The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-26

| HHnhiSh NhIs WAS the NfAi witness. lie
| der Commodore Schley eu Santiago on
May y, 1898. and said bat on that day
/ he had delivered d,spatchcs to the then
commodore from Admiral Sampson and the
navy department fie mad, he said board
ed the Brooklyn at 1890 o'clock. The
! Meathtr was then lnodeiAte aud he had no
! difficulty In going ahoa@d The brooklyn
@What CONVERSE $500, place Ss between between
{i 6in am and Admit eAley''' asked Cap.
lit viii he lmpolM for me to state
| the entire conycrs alton" the witness re.
! phcd. II was OH buard generally Speaking
from about lO:31 to about noon. The con
| vcrsutlon naturally eoNeled a very wide
range, the most important part of which
Vas Of COURSE relative TO the dispatches
What was said about the dlspatchesy'
II delivered to Commodore Schlcy the
| original cipher IN which the dispatches had
been received by rue at St Nicholas Mole.
together with TRANSACTIONS OF those dis.
patches made by Lieutenant Beall of tho
harvard ! handed them personally to
him in his cabin In the order OF their date.
re received them read them and com
mented In general way upon their pur-
Port; spoke of the difficulty he had had In
thing on board his ships while ut Ciep-
iuesos and subsequent TO the date which
am speaking OF MAY - and said 1t had
been an almost impossible matter to get
coal on board on account Of the weather.
lie questioned me relative 10 the prac lea
pility Of coaling ships at ST Nicholas Mole
duu 1tuuiNcH enNlnei. AS 10 NJ. NICHOLAS
Mole, said There is no question but tue
small ships can coal there. As to Gonaiyes
cHanneL know Of no reason why you
should not be able to coal there
The commodore made some remarks
upoh my STATEMENTS, the language OF which
do not recall but he asked: How about
the large ships al st. Nicholas Molo7
Il said: You can't coal your big ships
there hnd special reference IN my re
ply to the battleshlps ana protected cruls-
ers of the Brooklyn and New York class
said, thinking Of the fact that my own
shlp had been there and was Of pnme IL 600
tons displacement and nearly 600 feet in
length: Possibly, uudeA aayorable condl-
lions, you might be abletso coal the large
ships there one at n time but the area of
deep water for the anchorage of large
ships Is so little there 1t was not prac-
ticable to coal NJ the very utmost more
than one large ship at time there and in
case the weather became bad, she would
anxious while I was tiere with the Has Hns
Naru on account OF her Size and | would
have left at once in case bad weather had
come on As ] remember ! recollect no
qualihcatlon as 10 GOnalves channel"
Mr. Raynor addressed the court briefly
concerning these changes. He said that
ADMIRAL Schley had spoken of the weather
as 'holster2us and that that word had
been omitted from the printed copy OF ths
dspatch. lie also stated that whercns tho
admiral had snid that $500 tons Of coal
would be necessary. the printed copy made
II 1000 tons. II was also stated in the
original that the Harvard wns going Ia
Port Royal whereas Kingston had been
inserted in the printed copy. There we're
also other changes.
ton he had had with Admiral schiay con-
corning a proposition OF Lieutenant Beall
self in communication with the Cuban in
snrgents He could not he added. recall
al all events Mr.. Beall had not been or
dered ashore
Judge Advocate Lemly then asked: "After
YOU delivered the orders and prior 10 tb.
dispatch which he delivered TO Won 10 H.
sent to Kingston what efforts did he make
to lqcate cervern's Heet to your knowi-
%None, to my knowledgc"
n, pa ne Oh wi - MS squadron. at that
He did not. win qualify that to this
extent: The vessels, Of course were not
Z az anchor; they were moving about and
toward the barbor Of Santiago" e''''Ht
Referring to that phrase In the dispatch.
the department looks TO YOU to ascertain |
not leave without decisive action, what
within your knowledge did Commodore
tlonsT On the departure OF the fyIng
squadron, Surprising they departed on that |
day, as Indicated by the signal for Key |
for Kingston. what Of the American forces
wS i @ o Set fro 10 prevent the exit
Il have no personal knowledge Of that |
fudge Advocate 1.emly then started 10
Cotton from Admiral Schley delivered 6y |
MIR. Raynor objected to the reading Of
these dispatches unless Admiral sampson's !
dispatch No. Z 20 Admiral Schey was |
read.
At this point Captain Parker remarked |
that this dispatch could not be found
To this remark Captain Lemly took ex. |
ception, saving that Il was ont of nlace |
for counsel to make such comment.
ASmiral Dewey sustained the objection
The order OF Admiral Sampson (which n |
a letter Known as the Dear Sehley'' lst |
teri was then read
On croSs-examlnation Admiral Cottan
said that while he bad delivered four or |
I'VE dispatches TO Admiral Schey ne mad |
the original only Of one dispatch. which |
by lieutenant Beall and he had inpSis sssn
the originals Of any hut that one. lie mad
no record Of any other dispatches.
You n You viii let me / win e sen ns'p
can not refrcsh your memory Are Won moi
mistaken about dates, and Is not the date
Instead Of tbs 27th Of Nav Yes t dd S AZ
liver the dispatches. there Is no doubt
"Al the dispatches. received nj st.
dere schley on the morning Of Nav 81.
1898 There Is no mistake about that
The dispatches ! received az. Kingston for
Commodore Sehley We're delivered on the
about that"
Mr., Raynor-Then we VIII go ahead and
see II you fnd any more. I know you de-
II desire "a inform COUNSEL that have
a record Of the dispatches that were re-
The Harvsrd or addressed 10 tho a serie 70
hoer at ST. Nicholas Mole or Kingston, Ja.
mslca. ! have not 2 record OF the dis
for comm mod scher sxeept % ose Intended
Mt. Raynor-You spoke OF four or i've
"'The dispatches to which I have refer.