Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-10-16
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Brooklyn's Flag Lieutenant on the
Stand in the Schley Court Of In
I. s. 5ss quiry Yesterday. 1<%S@
Tells of the Signals that were Dis
played by the Brooklyn on the '1
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Washington, Oct. 16.-The presenta-
tion Of the Schley side of the case was
continued in the 'Schley court of in
curry during the day. ~, r.
Eduoardo Nunez, the Cuban pilot,
was among those who were called to
correct former testimony. He made a
correction in his former statement
3 concerning his conversation with Com
modore Schley on first meeting him.
\ Lieutenant Commander Sears fol-
lowed Nunez. Mr.. Rayner questioned
him, saying at the beginning of the
= examination that he would ask him
concerning the points of the precept
and requesting that replies should be
made as concise as possible. Mr.. Sears
said that when the flying squadron ar
rived off Cienfuegos he knew nothing
OF code of signals for communication
with the Cuban insurgents. Question
ed regarding the McCalla memoranda,
he said that it had been brought to
Commodore Schley by the Hawk and
by NO other vessel to his knowledge.
Commander Sears gave a detailed ac-
count of the encounter with the Brit
ish steamer Adula, the examination
on this point as follows:]
s5 s;.; Now, coming to Cienfuegos, give
us the particular incidents that took
place while the fleet lay Off Cienfue-
gos and especially an incident with
& which you are familiar. the coming Of
the Adula.' T. y II ~
r 1.-THE Adula arrived off the port
there and was boarded first, under or
ders from Commodore Schley, by the
Castine and after Captain Berry Of the
*Castine had made his report to the
commo odore, Schley sent one of the Of
ticers OF the Brooklyn aboard her.
After he had returned and made re-
port, the commodore directed me to
y go aboard the Adula and see if I
could contrlve some manner of induc-
ing the captain, an Englishman, to put
himself out a little to tell us some
thing about what was going on inside
OF aCienfuegos. The captain said he
:. would be very glad to do it, ais he was
coming under some authority from our
fleet in Jamaica. He suggested that
when he came out on the next day we
should bring him to with a shot so
that anybody observing it from shore
would see that he was acting under
force and that anybody who could
speak Spanish could find out all they
pleased from the refugees she had on
board. 2 &5ty*;s q y: y 81
z.s5 ibid he come out the next day?'' .5S.
"He did not" "A. n, i = s42s=:.. e. .
g. 8lockading Work Described. IN
Z Describing the blockade of Cienfue-
gos, Commander Sears said that it had
been maintained from one to- four
miles out and that the Dupont was sta
4 toned inside with Instructions to keep
close into the mouth OF the haTbor and
maintain careful watch, reporting any
suspicious incidents. # n M .3 j. g,i= I; !,
he witness, in giving the details
of the cruise from Cienfuegos to San
1 tiago, said the weather was boisterous,
with a heavy sea, and that coaling at
sea would not have been safe before
May 27 when it was undertaken. He
also said that on this voyage the
squadron had been delayed ~ by the
Eagle and other small boats and that
the ships had also been slowed up on
q one occasion when a merchant vessel
was sighted; also that the ollier had
!. to stop several times to make repairs
\ to her machinery. Z ss
ss:s35 Nv 18th reference to the blockade at
Santiago the witness said that it had
been maintained at varying distances
u u from three to six miles to suit the COM
4 3mande -in-chie ief. In thick weather and
at night the distance was less than IN
n fair Weather and In the day time.
Witness also described the recon
noissance OF May 3 j, when the Colon
was fired lpen and giving his conclu-
8sions with reference ITO that event he
Y said had developed the strength Of
the land batteries and hey had proved
to be stronger than he had supposed
they were Commodore 8Schiey. he
y said, had told hin that his purpose
4 was to- ascertain Wnat the batteries
were. He said he had been with Lieu
tenant Potts on the Massachuse setts on
h that d ay and IA lad not heard any cor
Il Fersation between that officer and
Gommodore SchlGy
w itness described the engagement
Nof July After stating the GreliHn-
4 mary incidents he said
4 B he Eattis Of Santiago
sss 81 as In my oom when I heard the
4 cry ofS the executive officer, Clear ship
for act ion. knew what that meant
h and ran to the quarter deck. looked
/ aIoft to see If the pres seribed 81 igna1,
Y Enemy is escaping WAS up and Jaw
& that I'll was. met the commodore on
B the quarter de eek. He irected the sig
d nal Clear SD for aet ion, q folIoWed
NJ he signal to close In, all of which
were made. From my position had
ssa good view or the itranc nce Our ship
ssas headed at the time, hoMld say.
to the west Warsi of norIia, not Oh Ell
& regular headSng W hich was about
nprtb beast by north. The engines had
& been started by the time I got on deck
4 and she was gaining way and swing
ina taNsard the enemy The mrs yes