The age-herald., 1901-09-26

| also the senior officer present off Santi- ago as follows:
 "All department information indicates that the Spanish division Is at Santiago. The department looks to you to ascertain facts, and that if the enemy Is therein, | does not leave without a decisive action. | Cubans familiar with Santiago say there | are landing places five or six nautical miles west from the mouth Of the harbor' and that the insurgents will probably be found and not the Spanish. From the sur rounding heights can be seen every vessel in port. As soon as ascertained, notify the l department whether the enemy Is there. | Could not squadron and aslo the Harvard | coal from the Merrimac leeward Of Cape | Cruz. Gonivas channel or Mole, Hayti! The department will send coal immediate ly to Mole. Report without delay situation at Santiago, Cuba. LONG:
 MT. Raynor called attention to the fact that there was some material change in the dispatches as printed in the official reports by the navy department. Admiral Schley's reply to these ols- patches, dated May 29 in which he said he could not obey the orders of the de- partment, was then read, and MT. Ray nor pointed out various changes in the language of the department dispatch as printed in the official report. He ad- dressed the court briefly concerning these changes.
 He said that Admiral Schley had spoken of the weather as ''boisterous" and that word had been omitted from the printed CODY of the dispatch. He also stated that, whereas the admiral said that 9oOC tons of coal would be necessary, the printed copy made 1t 10000 tons It was also stated in the original that the Har- yard was going to Port Royal. whereas Kingston had been inserted in the print ed CODY. There were also other changes.
 Admiral Schleys Message.
 Following Is the text of the printed dis patch sent to the Navy Department by Admiral Schley:
 Received dispatch of May 26 by Har- yard off Santiago de Cuba; Merrimacs s , engine is disabled and she is helpless; am obliged to have her lowed to Key West. Have been absolutely unable to coal the Texas Marblehead, Vixen and Brooklyn from collier owing to very rough seas and boisterous weather since leaving Key West. Brooklyn Is the only one in squadron having more than suffi- cient coal to reach Key West. Impossible to remain off Santiago in present state of coal on account of squad ron. Not possible to coal to leeward off Cape Cruz in summer owing to southwest winds. Harvard just reports to me she has only coal enough to reach Jamaica and she will proceed to Port Royal; also reports only small vessels could coal at Gonvias or Mole, Hayti. Minneapolis has only enough coal to reach Key West and same of Yale, which will tow Merrimac. Tt Is to be regretted that departments 8 order cannot be obeyed earnestly, as we have all striven to that end I am forced to return to Key West via Yucatan chan mel for coal Can ascertain nothing con- corning the enemy. Was obliged to send f1 out Anta Iarn loo tar- day as she had only twenty-seven tons of coal on board. Will leave St. Paul here. Will require 9500 tons of coat at Key West"
 Proposition to Go Ashore.
 Admiral Cotton then related a conver- sation he had had with Admiral Schley concerning proposition of Lieutenant Bealle of the Harvard to go ashore and put himself in communication with the Cuban insurgents. He could not, he said, recall the exact words of the conversa- tion, but at all events MT. Bealle had not been ordered ashore.
 Judge Advocate Lemey then asked After you delivered the order and prior to the dispatch which he delivered to you to be sent to Kingston, what efforts did he make to locate Cervera's fleet to your knowledge?"
 None, to my knowledge"
 He did not I will qualify that to this extent. The vessels, of course. were not at anchor; they were moving about and their direction of movement was toward the harbor of Santiago"
 Referring to that phrase in the dis patch, The department looks to you to ascertain the facts that the enemy, if therein, does not leave without a decisive action, what within your knowledge. did Commodore Schley do in obedience to these instructionsY'
 "On the departure of the flying squad ron, supposing they departed on that day, as indicated by the signal, for Key West and the leaving of your own vessel for Kingston, what of the American force was left at Santiago to prevent the exit of Cevera's fleet from that harbor?"
 "I have no personal knowledge of that fact"
 Judge Lemley then started to read the dispatches received by Admiral Cotton from Admiral Schley delivered by the Scorpion.
 MT. Rayner objected to the reading of these dispatches unless Admiral Samp- sons dispatch No. 2, to Admiral Schley was read.
 At this point Captain Parker remarked that this dispatch could not be found
 To the remark Captain Lemley took ex- ception, saying that 1t was out of place for counsel to make such comment.
 Admiral Dewey sustained the objec- tion.
 The "Dear Schley" Letter.
 The order of Admiral Sampson, which is known as the Dear Schley" letter, was then read.
 On cross-examination Admiral Cotton said that while he had delivered four or five dispatches to Admiral Schley, he had had the original only of one dispatch, which he had given. They had all been translated by Lieutenant Bealle. and he had not seen the originals of any but that one. He had no knowledge of other dispatches. Hrf
 Mir Rayner-I think maybe I can help you refresh your memory. Are you not mistaken about the dates, and Is not the date of the delivery of these dispatches the 31st instead of the 27th of May? You did deliver the dispatches, there Is no doubt"
 "Ali the dispatches I received at St. Nicholas Mos were delivered to Com modore Schley on the morning of May 27, 1898. There is no mistake about that
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