The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-08
No Further Public Sessions of the Court
of Inquiry Will Be Held.
JUDGE ADVOCATE LEMLY CONCLUDED THE
PRESENTATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
The Attitude Assumed Made 1t Appear that the
Naval Clique Had Realized the FutiIity of It's
Persecution of Admiral Schley

Washington, November T.--After slttings
covering forty days and with record,
which. when completed win cover about
goo pages, the Schley court of Inquiry
today, at 3i5 p. M, adjourned its last
public session.
Captain $. c. Lemly, the irdge advocate,
made tho closing argument In the case and
soon after he had completed his speech
Admiral Dewey bringing his savel down
upon tho big fat table, said:
There being no further business, the
court is adjourned"
AS was the case yesterday when Mr.
Raynor spoke the attendance was large.
The session began at o'clock and the en-
tire time was devoted 10 Captain Lcmly's
address. We read his speech In clear and
distinct tones aud was given careful at
tentlon. Speaking OF Commodore Schley's
conduct, Captain Lcmly said:
Prom my knowledge OF the man, hav-
ing served under his command on two
cruisers, / have never believed, ner do
claim from the evidence, that personal mis-.
| conductor, TO call spindle spade,
| cowardice--was exhibited by Commodore
Schley in any part Of his career as com
mander in chief OF the flying squadron.
| But l submit with regret that In the pas
sage from Key West to Cicnfuegos while
at the latter port, on the route 10 the
southwark to Santiago, without settled
destination, In the retrograde, in the re-
| turn to the vicinity of Santiago and in the
AFFAIR OF May 81. the commodore exhibited
unsteadiness in purpose and tn push and
failure to obey orders"
After Adjournment the members Of the
court, Admiral Schey and counsel fingered
for time about the hall In which they
recently have spent much Of their time
and thore were many anectionate words Of
fNrewell spoken. Admiral schley, as usual,
was called upon 20 receive the greetings
OF q number OF admirers and a hundred or
more people waited at the door OF the
building to bid him adieu.
Taking up the case with the testimony
concerning the interview between Admiral
Sampson and Commodore schlcy OF Key
West, before the cruise to Cienfuegos,
Captain Lemly said. "Senior counsel has
Indicated TO the court certain consldera-
: lions which should be taken into account
In giving relative weights TO the testi-
moRs OF Captain Chadwick and the APP
plicant relative to the subject matter Of
the conversation between the admiral and
Commodore Schley at Key West, May IS.
I
meuts about the matter made at other
| times should be regarded, and particularly
his statement to the senate committee on
naval Affairs and the consideration that at
this time neither Admiral sampson nor
Commodore Schley, nor Captain Chadwick
had any notion the Spanish ships would
70 10 Santiago.
ri ask the court to apply to the appli-
can't as a witness, the well known rule
that where two witnesses testify Win re
gard 20 the same matter and one OF them
remembers and the other merely does not
remember the circumstance OF the matter
the evidence Of him who remembers must
Is little left of the evidence given before
this court by the applicant, particularly
upon his crossexamuation.'
Commodore schley has testified" said
Captain Lcnly. that lac consulted Com
modore Remey at the naval base, Key
West May ~, and az that time the latter
had Information as to the movements Of
the Spaniards. So had Admiral Sampson
on the 18th And for what. II NOT, TO
meet the enemy's hrTt. was Commodore
! schley sent 10 CienfuegosY Not because
he expected TO ind them already in there,
AZ the order. No ., VIII clearly show. II
was simply expected that the Spanlards
would endeayor to reach Cienfuegos and
not that they were there
Referring TO Mr.. Raynors statement
that when the report Of the Spaniards
being Mt Santiago WAS confirmed, nothing
was done TO inform Commodore Schley 81
this until the Hawk was sent, on the after
noon Of May u, Captain Lemly said; The
Marblehcad was sent at 3 a. N. of May u
with the dispatch No. s.
at Is true. be added, that this copy
did not reach Commodore Schley uutll the
: oath. When Hood on the Hawk, was sent,
on the afternoon OF the 2lst he carried as
separate communication the meloran
dunn aud this confirms Mr. Hoods test
niouy that at that time Admiral Sampson
regarded as a practical certainty that the
, Spanish squadron was at Santiago
Both Of counsel appear he said, IT
! ignore the very Important parts OF tbs
McCalla memorandum. The latter part
, shows clearly Commander Met alias com
ultimate acquaintance with matters in the
I city
, Captain Lemly contended that this mem
4 Ornndum was delivered to Commodore
Schley May 22 aud he charged the com
r modore with failure TO attempt direct
e communication with the insurgents aftel
: its receipt"
Referring To the information given Com
| modore Schley by the scout boats upon tn
, ! commodOrc's arrival on Santiago, May ~
4 Captain Lemly said Il was reported &
Z him, as agreed by Captain SigsUee and th
commodore that nothing had been seen o
the Spanish feet on this point he said
Some Of the scouts had been OF Santlag
since the 21Et Of May. This information
n | ish squadron had been there In the mrs
place. II had not left. TIE dispatches vii
clearly show that there was no douht a
II 10 the Spanards having been at Santiago
Il the only doubt that ever existed was
= to whether they had left
y at has been intimated by counsel tina