The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-26

| lily accessible for opening; the lower por'
| tions of the building around the courts ar
| entirely open and sheltered from rain by
umbrella galleries, the spaces above having
glass Greens as shown on our sections.
to the effect that he tschley) had been very
| nervous during the fight.
Referring to the estimony OF Lieutenant
Hood. Admiral Schley said:
Il must say l do not remember a conver'
! Sation with Lieutenant Hood lasting ovel
| two minutes never saw him again until
sent him back with dispatches. According
TO his evidence. as detailed here, what
| might have occurred in an hour. do no,
| think / saw him over three minutes.
| After some further discussion of former
testimony, 1t was announced that the cour'
| would adjourn until Monday.
Preceding the adjournment the question
| OF calling Admiral Sampson to the stand
was revived by Judge Advocate Lemly. who
reminded Mr.. Rayner that he dRayner) mad
suggested some time ago that he desired
| the Admiral called. Captain Lemiy said he
was prepared to issue the summons. = II
| sponded that the incident. which had
| seemed to demand the Admiral's attend
| ance. had dwindled into comparative lnsls-
nifcance and he added that 1t was well un,
| Sampsonis health was such that he could
/ not be expected to appear upon the witness
| stand.
| SIMPSONS DISPATCH
WAS BADLY DELAYED.
| After other witnesses had appeared for
| the purpose of correcting their testimony
at the morning session. Admiral Schley re-
sumed his story. With the Courts permis-
| sion, he said he would go back to Glen
| fueSos in order that his narrative might be
clear. Regarding the McCalla memorandum
| he said he received but one copy. II there
| had been another, he said, 1t should be in
| the papers. which were returned to the
IN ~ TIM. N In
| 1899 He said he had not bombarded the
! earthworks at Ctenfuegos because he was
| convinced that such bombardment would be
war. he thought. bore out this opinion.
| Admiral Schley was proceeding to say
that dspa.sh No No. TO- SSnse,ning s which
Spanish fiest was = santlago5, was not r.
eeiyed by him urth June 10. when the
Judge Advocate: III the Court please. 1
regret very much to be obliged to make a
protest against this kind of testimony. but
wants facts"
Admiral schley (sotto voce): "well. these
are facts"
Captain I.emly: IT do not understand
this witness is here for the purpose of
making an argument. and | do not think
this character of testimony from witness.
matter of testimony"
Mr.. Rayner contended that Admiral Schley
py esaRs EERs TO sts n ha he his kneW %
edge. After some further sparring the
members of the court held brief consulta-
tion. without leaving the courtroom, and
Admiral Dewey announced its decision as
follows: THE Cour- is of the opinion that
it is eminently proper for the witness to
dated May q and not received until June
10, then drop It: just give the facts"
,his To this ADMIRAL mira schley responded respond that
Thirteen dave had ole hafnr ho
ceived the dispatch.
Proceeding. Admiral schley testified that
sardins the offer % OF lieutenant tDa Field to g 60
whether the Spanish spanish feet @ a was in isai Santiago
facts relating to Fields sc offer which fixed
his own impression of 1t in his mind. On
May 81: after the bombardment of the Colon
Mole st. Nicholas with a report to the de-
partnient upon that subject. Admiral schley
Iestined that he sent Nunez. the pilot. west
Nunez landed near Ascerederos. fifteen or
sixteen miles west of Santiago. and. join
ing some OF the Cuban insurgents. went
with detailed Information of the location Of
the Spanish ships in the harbor. II sent
aamlrai Sehley the com
MORE DETAILS ABOUT
THE RETROGRADE MOVEMENT.
The witness then returned to the retro
grade movement. saying: Touching the
question OF the retrograde movement after
ment was not made to the westward until
toward 9 O'clock, the Yale having had con-
SeI difficulty in getting hawser to
tain Wise Of the Yale that yS Il Would IL take take
hawser The ship at that time was abso-
lutely unmanageable. She was not capable |
OF Of. turning propeller. / do not think We
afternoon of the 9TH. and not long after
she was taken in tow. steaming to the west |
ward We went little further than had |
getting the Yale to read our Ardois signals. |
we We're Obliged to 90 four or five miles |
sap sartner on that account. As soon as the |
was not possible to have coaled-as l said |
ye,stsrday .,s,a,l that was one OF the conditions
q the heet. because was more interested in
II u sign @signaled Captain Philip; asking him IL |
Gates precisely that he was uneasy about
II: for he signaled back to me. L can try ,
me \ EN- Impression left upon my mind was that
fxen he sais ID Mas shat e1en a
the following morning Philip had signaled !
sha,,ns shaa both , the Texas and the Merrmac had
9 He had arrived with the squadron Off
SSantiago at about o'clock p. m. May 8
ne Z sa,d. and had then taken up his position
neet In formation day and night. He had on
that first night sent the Marblehead closer
IN. with instructions to keep close watch
on the mouth of the hartor. That night he
mad, he said noticed signals on the shore
known as blinkers and he had also observed
az that time lights lower on the plane.
winch he has since been convinced were
those Of the Colon lying in the harbor
FINALLY LOCATED SPANISH
IN HARBOR OF SANTIAGO.
The next day he had discovered the pres
ence OF that Spanish vessel there, as he had
also that of the other of the enemy's war
vessels He said that when he had thus ss-
cured irrefutable proof Of the fact that the
vessels were there and told Captain Sigs-
bee OF the fact. that officer expressed sur
prise that such was really the fact. It
was at this period that he sent his dis
oatch to the department giving absolute in
formation OF the presence Of the Spaniards
md Sigsbee had carried this message to
Mole St. Nicholas.
:, Admiral Schley said that. after locating
he feet in Santiago, he formed the block
ade In the only way he believed such a
small squadron could be utilized for such
1uty: The ships were in column broadside
IN the entrance Of the harbor, 80 that a
simple turn Of the wheel would bring them
2 line, the enemy appeared. He called
ne Captains Of the ships aboard and ex-t
'laaoed Ais idsa as the blockade 70 them and ;
Il