The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1901-10-22
EgARD IN DETAIL
-,Aco CAMPAIGN AS TOLD
- COMMODORE scHLEY's
oR,vATE SECRETARY.
A 7HE STAND ENTIRE DAY

ne 0S"" 0n
:, If His Testimony Devoted to tn :
elton Of Dispatches and the Time
Their Receipt by Commodore
..,,.v-Witncss Declares the Com.
adore Was Thoroughly Fearie.s
md sen.Possessed.
shington. Oct. 22.-The Sehley
~, of inquiry resumed its sessions
~ o'clock. After the witnesses OF
.,sr days had been recalled for the
.,o-,, Of correcting their testimony
'',,snan, B. w. Wells, Jr.. secretary
commodore Schley during the Gu.
.,mpa.en. resumed the stand.
..,r, the former witnesses recalled
captain Francis 4. Cook, Who re.
,.i io the stand for the purpose Of
.sr. ali explanation Of his former
m0l.y regarding the boilers OF the
aa.ln.
.s.,,nant Wells testified regar,l!n.
ra,t,r III July z. lie said he d.a
a ,np mhcr the ranges Al which the
.eEan fired. but thought .lep yards
,tp -Aoltest. He described tho
n II tho Brooklyn and the chase
~ ,At spanish ships. After Ill.
.,a,4 IAN ashore tn. Colon Was
.at $4,000 yards ahead oi the
.5N'ln and for a time firing c.ase 4
sa.4 tina, h. had received orders 10
4 quantity OF rapid fire amnun.-
. owing 10 the character of the
Is. Il Was expected tina, the Brooh
alA Colon would come TO Close
srt,r,. He was ordered To hay. this
ugL.tion ready 10 close With Colon
4 s.ye h,ra rapid fire when they got
- together. lie then described the
/, o. the chase and the iiuai sur
der q. the Colon. II. said he had
seen the Texas when III. Brooklyn
ae her turn. At one tins during
battle be said the Brooklyn
mrd 10 be alone. engaging three
NAen Lieutenant Wells had finished
dt. tiption OF the battle the ques.
4 4 ai~patches was taken up.
, number OF dispatches Mere shown
tac witness and he was asked a 10
r receipt by Commodore Sehley.
y rtam Secretary Long 10 the Amer.
4 n-Nl at Kingston. dated Nash,
fag May IS. saying that /; must be
''t'a ~ Schlcy IT ono. and III.
1ls him tSchley) that unless IN.
\ .r Ais squadron. the department
J. am to remain on Santiago and
..l1 aim II he could no; tah" pos.
~. d oi Guantanamo as coaling
iaH, also dispa, h from S.ere-
! Long 10 Captain Cotton ci the
na.d. dated Washington. May -,
.s.us a dispatch TO Commodore
,ty telling him
10 Hold On at All hazards.
! the New York. Oregon and New
.4us were on the way. also two
patches from Secretary Long to tn"
patch boat Harvard. dated Wash
toh. May 30. one informing him that
tommander.in-chief had started to
MN and the other telling him that
qua. - miles east OF Santiago. had
N reported as good place To land
III which il would be easy To reach
a@ishts in the rear Of Santiago.
h'SN said had been received on
y2l.
Ae cablegram from Secretary Long
20 Washington. May -. TO cable
at Mole st. Nicholas. Hayti. di'
uhg that it be delivered to the next
.'llean war vessel to arrive and IN
m'ng Commodore Schley that the
= absolutely urgent thing now IS
hAow positively whether the Span
0l'!Sion is in Santiago. etc. was
,"h me witness. He stated that II
o"en received by Commodore
A'y on May 30. The Colon had
= discovered in the harbor Of SAN
= by Commodore Schl.y on the
,,hing OF May -.
!, hayner at this point exhibitor
""il upon which there were noia.
4 i'garding the soundings taken
W vicinity OF Santiago harbor ana
strength OF the batteries there, tins
!, 4 nation being given as OF date or
Y !, 1898.
~" give me the date the navy de-
.meht issued the order which has
! t'ierred 10 In this case about not
,p,'ns ships by the shore batteries,
"a Mr.. Rayner.
hplll b. $685." was the response.
80 Nayner asked witness II he had
o'her information In reference to
"'ueries at Santiago except that
' =" on the map referred to. lie
me commodore had received u
Of information from the
,na -, OK naval intelligence. embody'
- Iooot the same facts as conta.nea
,,he chart.
>, 'Nayner--"Am | right in saying
cs sou perhaps saw more or as much
u, 'modorc Schley during the
VI this Spanish war as any one
~ "lo came in contact with him as
as anybody?"
i "a" him daily and all through
Wy generally speaking.
q was his general bearing. con