The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-19

shell from what thought was the Colon
struck him in the face and took his
head off. Blood spurted out of his neck
and went all over those around We at
tempted first to drop his body overheard
on account of the blood on the deck. but
the commodore said to carry him aft not
to throw him overheard, and that ne
should be buried on land
Were you hurt? mean from Ellis?"
Eyes, ! was scratched in the face and
in the neck and small portion of a
bone from his head lodged in my breast.
1t was taken out about three weeks la
ter
Did you see Commodore schley about
that timer
'.All the time
What was his manner and bearing as
they impressed you?"
Admirable, I thought
Was his position one of danger?"
His position was on little bridge
built around the coming tower, and he
was on the fighting side of the ship all
the time. as far as could see.''
IN EXPOSED POSITION.
WAS that an exposed position?"
"All the time
When Lieut.. Ryan had concluded,
Lieut.. R. w. Wells Jr., who was Com
the Cuban campaign, was called. Lieut..
Wells gave a detailed account of the en-
tire campaign, beginning with the de-
parture from Hampton Roads, the stay
at Cienfuegos, the cruise to Santiago, the
retrograde movement, the blockade Of
Santiago, the bombardment of the Colon
and the battle off Santiago Describing
the blockade of Cienfuegos, witness spoke
especially of the appearance there of the
Tlrif ieIa dill I,;OI,
he said, brought q war bulletin from
Kingston containing the information that
the Spanish squadron had gone into the
harbor at Santiago, but had subsequently
left.
Referring to the cruise from Cienfue-
COS to Santiago, witness said that the
Eagle and the Vixen Jagged behind and
that it was necessary to slow down on
this account.
He remembered the meeting with the
scout boats st. Paul, Yale and Mime
apolis on the evening of the 18th ana
also the visit at that time made to the
flagship by Capt. Sigsbee and the signal
to return to Key West via the Yucatan
channel. He also recalled that the Yale
had taken the collier Merrimae in tow
and that there had been difficulty in
doing SO.
On the 9th, the weather having abated,
the commodore signaled to ask if the
Texas could coal, to which the reply
was, "Can try
SANTIAGO BLOCKADE.
The Texas and other vessels having
coaled, the fleet headed to the eastward,
arriving off Santiago about sunset. The
next morning the squadron had steamed
in more closely and he had seen two OF
the Spanish ships.
do
sells lay to, he said, while at night they
steamed back and forth.
Coming to the bombardment of the
Colon, on May 81, witness undertook
to quote from memory a publication by
the navy department which had, he said,
given him the impression that the land
batteries there were manned by large
guns. Capt. Lemly objected, saying the
publication itself should be produced.
Some controversy ensued between
counsel, and Mr.. Rayner spoke of the
objection as a mere "frivol."
To this Capt. Lemly responded: 'I OBJ
ject to this criticism. Counsel has been
continually criticising and i..roWing slurs
on the officers of the court. / beg that
it be stopped 1t is unbecoming in
court of this character. It is extremely
unusual. May it please the court, we
are making history here. How will these
things read in history, even if they do
come from the attorney general of the
great state of Maryland? They are I'M
worthy of a court of the dignity which
this court possesses. 1t has not been
done once, but repeatedly"
Mr.. Hanna Endorsed the statement, but
Mr.. Rayner made no response, merely
asking witness to omit the reference to
the publication and proceed upon Capt.
Lemly's assurance that the original
| would be produced.
Referring to the engagement of May
81, Lieut.. Wells said he had gone aboard
the Massachusetts, with Commodore
Schley.
He gave brief description of that en-
gagement. He said he had heard orders
given to the New Orleans to fire on the
shore batteries. Continuing, he said:
81 saw during this action a number
of discharges of smokeless powder from
the slope to the westward of the en-
trance Several shells passed over US
| and dropped near US. The commodore
at that time made number of joking
remarks about some of US lodging. I do
not think he lodged. He seemed to me
at that time. thoroughly self-possessed
without any perturbation that saw at
any time during that action
WAS he laboring under any mental
excitement at that timer
"None at all that / could see He was
in very natural frame of mind
Mr.. Rayner questioned the witness at
considerable length concerning the
RECEIPT OF DISPATCHES
while the flying squadron lay or Glen
fuegos and also after it had arrived off
Santiago. He first directed the witness
attention to the dispatch No. T. known as
the Dear Schley' letter, and elected
from him the statement, based upon
notes upon the back of the copies of the
| dispatch presented to him for identitica-
ton, that two copies of it had been re-
ceived, the first on the 23d and the sec
ond on the Ath of May. With reference
to the McCal1a memorandum, saying
that a good landing place could be found
on the coast of Cuba, thirteen miles to
the westward of Cienfuegos, it was
shown that it had been received at S:l5
p m. on May %, and the witness said
that as the Hawk had arrived at that
time he thought the memorandum had
not been received until then. No. 8, a
dispatch from Admiral Sampson saying
that the Spanish squadron probably was
at Santiago, and directing Admiral Schley
to proceed there with all dispatch If
satisfied that the Spaniards were not at
Cienfuegos, also was referred to, and 1t
was shown that according to the receiv-
ing stamp imprint it had been received
at S:15 p. m. May %, and that another
copy had been received on the following
day.
While the McCalla memorandum was
under discussion Lieut. Wells stated that
there was but one copy of it received,
and then Mr.. Rayner asked him: DO
you recellect any other copy of this mem
mr. of al 10 q hcir