The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-17
Government Sought To Establish That
Schley Had Been Notified
EAGLES DISPATCH NOT DELIVERED.
The Ships Record Shows That They
Were Too Far Out TO Rccog Iiz.
Signals From the Shore.

| fore the Schley court Of inquiry ad-
journed Thursday Judge Advocate
Lemly introduced Lieutenant J. II.
Holden, formerly watch officer on the
Scorpion, as witness. Lieutenant
Holden signed the entry in the Scorpi-
| on's log, giving the particulars eli the
| receipt OF a message for Commodore
Schley from the Eagle, which that YES
sci had brought from Captain McCaila
on May 19, 1898, when the flying squad
ron, then bound for Cienfuegos, fell in
with Captain McCalla's sub-squadron,
which had just left that port. he gov
ernment had sought to show that by
this message Commodore Schley had
been notified that the Spanish feet was
not in the harbor Of Cienfuegos, and
Lieutenant Commander Switzerland
Of the Eagle, had testified that he had
megaphoned to the Scorpion that there
were only torpedo boat and several
cannopierios in that harbor. Captain
Lemly told the court that the log os
the Scorpion did not show that the re-
ceipt Of the message in this form and
that there was no evidence to show the
delivery Of the message to Commc-
dore Schley.
Other witnesses were Lieutenant
Commander w. H. ScnuetZe, who serv-
ed on the Iowa, and Lieutenant A. W.
Grant, who was on the Massachusetts,,
who testified concerning the general
campaign Of the flying squadron. Lieu-
a H. 7 ainnar nnnnIr1nd
timony begun yesterday. Captain LEM
ly asked him concerning the blockade
Of Santiago by Commodore S3hley-
The witness said the vessels were ly-
ing in column from six to eight miles
off shore. At night they steamed slow
ly back and forth in front Of the har-
Dor 800 yards apart. They were so far
out, the witness said. that it was i'm
possible to distinguish pointA on the
shore or to determine where the shore
line met the water line.
Lieutenant commander VIM. II.
Schuetze, who was a member OF the
board of navigation which prepared the
official chart OF the positions OF the
board Of navigation which prepared
the official chart Of the positions OF
the vessels engaged in the battle OF
July 3, said he had not been satisfied
with the report. Il protested" he said.
against the signing Of the report as
being inaccurate, but was finally per-
suaded to do 50 by the senior member
Of the board. Commander Wainwright.
who thought that was tan best we
could do even if We stared there until
doomsday and | signed / under pro-
test. My first objection was thai the
chart was inaccurate: tina: the position
Of the Iowa was plotte:: IN this chart
as giving her too mEc': speed. Another
objection had WAS ihc initial position
of the Brooklyn whoI The Sp2niards
left the harhor. | coGtGIGeG that the
Brooklyn's position was tco clos 10
the mouth Of the harbor: that she was
not in her regular position. She was
south of it.
Captain Lemly: Il want you tc state
when you saw the Texas?"
When first saw the Texas sEc was
heading to the eastward Of NORTH. Soon
afterward | noticed her again and She
was headed to the westward and ap-
parGntly lying dead in the water. / CALI
ed Captain Evans attention to the fact
that she was in our way; that she Was
lying dead in the water and cautioned
the captain that we would probably run
into her if we kept on the way we were
heading. She was then cl cur port
bow. We were trying to ge, close iItU
the harbor and steamed at first direct
y. ~ 80 ~, T., hn
Spaniards turned to the westward Wa
turned in the same direction and in this
move We were hindered By the Texas.
On cross-examination Mr.. Rayner
questioned the witness in reference to
the official chart.
"Why did not you state. This chart
IS wrong and will not sign it?'
Il did"
Then why did you slgn?"
Because | was persuaded Gy the
other witnesses OF the board that that
was the beat we could do and they
wanted to come to an agreement. That
was a compromise"
Then really this chart was signed
for the purpose otroming to an agree
ment and not for the purpose Of SHOW
ing any accurate results. was it?"
The board was ordered 70 show ac-
curate results, but it was an absolute
impossibiity to make chart Of that
kind showing accurate results. There
was never a chart drawn OF any battle
in the world that is correct
When the court re-conyencd after
luncheon Lieut.. Commander Schuetze
said he had seen no evidence Of dis