The San Francisco call., 1901-10-29
scHLEY Is cRoss-ExAMINED.
Story of Campaign Not Shaken by
IemlV'S Questions

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-Soon after the
schley court Of inquiry resumed its sitting at
II o'clock to-day Admiral Schley took the
stand, continuing his testimony. When he left
the stand on Friday his examination in chief
had been almost concluded, and when he re-
sumed to-day it was with the understanding
that after comparatively few questions had
been asked by Raynor he would be placed in
the hands of Judge Advocate Lemly and
Hanna for cross-eXamination. Raynor's ques-
tfons again directed toward throwing
ana most OF them concerned conversations
which witnesses for the Navy Department had
reported having had with the admiral.
Previous to Admiral Schley taking the stand
Lieutenant Commander Harlow was called to
correct his testimony. This occupied but a few
minutes, and Admiral Schley took the stand
about 11:1o. Raynor's first question related to
incident testified to by Lieutenant Grant Of
a melee the ships got into on the way from
Cienfuegos to Santiago when they met q
sailing vessel. 80
Admiral schley replied that he had an in
that whenever the squadron stopped it was
always in conformity with signals previously
made. If there was any miX-up, testified
to, he said, 1T must have been the result Of
the carelessness of the officer of the deck in
not carrying out the signals of the flagship
Reverting May 81, the day of the recon
noissance, Raynor asked the witness if he rec
objected any signal from the Massachusetts
to the squadron to not go in any closer.
Il cannot recall that. signal at all" replied
course UNNECESSARY in view of the IA tbaf 70
vessel could have left the line without per- .
mission from the flag or commander in chief
Conversations With Evans.
Raynor then asked Admiral schley regard
ing alleged conversations with Admiral (then
captain) Evans July or 5.
81 did have a conversation with him." re-
piled the witness, but ! do not remember
whether it was on the 4th or 5th. | would
gay of Captain Evans, as / have said of all the
others 1 do not believe he would willingly
misstate 1 think his recollection is at fault.
He did have conversation with in rela-
ton to shooting the bow off one of the tor
pedo boats and the stern off another, and put
ting his helm to starboard and raking one ship
lection now is that preliminarily he said to
me, Did you see Jack Philip start to run
II was the Brooklyn that made the turn and
1 asked him II he did not see the tactical ne
cessity for it."
tion to the testimony of Admiral Taylor. who,
as captain, commanded the batteship In
diana during the battle of Santiago, and Cap
tain Dawson, who commanded the marines On
that vessel, to the effect that the Brooklyn.
i1e when she maze i1a ns 5ns loGD & went
'I think they are entirely and absolutely
mistaken" replied the witness The Brook
lyn did not pass to the southwark Of the line
except the distance, perhaps. Of her tactical
diameter which surely was not greater than
course parallel to the spaniards, and do moi
think we were over 2300 or 2400 yards at any
time from the Spanish line. say emphati.
cally that the Brooklyn did not run south and
any statement TO the contrary is a. mistake
The witness stated in reply to a question
from Raynor that when he started to tie
westward from Santiago he left the st. Pau
at the latter place.
Admiral Schley then told Of how lis
! papers boxed up by his secretary for
transmission to the department as the regula-
! tions require. He turned the box over tc
the department about February s. He estl
| mated that this box contained all his papers
except the document he had turned over to
the court, namely, copy of the No dis
I patch
Hits on the Spanish Ships.
The admiral then, by permission of the court
reverted to his narrative of Friday and spoke
of the hits the Spanish squadron. The
Brooklyn he testified, the only ship carry
ing fve-inch guns record of the hits re
per cent Of the hits scored by the American
fleet came from those guns on the Brooklyn
! The Brooklyn received thirty of the forty-twc
hits from the Spanish feet, about seventy
| per cent.
/ With this statement Admiral Schley con-
cluded his direct testimony and the judge ad
vocate then began the cross-examnation. Ad
miral Schley was asked first about the con-
Roads before the flying squadron sailed to the
southwark. In reply Admiral Schley said
that Captains Higginson, Jewell, Sands. Cool
and Mark were present He explained that
the Spanish fleet was met and also the ques-
ton of place below the warheads of the over
water torpedoes.
WAS there any other consultation with the
yes, off Santiago, for the purpose of ex
planning the formation Of the blockade and the
method of attack in case met the Spanish
feet
WAS there any prescribed order of battle ir
writing?"
'I did not consider It necessary We would
fight the ships by signal"
Was there time to place the order of battle