The age-herald., 1901-10-22
BrODt|yns Rapid Fire Guns Were Made Ready for
 Close Action
SCHLEY ADMITS DISPATCHES
"Dear schIey" Letter Received May 22, and Duplicate Copies of Dis patch Saying spaniards
 Were at Santiago.

Washington. October a,-Lieut. B. W. Schley while the latter was in command of the flying squadron, occupied practi- cally the entire time of the Schley court of inquiry today. In his direct examina- tion he continued his narrative of the Cuban campaign. Lieutenant Wells was under cross-examination for about two and half hours, largely at the hands of MT. Hanna. whose questions were direct ed mainly to the dispatches received and sent by Admiral (then commodore) Schley.
 While this line of investigation was be- ing exploited Mr. Rayner, speaking for Admiral Schley. satd that the admiral was willing to admit that he had received the Dear schiey'' letter on the Dupont which arrived, at Cienfuegos on May p, but he added thas no duplicate of this dispatch had ever been received by Ad- miral Schley. He said also that the ad- miral admitted the receipt of two copies of No. 8. Admiral Sampson's dispatch, saying that the Spanish fleet was proba- bly, at Santiago and telling Commodore Schley If satisfactory, that 1t dhe Span ish ffeet1 Is not at Cienfuegos. to proceed with all dispatch to Santiago" one of these being received by the Hawk May 8 and the other by the Marblehead May 24 Lieutenant Wells was still on the stand when the court adjourned for the day. and will continue his testimony to- morrow. .a.
 Ready for Close P .nge.
 Lieut. ant B. w F1e els, who was on the stand when court adjourned Friday testified regarding the battle of July 8. He said he did not remember the ranges at which the Brooklyn fired but thought HOO yards was the shortest He described the turn of the Brooklyn and the chase after the Spanish ships. When the Wis caya ran ashore the Colon was about 10000 yards ahead of the Brooklyn and for a time the firing ceased. He said that he had received orders to get quantity of rapid fire ammunition Owing to the character of the coast it was expected that the Brooklyn and the Colon would come to close quarters. He was ordered to have this ammunition ready to close with the Colon and give her rapid hre when they got close together. He then described the rest of the chase and the nnai SuTTelueT Oi liId AotVh. kAC Do@N he had not seen the Texas when the Brooklyn made her turn. At one time during the battle. he said, the Brooklyn seemed to be alone, engaging three ships,
 When Lieutenant Wells had finished his description of the battle number of dispatches were shown him and he was asked as to their receipt by Commodore Schley. One was from Secretary Long to the American Consul at Kingston, dated Washington, May 2, saying that it must be delivered to Schiey at once and Informing him (6chiey) that unless unaafe for his suadron, the department wished him to remain of Santiago, and asking If he could not take possession or Guantanamo as a coafing station also a dispatch from Secretary Long to Captain Cotton of the Harvard, dated Washing ton, May 2s, enclosing a dispatch to Com modore Schisy, telling him to hold on at all hazards, that the New York, Ore gon and New Orleans were on the way; also two dispatches from Secretary Long to the dispatch boat Harvard. dated Washington, May 2e. one informing him 10 join him and the other telling him Saeuina twenty-nve- miles east of Sam tiago, had been reported as a good place to land, from which 1t would be easy to reach the heights in the rear of San- tiago. Witness said they were received on May 3.
 Long's Telegram.
 The telegram from Secretary Long. dated Washington May N. to the cable office at Mole St. Nicholas- HaytL direct ing that It be delivered to the next American war vessel to arrive and in forming Commodore Schley that the most absolutely urgent thing now is to know positively whether the Spanish di- vision is in Santiago, etc." was shown the witness. He stated that 1t had been received by Commodore Schley on May %. The Colon had been discovered in the barbor of Santiago by Commodore Schley May %
 MT. Rayner exhibited q chart with mo- tatione regarding soundings taken in the vicinity of Santiago harbor and the strensth of the batteries there as of the date April b lBe6
 MT. Rayner asked the witness If he had any other Information in reference to the batteries at Santiago except that given on the map referred to- He stated that the Commodore had received memoran- dunn of information from the Bureau Of Naval Intelligence. ernbodyfng about the same facts as contained in the charts-
 Did you see him during any of the bombardmentsT r
 q saw him during one. Exactly which one cannot reoollsct."
 ''was he at any time within your knowledge laboring under any mental ex- cftement?"
 No, sir.~
 Respecting the correspondence while the flying squadron was at Cienfsegos. the witness said the letters as received were brfefed, stamped and filed. and that he had no tFonhle under this system In fnd- ing any letter the Commodore wanted.
 The Dear schisy" Letter.
 Mir. Hanna exhibited to the witness a letter dated May 8, 1898. and written by Commodore Sohley, which contained a reference to the dispatches that had been brought by the Dupont and giving general socount of the operations of the dying squadron He sought by this letter, as stated by him. to show mat the No. [ dispatch. known as the Dear