The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13

uhe Telegraph otica at Key Wet. III. called
nc aside and raid he had very important
information that he believed to be correct,
tina | was Ia keep II "a secret from every
body except the Comuu,ud.r in Chi.f
(Sainpsonl ard his stan. a. ,hr man Who
CAV" II would probably lose his life II Il
hecani" known that h. had sent II And thu.
source Of information would l.. s,on,.,d
He then told mc that o. iho night, lsfor.
u" had received a desuatrh from havana
at Icrvera, that mornuR the ip'h OF
May lad cnt"r'7i ti. harhor ~ Santiago
With his squadron. Hr saii TIM. iuforu,a-
ton came from n Telegraph ct..r,tnr in
the o'iCr at Havana and that IA. Would rs.
turn therr every night at q a. clock
returned To tn" New YORK some tim.
during The afternoon Of May 20 and re-
ported this To Admiral Sampson That
samc evening OF the 2Oth went on shore
again about q O'Clock ard nhtsipcI from
the signal officer a conirnatory d.-pafCh
which Ia" had received Ia regard to thi,
information The next morning. MAY 81,
the New York went TO the il0ckade N
Havana Admiral SAMPSON was then sati.-
fled that the Information. Cprro,,orat,I
by the despatch received on the evening
Of the 2rh. was correct HE pfnss.dad 10
Havana. call~i up the Hawk and sent by
her dispatches which ] ~isficNe were de-
hvsTed 10 Comnpdor. Scll.v al At
the table near Capt. ChadvicA Will. ne
was preparing tho memorandum to 20 with
the despatch wont back To- kev West
ou "a" c2i and obtained a similar despatch
from the signal officer. MAX ug a third
confirmation OF tins report. and returned
TO Havana
STANTON HOsS-ENAMINED
To questions ON Cro-s-aNamination 10y
Mr. Rayner Mr.. Staunton said tina he dld
not know ~ his own personal knowl~dge
that the Hawk carried No. :. the McCalla
memorandum trelatiug to where Insurgents
who had knowledge ~ what was going
SO, a.. tN.pftN,.,. tyf,kF l.. f.styNa al 81.
memorandum telling Schl"y 90 leave l-'fpfo
daylight. except in ~ far a. be- knew that
the HAWKS commander was called on board
the flagship for the express purpo>-' - get
ting Nu : and IN" lat mentioned m-mo-
raGdun Mr. stanton explained that he wss
not Admiral SIMPSONS secretary and had
nothing 20 d. with handling Official papers
10 other questions be aid that %" had
received he hr-t Information from IN"
signal officer AZ Kew West A. = ~ OF - VI
on NAV 20, and that m" order and memo
randum for Schley e. go 20 santiago was
given the Hawk on MAY Il, after tn" con-
frmAtion had boon received
Mir Ravner pressed the witns~s 10 know
II tho information had t-cu sent 60 S"ll"N
when II vac fret received from the signal
officer ~ hey West. d Il not, Why not
and Nir taunton said lee had no Is,rsonA!
knowledge of the sending ~ any d'-pdtch"-.
tut To- the hs-t 81 hl- kuuwl"dge "a" haNk
wa the tr.t aud only vessel that Carritsi
ftle fnefllht hlllfl 'ilhl was hlNatI'Nl W.
the despatch telling SchlcN 10 gntu Santiago
when dad YOU get III" C~pufirnatory
Information asked Mr. Kayner
4 got u on shore GA the evening 81 May
30 az hey Me-t
Then, a. understand IL. the couhrma-
tory Information Was received some twenty
four hour before tho Hawk wa sent with
Il 60 Iommodur" Schlcyf'
Yes. the information was received ~
hey West and the Hawk left from Havana
Can you give me. - yuur own personal
knowledge. any subsequent memorandum
that passed tet we"u Admiral SAMPSON
and Commpiurs Schl.y IN reference t.
tl.o Spanish fleet bsIug at santiago IA al
ditiou to the memorandum already referred
to-
NO. After Admiral Sampson heard that
tho feet under SChiey had NOT lett ten
ftIegus he sent the Masp about the ?dth
81 NAV. with Hn additional d'-latch go
Commodore Schi.v Nv impression L.
that she .cf' the ucighborhoud oi the old
BahamA channel on the .dth OF May
DESPATCH CHLEY ptpN'T RECEIVE
Then betwcen the time thai the Hawk
eceived the despatch on Aay q, and the
time this despatch was sent Toy the Wasp
on the 2eth. there waz no communication
b@twesn SamIs "a aud Schiey about CerNcra
heins m santiago Then after a lal-o 81
six days. nothing being done IA the mean
time. despatch No 10 was sent 10 Nchley'
Inns - 'iF lf-IhifN 'AfFlsNl w Nv vary
Schley did not rcCciN" II, a. Ii" had ALREADY
left for santiago On Nav - Ia ohsdlclte L.
the orders received iruLa Sampson o'
MAY y
Mr. Hanna interrupted b"for" Mr. S'aun-
ton could answer. 'o ask how Admiral
Schley could be- Affected hy n dcsIai"h uAt
he had never reviewed.
THAT l. what | want tn know. ton, said
Mr. RAynor. with sarcastic emphasis, how
Schl"v can he hound hv a dt~ISich Do"
didn't r.criv. Nothing war done h'iw'-'u
tho daiarfup. 81 th, Hawk and The sailing
Of thu Ma-p with th" dispatch = MAY q
How do you know that Saud Capt
Iemly -liorc arr IA" dispatches IN th"
Appendit 49,, ,.,,h =, r,. n.,,
Schl-y letter. and y" : telling N'hleY io
e. 10 santiago went ~ ~ IN" way that
Eas teen trstih"d TO- -aii Mr. kayu"r,
but that despatch -" luI went ~ on
NAV p. and bet v's'n dusk on May 81 and
then nothing was dom"
MIR Rayner said b" rNTr'ct~t 20 prov"
that the h-et positive orders tsr Nchl"N
To prpc-.d to Santhgu woi" thn-" ~"n'
bv tho Wasp. and b" un"rSi this dr~paich
ln evidence He never rro-lvtsi " On
Nav a. >aiI Nj Rayu"r, aut. 'Iruing To-
Admiral Schlcy, he asked -l"u rec''''"d
" wheu'- .
Nc, until June 10. @ns~errd Admiral
Schley
lie didn', get u until July 10, said Mr.
Rayncr, and laughter among t"e rp"c-
taiorz followed
.lt's ALREADY in evidence, said Capt.
: Leinly
Then lct It & ~ twicr. said MIR kayner.
and hc read The d'-patch "a follows
ptsPArCH 80 IL.
e FI,tsuIr Wv ioHk, [
ST NICHOLAS tnANNtL MAY -. l''s !
] 10 TO
>IE ty~ry report. and particularly dali
J rurnd.rftl r%.fHtTt-. r'sH.ys-I 90 h'v Wet
: from Havana state spanish squadron has
h..u Iu S1ntmg, %" tuhI from the iH'I q"
~. 18th me- inclusive. 'Hr gath being ~
dat" - ~" last report r~'osis"i No. val
I iIrH-. Iruv-,-t With Ill lH->l0l" despatch
80 santiago To hlD. att" that rot' " uu
arrival fhrrr yuu T's'lN" I%'~i'lt" iu'"ru"H-
iiuu of the spanish -hll- having lii, Nuti
/ vail follow then lh uur~uI.
" l. SAMPSON. Rear ADMIRAL, "
! -t-oNNopuuI SOHiIl
l. has hson shown that SChlcV r~'SS'iNeSi
on NAV - tho first orders to pruC,s'6 ~
santiago. MAY - was the dav on which
Samp~pn received news That SchlvN had
dcCidod 80 STAY a. tDunl"rus, h"n"" ih'
! despatch bv IN" Ma-p who's" currmdud' .
was given ~" follow ,ng r-'rlc'iuu-
SIN rr'.,4-t ur ,i"u.u,.u- VIA greatest
pp~~ibi, Il -IIiCh VIA 'IpH = % M 'ui'
u YOU md t"mnudur" ~,Hl'N or lht, ir'''I
deliver u" him IN" "r,.'.'i d"sult'h 'rl