saying thai the, stadi-
nreIer whose accuracy he had discrcdited,
is 1elia,le within its range.
Judge Advocate Lerily then asked him:
s.'Doe:;4 what you have heard read from
these reports made in 1895 and which d.,
not appear TO nave been based Upon actual
Terminated upon your own practice Will.
the stadineter and in action?"
The witness replied: They do not
change my idea OF the stadmeter The
stadineter is an Instrument that is ac-
.curaic at short ranges, as ] stated before.
and becomes inaccurate at higher ranges.
IN action it has never been tried before.
that fnow of. formed my opinion Of
the stadimcter before We used it in action:
I'm fact. after a very long personal use,
and knowing these errors OF the ;nstrI-
mont when used under ordinary crcu1i,-
stances believe that observations taken
in tho heat Of battle. With all the smoke
of battle. arc stiIi more Inaccurate
NOT SATISFIED
''I1ientcnant-C Commander William II
Schuetzc. who as lieutenant was the
navigator of the battleshio Iowa during
dhe summer Of 1893. and who is now
superintendent of compasses IN the Navy
Department. was the next witness. He
WIS member Of the board of navigate
which preparad the official chart OF tho
positions Of The veseels engaged on both
sides In the battle of July I'd. and Judge
Advocate Len,iy asked him concerning
tho report made by that board. which
accompanied the chart The witness
said ms had rot been satisfied with the
report.