The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-06
THE SCHLEY COURT
CONTROVERSY BETWEEN HoDG-
SON AND sCHLEY is AGAIN
THRESHED OVER sas91 5
BUT ONE SESSION IS HELD
Members of the Court and Counsel
Are Getting Worn Out With
the EXacting and Com
tinuOus Strain.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-On1y one ses-
sion of the Schley court of inquiry was
held today. An adjournment until Mon
day was taken at l o'clock in order to
allow court and counsel to recuperate
after an arduous weeks labor. Practical
ly the only witness of the day was Lieu
tenant Commander Albon c.. Hodgson,
who was navigator of the flagship Brook
lyn during the campaign of 1898, and al
most his entire time was taken up with
the reading of correspondence between
himself and Admiral Schley concerning
an alleged colloquy between them during
the battle of Santiago, which the witness
was reported to have detailed to a news
paper correspondent. The correspondence
has been published and this fact rendered
the proceedings of comparatively little
popular interest Lieut.. Doyle was also
on the stand again, but only for the pur-
pose Of correcting his former testimony.
During the day Judge Advocate Lemly
made another statement concerning Ad-
miral SIMPSONS dispatch of May 20, 1883,
relating especially to the admirals use
of the word Santiago where it was al
legged he had intended to use the word
"Cienfuegos''
AS the court adjourned last night, Capt.
Hodgson was in the hands of Capt. Lem
ly, whose examination of him partook
very largely of the nature of cross
examination. This was due to the fact
that Mr.. HodgSon had been called by
both sides to the controversy and is even
| more a Schley witnesses than a govern
| neent witness. Capt. Lemly and Mr.. Han
| ma continued the inquiry for the govern
ment at the beginning of the sitting to-
day, after which Mr.. Rayner began a
series of questions intended to present
THE sCHLEY SIDE
| of the conduct of the Brooklyn during
not only the battle of July 8, but of the
| entire Santiago campaign Mr.. Hanna's
| inquiries were devoted partly to develop
| ing more of the details concerning the
| bombardment of the Spanish ship Cr1s-
| tobal Colon on May 81. The entire cor
| respondence between Commander -Hodg-
son and Commodore Schley also was put
| in as evidence.
There is much interest in yesterday s
| episode concerning Admiral Sampson and
there is still doubt as to whether he will
| be witness. 1t will remain with Ad-
miral Schley and his counsel to suggest
what day, if for any, he shall be called.
| The controversy as to the admiraPs
meaning in his dear Schley'' dispatch
| of May 20 has In no wise been abated by
| the tentative agreement as to his be-
| ing summoned. Counsel on both sides
| this morning had before them a. copy of
the dispatch and each was trying siren
| uously to bring the other to their view
| Of the case.
DOYLE RECALLED.
The first of the witnesses of the
| previous day who were recalled to cor
| rect testimony was Lieut. Doyle, who was
on the Brooklyn during the battle off
! Santiago He made a number of changes
| in phraseology. His attention was called
| to an error in his former testimony In
| stating the distance the Brooklyn stood
out from the Moro at Santiago in re-
| ply to a question from the court. He had
formerly placed this distance at two or
three miles, but he had erroneously
based his statement on the log for June
%, instead of May %. Looking at the
r log for May 2S, he found only one esti-
! mate of the distance out, placing it at
| seven miles.
| When Lieut.. Doyle was excused, Capt.
| Lenlly again brought up the question of
1 the difference of construction of the last
| paragraph of the Dear Schley'' letter
| He produced the original copy reading
| a part Of the paragraph as follows:
L am therefore, of the opinion that our
best chance of success in capturing their
| ships will be to hold the two points
Cienfuegos and Havana, with allthe force
| we can muster. If later it should de-
velop that these vessels are at Santiago
we could then assemble off that port the
| ships best suited for the purpose and
| completely blockade it. Until we, then,
receive more positive information, we
shall continue to hold Havana and Sam
| tiago."
Capt. Lemly then said. eff the court
please, was yesterday requested bJ
| counsel for the applicant to produce the
original of the letter from Admiral Samp-
son to Commodore Schley, dated Nav 20.
1898, the question being as to the final
name at the end of the first paragraph.
j whether it should be 'Cienfuegos' or
| Santiago I have the original and the
name appears Santiago and appears
| over an erasure. 1 invite attention 10
the fact that in the press copy book it
| Is Santiago, which shows that the