Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-11
END NOT IN SIGHT
Naval Board Inquiry Promises to Continue Another Month.
DEwEY's SON TEsTlFIEs.

the Stadimeter Again Called ln QueS-
 tion-C Captain Lemly Will Not Be
 Able to Finish the Governments
 Side of the Case This Week.
 Washington. Oct 11.--After the wit nesses of yesterday had been recalled to-day in the Schley court for the pur- pose of correcting their testimony, Lieutenant J. H. Holden was re-intrU- duced to continue his examinations Other witnesses called for the day were Captain Chadwick, who was Ad- miral SampSOn's chief of staff during the war with Spain; Lieutenant-ConI- mander c. c. Marsh and Lieutenant E. L. Bennett. both of whom served on the flagship New York; Lieutenant Adelbert Athouse of the Massachu- Setts. Lieutenant Francis Boughter of the Marblehead, and Lieutenant Vii liam H. Reynolds, who was signal ofh- eer on board the Texas.
 Captain Lemly had supposed that he would be able to conclude the preSen- tatiOn of the government side by the close of this week. but he now finds that he will still have several witness eS on his list when the court adjourns tomorrow. In all probability he will consume the greater part of the first VI mates that the court will not be able to conclude its work before the middle of November
 Admiral H. c. Taylor was recalled to correct errors in his testimony.
 Judge Advocate Lemly read a letter from Captain Miller of the Raleigh in regard to correctness of the stadimeter measurements. Miller says they are inaccurate above 5000 yards
 T Al chusetts was called and detailed thc movements of the flying squadron be- fore and during the battle of Santiago.
 Lieutenant P. G. Dewey of the Mas sachusetts. son of the admiral, testified that the blockading line was from five to eight miles from the harbor. There was no special line of formation, be said.
 The naval court yesterday again de- clined to recognize Admiral sampson as party to the case and Admiral Dewey in his reply to Mir Stayton said that if circumstances arise which in the opinion of the court make it necessary for Admiral Sampson to be represented, due notice will be sent him. This is regarded as proof that the court attaches no importance to any of the allegations of SchIeys counsel.
 The battle chart again was discred- ited through Lieutenant Commander SchuetZe. who also swore that the en- emy's ships did not make turn as if to ram the Brooklyn, but ran along the coast.
 Lieutenant Commander Schuetze was the navigator of the baLueship Iowa in 1898, and was a member of the board of navigators which pre- pared the official chart of the position Of the vessels engaged on both sides in the battle of July 3, and Judge Ad- vOcate Lemly asked him concerning the report made by that board wl4cn accompanied the chart. The witness said he had not been satisfied with the report
 T proteSted.'' he said. against signing the report as being inaccurate, but l was finally persuaded to do so by the senior member of the board, Commander Wainwright who thought that was the best we could do even if we stayed there until doomsday, and I signed it under protest. My first objection was that the chart was inaccurate. That the position of the Iowa as plotted on the chart gave her too much speed.
 Another objection I had was the first position of the Brooklyn when the Spaniards first left the harbor I cOntended that the Brooklyn's posi- ton was too close to the mouIn of the harbOr: that she was not in her regular position. She was south of it. I based that opinion on the fact that when I first discovered the Spaniards coming out of the harbor I looked over toward the other ships on our Tn(& 4rr ly abeam of the Iowa. The Iowa was heading north, directly into the har- bor.7
 Commander Schuetze was asked in regard to his observations of the Brooklyn in the battle of July g. He replied:
 '.I saw the Brooklyn at the begin ming of the action about port abeam of the Iowa. I saw her some minutes afterward. when she appeared to be headed a little to the eastward of north Soon afterward I saw her headed to the eastward. about due east, I should say. That is the last I saw of her.
 Lieutenant Commander 4. W Grant of the Massachusetts did not hear any firing Of guns off Cienfuegos on the morning of the arrival of the fly ing squadron The tardy voyage to Santiago, the retrograde movement and the general indecision and lack of plan and formation were described
 Asked by Captain LeInly concern ing the blockade of Cienfuegos, Con- manders Grant said there were no di- rections giving an order of battle there, but that there was upon ar rival a signal from the fiagsnIp that CienfuegOs was to be blockaded He had on the occasion of the maneuver of Cienfueg0s seen the Spanish earln works there and the masts of one yes sel lying in the harbOr put nothing to his knowledge had been done to destroy those works.
 Commander Grant said that he re- membered signal from the Brooklyn before starting from Cienfuegos say ing the fleet was bound for Santiago and would rendezvous at Gonaives bay. The progress on that cruise | was. he said, slow because the lighter | vessels were affected by the weather. 1 None of the fighting ships had detain- ed the squadron He said that on the | first night out from Cienfuegos a sus- nicious vessel which had errone0usIv been supposed 10 belong to the enemy | had been sighted The Brooklyn,