The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
ON CROSS EXAMINATION
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Commodore Schley as the latter came
aboard the Massachusetts, and that the
commodore had remarked to Captain
Higginson upon boarding the ship: IT
am going to take you and the Iowa in
this morning to pot the Colon" The
bombardment had. he said, begun about
2 o'clock and had continued onlv for
about half an hour. He said that he
instructions had been to put the range
at 5000 yards, and he told of SEEING az
first shot fall. He said it had heen .
fine line shot, but had fallen sbort
There had been two passages across
the Colon.
What was the effect of the hom-
asked Captain Lemly.
inSie was no effect Of it so far as
I could see," the witness replied
captain Lemly asked for q e+a+a
[nent OF what was left undone on that
ddte LOT the of the Colon.
III lhIng' Commander Schroeder
rephed, tina might have beer done
and which was left undone was To
have gone to closer range. Further.
more We might have passed the mouth
81 the harbor more slowly so as to
nave given time to correct the range"
was there anything to prevent 60
ing III nearer?"
Nothing"
Asked to state in more detail anv
conversation on the part of Commo-
dore SchIey during the engagement
Inc witness aid that at the end of the
run to the eastward he had gone to
the coming tower and found Commo-
"dore Schley talking with Cantain
HigginsOn. The captain had then di-
rected him to port helm and he Conn
mander Schroeder) had suggested that
in case this order should be observed
the Iowa would blank the fire of the
~sacnuse He was proceeding
with this statement when counsel for
Schley raised an objection becaue the
witness could not say whether the
commodore had overheard the con-
versation.
The court withdrew to decide the
point at issue. and upon returning an
nounced that the objection had been
sustained.
The witness then stated that the
commander in chief had addressed him
later, telling him to starboard the
helm, and adding, and let us get out of
thls' but he found when he started to
give the order hat it already being
executed, from which he had inferred
that the order had already been given
to the captain of the ship.
The witness also said tina when
Commodore Schley first came aboard
he had said that it was his intention
to take the bOmbarding ships by slow
Iy and to have them fire deliberately.
so as to sink the Colon at her moor
ings." This intention had not been
carried out, he said, as the hip had
passed the mouth of the harbor at the
rate of ten knots an hour and the fir
Ing was as rapid as possible to get
good pOintingS.
SCHROEDER'S CROSS-EXAMINA-
TION.
Judge Wilson Com
mande Schroeder.
In reply to his questions the wit
ness said that he had seen What ap-
peared to be lights from the shore at
CIenfuegos, but that he had no idea of
what they meant and that so far as
he was Informed no one knew anything
about them until Captain McCaIla ar
rived on the M~arblehead.
The witnesses recalled that the
fleet did not leave Cienfuegos until
after nightfall, the object being to
prevent h enemy getting the direc-
ton of its course. The weather on
It's trip, he said, was somewhat bois-
ferrous for one night, so much so that
1t was necessary to slow down for
the little vessels: but so far as the
battleships Wer concerned it was all
smooth weather.
Commander Schroeder said that dur
ing the blockade off Santiago and
While the larger vessels were six or
seven miles out. there were small shiDs
on the inside of the line and one OF
them, the Vixen, fired upon a railroad
train one night.
udSe Wilson sought to have the
witness make a comparison of the dis
lance out betWeen the fleet under AID
mlral Schley and that under Admira1
Sampson after he arrived, but the
judSe-advocate objected, asking the
purpose of the inquiry and saying
there would be opposition to all eff
forts to institute n such compare
sons.
Mr.. Wilson admitted that it was his
purpose to obtain this comparison
but he the question for the
time, saying that he would bring it VI
again at a more convenient time.
On redirect examination, Mr.. Hanna
speaking of the departure from Glen
fuegos for Santiago, asked: "Presum
ing then that the admiral was salts
fled that the Spanish squadron wa!
not in that harbor, did you proceed
with all dispatch to Santiago d,
-Cuba?"
Mr.. RaynOr, You sal you did no
proceed with all dispatch to San
tiago?"
THAT is what I said, sir"
What was the condition of tn
weather and the sea between Cienfue
gos and Santiago that prevented yol
from proceeding faster than you did
if it did prevent you?"
Il do not think there was anythin!
in the weather to prevent the BIZ
ships going. One of the small ships wa
delayed and that may be the cause o
the other ships slowing down."
"How about the Merrimac? Wha
was her condition between Cienfuego
and Santiago?"
q expect her condition was yer
BAD
DO you recall that h was badl
out of repair and that the BrOOkly
was sending carpenters and people t
repair her all the timer
''She was said to be somewhat de
ranged. but what the extent of tn
nature of it's was 1 do not know"
Judge Wilson: I'm what respect di
you say they had not proceeded wit
all possible dispatch? Did you mea
they did not start with sufficient alat
rity or did you mean that they did nc
90 fast enough in passing from on