The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-13
Ate After Admiral Sampson heard that the

fleet of Schley .'''7
HAD NOT 7 .aEvrt CIENFIJEGOS
IN other words, after he got reply from
the coinllander of the flying squadron, he
| s Ss. tue wasp, l think, about May 26, to
enluegos. with an additional dispatch,
put sne, OF course. did not arrive there
until commodore Schley had left for
santiago ana do not remember what
those dispatches were,
was That the Wasp?''
What date?"
My impression is she left by the way
of the Bahama channel Nav g."
3s'lheh understand that between the
Tune tHat the Hawk carried this inforna-
tlon to Commodore Schley at dusk on
the evening of May q and the time when
TINS dispatch was sent through the Ba-
mama channel on the 18th. there was no
communication between Admiral Samp-
son and Commodore Scley in reference
to the Spanish squadron at Santiago.
Was there?'' r8asF
Il thought I replied there was no OPP
portunity for any,
After further effort on Mr.. Rayner's
part to elicit information as to cor
respondence between the two commando
ers and objection on the part of Mr..
Hanna to bringing in dispatches which
had no immediate bearing on Commodore
Schley's conduct. Mr.. Rayner said there
was no communication between them be-
tween May q and May 81. He then quot
ed the dispatch of May q as the first
positive knowledge conveyed to Comma-
dore Schley of the position of the Span
ish fleet at Santiago This dispatch was
as follows:
SIMPSONS MESSAGE.
United States Flagship New York, St
Nicholas Channel, May q, 1S9S.-TSir: Ey-
cry report, and particularly daily conf
Dental reports, received at Key West
from Havana state Spanish squadron has
been in Santiago de Cuba from the 18th
to the 18th inst. inclusive, the 25th being
the date of last report received. You
Will please proceed with all possible dis
patch to Santiago to blockade that port.
If on arrival there you receive positive
information OF the Spanish ships having
left You will follow them in pursuit.
Very respectfully, w. L. Sampson
Mr.. Hanna-What is the first positive
order?
Mr.. Rayner-May 81
Mr.. Hanna-Did he receive. it on the
9th?
Mr.. Rayner-He never received it on the
9th. (After being prompted by Admiral
Schley) He got it on June 10.
Mr.. Hanna-How is it possible, then,
he can be affected by an order after all
tPaI lapse OF time?
2 Mr.. Rayner-That is just what5we want
to prove, that he had no orders except
those contained in Dispatches EOS. z
and s.
Mr.. Rayner then repeated his desire to
offer the dispatch Of May 27 in evidence,
and after a colloquy between Mr.. Ray
ner and Judge Advocate Lemly, Mr.. Han
ia remarked that there was no objection
to putting it in, except that it was 'ob-
viously intended to reflect On a. person
who it not under inquiry
To this Mri Rayner responded that it
was not intended to reflect on anyone,
but that it was intended to prevent
reflection on Commodore Schley." It was
decided that the dispatch was already in
evidence, and Mr.. Hanna took the wit
ness for redirect examination. He began
by asking if he knew the reason for the
lapse of five or six days between the
sending Of the dispatches by the Hawk
and the Wasp. To this inquiry Mr. Ray
ner objected, and the court sustained the
objection.
ONLY FACTS WANTED.
Admiral Dewey-As have stated be-
fore, We want facts, facts
The incident was closed by the with
draWal of the question.
At this stage of the proceedings Capt.
ord two letters from Commodore Schley
to Admiral Sampson, both dated May %,
1888, the first sayingGthat he was by no
means satisfied that the Spanish squadron
was not at Cienfuegos, and the second
telling Of the information he had re-
ce1Ved through the British steamer
Adulla
A somewhat exciting incident here
arose between Judge Advocate Lemly and
Mr.. R9VnAr
mander Staunton was excused, Mr.. Ray
ner asked leave to present as evidence
supplementary chart prepared by Lieut.
Tyson, of the bureau of steam engineer
Ing, showing the speed of the vessels of
the flying squadron. Capt. Lemly OBJ
jected on the ground that this evidence
was. not pertinent at this stage of the
proceedings $3.50
Mr.. Rayner here undertook to read a
statement accompanying the chart when
Capt. Len1ly, rising, addressed the court,
saying, with reference to Mr. Rayner:
He is not accurate in his statement
If the court pleases. On the contrary, he
is very inaccurate. He holds a paper be-
fore him and reads what is not on that
paper. He has repeatedly done it,
Mr.. Rayners face flushed. IF he states
that outside the court 1 will say it is
false
While counsel were still talking back
and forth at each other, Admiral Dewey
arose and administered the oath to the
next witness, Lieut.. Nathan e. Twining,
formerly of the battleship iowa His tes-
timony covered points already brought 4
out as to the siege of Gienfuegos and
the bombardment of the Cristobal Colon
i'm the harbor at Santiago on May 81,
When Lieut. Twining had c2ncluded and
the court was about to adjcs.n ~ Ray
ner rose and addressing the court said:
Il would like to call the attention of
the court to what L consider a disagree
able attack of the judge advocate. have
conducted myself with the utmost degree
of courtesy and politeness. 1t has not
occurred once, but over and over again
in this case. The least little objection
that comes in brings out the most irri-
table humori possible on his part All I
ask is this: He made a stateroent this
morning that reflected on me; that we
read things to the court that do not ex-
ist and do not read the things that do
exist. Any man with any degree of SEN
sibility would object to that, and do not
think my brother wants that statement to
go to the court. When have read
report, not thinking the last part would
bear on the case, the point was made