Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-10-04
SCALEY INQUIRY.
Long List of Witnesses
to Be Examined.
King Edwards Cancer Dis
turbing Court Circles.
President Kruger Growing Weaker
Mentally and Physically.
NATIONAL BANK STATEMENTS.

Washington, ID. c.. Oct. i.-The
Schley court of inquiry begas proceed
ings today. Captain Lemly still has
quite u long list Of witnesses and II
was said that he would probably not
be able to present the conclusion OF
the case for the department before
the end of next week.
Lieutenant Dyson on the witness
stand yesterday when the court ad-
journed was recalled. He added to
the coal history Of the feet informa.
tion as to how long the supply Of coal
on hand May 20 would have held out
under forced draught. The informa.
tion was contained in the chart read
by Judge Advocate Lemly and GOV.
cred the period from May rs to June
|, and showed that on May 26 the
Brooklyn's supply of coal was 952
tons; Iowa 7Si tons; Texas 40S tons
and Marblehead 122 tons. He said that
on May "a the Brooklyn had coal
enough on board to have remained on
blockade duty off Santiago twenty-five
days and then returned to Key West /;
the Massachusetts enough to remain
seventeen days and then go to Key
West; the Iowa eleven days, Texas
o'N"n anu MdIDltUtuu Olts
Rayner brought out information
concerning the time the coal on each
vessel would last on forced draught.
chasing the cnemy's vessels, taking
the amount of coal on each on May 20
and leaving sufficient coal to return
to Key West Rayner read the infor.
nation from Dyson's tabulated state.
ment showing that the Iowa would
A. 4
day. the Texas l60 tons, the Marble
head II tons. The estimate would
he said. give the Brooklyn 22 days
chase. the Iowa IL days. the Texas
threefourths of day, Marblehead
two-tenths Of day. the Massachusetts
Is days.
Lieutenant Dyson was followed on
the stand by Commander Raymond L
Rodgers. executive officer of the bat
tleship Iowa during the summer of
1898. He was examined at length
concerning the coaling of the flying
squadron. He said he thought he could
have coaled the Iowa late in the after
noon OF May 26. He rela\,d two or
three instances when the ships OF the
flying squadron were cleared for ac-
ton upon n signal from the flagship
Brooklyn before May 81, when vessels
were discerned In the distance. In
each case the veTsels proved to be
American ships. Each time the signal
was to clear for action and make a
speed OF ~ knots an hour. He also
told OF the bombardment or recon.
noisance of the Cristobal Colon on
May 81, In which the Iowa participated.
Describing Commodore Schley's block
n1n of hn hnp 80 Go.
tain Rodgers said that the fleet main.
talned a position seven or eight miles
out with the Marblehead and Vixen
inside the line. This concluded the
testimony in chief when the court
adjourned for luncheon.
At the afternoon session of the
court Rodgers was stlll on the stand.
He stated that he was senior member
the naval board of survey appointed by
Admiral Sampson to examine the
wrecked Spanish vessels. The pur.
pose of this line OF examination was
to bring out the witness knowledge of
the ehect of the Brooklyn's gunnery
IN the battle of Santiago. July g. Cap.
tain Rodgers stated that the Brooklyn
was the only vessel that fired 5-inch
shells and Rayner said careful com.
putation based upon the report OF the
board of survey showed that twelve T.
inch shells had been found on four of
the Spanish vessels.
Rayner presented statement show.
ing the number OF shells found on
tse vessels OF the Spanish fleet and
witness was asked to state the per.
centage OF inch shells. assuming the
statement to be correct. Captain Rod
gers replied that the tot< number Of
hits was thirty-fve and therefore the
5-iEh shell hits constituted thirty.
four per cent of all the hits Rayner
SAID the statement had been prepared
by Admiral Schley The question as to
whether the word in the Dear Schley"
letter should be Santiago or Cienfue
COS again came up on statement OF
Captain Lomly, who said he would con.
tinue to hold to the Santiago version
Rayner then said that II this was the
case he would be compelled to sum
| mon Admiral Sampson, the author OF
the dispatch, as a witness