The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-13
Mr. Rayner: WAS not the Hawk the
first vessel that carried that memoran-

Mr. Rayner: WAS not the Hawk the
| first vessel that carried that memoran-
DUMP
ITO the best of my knowledge, the
| Hawk was the first and only vessel that
! carried that memorandum" replied the
| witness.
THE Hawk left on May 2lst, and the
first information you had was about halI
| rast eight or nine o'clock in the GOTH
/ When did you get this second contlrmary
! information you speak Off
II got it on shore at Key West about
| z o'clock on the evening of May 2lst.
sThen the confirmary dispatch. as I
understand it, was received some twenty
four hours before the Hawk left with this
memorandum to Commodore Schley. Is
that right?
yes, at key West, and the Hawk was
sent from Havana
Can you give me any subsequent dis
patches or memoranda that passed be-
tween Admiral Sampson and Commodore
SchIey in reference to the Spanish squad
ron being at Santiaso?'
81 do not think I can refer you to any.
After Admiral Sampson heard that the
fleet of Commodore Schley had not left
Cienfuegos-in other words, after he got
q reply from the commander or the Fly
ing Squadron, he sent the Wasp, L think,
1hGut May E5Ll1- To 1ieiilueScS Will GIL
additional dispatch. but she, of course,
did not arrive there until Commodore
Schley had left for Santiago, and do
NOT remember what these dispatches
We're.
'.was that the Wasp"
yes
What date?''
..Mv impression is she left by the Old
Bahama Channel MAY 26th.
NO OPPORTUNITY.
.oThen L understand that between the
time the Hawk carried this information to-
Commodore Schley at dusk on the eve
Ming of May 21st. and the time When
this dispatch was sent from the Banana
Channel on the 26th, there was no COM
munication between Admiral sampson
and Commodore Schley in reference 10
the Spanish squadron at Santiago: was
tbare?"
portunity for any
After further effort on Mr. NtaSner
part to elicit information as to CORE
spondence between the, two commanders,
and objection on the part of Mr. hanna
to bringing In dispatches which had no
immediate bearing upon to1nllot'ore
Sch1ey's conduct Mr.. Rayner said there
was no communication between them be-
tween Nav 2lst and May 9th. He then
Quoted the dispatch of May 9th as the
first positive knowledge conveyed to Com
nodore Schley of the presence OF the
fleet at Santiago.
DISPATCH No. s.
This dispatch was as follows:
"ITnited States Flagship New York,
EST. Nicholas Channel. May q. 1888.
s'Sir.-Eyery report and particularly
daily confidential reports received at Key
West from Havana state Spanish squad
ron has been in Santiago de Cuba from
the 18th to the 25th, instant, inclusive
the 18th being the date of the last re-
port received You will please proceed
with all possible dispatch to Santiago
to blockade that port. II on arrival there
YOU receive positive information Of the
Spanish ships having left, you Will fol-
low them in pursuit.
Very respectfully,
fsienefl> ..W. 7. SAMPSON"
Mr.. Hanna: What Is the first positive
order?"
Mr.. Ravner: May 26th.'
Mr.. Hanna: Ibid he receive it on the
27th?'
SIr. Rayner: He never received 1t on
the 9th. After being prompted by Adj
mirspl Schley, he got in on June 10th.
Mr.. Hanna: How it is possible then
he can be affected by an order after all
that lapse of timer"
Mr.. Rayner: That is Just what we
want to prove. That he had no orders
except those contained in dispatches Nos.
Z and s.
Mr.. Rayner then repeated his desire TO
offer the dispatch OF May 9th IN evidence,
and after a col loquy between Mr.. sRaynsrss
and Judge Advocate Lenley, Mr. Hanna
remarked that there was no election to-