Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-08
THE SCHLEY COURT.
sAMPsON TO BE CALLED


ouirv Friday Mr Rsyner asked Judge
7 emIv to summon Aemiral Sampson
aS witness in the CASE. The request
arev ont of a difference in reports of
a sentsnc. in Admiral SIMPSONS let
tor IN Commodore Scbley, written
from Kew West, May 20, while the
flying squadron lay on Oien nn,ssu,,
This is knoSu as the Dear ocnley
letter, and it is printed 10 the navy
department documents Suppiieu W
the Senate. The admiral sai1, aitef
expressing his opinion that notwlth
stindiug the report that the opHnish
SQUADRON was in Santiago IL were pet
ter to continue to blockade Clenlue
uos and Havana, ave shall continue
to hold Havana and Santiago untii
we receive more positive lnior"a-
ton.
The witnesses for the day we're
Lieut. g W Dyson OF the bureau OF
steam engineering, concerning the
coal supply of the Tying squadron
Commander r p Rodgers, VINO was
second in command OF the pattiesnlp
Iowa duIirg the Spanish war ana car
ried Admiral Samrson s despatch OF
May 20 to Commodore Schley', anu
Com mander a " houSSou'
During the examination OF Com
mander Rodgers the despatch was IN
der consideration, when MI hayneI
expressed the opinion that tue "ora
Santiago had been Inadvertently ussn
by the commodore, assuming that ne
meant to uss Cienflcgos as better cor
responding with the CONTEXT AS the
document was printed there was a
L. a rnI
pareptheticsl note, to when aumiral
| Schley's initials were alta cheo, saying
that evidently the wrong city had Deea
mentioned. MIR Rsyner asked Capt
Lemly to make this concession, gu.
the latter declined saying be would
produce the original of Admiral Samp,,
SON despatch to prove tnat ne ndu
said "Santiago Mr. Rayner SAID
~ cannot tahe the word Santiago to
mean anything but Cierfuegos. IL Is
an iuputation upon Commodore Schley
ard cannot permit it to rest without
summoning the author OF that oes,
natrh. Capt Lemly responded, II
have told you once before you can
Summon any one you please. j.,
Then, Mr. Rayner, summon Admiral
Lieut. Dyson said that on May "A
the Brooklyn had coal enough aboard
IN have renal q I'd oa blockade duty OH
santiago for % DAYS and thee to have
roturned to Key West; the MASSACRE
satts enough to remain IL days and
then 90 to Key West; the Iowa euougn
for II DAYS; the Texas seven days ana
the Marblehead one day. This was IS
Stunning that they would have gone py
the Yucatan channel. -.
Cant Rodgers was examined al
) length concerning the coaling OF the
filing squadron.
, Gould you have coalpd the Iowa on
the afternoon of May 26?' Mr. Hanna
asked. a., 49,;
In the late afternoon, the time
snokep of, the weather being fine ano
smooth, / think there would have
: been 70 trouble at all, u replied the
witness. He related two or three
, instances in which the ships OF the
: living SQUADRON had been cleared upof
3 signal from the flagship Brooslyn De
, fore NAV 81 when vessels had beer
! discerped in the distance. Each time
the signal to make speed of II Knott
: an hour. He also repeated the story
' of the BON bardment or reconnaissance
{ ~ the Cristobal Col1n on May 81
= Describing Commodore Schley s bloCk
Q ada of the harbor at Santiago, Csp
1 Rodgers said thpt the fleet had man
! tanned a position of seven or elgn
. niles out.
s He was asked whether the Brooklyn
g and the Texas had been in danger OF
= collision on July 3. The witness re
. plied tuat if there had bsen any sucl
J. danger he had not seen the two SNIP
d at the time. He had seen the two YES
3 sells esrly 10 the engs gemert' gu
o thew were then about nslf mile apart
,atsr he was called below and did no
p see any danger. /.
t Commander Hodgson repeated III
IS famous Colloquoy with Schley ourin
. the peculisr mauoeuvre, known rs tn
e "lonpn executed by the Brooklyn
II Admiral Schley's flagship, 10 tue en-
e oapement With Cervera's squadron o.
e Santiago. on July 3, 1898, and to th
II reasons OF Admiral Scbley for max 10
It Hodgson said that while America
e vessels we're steaming in toward tn
If fleeing Spanish ships Schley Gale
out TO the Brooklyn 5 captain: Loo
out. Cook they are going to raj
you. " Cook, replying that he woul
r iook out for that, had the helm pu
n 10 stsrbosrd, thus turning the Brook
3 Ivn in the direction in which tn
Ie Suanish ships we're going. that is' t
n fine west ward. Immediately after
lie ward. bowever, the helm was put t
o mort and Schley called out to Coos
L. lizard apurt!' This turned tn
BROOKLYN in a direction opposite I
IS that of the Spanisrds. Then Hodgso
Ie cried out to Schley Commodore,
i you go to starboard you VIII run in'
l. the Texas
Y damn the Tsxss! / can't help thu
~ she must look out for herself,
Oh Scbley answered. Il don't propose
ct 90 in anv closer and subject my shI
ii to torpedo attack.
+. Hodeson continued: After m,
il mept's discussion it was decided
p get around as quickly as possibl
al The leading Spanish ships were mt
ed yell to the westward. Helm ma I
o. aport, vas the next order given. IL
he turn was made and the Brooklyn WI
n we'll clear of the Texas. We start'
nd for the leading vessel, the Vizcay
-. As soor as we were around the tut
as the helm was eased so We we're ru
sh ming parallel to the Spanish ship
81 the Vizcays about 2500 yards OF Il
as starboard bow. The Colon was on O
TO- beam and the OIueudo abaft q
starboard beam.
an He said that the Brooklyn "
ed about $50 or 300 yards from the Tx
is at tn. nearest point of the turn.
IL > .o,;o,,,l, ,a1lad the di stance