The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-12

mo not given the American ships much trOubl
None from the Colon came near" h
Ssa,u, nut two or three stotS from tn,
batteries fell shout the NIassalrhusefta a
| me time, one passing over H."
What conclusion did Won arrive Mt a,
| 70 the calibcr OF the shore bstter1es7'
i,,h qua not think they We're Of over six
In reply to a question by the cour, As Il
Nnether ne was ordered to direct his hr,
| On the Colon or on the batteries on MAY
| ~ Lieutenant Dewey said his orders wer,
| 70 direct his seots 1T the Colon directly
| but he could not say whether Commodore
order.
| Lieutenant Francis Boughter. who was
| watch and division officer on board the
nhunlenead during Commodore Schlcy {
oi29,ckade OF Santiago. was then called.
re SUD that during that time the Mar.
blehesd and the Vixen were on picket duty
pftMcen the shore line and the line Of the
tp.2cEade; the Marblehead being stationed
three miles from the shore and to the west,
ward SIX miles from the Morro He would
NOT attempt to say how far outside the
s sgSinnut o9i was, 6nt he could not see the
The court asked "was the Msrblehead
IN Such position Mt night white on plckat
July, on Santiago, that the cncmy's vessels
the harborY' W 'S"''
,,, That would depend on a great many cir,
cumstances the state of tho weather. the
course they took and their succ,ss in keep.
ing their ships dark and qulet "
Admiral Dewey THE MarGiehiead was on
picket saat&t Could she have seen the enc
If the enemy kept close to shore and
We We're three miles of during most OF
the time. We could not have seen them; il
the enemy had stood south from The on.
iIarce, which would have nlnced them
about four miles on, we eould not have
5dSTGl mem pr9yided they kept reasonably
., Mr. Raynor What was the purpose Of
Int picket boats being there IL they could
not see the enemNl
Whey We're supposed to be there. pre-
Then i they were there for that pur-
pose, what was 1t that would have pre-
vented them from accomplishing this OBJ
The fact that they could not see yes.
two and a half miles on al night. ="
How Tar was the Vixen from the shoref"
What was the distance between vour
vessel and the ViXenY'
can not say"
y, Are YOU prepared TO say. then, that If
you nor the Vixen could have seen herY'
u answered the question rs put by the
court lhal we on the Marhehead could
nave seen the enemy coming out under the
conditions | have named, FIRST, In keeping
close In under the land aud second, in
steering due south from the harboE"
What sort of nights were there7"
II do not remember particularly. do not
remember any gales or any particularly
bad weather"
When Lieutenant Boughter was excused
and after recess Lieutenant Ernest Bennett,
who was dag lieutenant on the New York
IN 1898, was called 10 the stand. He sad
that when the North Atlantic squadron
arrived on Santiago they found the flying
squadron there. They stopped about seven
miles directly south OF the harbor and the
witness said he had seen the Colon In the
hlrhor. He said also that almost imme-
diately afterward the vessel moved TO the
westward, back of Cay Smith This last
statement was stricken from the record on
the ground that such testimony previously
The witness said the flying squadron was
at that time In Irregular formation,
Capinin Lemly said that he mad CIVILIZED
Lieutenant Bennet nst only FOR his direct
examination, but for fun discrimination
in accordance with the precept
MIR, Raynor stated, however that he had
no questions to ask and the witness was
excused, being succeeded by Lieutenant
Charles G. Marsh, who was dag secretary
to Admiral sampson during The spanish
war. @0 e
Licutcnnat Marsh testified concerning the
forwarding of dispatches by the Dupont
and the Iowa from Key West on May 20.
These messages were from Admiral Samp-
son to Commodore Schlcy and one Of them
was the memorandum by Captain McCalla
the insurgents AZ Clenfuegos.
The very letter wHg, he said press copied
as soon ms written and he, therefore, con
sdered the order Ia which the letters were
copied as a certain record of what had
transpired in the way ofgletter writing.
other records were produced which he said
were cnrrohorntivc Of this. From these
records he found that the Dear Schley"
letter had been sent on the Dupont May 20. |
He also found from This record that n |
Anuuigl
squadron was probably at Santiago" had |
been forwarded by the Marblehead This |
Is the dispatch dated AT Key West, In |
which Admiral sampson said 20 Commodore |
Schlcy: IF you are satisfied that they (thc |
enemy are not AZ Cienfuegos proceed TO |
santiago" etc. He also identified n dis. |
patch Of May 81 dated at Havana aud |
urging the commodore TO get away from |
'icnfucgos before daylight ON May %. as |
The Spanish would probably be still at
The latter dispatch, he snld, had been
written after tho dispatch from Key West |
If the same date.
possible that the Dear Schley' letter could |
nave hcen sent on an earlier date than |
his letter Of May 70. transmitting the Nc
Gala memorandum
II should say not. the McCalla memo |
'andum being press copied In the book on
/ prior page
In cross.examlning the witness. Mr.. |
Raynor said that counsel for Admiral |
Schley would admit the receipt of ono
'opy Of the McCalla memoranda hut that
here was n dispute as 10 the copies He
ried to get the witness 10 say that the
owa had carried duplicate of the Dear
schley" letter but he would not do so
lie held, however, 10 the statement that
he McCalla memorandum had been car.
led In duplicate by both the Dupont aud
he Iowa.
lie had, however no written evidence
hat either the Hawk or the Marhlehead
lad carried the memorandum.
eve were likely to be on the safe slide in
UGH matters said the witness land to
ave chucked in the memorandum, hut the
Iarblchoad had not been relied upon TO
AIRY tho dispatches"
Mr. Havnor questioned the Witness at
ONE length on this point, saying. II want
o call Your attention 10 this: "Dispatch
TO- s was received on May % hy the
Iawk. il Is IN evidence here TINT the
Iawk carried notes to Commodore Schley
nd this letter commences: In reply 10
orr letter No. s would state, and 50 on
hen Il says regarding inclosed inforIna
rom McCalla. Now. don't that refresh your
memory on the point that when he had re.
eiyed No. from the Hawk. he received
nth n tho inclosed information from Can. |
ain McCnlla. which Is the memorandum"
''He perhaps did He might have re.
elyed Il half dozen times. That was
OF the first time n was sent "
hat IL tot