The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-05

1850 ~ $500 As
| Smith as q newspaper correspondent on
! May 9th or 18th il came up with the
| St Paul. OF which Captain Sigsbee was
in command. of shore at Santiago.
| There was a conversation with Captain
| Sigsbee through the megaphone and he
himself had used the megaphone in
/. conducting the interview
| n witness said the Somers y. Smith
was about seventy-five or a hundred
! feet from the st Paul during the con-
~versation-
/ Give US as nearly as you can the
words OF that conversation" said Cap
tain Lemly.
W had been sent to find Commodore
| Schley and the first question Of course
was: Where is Schley.' and the answer
from Captain Sigsbee was: You viii
| find him in the Yucatan passage and
then inasmuch as our boat was very
I slow, / asked him to advise me whether
he thought we could catch Commodore
! Schley IL we followed him and he stated
! Yes The second question was:
! Where is Cervera' and in an answer TO
that Captain Sigsbee lie not speak for
a moment He consulted with some
body on the bridge of the ship and then
answered: L am not sure, but We
caught an English collier trying 20
sneak into the harbor this morning
| That was the conversation l remember
TO have had with Captain Sigsbee per-
sonally. other men on the boat had
some conversation with him.
ii Captain Sigsbee at n time dur
ing the conversation inform you that
the Spanish squadron was not in Santi-
| ago."
He did not tell US that the Spaniards
were not in there"
i Mr.. Scovel said that he had effected
three landings on the southern coast OF
Cub for the purpose Of communicating
! with tho inCTlrDanr o. hn ne DURING the
campaign.
On cross examination Mr.. Scovel said
that he had been at the megaphone a
part OF the time. He could not say
whether others on board the press O "a
a talked with Captain Sigsbee.
Then asked Mr.. Rayner, ARE you
prepared to say on our a that nc
n in your boat asked Captain Sigsbee
whether Cervera was not in the harbor
at Santiago?"
1T is possible" was the reply, that
a conversation might have taken place
| Smith was a small boat and as onver-
sation must necessarily be in a loud
| tone of voice 1 think L would have heard
it if there had been any
Are you then prepared to say that
the testimony of Mr.. Hare, in which
! he aid that Captain Sigsbee had said
| that the ~Spaniards were not at Santa
| go is false?'
No. / am not prepared to say that
| his statement is false and that no such
| conversation tool place, but / can
| swear that nothing Of the kin was said
while 1 was conducting the conversation
| and I conducted the principal part
| Of it."
CHADWICK RECALLED.
Mr.. Scovel was h excused and a
number of the witnesses of yesterday
were called for the purpose of making
corrections in their testimony.
Captain Chadwick, while under recall,
said in response TO a question from Mr..
Rayner that there had been a practical
a~brogation by the navy depart
ment of the precautionary or
ders concerning the bombardment of
Spanish shore batteries. in order to per-
init the bombardment of San Juan,
Porto Rico. He added that in his opinion
there had been a general abrogation of
the order, but Mr.. Rayner objected 10
the giving of opinions.
HOOD ON THE STAND.
Lieutenant John Hood was question.
ed on the point made by Admiral Schley
in his testimony that the commanding
officer of the Dolphin had filed with the
navy department a memorandum in
which he said, speaking of Hoods re.
u from his mission to Commodore
Schley while the latter lay off Glen.
fuegos: Hood says a good many of.
| ficers do not believe the Spaniards are
there Cat ~Cienfuegos) at all, but they
can only surmise."
In reply to a question as to what re.
port he had made on which such {
memorandum could have been based
the witness replied:
Il reported to the commanding Officer
Of the Dolphin that I conversed with
number of officers and that I did no
believe myself nor did many Of the of
fcers believe as far as I could maxi
out, that the Spaniards were there
that there was no reason for believing
hat they were there and l though
Commodore Schley had convinced him
self they were there on very slendeI
grounds"
Mr.. Hanna: Did you or did yo,
not make any report to the command
ing officer of the Dolphin which war
rants the use of the language embodied
in that memorandum
Il did make such a report, one war
ranting stronger language than that.
Mr.. Hanna: How did you get tn
notes in reference to boarding tn
Adula?"
II never boarded the Adula. I re
turned to the flagship Brooklyn afte
collecting the mail, under Commodor
Schley's orders about IL o'clock Jus
as I came on board I met Lieutenan
Simpson of the Brooklyn, who ha
boarded the Adula and had his write
report. I asked him to let me see
as there might be valuable informatio
!, in it, which he did. / then told hir
I wanted a o of it to take back t
the admiral, as there was, in my cpiT
ion, very valuable information in /
: Simpson and myself went to the exec
utive officers office Ind he read tn
: notes over. He had the executive oi
fcer's writer make a copy for me I
: take back to the admiral as valuabl
. information. He had just come OF
y from making his report to the CON
mander of the flying squadron Tha
. as quoted in the appendix is an exaC
copy of Simpsons boarding report I
. the commander-in-chief Of he fyin
squadron"
Lieutenant Hood said in reply TO
] question from Mr.. Rayner that he ha
not boarded the Adula and that II
i notes which h. had carried back TO IN
:. Dolphin were those made by Lieuter
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