The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-06
SCHLEY AND HODGSON
LEMLY GETS IN THEIR CoRRE,
SPONDENCE.
A NEWSPAPER CoLLooUY
NEW YORK SUNS EDITORIAL BAR
RED BY COURT.

COrrespondence-Tr to Work in
an Editorial UnfavorabIe to
Schley, But Was Neatly Ruled Out.
Admiral Dewey Gets Testy and
Says the Court Wants Facts-Not
Settled Yet That sampson VIII BE
CaIIed-"SantiagO," Not "Cienfue-
Ros" Was Written in the Original
'EDenr Schley" Letter.
Washington, Oct. 5.-Only one ses-
sion of the Schley court of inquiry was
held to-day. An adjournment until
Monday was taken at l o'clock in order
to allow court and counsel to recu-
perate after an arduous weeks labor.
Practically the only witness of the day
was Lieutenant Commander ALBION C.
Hodgson, who was navigator of the
flagship Brooklyn during the campaign
of 1898, and almost his entire time was
taken up with the reading Of corre-
spondence between himself and Ad-
miral Schley concerning an alleged col
loquy between them during the battle
Of Santiago, which the witness was
reported to have detailed to a newspa-
per correspondent. The correspond
ence has been published and this fact
rendered the proceeding of compare
lively little popular interest.
When the court adjourned last night
Commander Hodgson was in the hands
of Judge Advocate Lemly, whose exam
ination of him partook very largely of
the nature of a croSs-examination
duo fn Ia
Hodgson had been called by both sides
of the controversy and was considered
even more a Schley witness than a
government witness. Capt. Lemly and
Mr.. Hanna continued the inquiry for
their side at the beginning of the sit
ting to-day, after which Mr.. Rayner
began series of questions intended to
present the Schley side of the conduct
of the Brooklyn during not only during
the battle of July 8, but of the entire
Santiago campaign.
Mr.. Hanna's inquiries were devoted
partly to developing more of the de-
tails concerning the bombardment of
the Spanish ship Colon on May 81.
sampson May Not BE Called.
There is much interest in yesterdays
episode concerning Admiral Sampson,
and there is still doubt as to whether
| he will be a witness. 1t will remain
with Admiral Schley and his counsel
| to say for what day, If for any, he
shall be called. The controversy as
to the admirars meaning in his Dear
Schley'' dispatch of May 20, has been
in no wise abated by the tentative
agreement as to his being summoned.
+ Counsel on both sides this morning
had before them copies of the dispatch.
and each was trying strenuously to
bring the other to his view of the case.
The first of the witnesses. of a pre-
vious day who were recalled to correct
testimony was Lieut.. Doyle, who was
on the Brooklyn during the battle off
Santiago. He made a number Of
changes in phraseology. His attention
was called to an error in his former tes-
timony in stating the distance the
Brooklyn stood out from the Moro at
Santiago, in reply to a question from
the court. He had formerly placed this
distance at two or three miles, but
had enormously based his statement
on the log for June 2S, instead of May
%. Looking at the log for May 2S ne
found only one estimate of the distance
out, placing it at seven miles.
When Lieut.. Doyle was excused
Capt. Lemly again brought up the
tion of the last paragraph of the Dear
nal copy.
The Dear Sch1ey" Letter.
Capt. Lemly then said:
"If the court pleases, I was vester-
day requested by counsel for the appli-
cant to produce the original of the let
ter from Admiral Sampson to Commo-
dore Schley, dated May 90 1898, the
question being as to the final name at
the end of the first paragraph, wheth-
er it should be 'Cienfuegos' or Santa
go.' I have the original and the name
appears Santiago and appears over
an erasure. 1 invite attention to the
fact that in the press copybook it is
Santiago, which shows that the change
was made before the letter was press
ed, copied and sent"
He also, at the request Of Admiral
Schley's counsel, produced another
copy, "in which," he said, you will
see there was no correction. 1t ap-
peared originally as Santiago"
The court examined the original pa
pers and the press copies with care,
and it was agreed that the papers
should be again printed in the record.
Capt. Lemly then requested that all
the papers in Admiral Schley's posses
sion, bearing upon the case, be sup
piled and Mr.. Rayner replied for the
admiral that he admiral Schley) had
no more papers.
Lieut. Commander Albon C.. Hodg-
son was then called to continue his tes-
| tinony of yesterday. He was asked by
| Capt. Lemly about his correspondence
| with Admiral Schley concerning what
the Judge advocate denominated
| newspaper "colloquy." The witness
took exception to the use of the word
"colloquy" and Capt. Lemly replied
that this was the witness own char
acterization.
The letters were then read by the
fudge advocate, Commander Hodgson
| Identifying the various documents as
they were separately presented. Mr.
Rayner said athat If desired the letters
! would be accepted as evidence, and
that they could be printed without be-
ing read.
Capt. Lemly replied that he consid-
cred that the letters have an import
ant bearing upon the precept and that
therefore he preferred to read them.
While the reading of the letters be-
tween Admiral Schley and Lieutenant
| Commander Hodgson and newspaper
articles bearing upon the correspond
ence was in progress, Mr.. Rayner OBJ
iected to the reading Of one of the
newspaper statements as irrelevant.
7 The reading had required considera-
BILE time.
"want Facts,v Said Dewey.
Admiral Dewey said: Those things
could ali have been printed. You are
tatlnR valuable time here. We want
sscts-facts. We don't want news
paper articles. We have ruled these