The Washington times., 1901-09-29

that the translation was practically the
same as that printed in the naval apDen-
dix. The witness said that he had heon
particular not to be guided in any way
by the printed copy in the appendix, but
that he had made his translation. He
explained how. in translating from the
code, it was possible to make slight mis-
takes in certain words which greatly re-
sembled each other in the code.
On cross-examination Mr.. Rayner sought
to show that there was no evidence to
prove that the code despatch in the press
copy book of the Harvard was true and
exact translation of the original in plain
English as written by Schiey on board
the Brooklyn. He asked where the origi-
nal was, and witness said it was probably
turned in by the commander of the Har
ward. No one could tell yesterday where
it was.
At the opening of the session yesterday,
Mr.. Hanna made apology for referring on
the previous day to Schley as the ac-
cused." He said that he had spoken in
advertently and intended no offence to
the distinguished officer who had asked
for the Court of Enquiry. He spoke thus
in the haste of debate. 1t was clearly
that ne did so by accident and not by
design, and that it was mistake. He did
not discover it until yesterday.
After Lieuts. Spencer S. Wood and John
Hood had corrected the official report Of
their previous testimony Captain McCalla
was recalled and examined by Mr.. Hanna.
The first portion of Captain McCalla's
testimony was regarding the firing on the
Colon but no new facts We're brought
out.
Captain McCalla was then asked as to
the shots which he had observed fired
from the fleet on the 3ist of May. They
had fallen short. he said, but one had
very nearly reached the Colon. Before
the engagement, he said, the ships were
in their usual positions at the entrance to
the harpor excepting the Marblehead ms
own ship, the Brooklyn. and the Texas
The projectiles from the Colon fell short
Mr. Hanna handed Captain McCalla the
log of the Marblehead for the period IN
cluding May, 1898. and asked him TO read
the entries in regard to the weather of
May % and q. These entries showed that
on the 25th the sea was moderate for four
hours weather cloudy. moderate breeze
from south, and moderate sea. and on the
9th from a. m to Z noon the sea was
moderate FOR the whole watch, cloudy ana
warm. and a gentle breeze from the
southwest; later that day the sea was
smooth
Captain McCa!la told of a conference on
board the Brooklyn on May %. at wlsch
the commanding officers Of the vessels of
the Flying Squadron was present Asked
TO relate what occurred there, Captain
McCalla said: THE only thing that ! re-
member definitely was that Captain Evans
asked Commodore Sehley if the Spanish
ships came out 1,lid he so for them. and
he (Schley) said -s- Ny" Captain Nc
Gala answered .gather -ign with the
statement that lc 900 u'- Tem ember any
order to the FL lis Squadron or its gov
ernment in cas- the Spanish eet should
suddenly appear
Mr. Hanna-After l-ie f Santiago
did you have any -zgare or conversa-
tion with Commodo., S-hieys
"GIor. Eponsh for Su.-
Al had a COW es4r 18th Commo-
dore Schley t. his g4fu ,a Guantanamo
Bay about the 5Lh laly. l went on
board to maxi an sGeia call and to pay
my le->ects. rurHa t2s visit Commodore
SchIsy read &c me- vha- / aderstood TO
De his ,ficia. sepo. 81 the attic After
h. m nnishas SAID ,nmodore, re-
nlem It that after tse Da tie of Lake
Erie 4ere Nas an unfort mate contro-
1eI-- but ] hop= there vl not be one
after sie beitl- 5f santiago because there
is glory enough fo e ery boay or ALL
Referring to tn signal arrangements
with the Cuban inssssents, Mr.. Rayner
asked Captain McCalla whethc- he had
communicated them to Admiral Sampson
and his answer was that he has done SO
to Captain Chadwick, chief of stan to
the commander-in-chief.
Q.-Do / understand by that that you
communicated it officially?
Al reported to the chief of staff.
Q.-Was 1t not for the purpose of hav-
ing that communication go to the COM
mander in-chief through his chief of
staff?
A.-Certainly.
Q.-Do you know whether Captain |
Chadwick communicated this information /
to the commander-in-chief?
Al do not
Odd you communicate the signal ar
rangements to the captain of the Iowa?
Al did not.
Q.-Do you know whether Captain Chad
wick. as the commander-in-chief. commu-
nicated to the fleet at Key West the signal
arrangements with the Cubans?
Al do not
Q.-Lieutenant Wood has stated that IL
was common runor in the fleet at Key
West on May l9 that you had communica-
ted with the insurgents on shore about
cienfuegos. Do you know anything about
that?
A.-The fact may have been known, be-
cause We obtained some dynamite for the
cubans at Key West, and also some rifles /
from the judge of the prize court
Instructions to the Eagle.
Mr. Rayner questioned Captain McCaila |
closely as to whether he had instructed /