The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-05

there was mo news" Admiral SchIe.
v ,,ia, MS testimony wherein he said h
Was not mistaken as to this, hy statin
that ne might have been mistaken.
hulhlral Schley also corrected his state
! Nelit regarding bis visit to The fagshi
! New York when he had made his pTelim
mary report of the battle of July 10 Ad
mlIal Sampson. The record, he said. di
n4t i'm, make the matter quite clear Tn
! ness, that | had omitted a very jnpoltan
| Uelall' which was 10 state that the New
ORR was present.
The witness corrected hut one of his an
! swerS to the questions Of the court TIT
! question was to the effect that as he wa
| ordered to go To Cienfuegos to establish
| CIRCUMSTANCES to communicate directly
! either by signal or otherwise with M
/ senior officers of the vessel returning from
| Cientuegos and obtain from him all i'm
Icrmatlon regarding the situation at o
| near that portI
The answer as corrected reads; "Th,
through the Eagle indicated that Captair
McCnlla knew ! was bound for Utcnfucgos
ana l. of coutse. took IL for granted II h,
huu anything important he would hav,
quny" "
At this point Admiral schlcy announced
tant ne had no more corrections to m,-sp.
captain Parker called the admira's attcn
non to thu evidence of Captain Sigsboe I'm
which he had said that when he went on
BOARD the Brooklyn the whole question. So
lar as ne coulG remember, was coal, and
notnlng but coal, and that Commodore
to Key West.
That was not the first question sics.
pee, asked me ut all, - replied Admiral
Schle%. II did not say to Captains Slgs.
. zee mat we were going to Key West, as
on tbS cnoi ana i 'NG ~ WIS tulhihG
recall the fact that his statement was that
tenth of mile lon7 and ti,at , s, WI one
tnTn her oi ie 'ong 'nu Iuat Sne could not
uf day neF es mes oyer mnSer 100 tons Of coal
yery long thot bo yrn,Iid 20, irinaIn lhete
Kew Wost Nv "'"'" nave 'o'Eo TO
Had Won nc mattor Of f,ot mad, ,,,,
your mind nj that limo :" l"cS, u va up
West ~ ''''' W 80 ~ Ne|
~ had NOT
Admiral Scblev tbep raferrod 20 hi. ,,,,
versaticn with Admiral samson rn ".S }Tm
his lnstrnctoms aLm,,t SIu'pSon lTGsarudlS
catons as foow gu P' o nGhodr o s LIr
In connection Win the talk had With ~
admiral I'm relation TO his insfrmctions obonf
not h1mbarding fortidcations that hat Ire re-
about the guns Thai @1 nr MGFS ta6is
and asked him whether he knew If tbey
were BcntIra mr. Krunt gnnS tIa - ~ ~
Probah both and fb ot Ep pcca,ls tho sa ni
cumstarce to me. And again in relation
tu the testimony of Licutrnant RnysN
Judge Advocate lemIv-i don't thinI; tho
purpose Of calling tho witness 10 revise his
testimony is to enable hin; 70 confradict
Witnesses who have been on the stand
Mr.. Raynor-He can contradict any wit
ness tf want him O do Tint Is
remarkable statement Yonr witnessed
have right to rebut ours and we have moi
an entireI,. new nltno ss ond HoHS ., Wai
to something new. asked the question re #
we would have the right to cali nm VIII.
nesses to contradict new witnesses and The
court said we would
The Judge Advocate think. as Lieuten-
ant Roys is the only witness who remains
tlncoutradicted. | have no objection ia
make.
take that he is the ONLY witness tncontra.
dictcd think there are fifty witnesses
nncontraadicted, according to my recollec,
fo the 9dra is olgfy 70 mPG9tGer remark
Judge Advocate-If the court plaoscs.
am to be corrected by the court only and
not by counsel. who has frequently at
tempted It,
Mr.. Raynor-I suggest NAV IT, please the
court, that during the trial of This case
that this is the only witness that is I'M
II is obiectlonnbie becorse
1t is not fact.
Admiral Dewey-The court has NOT oh
iected to the admiral's references TO Lien
tenant Roys
Admiral SchIey-I merely wontod IN sov
I'm connection With IIeutenant Rows testi-
mony that heard nothing of the protest
which he speaks of-of tho desire Of Lion.
tenant Southerlaud to coal am nnitc
sure he is mistaken herause II yvHnId have
been imnossible for that shin ia coal
The ,ithlpe Adyocate-In vonr jctoiled
statement YOU stated I'm effect that the
Eagle whom detached ana snnt 10 port
An6nio. reported DAYS coal. more or
less
Yes"
Now Won stated In your testimony that
YOU were Informed Inv the commondinp of
lIcer of the Eagle through signal or nfber
wise that the Eagle wns then danSeronsIv
short of coal and thaf he Ind on hoard
one days suppiy, more sor less
Yes. that was the message"
.You stated that Won ala nat repoar,hor
the SIGNALS recorded in The Tacla's sic nCi
book and in the RrookIvn's In vour dis
patch. however which Won sant on Tho
morning of Nav ~ Won stated that The
IIogIc whar Ssnt "a port t,+o ~ i III
,wenfv-seyen TONS ma yo,, nnt NV H"u
II did. That was the 'nrvt dnv,,
CaDtnin emily at this noint int,itod tho
,ourt's attention 10 signal in Tho sionai
hook Of Tho low Don't go in nnv Glass; W. -
about which there bns 7henn discnssia,n
Admiral SchIev wos tben Gnsiiv nvcusod
Captaiu Ienly offeTed n IoI.re nnmher
captain Ciaodrich on ra6lS cntttnsr US oh,
ected 10 and Canaan I.nnIv Win iroT, -
Among This docunentarv nyidenca vas
etter from the secrptniv 81 tbe nav, "a
he president Of tho senate do+aJ tFh,g!, ,,.,, !
Id ism In rnsnorsa 10 H. sonat ,,aeoiS
ion Of Ianuar,i "a 1S9o g,,Ln,ittin 80
md military records ofTectipg tbo n1onossI
Lgt cCuoin officers H. mo 49, Wv bop al
.anced eccordine 10 tbc nonoinotto ~Su sent
q the senate on Decemher 7 ISgs RIA
1roposition Of CANAAN Too,l, int,odi,no
liscnsson Mr. Rayno rdSIeu todS', ~ Sp' '
,y-narte stotements haino %U!eieen ~ "rS
he record. II was dpoiiS decided tbot rho
ntt,. ehould not 40 49, ~ it - ~.