The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-30
of Admiral Schley Upon
That Subject Yesterday.
ING QUESTION WAS ALSO CONSIDERED.
1, ADMIRAL Regarded the Departments Dispatch
More as a Suggestion than as an
Explicit Order

.kInrf0Dt
'..os was continued throughout the
'',' |, me court Of inquiry today. The
msde was exceedingly slow. Prac-
~ whole day was consumed In
,..,.g the admiral on the cruise from
,.,,o. 10 Santiago and the moves and
~, thaf governed him in the turning
.e,r his squadron had arrived In
.,lnIty Of the latter port. This latter
!, tbe REORGANIZATION had not
,,,chded when the court adjourned.
/. A,o,kade at Santiago, the reconnais-
4 4 May 81 aud the battle of July 3
,,nsn to be covered.
4, ,asee advocates questions called for
s-.,aou Of statements Admiral schley
/, r,de either in his direct testimony,
1 u Communication to the senate, or,
. Il aIspatches to Admiral Sampson, or
,r department.; with the testimony
,rsssses who have preceded him and
j. Y, and signal books OF the other yes
!, me feet. The questions were not
i ia chronological order but jumped
one subject to another and from one
! Il the campaign to another. Through
N strain TO which the witness natur-
vas subjected while under cXamina.
ne admiral retained his customary
acsgrs. At one point when he was
sesrchingly interrogatcd as to his
IN from shore to Cienfuegos and as
tl.ther the distances were q matter of
ind, he responded rather tartly: "Oh,
I d not know they ever would become
later Of such great Importance or
hi have plotted them and made a
s1adum as should of many other
b.
4 i main points to which the cross exami-
ID IVES directed today was the ability
~ ships to coal of Cienfucgos and the
ns for what is known as the retro.
movement
tls latter point was dwelt upon with
emphasis and detail and had not been
esd Of fully when the court adjourn
4 he admiral gave three reasons for
MIG back first, the statement of Cap
Sgsbee who commanded the school
! 81 Paul that the enemy was not in
'ilso; second, the opinion of Nunez, the
mat the entrance was too narrow
Aiow for the Spanish ships to enter,
AId, The ambiguity Of the department $
&pan
he course of the discrimination
idElral said he regarded the depart
y dspatch rather as suggestion Than
u explicit order n suggestion which
Hffed out after the sea had abatcd
lle coal supply of the ships had been
nlshed.
cie resuming REORGANIZATION Of Ad-
Scsley, Judge Advocate Lemly an
ieed that, with the assent of counsel
NE other side, thc signal books of the
JERK for May is and 10 and July 2
1 and the Brooklyn's for May IS to
Inclusive, and July and 3, would
asIpaed IN the record. He explained
va! Is and 10 were the day before
Vest.
lfst dhaslJJn the judge advocate ask
Sln connection with Admiral Schley $
ahatlon In chief. regarding the meet
.a Ine Eagle after the flying squad
q said you had a distinct recollection
lae Eagle passed within hailing dis
"a Tue Yncatan channel and that she
fed no rewsY'
q u the Yucatan channel We passed
ssgle soon after leaving Key West"
&ae passed within hailf'
aat my recollection"
~ reported no newsi"
you sent the Scorpion to communi.
Tar w. NV W. ~ W" "'' y
don't think ! am mistaken"
we Eagle report anything elsey'
y SIT only that she had no news"
lucge advocate then jumped tn Glen,
examining the witness upon his
uent that, until the arrival OF the
avn Inc scorpion was seut in as a
voat and asked him to reconcile that
%sat with the entry In the log of the
.Va 70 lae effect that from midnight
" Drltted In company with the
'% tne remainder of the watch"
slmlral explained that the entry die
a,sl s mean that the Scorpion was
s'ssH " touch with the feet; ms he re
al tue ships were drifting.
you regard her. under these cir
sIs as a picket boatfN
oN u sne was drifting in shore"
Ss hno9ld be a guess; perhaps a mile
~, oscA 70 the Adula's appearance a
E% captain Lemly asked abou
al pletln brought by that vesspl
N al u y bad not stated that tn,
Iset mad left there on May 20
x NJ III .N Nl.heSs admitted was true. as b.
~ c. Mst be had said that the distanc,
Va, Nt ~ to Santiago was from
rs thirty eight hours.
E N, Nsstplaln Lemly asked: would no
n ~. .eat from thlrty.slx to fortv-eigh
|& h.v. necessary in covering this dis
| x ~ brought the Spaniards to Glen
III tr yonr arrival there?''
III linz ~, wish 1t 10 he understood tina
|5f psnI. would have been necessary 70
|fsy tSs 10 make the voyage. | mean
|3b % the blockade Of Cienfnegos
ate5 @su,ily asked the witness how iii
|t 81 sg,lStance of the hlockadiug flee
r. @een three and four miles from
bs,,iGnay time I took our bow an,
and Ing This together with sur
vas 's cosled TO confirm that that dis
srtsIn y ~ replying to another question
NC an MY said he had plotted tn
- enart for his own informa
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