The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-26

The questlonSwas not discussed and l
expressed no opinion"
IN th,f compensation occur before or
hter the dispatches which YOU took aboard
had been read by the commander In chIefY"
After
In response to further questions Admiral
lai TRANSACTIONS of the cipher dispatches
addressed to the Harvard. The dispatch
oil May y WAS then read TO him as follows:
Harvard, St Nicholas Mole. Hayu
Washington, Hay Is, ls,lS-Prucecd
Mt once and Inform Schiey aud also
the senior officer present on Snntlaeo
as follows All departments mforma.
tion Indicates that the Spanish dlvi.
sion Is at Saptiago. The department
LOOKS TO You TO ascertain and To see
that the enemy II therein does not leave
without decisive action. Cubans famil-
lar with Santiago say there are land
ing places fNe or six nautical miles
west from the mouth of the hnrhor
ana there the Insurgents viii probably
be found and not the Spanish From
the surrounding heights can be seen
me vessels In port, AS soon as ascer.
tanned, notify the department whether
enemy Is there Could not squadron
ana also the Harvard coal from Merit
mac leeward of Cape Cruise. Gonaivcs
channel, or Mole, Haytif
The department viii send coal fmme.
ulately 10 Mole. Report without delay
situation AT Santiago Cuba Long
.,i Mt haynor called attention to the fact
that there We're some material changes Ia
the dispatches as printed In the official
reports by the navy department
M A ,,iGn. sGShlSys reply to these dis,
he could not obey the orders of the de.
phrtment, was then read and Mr. RnynOr
pointed out Varions changes In the Ian
guage Of the department dispatches as
printed In the official report
Following IL the text OF the original dis
patch sent to the navy departments
Received dispatch Of May ri 10y Har-
ward off Santiago de Cuba Merrlmnc's
engine rs disabled and she Is helpless
am obliged to have hcr flowed To Key
West. Have been absolutely unable
to coal the Texas, Mnrbehead, Vixen
and Brooklyn from collier owing TO very
rough sea and hoisterous weather since
Having key West, Brooklyn is only
ono Ia squadron having more than sufi-
Client coal To reach Key West Impossi-
ne To remain on Santiago liz present
state OF coal account Of the squadron,
Not possible 10 coal TO leeward Of Cane
Cruz In summer owing to southwest
wind. Harvard Just reports 10 me she
has only coal enough 10 reach jamaica
ana she viii proceed 10 Port Royal:
also reported only small vessels could
coal az Gonaivcs or Mole Hayu. Min
nReapolIls has only enough csal to reach
VIII tow Merrlniac. II Is 10 be regret
ted that tho department S orders can not
ne oheyed, earnestly as we have all
strlFen TO that end, | am forced 10 re-
turn to Key West via Yucatan channel
Tor coal Can ascertain nothing con
Geinlng enemy Was obliged 10 send
j
terday MS had only twcnty-sevcn tons OF
coal on board. VIII leave ST Paul here
VIII require $500 tons of coal at Key
Admiral Cotton said that II he had ever
given II 10 Admiral Schley IL had bccn
IN the 2Ith and not on the 3tst OF MAY
Mr.. Rayngr had raised the point that the
document road was "a copy and not me
lriglnnl He also called attention to Tho
TACT that the document had not hecn
,,rinted IN the Official report of the navy
apartment. An animated controversy fol
lowed, IN which Mr. Rapner commented
IN the lnaccuracy Of the Departments re-
lorts. He demanded the original dispatch.
rms as an inquiry, and not n prosecu-
iicate Admiral Schley a. much as we are. ''
lie said Admiral Schley had turned I'm
III his papers and that Admiral Sampsons
papers should also be available for the
purpose or the court Captain Lemly then
Produced the original cypher copy OF the
dispatch and asked Admiral Cotton: "Ac.
,ordlng to the best Of your knowledge and
subject you delivered on the 2Tth Of May
o Commodore Schley this dispatchf''
10 the best OF my knowledge and belief
lowered COY Of that dispatch to
me OF the dispatches which referred TO
IS having delivered. To the best of my
knowledge, ] delivered a copy Of that dis.
latch. because II was important informa-
Ion Tor him and he was mentioned by
lame In the dispatch"
Ultimately Mr., Raynor consented to nc
;ept the copy as correct.
This point settled counsel for the de.
)ariment passed 10 the point concerning
he proposition OF Lieutenant Beall TO
communicate with the Cuban insurgents
~ shore and In doing so caused another
to be raised by Mr. Raynor. Tho
question was put mp by Mr.. Hanna who
sd; ~ win ask you whether YOU would
ave considered that you had discharged
our whole duty, having knowledge OF this,
+ you had not communicated with Com.
nOdore Schley?
Mr.. Raynor indicated an objection. say.
pg You are not pressing a question Of
To this Admiral Dewey interjected: "The
witness has already stated that very fact.
Mr.. Raynor: He gave that as a reason
or verifying his recollection. but the
question Is asked here whether he per-
ormed his duty"
Admiral Dewey: "As the witness aid
hat he considered he had done his whole
inty, / think he has answered that I
vas struck with that very phrase and |
hought how much time we were wasting
skiing the same question over and over
gain
Captain wiiham c. Wise, who was In
Continued on Second Paae.)