The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29

to the captains under him.
II regarded the instructions as conf
DENTAL" said Admiral Schley
My Dear Schley."
Witness was then closely questioned
about the time of the receipt of the
! Dear Schley" letter which the admiral
declared was received May %, according
! to his best recollection.
But in your letter to the senate you
| said that this letter came to you on the
| 2Sd and confused the situation
! That is a 1actn
| But if-it came on the 22d?''
| las ] have stated before, ] wrote the
| communication to the senate from MEM
| DRY. The point that at that time l had
| not received Order No. g."
| Judge advocate then called the atten-
! ton of the witness to his statement that
when he saw the signals at Cienfuegos
| he did not understand them and asked
why he made the statement.
| Because Admiral Sampson had stated
to me unqualifedly that as soon as nc
| got the situation better in hand he would
/ advise me-
| when did the Iowa arrive at Cienfue-
gos?"
1.-THE Iowa arrived at Cienfuegos on
! the 22d, some time in the afternoon, l
| think
| Capt. Lemly then stated that. the Iowa
| left Key West at II o'clock a. M, on
| May 20, and gained in her trip about
thirty-one hours on the squadron. He
| asked witness how he accounted for this,
| particularly in view of the fact that the
| Iowa had orders to show herself off Ha-
Vana en- route.
| Before Admiral Schley could answer
| this question Mr.. Rayner asked Mr..
Lemly where he got his figures of thirty
| one hours. discussion then followed
| as to the time of the arrival Of the fly
| ing squadron off Cienfuegos and both
| sides finally settled on fourteen hours,
| instead of thirty-one.
| Mr.. Lemly then repeated his questior
en- basis of fourteen hours.
1.-THE only reason / can give" said
witness, lis that she stood directly
across from Key West to Havana, also
| that in shore the current would not be
as strong as it was off shore. Then prob
| ably she may have steamed out of the
current after she got around"
Not in the Precept.
Mr.. Rayner called attention to the fact
that the precept does not raise any Ques-
| ton concerning the movement of the
| squadron from Key West to Cienfuegos,
| but Capt. Lemly and Mr.. Hanna con-
! tended that inquiry in this line is IN
! cluded in the precept's instruction to In
vestigate Admiral Schley's conduct gen
orally. In presenting his objection Mr..
! Rayner spoke of the charges against
| Admiral Schley' but Capt Lemly re-
piled that there were mo changes" The
court retired to consider Mr.. Rayner' S
suggestion, ard when it's members had
returned Admiral Dewey announced its
| decision as follows:
| THE court is of opinion that this ques-
| ton is in compliance with its decision
of this morning, coming between the
dates of the 18th of May and the LIST of
| June. The court is also of opinion that
! this witness occupies different position
from any other witness on the stand,
and he is better qualified to give reasons
| than any other witness. If it Is true that
| there was a delay in that trip from Key
| West to Cienfuegos, witness on the stand
| is better qualified to give reasons than
| anyone else
Capt. Lemly then began a line of in
! qu1ry concerning the alleged delays en-
route to Cienfuegos, beginning with the
| interview between Admiral Schley and
! Capt Chester of the Cincinnati. In con-
| nection with this incident Admiral Schley
| repeated that he had declined to take
| the Cincinnati along because he did not
! feel that he had a right to take a ship
from a station where she had been placed
| by the commander-in-chief.
when did you first acquire the belief
that the Spanish fleet was at Glen
fuegos?" asked the judge advocate.
THAT question is the witness said in
| reply, difficult to answer, but I think
1 became reasonably certain that the feet
was there after hearing the gun firing
| on the afternoon preceding my arrival
and after receiving the news brought by
/ the Adula from kingston
Was there anything in dispatches Nos
or to Indicate that the Spaniards were
! at Cienfuegos?",, a.
There was not"
why did you not make an effort tc
ascertain whether the Spanish fleet was
| in Cienfuegos?"
II made distinct effort ON May % by
| allowing the Adula to go in
You regard that as the best effort tina,
| could have been nader
II do inasmuch as she was to come GU,
| the day following
| Witness was then questioned as to the
orders he received by the Hawk. He re-
membered dispatch No. distinctly.
When you received that order why did
| you not proceed to Santiago?"
Simply because the order was condi-
| tional. When 1 became satisfied that the
| fleet was not at Cienfuegos was directed
| to proceed at Santiago
| Letter to Sampson.
Capt. Lemly called Admiral Schley.s
attention to his (Schley's) letter to Ad-
-miral Sampson, dated off Cienfuegos. Nav
| 5, and reading "Sir-In reply to your let
ter No. I would state that l am by
no means satisfied the Spanish squadron
is not in Cienfuegos. The large amount
| OF smoke seen in the harbor would indi-
cate the presence of a number of vessels
| and under Snoh cir CT
seem to be very unwise to chase up a
| probability at Santiago reported by way
OF Havana, and no doubt as a ruse."
| Does that contain all your reasons for
| not proceeding when you received this
last dispatch from Admiral Sampson?''
| Yes. I may have had other reasons.
but l do not now recall them.
DID you say anything in regard to the
/ Adula incident in that letter, NJ 1927
mo. But I sent one at the same time.
| M. A, in which 1 did speak of it,
J Capt. Lemly asked a number of oues-
lions concerning the two dispatches sent
! by him to Admiral Sampson from Glen
/ fuegos on May "a
1T is very difficult to remember the
exact order of these dispatches or the
motives which governed me at the time. y
said Admiral Schley
The judge advocate asked witness as tn
| why he questioned the credibility of some
! of the reports concerning the location of
| the Spanish fleet which came from Adj
-miral Sampson. He read Admiral Schlev, G
statement, saying: I'VE ought to be care
full how we received information from
Havana" He wanted to know whv the
admiral was shy about taking informa-
ton from Havana when he would accent
information brought by the Adula from
| Kingston -
| of no =;