The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-29

connection with notification to the
fleet that the Adula would be allowed
to enter. At 4 o'clock the court took a
recess until O'Clock.
Tells of Delays.
After recess Captain Lemly then be-
gan a line OF inquiry to develop the
fact concerning the alleged delays en-
route TO CieufUegos. beginning With
the interview between Admiral Schley
and Captain Chester Of the Cincinnati
In connection with this incident Adj
miral Schley repeated that he declined
to take the Cincinnati along because
he did not feel that he had a right 70
take a ship from where she had been
placed by the commander in-chief.
when did you first acquire the be-
lief that the Spanish fleet was at Glen
fuegos2" asked the judge advocate.
THAT question is difficult TO answer,
but 1 think 1 became reasonably GER
tain that the fleet was there after hear
ing the gun firing on the afternoon
preceding my arrival and after re
ceiving the news brought by the Aduia
from Kingston
WAS there anything in dispatches
Nos. or to indicate that the Span
iards were at Cienfuegos2"
There was not"
why did you not make an effort
to ascertain whether the Spanish fleet
was there?''
I made distinct effort on May %
by allowing the Adula to go in"
You regard that as the best effort
that could have been made?"
Il do. inasmuch as she was TO come
out the day following
Order Was Conditional.
The witness was then questioned as
1 to the orders he received by the Hawk.
| He remembered dispatch No. dis
/ tinctly.
When you received that order why
/ did you not proceed to SantiagOg"
Simply because the order was con-
| ditional. When I became satisfied that
! the fleet was not at CienfuegOs / was
! directed to proceed to Santiago
/ Captain Lemiy called Admiral
! Schleys attention TO his letter to Ad-
miral Sampson dated off Cienfueg0s
| May %. reading:
"Sir-In reply to your letter No. s
| 7 would state that I am by no means
satisfied that the Spanish squadron Is
! not at Cienfuegos. The large amount
Of smoke seen in the harbor would in
/ dictate the presence of a number o
( vessels and under such circumstance:
| it would seem to be extremely unWis'
/ to chase up a probability at Santiago
| reported by way of Havana, and n,
/ doubt as a ruse."
Does that contain all your reasons
| for not proceeding when you received
this last dispatch from Admiral Samp
| son?'
Eyes. may have had other rea
sons, but do not now recall them"
Reliability of Reports
The judge advocate asked the wit
ness as to why he questioned the cred
liability of some of the reports con
corning the location of the Spanisl
fleet which came from Admiral Samp
son. He read Admiral Schley's state
ment. saying; I'VE ought to be care
ful how we receive information from
| Havana" He wanted TO know wh,
the admiral was shy about taking in
! formation from Havana when ne wOul'
! accept information brought by tn
| Adula from Kingston.
"On account of the implied doubt i
! the mind of the -chiet
as shown by the language of his dis
patch"
You said in your answer that yO
| thought it was wiser to remain Ot
Cienfuegos than to chase up a proba
biIity at Santiago"
Il thought very naturally that tn
Spanish would employ a ruse and pu
out false reports as they did in havin
| the report cabled that the fleet had re
turned to SPAIN"