The sun., 1901-10-30

9. I Did s'Iy yo1 a. ur,,T rasspa her. under tho..
circumstances. a. serving A. picket ooat'
o. Were ths picke, boats with the nsst,
| or were they ipsidei A. They were inside
I do not know how far inside they were
this particular night-perhaps milo
Y. Look at your testimony referring
to the war bullstin Of May 20. That
bulletin stated that the Spanish squadron
according TO my recollection there was
| a war bulletin published on May % that the
| Spanish feet had sailed.
o. About how far was Santiago st any
timey A. That would depend on the spee,n :,
! In going there. but n the squadron was In
good condition it could get there In from
thlrty-six 90 forty-eight hours. This re-
fer to the time myself had made II.
Q. Now. n IL not a fact that passage
Of thirty-sif TO forty-eisht hour would
Oenfuesos hsrbor after you arrived the.c
with your squadron' A. l don't under
stand that I said that IL would have
taken them thirty-sir or forty eight hours
10 mako tho passagc, That time was tho
time of my squadron In making u.
The Flying Squadron arrived on cen;
fiegos on the night Of May u. Admiral
Sohley has testified that he credited
newsIap-r bulletin that the Spanish squad
ron had left Santiago on May 70, and he
tuDIEr-t<l u was ~ hltNlutAeS ~"
Advocates QUESTION was designed 70 bring
cut that the Spanish squadron. " II loit
Santiago on MAY 10. could not have arrived
at Cienfuesos before Schley arrived on
the 2ist. prrsuming the passage 70 10 thirty
ak 20 forty eight hours; ,,
attention To bic testimony Of Thursday
reading the following extract:
well. that THE bulletin that the Spanish
squAdro ron left Santiago on May 2ol. taken
with the matter Of NV approach. and the
distance being about thirty-siS 20 forty
eight hours away. lent a good deal Of ardor
% the belief which ! entertained that the
Spanlah squadron was thore as the OBJ
jective and tho most reasonable possibie
point for discharging what they were re-
ported 20 have had on board
Capt. Lemly followed this with the ques-
ton:
v Now. do YOU say that that does not
refer TO the tire II passage Of the Spanish
feeti A Well. when | answered that
question had r. mind my own movement
90 Santiago.
Q You have said that your blockade
was maintained at a distance Of three OF
four miles How was that distance de
terminedl A Well. I r~collect that on
the day the bearing was taken from bow
Of od the S' :aa S and i and Ssipsd % 20 SSarm the
. Did you plot these distances on .
charti A. Only for my own Information.
2 Did you make them a matter ot
rsooni' = oh. no: ] didn't know that
Capt. Lemly called Admiral sohieys
attention 20 HE statement on Thursday,
that Il was a very dose watcher on deck.
generally from O'Clock In the morning
until u or o'clock at night. There was
ever escaped mo The reading Of this eI-
tract was followed by the QUESTION:
Y Did you 500 a gunbCat coming out of
Cienfuesos harbori A | don't remember
10 have seen a gunboat at all.
.. Or any auxiliary cruiser' A
cruiser
other witnesses have testified that q
Runbost came out Of the harhor entrance
md was not attacked.
WANTING POSITIONS or sHIps.
Capt Ieu,ly had Admiral schley road
extracts from tho log OF the BROOKLYN for |
May - and ~. which showed that in the |
sarly mornings on thess DAYS the squadron |
in toward cssnfuesos harbor.
q. How do you reconcile tha>e with |
voir statement that the current set you In |
oh~er, alton during the day and night that |
o Nov, please look a, your statement
hai the FLYING Squadron was closer Ia at |
lisht than by day. both at Cenfuegos and |
santiago Ii that true' A. ye-, I think
hat Is true.
There was more examination Of the
3rooklyn's log Cap, Lemly real extracts
md tCld Admiral Schlcy TO correct him |
I they were Incorrect One Of them saowed
hat In tho blockade Of Oenfuegos tho
lying Squadron at q A. NJ. May y. after
ia. stopped at a distsno. Of siI
niles from the entrance 20 the harbor
The log shovel alro that on the early morn
ns- of the two following DAYS tha. Schley
vas at Cenfuegos, tho squadron steamed In
ntries had hcsn confirmed hy Admiral
,chley, Capt leulv a-ked'
q. Now. do these various entries. or do
hey not, indicate that the vessels steamed
10Th In and out. and In almost every di-
ectionl A II does show that. but IL
oes no. show the distance we steamed.
q. II shows the time OF the distance
'ou steamed A. Ye-. but unless We
now what the time Of steaming was We
ant know the distance.
@ The speed wN set by the flagship
ras IL notf A. Yes. IL was, but the speed
ras usually as allow a. possible.
Y. l should like TO esk you N Cervera's
eet had appeared coming out Of the harbor
r been sighted In from seaward. what.
Inder your instructions. would the squadron
ave done, A. Well. we'd have knocked
hem out
", But Wnht, unucr your uEtruCttOne, |
rould they 1.-THE ships Of the Flying squad
on have donel A. Why. they'd have
ollowed the hag
O wer- there any written instruction.
o this cfect' A. No, I don't think that
he regulations or custom necessarily
squire that all Instructions shall b~ In
writing
q. l. II not the unwritten Law Of the
,svy. at any rate, that the junior ve~s~ls
4 a squadron shall follow the flag unls-ss
'tberwls- drectcdp A That depends upon
Q Upon what cir~imstanc~-i A II
nigh, dcp~nd upon the circumstance O.
eslny a ship dropping out and leaving tho
Q. II you were In command Of ono % the
unior v~-sels ~ a squadron, unl~-s you
rere otherwise instructed YOU would follow
he hag' A Very likely 7 wouh
Q. In the very little aTairs In The navy
lc you not always follow the fagp A. Va.
h- nag il always -" model. no doub,
bout that
q How many boais did you sce stretched
cross the hart,or ~ Cienfueco@ when YOU
lad tho impression 20 witch vou have
eStihsf 0s 20 rrining OPERATIONS going on
here, A Thrrc or -four saw them
'nce or twi~s There we're several. q. al
vents
q I wan, 90 ask n this matter wn.
,rpu.h' - your attention hv any one. or
YOU observed u yourself 4 I observed
FuVa.lf I 10 NOT rerRn that |