Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-11

nation OF the vessels The examina-
uon ~ lhis point was as follows:
'dPt Lemiy-Nhen you were at the
western END OF the blockade, what
Wuers We're there for attacking II von
saw the enemy coming out Of the en-
trance? ''u
DO not believe we could have seen
1ht enemy coming out There were no
oroeIs l have any knowledge off,
why DO you think you would not
nave seen The enemy coming out II such
mad been the case?"
owing to darkness and the distance
from the harbor For Instance. when
we We're at the western end of the line
the snl9S could have come out and
STOOD to the eastward without our be-
ihg any the wiser unless they showed
How about the reverse Of that prop.
| ostion"
y think II would have been the same
| IN either case"
Napt' Lemly then asked: did you
nave any conversation with the com
lnandlhg oillcer OF the dying squadron
| or IN ms presence relating TO The force
| on The Colon or otherwise2H
| Lieut. Dewey replied. u was told
shortly before we started into the en-
! trance that the commodore wished 10
see the turret officers in the pilot house.
! went TO the pilot house and the COM
modore said that ne intended to 20 in
a few moments and have try al the
Colon. and that he wished we would
SINK her Asked what speed we would
make We were told about ten knots
] remarked at the time that thought
mat was giving US very little chance
at The Colon, as she would be- In sight
between the head lines only a couple
OF minutes and that The smoke from
the guns would probably make our fire
very slow To tae best OF my recollec-
ton, the commodore stated we would
have 10 do the best we could. that the
speed would be ten knots
THE CoLoN's SHOTS.
He said m reply to questions that the
Spanish shore betterie8 had not given
the American ships much trouble on
that occasion None Of the Colons
came near he said. but two or three
shots from the batteries fell about toe
Massachusetts, at the time, one passing
over H.
what conclusion did you arrive at
as 20 the calibcr OF the shore guns?'
81 ala not think they were over large
caliber, not over six inch
1T. FRANCIS BOuGHTON.
Lieut. Francis Poughtou who was
watch ana division officer on bOurd the
Morblehead during Commodore Schleys
tl0ekade Of santiago WA then called
He eaid that during that tme the Mar
hlehead and the Vixen were on picket
duty between the shore line and the line
Of the blockade. the Marblehoad being
stationed three miles from the shore
ana to the westward, nix railes from the
MORO. lie would not attempt to say
how far outside the squadron was but
he could not see the ships after night
fall.
The court asked. was the Marbles
head IN such position at night while on
picket duty of Santiago that the enc
my's vessels would have seen her had
they attempted to leave the harborY
The witness replied: That would de-
pend on a great many circumstances,
the state Of the weather, the course
they took. and their success in keeping
their ships dark and quiet"
Admiral Dcwey-The Marblehead was
on picket duty Could she have seen
the enemy coming
III the enemy kept close 10 shore and
we went some miles during most Of
the time, We could not have seen them.
n the enemy had stood south from The
entrance which would have placed
them about four miles of. we could not
have seen them, provided they kept
reasonably dark and quiet"
Mr. Raynor- What was the purpose
OF the picket boats being there II they
could not see The enemy
They were supposed 90 be there, |
presume, for that purpose
Then II they were there for that
purpose what was IL that would have
them from accomplishing
this object?"
'The fact that they could not see
a vessel II IL ran distance of from
two 70 three miles at night"
Lieut.. Boughton was still on the
estand when the court took its noon
reDees
Capt r r Chadwick who command
I'd he New York and was Admiral
chief Of stan was called as
4 witness IN the Schley court this aftet
noon lie testified concerning the code
u signals arranged by Capt McCalla
with the Cuban insurgents at Clenfue-
yos. Of which he said Capt. McCalla had
Informed him upon his arrival at Key
West on May ~ 1895. he said he could
lot rccall 10 whom he had communicate
ID the code. that he had not Informed
Commodore Schley because Capt. Me-
'alla was 10 return Immediately to
'ieniueg0s, whore Admiral Schley was
1ationed.
Capt Chadwick recalled Il converse
lon he had heard between Admiral
sampson and Commodore Schley AT
tey West In which Commodore schley
.ad told the admiral that he was glad
o be under his command and ASSUMED
I'm that he would be entirely loyal 90
i'm
capt. Chadwick also said he he'd
card Commodore Schley tell Admiral
ampson after the latter's arrival at
antlago that II was impossible 10
lockade the Spaniards u they desired
, come out
Capt. Chadwick said that he had OBJ
,cted 20 the telegram N congratulation
hitch Admiral sampson had sent 10
commodore schlcy on May gs, considers
" Il uncalled Tor by the circgm-
anCes.
At4p. m. with Can't Chadwick still
b the stand, the schley court ad-
urned.
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