The Washington times., 1901-10-02
THE. FINES WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER q 1901

rec5li the fact OF having given 1t to him, -
said Captain Sigsb,e
read:
Odd you receive a despatch from the
G,epaIt Itment dated May 20 stating that
arrive at Santiago on the 18th?
A.-Nes.
Q.-Did you show that despatch to Com
mCdore Schley on May 262
. Al cannot recall the act of showing
II l presume l did show it. But that 1
INFORMED him of it, l remember.
mere was a long discussion between
MI Hanna, Mr.. Rayner. and Captain
SiRsbee as to what despatch Captain
Slgsoee had carried to Commodore Schley
OF uehvered the purport of to him This
despatch was read to Captain Sgsbee 20
question:
Washington. May 90 1898
81. Louis, care American Consul,
Mole st. Nicholas. Haiti:
The Spanish fleet arrived at Santi-
ago de Cuba on May 19. If your coal
permits. proceed at once off Santiago
de Cuba; watch carefully. and keep in
communication with the Spanish fleet,
reporting Information. The Minnea-
polls. st. PAUL land St Louis, have
same orders. LONG"
Captain Sigsbee said he did not recall
that the despatch he had was phrased
etSactly tt that way, but the purport was
Then Mr.. Rayner sought to show that
TINS was the despatch Captain Sigsbee
had.
Washington. May 70, 1898.
10 Minneapolis, St Thomas, Danish
Proceed at once off Santiago de
Suba: the Spanish fleet reported there;
Schley ordered there. LONG"
To Mr.. Rayner Captain Sigsbee said that
ne received his despatch on his arrival at
Cape Haitien at about noon on May 20
ana RENE m hgFg6 III had hppn received a
the cable office at 10:i5 the night before.
A Question of Date.
Then that settles it," exclaimed Mr.
Rayner triumphantly. You couldn't t
have received a despatch on May 10 that
was not sent from Washington until May
2O Mr.. Hanna wouldn't agree to this
He asserted that the date might be mis-
take. He and Mr.. Rayner couldn't reach
an agreement on this point and while they
were talking about ii the Court handed
another question to Mr.. llama to read.
Q.-Did you see the despatch signed
Long, dated May 20. addressed to the
81. Louis, the Minnesota, the st. Paul. or
the Harvard, prior to your meeting with
Commodore Schley on May &c?
Captain Sigsbee-I have no recollection
of it.
To tdr. Hanna Captain Sigsbee said he
had communicated TO Commodore Schley
on May Is the substance of all the de-
SpeAL1htS lAclil lut navy anu
all the other information he had. May
70 was the day Commodore Schley left his
position off Santiago for Key West
Gustav e. Becker, chief yeoman in
the navy, who served as clerk to Ad-
miral Sampson on the New York in the
Spanish war. was called to show by the
journal which he kept for Admiral Samp-
son that the memorandum of Captain
McCalla telling Schley where there was
good landing place for troops near Cien-
fuegos and that insurgents went into the
town and could obtain information, had
been sent to Schley by the Iowa and the
Dupont. which arrived at Cienfuegos
where the Flying Squadron then was, on
May y, two days before Schley found out
that the Spanish feet was not there. He
said that these vessels carried copies. but
under cross-eXamination by Mr.. Rayner
he could not show any record to support
that statement either in Admiral Samp-
sons journal or the New Yorks press
copy book. which he had said would show
it. He asserted, however. that he re-
membered that the memorandum had
gone on the Iowa and Dupont.
We deny that the Dupont or Iowa car
ried it," said Mr.. Rayner We admit
that the Hawk (which reached Cienfue-
gos on May 23l carried it,
Mr.. Rayner said he would call on the
Navy Department for copies of this mem
Orandum sent to Commodore Schley tMr
Hanna having said that there were four
copies, and the Court thea adjourned un-
til today.