Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-10-17

Ger on the New Orleans and partioi-
pated In the bulnbardment or recon-
noissnnce Of the Spanish steamer Girls.
tobHl Colon on May 3lst, 1898, the day
before the arrival at Santiago OF
Commander-in chief Sampson. He was
also on the New Orleans when that
vessel bombarded ths Spanish shore
batteries OF Santiago, His testimony
again today dealt with those events.
Capt Lemly resumed the questioning
OF Lieut.. Leiper by asking him con-
corning the blockade of Santiago by
Commodore Sohley. The witness said
that when the New Orleans joined the
blockade the vessels were Lying in
column from 6 to = miles off shore, a
little to the eastward of directly sou tn
of the mouth of the harbor. AT night
they steamed slowly back and forth in
front of the harbor, 500 yards apart.
They were sc far out, the witness SAID,
that 1T was impossible TO distinguish
points on the shore or TO datermine
where the shore line met the water
line. He could distinguish tie vessel
nearest to him ahead. On the first
night OF the blockade he had not been
able to distinguish the Brooklyn aud
the Vixen. The Marblehead and Vixen
had occupied places between the
blockade line and the shore, but he
had not beer able to distinguish them.
Practically the distance OF the main
vessels from the shore line was the
same in the day as at night. He could
not say how far east or west of the
mouth of the harbor the fleet had
steamed rs he could not see the harbor.
On cross. xamination, Mr.. Rayner
called the attention of the witness to
the statement of Capt. Folger, who had
been in command OF the New Orleans,
that the fleet was nearer the shore at
night than in daytime. and asked
whether he agreed with his command
ing officer. The witness replied;
As fleet or squadron | do not
agree that they moved closer to the
shore at night. l have an indistinct
recollection that the New Orleans, the
first evening, was lying a little further
oil shore than the Brooklyn. Whsn the
Brooklyn took up her COURSE, the New
Orleans had TO go in probably quar-
ter, or possibly half milo to get her
| position in the rear of the Brooklyn,
but it was no more than that 1t was
simply to stand in. 1t may have been
that that gave the CAPTAIN or command
ing officer the impression that we were
closer in at night"
Mr.. Rayner called attention to the
fact that the log OF the New Orleans
placed the distance Of that vessel from
the MORO at Ala miles, and the wit
ness said this was true.
In response to Capt. Lemly, Lieut..
LeiIer said that the distance Of the
blockading vessels from the entrance to
Santiago habor was about s miles at
the point where the vessels turned ut
night.
The iudge.adyocate asked: what,
really, as a natter of fact, was de-
yeloped by the affair of May 3lst rs 10
the strength or weakness Of gunsr"
The witness replied: las compared
with the strength Of the ships OF the
squadron, or as compared with the
strength Of the guns Of any ship in the
squadron, any of the battleships, the
Brooklyn, New Orleans or the Marble
bend, the batteries were weak.
Lieut.. Leiper was then excused and
Lieut.. Bristol called tor the purpose Of
correcting his testimony Of yesterday.
Washington. Oct. 10. On behalf OF
tie prosecution, Can't. s. @. Lemly,
Judge advocate. of the Schley Court Of
Inquiry, today admitted that the Navy
Department records in the case cou.
tanned no evideuce that Admiral W. s.
Schley ever received any message from
Capt eB. II. MoCalla such as the latter
directed Lieutenant Commander w. II.
ii. Southerland, commander of the
Eagle, to transmit to him.
J Commander Switzerland had previ
ously testified that he megaphoned tn,
message to the Scorpi Do, which wal
ordered by Admiral Schley to intercept
and communicate with the Eagle. III,
! following is the megaphone messag,
which Commander Switzerland claimed
to have given the Scorpion
I'VE left Cienfuegos the night of thl
! 10th, at which time, as we learned iron
an insurgent camp about ID miles to th
westward Of Cienfuegos, some of TN
people from which were inside of thu
town every night, the only vessels il
that harbor were the torpedo gunboa
Gallicia. one or two gunboats and seY
: eral cannonieros The Nashville is astern
proceeding slowly to Key West witt
I damaged machinery. The Cinciunat
: and VesuVius are patrolling of Cap
! San Antonio
The message 10 the log OF the Scor
pion, as received by Commander Adolpl
3 Mark, was: Eagle sent from Cant
McCalla TO report Nashville follow in
3 about % miles In rear to westward
. Starboard high -presures cylinder dis
abled; proceeding slowly. Cincinnati
I and Vesuvius patrolling off Cape An
:. tonic about 10 miles to the northward
I All blockading squadron has lott Glen
: fuegos fer Key West. No news of tn
{ Spaniards. T"
Judge Advocate Lemly presente
, cablegrams from Manila, where Com
3 mander Mark now is, accompanied b
\. deposition from Commander Mark /
: the effect that he had given Admire
, Schley all the information he had re
celved from the Eagle. It was cor
: sidered graceful action on Judge Ad
y vocate Lemly's part to call the attentio
Of Admiral Schley g counsel, Isidor Ray
Q ner, to the fact that Lieut.. j. ii. Hode
9 of the Naval Academy, then on tn
: stand. had been watch officer o
= board the Scorpion and had mad
Q the entry referred to in the log OF tn
3 Scorpion.
/, Mr.. Rayner was rathor surprised 9
9 this statement, but rose to the ocoasio
and put the question to Lieut. Holde
: az to the correctness OF the entry j
the Scorpions log. Lieut.. HnIdeu T,
y piled that, to the best OF his knowIedp
and belief, the entry was correct. Their
might have been portions of the met
u cage which he did not hear, he said
!. reply to a question by Judge Advocat
y Lemly. but he had recorded all he hearC
:. COMMANDER souTurRLAYD's POSITION
II The purpose of this question an
IS answer was evidently to make the situt
y tion as pleasant as possible for Liel
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