Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-10-03


court Of inquiry. ID
Friday. The public interest is mani
testify increasing in the proceedings.
Crest interest is always manifested in
Admiral Dewey and Rear Admiral
Schleys and theirssssmallest motions are
observed and their slightest words
noted by those present.
Agree On selection. .frorni sLoss. S
Thacounsel for Admiral Schley have
reached an agreement with the coun-
sci for thenayy depaTtmeIitassto the
parts Of the logs Of the various YES
sells engaged in the Santiago campaign
which are to be put in as evidence and
printedzins the feeoffa of the COURTS pro-
ceedings. u was foundimpracticabl
to print the entire logs, not only be-
cause TO do so would have been con.
fusing, but because OF the delay it
would have occa stoned in getting out
such volume of material sas they
would have made. The counsel have
eliminated all parts of the logs which
do not bear upon the inquiry and such
ias will be printed are. expected to be
veryzuseful to the court as veil as to
the cpunsel.a il
Frank 4 policy 81 Mr.. Hanna.
Mr.. Hanna made brief explanation of
his use of the term ''accuseR' in Fri-
days proceedings as applied toAdmiral
schley. He. said: E q
81 should like to say asword insexplana-
ton of one word which understand APP
pears in the records. learn to my surprise
from an examination Of the records that I
used the word accused in referring to the
distinguished officer who has asked for the
court Of inquiry. ! wish to state, with re-
spect to that, that I was not aware that
had used that expression until this NORM
Ing. 1t was used In thesrapid1tytof debate
and simply for the reason that in the course
of long years OF experience 1t is the word
generally employed In such cases. Before
this court of inquiry began. the judge adj
vocate and myself considered what IL We
should call the gentleman who had re.
Quested 1t. and desiring to extend to him
the utmost courtesysin the matter we Sc.
lected tenmswhlch - not often employed.
the term of applicant and 15belieyeI have
used thatstern many tilsesin thecdurxe;of
these pr0ceedinGsiH + wishs To add only my
sincere and earnest and most cordial ex-
pressions of regret that by inadvertency
or accident I have employed a word that
would Imply any such reflection
Capt. McCalla ON Stand.
When Capt. McCalla took the stand
Mr.. Hanna asked him if there were my
ships assigned to engage the hatteries
on the morning of May 81, or during
that day, to which he replied nd. He
said there were no shoals or obstacles
to prevent battleships approachingt the,
mouth of the harbor of Santiago. OBJ
lection was made to this statement,
but overruled. Witness said he.saw Che
firing on the Colon and thateyery shot
fell short.
Cspt.McCalla testified at some length
concerning the wea thers and the sea on
May 26 and &C. He said there was no
difficulty in coaling on the 9th as the
sea.was smooth.
The witness said he had been present,
during conference ofcommandingof
ficers on the Brooklyn while the fleet
was off Santiago on May 90. He said
that Capt. Evans asked Commodore
Schley it the Spanish ships came outH
he was going in for them. He said:
Certainly" and then arranged for a
subdivision of the fire from the ships
under his command on the Spanish
ships should they come out.
In conversation with Admiral
Schley in his cabin after the battle
of Santiago, when the admiral read
to him what he understood was part
of his Official report 1.-The battle, wit
ness had said that he hoped there
would be no controversy because
there was glory, enough for every
body.
Relating the particulars Of the
blockade of Santiago before june 1,
Capt. McCalla said the Marblehead
and the Vixen had at night occupied
positions inside tile large ships about
two miles from jhore line and that
that line was easily discernible. vi
Mscall. FaiIed 70 Obey orders. !
On cross-examinat ton b. Mr..
Rayner. the witness said he had failed
to execute an order from Admiral