The sun., 1901-10-26

TO hre ai his temporary hasship. star
board your helm and let's get out of this. >
wa fatly denied.
scHi.Er REsuxfEs rBE STAND.
Admiral Schley took tho stand at ii:so
O'Clock. He was asked by his counsel,
AR hynes. whether he wished TO continue
his narrative from the point where he had
left on yesterday.
with the Courts permission Admiral
Schley rsplied. Il will 20 back to Cien-
fuego~ (as We have returned there 10 oftcnl,
80 a. 20 make the matter perfectly clear
from beginning TO end.
In relation 10 Genfuegos and the Nc
Gala memor orandum. ON which much stress
has been laid, desire to say that received
but one copy. II other- were sent
which were turned over to tho Navy de-
partnent in February or January u! ises.
! have no recollection of any other than
one copy. and think that my letter cola
firms the fact tina, received but one.
Admiral Schley read an extract from the
letter IN question and continued:
That s,isf airs my belief that ! received
but one copy. The batteries that wore
spoken about were complete batteries,
lying behind the village. Which. OF course,
under International ruIe- Of war. would not
Bat tho memorandum related To masked
batteries which ! supposed we're near the
mouth. and seeing no evldencc OF their
existence ] very naturally did not lire on
the batteries up the harbor ] think that
any one who las any remembrance Of the
late war would say that the bombardment
Of breas,w orks. under the most favorable
circumst ance~, was comparatively useless.
| do not think that our Subsequent boin-
bardment after the 3ist really DESTROYED
-. "a.
that IL would be wise or pruden, under the
circumStancss TO waste ammunition for
which there might be 90 much better Use
later
pIsPuTE BErwEES corNsEL
Now. In relation 20 the rccoris Of the
flag officer testified to 10y Mr.. Marsh.
would lik. To invite attention 20 page as
Of the Appendix an evidence of the
promptnes- with which that officer worked.
This was ironical The despatch No. 10.
dated May a. reached me on tho 10th OF
June
The Judge Advocate here broke In with
al expression of regret that he had 10 object
To that character OF testimony. He had
understood from the Court itself that what
IL wanted was facts
We'll, this IN a fact said Admiral Schley.
Il do not understand. the JudgeAdvocate
continued, that this witness, any more
than any other witness. has a right To make
an argument.
Mr. Rayner remarked that the Admiral
was not making an argument. Mr. Marsh.
he said. had testified 90 the accuracy with
which matters were managed in the flag
Office. and Admiral Schley had a right
to testify to the total inacuracy Of matters
that came under the care OF that Office.
Bs~sdes. Admiral Schley han a perfect right
to give reasons for his action. and TO say
Ias hc had saidD. why he did or did not
engage the shore batteries
Tho .tidl,s AdVnCafa Thu sf n
of Admiral Schey " an argument to show
the i1efficiency OF the flag oific'', and II u
not thing else.
Mr.. RAyner- Cour, will feel that
II is eminently proper for the witness 10
make this statement, that a paper dated
May 27 did not reach him until tho 10th
Of June
Admiral sohley-Thst is all I propose to
do.
coNrRApIcrs CAPT. COTTON
Returning TO the matter referred TO by
Capt. Cook. when he mentioned that
Lieut.. Beale had volunteered To 60 on
shore 10 ascertain the location Of the in
surgents. | think that Capt. Cotton's
memory is little at fault as TO the occasion
! met Capt. Cotton after his return, OF he
came on board on the 3iSt. Coupled with
this offer OF Lieut.. Beale, ! remember him
to have emphasized the fact ~ stating
that Lieut. beals had equipped himself
saries domiciled there To the in-urgen On
Cuba. and for that reason would be 10 much
the better qualified. So that enables me
to m IL with some accuracy. on the sist.
.On the 3ist, after the bornbardment.
Capt. Cotton was sent with dispatches To
Nicholas Mole, informing the Depart
ment Of the action taken II vas known
that Nuhez was sent To the westward 20
communicate with the inrurRents To arcer-
tain what their location was. and get from
- Ill a.4Fa ..N.NAa -.
squadron inside that would Ia obtain
able Nufiez went TO Aoerraderos. a point
about twenty miles distant shown by
the charts. The charts were. however,
very defective. and di-tances were proved
to vary somewhat from those shown On
the charts think the real distance was
about rs knots.
Il detailed specifically and with some
clearne-s ths position Of the-e various
ships, including their names, and ] sent
him with that Information 10 the Com
msnder- int hief
his RErRodRADE MOVEMENT
Touching the question Of the retrogrsde'
After the Merrimac had broken down N"
movement was not made Ia the westward
until toward Q O'Clock. her hawr"r having
parted about ~ O'Clock that night Al
that time ! was signalled 10y Capt. Wise. OF
The Yale. that Il would take some hour~ Ia
break out the steam faucets. The ship was
at that time absolutely unmanageable,
and wa- not capable 81 turning
Il do not remember that we got her again
until 4 O'Clock p NJ. OF the 22d She beins
unable to read our signals Ne were obliged
10 60 four or Ave miles further on that sc-
count.
In nv own judgment Il was not possible 90
coal That L. one Of tho conditions. a.
said yesterday, that ! considered could
Judge better than any other ofiicer OF the
feet. because ] VA more Interested