The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22

what was left undone on that date for
the destruction of the Colon
''One thing" Commander Schroeder re-
piled, that might have been done and
which was left undone was to have gone
to closer range. Furthermore, we might
have passed the mouth of the harhor
more slowly, SO as to have given time
to correct the range"
| Was there anything to prevent going
in nearer?
Nothing"
Asked to state in more detail any con-
versatien on the part of Commodore
SchIey during the engagement, the wit
| ness said that at the end of the run to
| the eastward he had gone to the coming
tower and found Commodore SchIey talk
ing with Capt Higginson The captain
had then directed him TO port his helm
and he Commander Schroeder) had sug-
gested that in case this order should be
observed, the Iowa would blank the fire
OF the Massachusetts. He was proceeding
with this statement when counsel for Adj
nairal Schley raised an objection because
the witness could not say whether the
commodore had overheard the CONVERSE
ton.
The court withdrew to decide the point
at issue, and upon returning announced
| that the objection had been sustained
ORDERED-
The witness then stated that the COM
Tnander-in-chief had addressed him later
telling him to starboard the helm, adding
and let US get out of this" but he
found when he started to give the order
that it was already being executed, from
which he inferred that the order had
| already been given to the captain The
witness also said that when Commodore
Schley first came aboard he had said
that it was his intention to take the
| bembarding ships by slowly and to have
them fire deliberately $50 as to sink the
Colon at her moerings." This intention
had not been carried out, he said as
the ships had passed the mouth of the
harber at the rate of ten knots an hour,
and the firing was as rapid as possible
| to get good pefntings.
Judge Wilson cross-examfred Com
mander Schroeder. In reply to his ques-
lions the witness said that he had seen
what appeared to be signal lights from
the shore at Cienfuegos, but that he had
! no idea of what they meant. and that so
far as he was informed no one knew any
thing about them until Capt MeCafla ar
rived on the Marblehead
The witness recalled that the fleet did
not leave Cfenfueges until after night
fall, the object being to prevent the enc
The weather on the trip, he said, was
somewhat boisterouSi for one night, so
much 50 that it was necessary to slow
down for the little vessel; but so far as
the battleships were concerned. it was all
smooth weather Commander Schroeder
said that during the htoekadeqoff Santfa-
go, and while the larger vessels were six
or seven miles out. there were small
ships on the inside of the line and one
of them, the Vixen, fired upon a railroad
train one night.
SAMPSON BRoIT6EfT IN.
At this point the name of Admiral
Sampson was mentioned fer the first
time since the opening of the inquiry.
and it was here that Judge Wilson. of
counsel for Admiral SchEey, Indicated
a purpose To compare the records of the
two naval commanders. Addressing the
witness, he ASKED him if the character
| of the blockade of Santiago had not been
changed after Admiral Sampsen's arrf-
val Commander Schroeder replied that
| it had been. and that then the blockade
became stationary, Sampson having more
| ships than Schley had
Now, about how far out was the
Sampson blockade from the entrance to
| the harbor2"
The reply was: My recollection was
that at first We were about four miles