The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-12
CHADWICK
 IS HEARD He Was Sampson'S Chief
 of Staff.
 THE CODE OF SIGNALS
McCalla Was Expected to m-
 form Schley of It.
sampson's Change of Opinion in Re- gard to the Location of the Spanish Fleet Detailed-Five
 Other Witnesses.

Washington, Oct 11.-Captain F. 'E. Chadwick, who was in command or Ao- mirai Sampson's flagship. the New YorK' and who also was chief of the Admirafs staff during the war with Spain. testified before the Schley naval court for short time this afternoon. Captain Chadwick's testimony related very largely to dis patches sent by Admiral Sampson to Commodore Schley while the latter lay off Cienfuegos in May, 1885, and to the code of signals agreed upon between Cap tain McCalla of the Marblehead and the Cuban forces operating near Cienfuegos. He said this code had not been sent to Commodore Schley by dispatches because Captain McCalla had expected to join the Commodore immediately and communi- cate the code to him. He also told Of being preesnt at an interview between Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley fin which the latter had expressed his ln- tention to be loyal to the commander-in- chief He related in detail the change Of opinion concerning the whereabouts or Cevera's fleet by Admiral Sampson May 21, between the sending of the two dis patches of that date by Admiral Samp- son to Commodore Schley, one Of which was dated at Key West and the other at Havana Captain Chadwick said he had not approved Admiral Sampson's s dispatch on May 2S, congratulating Com modore Schley on his accomplishments to that date.
 Five other witnesses were heard during the day.
 Holden Reintroduced.
 After the witnesses of yesterday had been recalled today in the. Schley court for the purpose of correcting their testi- mony Lieutenant J. P. Holden was rein- troduced to continue his examination.
 Other witnesses called for the day were Captain Chadwick, who was Admiral Sampson's chief of staff during the war with Spain; Lieutenant Commander c. C. Marsh and Lieutenant E. l.. Bennett, both of whom served on the flagship New \ York; Lieutenant Adelbert Althouse or the Massachusetts,; Lieutenant Francis Boughter of the Marblehead. and Lieu tenant William H. Reynolds, who was signal officer on board the Texas.
 Captain Lemly had supposed that he would be able to conclude the presenta- tion of the governments side or the case by the close of this week. but he now finds that he will still have several Wlt- nesses on his list when the court adJourns tomorrow In all probability he VIII con sume the greater part of the first hal1 or next week, Mir Raynor estimates that the court will not be able to conclude its work be- fore the middle of November. when the court was called to order Captain Lemly made a brief explanation Of one or ms statements of yesterday concerning the
 
 Mark. He had said that the statement was "unsworI
 q would like 1t to appear he sald that although these are sworn they are really not, being in the shape ol oe- positions and ex parte, such sworn evl- dence as is usually admitted before the court. but came in with their full value merely because there was no eAplala'ioh on either side
 Admiral Taylor Recalled.
 Among the witnesses called early in the dav for the purpose of correcting early testimony was Admiral H. C. Taylor While he was on the stand he was ques- tioned as to whether he had received ln- formation that the Spaniards were com ing out of the harbor at Santiago pelore they made their appearance on the morn, ing of July B. The question was asked by Captain Lemly and the answer Was' None whatever"
 Mir Raynor: You did not get mes sage from the Vixen in reference tc smoke coming out of the, harbcr?'
 None"
 Captain Parker: Your attention wa: not called to smoke?'
 Not at all sir
 Do you remember anybody on youl vessel who did observe smoke and re ported it to you?"
 .I do not remember"
 Captain Lemly read report from Cap tain Merrill Miller, formerly of the Ral eigh, concerning the accuracy of thu stadimeter. This report was dated in 1S9 and stated that the stadimeter had beer found to give accurate results in measure ments of less than 800 yards, but not st when the distance was greater. In on case. the writer noticed an error of 20 yards in a 1,600 yards measurement.
 Lieutenant Althouse.
 Lieutenant Adelbert Althouse, formerl! watch and division officer on the battle ship Massachusetts, was then called H. detailed the movements of that vessel Il connection with the flying squadron. H said that at Cienfuegos the vessels Ia! six to ten miles out at night then neare in the day time. Lieutenant sAlthous said that on the day of the bombardmen of the Cristobal Colon he had been il charge of the S-inch turret of the Massa chusetts. He said that the ship had no been. to exceed three minutes, in passin' the entrance to the harbor on the mrs passage and two shots were then hred The instructions were to make the rang 1000 yards. but the shots fell short an' the range was increased to 10000 yards Asked what was developed as to tn strength of the land batteries by thi reconnaissance. he said that to his min' 1t was shown they were very weak,
 In reply to question as to whether h. had made any notes concerning the en gagement, he replied:
 No; we went in under instructions tC sink the Colon'
 His orders had been to direct his fire a that vessel.
 When Lieutenant Althouse was excused Captain Lemly introduced as evidence Gho aA hu