The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-10
Rear Admiral Schley's Conduct De-
scribed as Indicating Great
Mental Strain
Cautionary Orders of Secretary
Long to Admiral Sampson
Before the Court.

were fresh breezes ard that there was a
| moderate sea.
A small boat could, he said have been
lowered at any time during the voyage.
Mr Rayner also interrogated Lfeu+
| Bristol concerning his estimate. made
! soon after the arrival of the fleet off
Santiago, that the Spanish shore bat
| terles amounted to but little He had
said Yesterday that the elevation of
these batteries was from $50 to 200 feet.
Mr.. Rayner produced a chart to show that
the MORO battery was 22O feet above
the water line and the Zocapa battery
230 feet
Now, them asked Mr. Rayner. ARE
| you as positive about the distance YOU
| gave these as in other cases which Won
| nave given distances?''
LEMLY CALLED DOWN.
/ Capt Lemly objected to the form of the
| question, saying that counsel was putting
| language he had not used in the mouth
| OF the witness. Mr.. Rayner then made
| objection to the interruption and after.
stating this objection, said to the wit
| ness:
If you are not positive I Shall sub
J nit to any correction
F.! Judge Advocate-The witness has not
| stated that he was positive.
Admiral Dewey-I would rather YOU
| would not interrupt the testimony
| Judge Advocate-If the court tells me
1 cannot do it, I will submit to the order
| of the court
Admiral Dewey-If counsel for the an
| plicant has put words into the mouth
| OF the witness which he did not utter, YOU
! addressing Capt. Lemly) can bring it
| out at the proper time. You will have an
| opportunity to do that
| Judge Advocate-That is not the ad-
| yaptageous time to do it. The advan-
! tageous time is when it is done
Mr. Rayner-In order not to put any =
words in your mouth-which is an un-
fortunate insinuation, because 1 am after
the truth-I will give you an opportunity
now to make a full explanation as to
whether you stated tht elevation of these
batteries to be between 100 and 200 feet?
Il did state that
Did you not state to me Won are as
positive about that as other distances
which you have given in the cast?'
''I did,
DO you still stand to your statement?
Is the map wrong and are you right?"
Mr.. Rayner asked witness whether
there had been any menace to any Of
the American ships on July 8 from the
shore batteries. Lieut.. Bristol replied
that there was danger to the Gloucester
because that vessel was unarmed. He
said that he did not consider the New
York in danger
Mr.. Rayner then read from a report
by Secretary Long saying that on that
day the New York had sustained the un-
divided fire of the shore batteries.
~.Do you still say that in view of that
statement the shore batteries did not
amount to anything?'
You asked my opinion witness re-
piled, "and have given it you"
Admiral Dewey-We do not want opin-
ions.
A. tho rao,,eS+ of NJ pox-na, ,ri+rass
made measurements from his chart to
show the distance the Brooklyn was
from the Spanish ships during the
FIGHT OFF SANTIAGO.
The reply was:
1.-THE distance of the Oquendo from the
Brooklyn, taken from the chart just be-
fore the turn, is 1900 yards, the Maria
Teresa 3.700 yards. Taken from the
chart when the Maria Teresa and Oquen-
do were about to run ashore, which IS
practically the nearest point, the Oquen-
do was $500 yards from the Brooklyn and
the Maria Teresa 5000 yards"
Noting Lieutenant Commander Hodg-
sens statement that the shortest range Of
the Brooklyn's gun was l,400 yards and
her greatsest $500 yards, and referring
to the fact that number of the Brook
lyn's five-inch shells had struck the Span
ish ships Mr. Rayner asked a number
of questions for the purpose of showing
that if the distance was as great as the
chart shows, the guns were set for the
range given, it would have been impos-
sible for the shots to go to the mark.
isn't it certain" he asked, IF the
shots struck, that the chart is mcor-
rect?"
The witness replied that the Maria
Teresa and Oquendo could have been
hit with five inch guns.
with guns set at that range?"
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very wild fire when ship has any mo-
ton on"
Capt. Lemly then took the witness, de-
veloping the fact that he had been for
six months in the coast survey where
he daily had used the sextant.
The Judge advocate asked: '.'How far
would the Brooklyn have been from the vs.
leading Spanish ships just emerging from
the harbor of Santiago provided she had
Immediately started ahead at twelve
knots?"
''At twelve knots speed she would go
in five minutes 5000 yards. if she was
going at that speed, but she was dead
in the water, as 1 understand. There
fore 1 should say she would make about
1,OOO yards the first five minutes That
would mean that eshe was close in to
5000 yards from the Moro. The ships when
1 first sighted them were at Cay Smith
1 believe that to the best of my recol-
lection to be 1.00O yards inside the Moro.
The ships came out of there at about
ten or twelve knots. At twelve knots
they would go one-twelfth of one knot
in five minutes. That Is 1900 yards. but
they turned to the westward so they did
not go 2.0c0 yards. But call it 1000 yards.
Then 1900 and 1.0O0 subtract from 1000
plus 1000 makes S.OO0 which would make
them 5000 yards off at the first shot.
The court-Did you hear any firing at
or near Cienfuegos on the day the fly
ing squadron arrived off that port?
''I did not"
The court-Whie on the passage to
Santiago from Cienfuegos, were any sig