Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-10-18

. INVESTIGATION OF. THE ADMIR-
AIS CONDUCT IN THE SPAN
- lsH WAR coNTiNUEs..s = :
Navy Department Closes Its Case ano
Attorneys for seh'ey Begin 'ntrodue
ton Of Testimony-captain Cook Of
the Brooklyn Assumes Responsible
ity for the Loop and Pays Tribute to
) the Bravery Of Admiral schiey. i
Washington, Oct. 9.-Commande1
Wainwright was the principal witness
before the Schley court of inquiry
Tuesday. Mr.. Wainwright's testimony
dealt largely with chart-making. He
was for time senior member of the
board of navigators which prepared
the official chart showing the=position.
of the American ships during the bat
tie of Santiago. He said he did not
consider the positions assigned in that
drawing accurate, but that they were
given as q record of compromise of
the views Of members of the board.
Lieutenant Bristol of the Texas was
the other new witness of the day.. He
did not see the loop made by the
Brooklyn, the greater part of his tes:
timony turning upon chart he had
made showing the positions of the
various ships of the American feet at
| dihoronk ho
battle. H.,
Washington, Oct. 10.-In the Schley
naval court of inquiry Wednesday
Admiral Taylor related incidents of
the battle off Santiago on July 8, in
Guiding the Brooklyn's famous turn.
He said that none of the Spanish ships:
had made any effort to ram the Amer
lean vessels when they came out of
the harbor at Santiago. Commander
Potts testimony dealt especially with
the bombardment of the Colon. An
swering question from Judge Advo-
cate Lemly as to the conduct of Com
modore Schley during the engagement
he said it was that of man laboring
under great mental excitement and OF
a man who was anxious to discharge,
as soon as possible disagreeable
duty. Lieutenant Leiper expressed
the opinion that the Spanish shore
batteries at Santiago had not been at
any time formidable. Schley's at
torneys secured permission from the
court to introduce as evidence the or
der of Secretary Long, in which he
was admonished against the exposure
OF the American vessels to the fire Of
strongly fortified ports.
Washington, Oct. 11.-In the Schley
court Of inquiry Lieutenant J. H. Hol-
den testified in, regard to signing an
entry in the Scorpions log. giving the
particulars of the receipt of a mes
sage for Commodore Schley from the
Eagle, which that vessel had brought
from Captain McCalla on May 10, 1898,
when the flying squadron, then bound
for Cienfpegos, fell in with Captain
McCalla's sub-squadron, which had
just left port. The government sought
to show that by this message Commo-
dore Schley had been notified that the
Spanish feet was not in~the harbor of
Cienfuegos. Other witnesses of the
day were Commander w. H. Schuetz,
who served on the Iowa, and Lieuten-
ant A. w. Grant, who was on the
Massachusetts,, who testified concern
ing the general campaign Of the flying
squadron.
V:cc!l::.;c: ::3;ttn, Oct. l2-Half dozen
| witnesses we're examined by the
Schley court of inquiry Friday, Cap
tain Chadwick being the most impor-
tant. He testified concerning the code
of Signals arranged by Captain Nc
Gala with the Cuban insurgents at
Cienfuegos and said he had not in
| formed Commodore Schley because
! Captain McCalla was to return imme-
diately to Cienfuegos, where Admiral
Schley was stationed. Captain Chad
| wick said he had heard Commodore
Schley tell Admiral Sampson after the
latters arrival at Santiago that it was
! impossible to blockade the Spaniards
| at Santiago if they desired TO come
out. Witness also said that he had
| objected to the telegram of congratu-
| lation which Admiral Sampson had
! sent to Commodore Schley on May %.
considering it uncalled for by the cir.
! cumstances. 49,
washington, Oct. l4:-In the Schley
court of inquiry Saturday. Lieutenant
Commander Staunton was called and
related the particulars of his securing
information of the presence =. of the
Spanish feet at Santiago. He had re-
ceiyed the information on the morn
ing of May. 20 from Captain Allen at
| Key West. The next morning the fleet
started to blockade Havana and the
admiral forwarded his dispatches to
! Commodore Schley by the Hawk. The
next dispatch containing positive or
ders to sail for Havana was sent to
Commodore Schley May ~. In a dis
cussion between the attorneys the fact
developed that the commodore cid not
get the dispatch until June 10. After
Lieutenant Commander Staunton fin
ished his testimony a. lively tilt &C.
i Cured between the Judge advocate
and Mr.. Rayner. Mr.. Lemly insinuat-
ed that Schley's attorney was making
inaccurate statements, to which the
latter, vigorously protested to the
court. Mr.. Lemly explained and the
incident closed ~