The sun., 1901-10-08

impression Of the witness that the. came
over the hills from the Spanish vee-els
| forts
Describing Sohley's blockade. Can, Folger
said that In the day the ships were from five
70 eight miles on shor and a it'll" nearer
In at night.
On cro-r examination hy Nlr Rayner
Capt Folger said that a. developiug IN.
strength and the number Of the batteTi,--
a. Santiago ia" reconnaissance. ns MIR
Rayner called a. was emin.ntlv succe.sful
He said also that there wer. some old brass
guns on the eastern hart. " that were
I no good and while ther" were sono O-inrh
guns later ON the Socapa battery. he be-
! lieved they we're not therr on Nav ~ On
( that occasion h" considered the hatteris.-
| of such small importance that the attention
| of the New Orleans was dir.Ctai almost
/ entirely to the Colon
Mr. Rayner asked II the ships wera not
about four and onc-half miles from tho
! Morro NJ noon NAV ~. Just D., the bofu-
bardment. hut Capt Folg"r said that this
could not be 80. for II " were the MassA-
! chusetts. Iowa and New Orleans would
, have stood out beyond the other vI.--els
: Of the squadron % begin the attack on
! the Colon, instead Of goins in
u still hold that utwithstanding this
entry, We were not ~ close to the Morro.
said Capt Folger after an entry In the log
that tho New Orleans Wis lees than -four
/ miles from tho Morrp at noon on NAV "a
had been shown him.
To some questions by Capt I,emlv the
with said that whether the Spaniards
could have escaped A. night through
Sohley'S blockade depended on the state
Of the weather. -lfi' was r1iny.' he added
they could have escaped
Capt Parker asked a question and then
wished he hadn't. II was What was
the condition Of the weather'-
bad. generally rainy said Capt Folger
.t.ails O l..
QUESTIONS mr. THE Court.
Tho Court had some questions 20 ask
Capt. Folger. Herr they ara with tho
q For what length 81 tim. was the
New Orleans able 60 Are into the Colon and
tho batteries on May 81. on each rum 4
! should say not more than Ave or ten
minutes
Y We're Won present when any plan OF
hattie was agreed upon In case the Spanish
squadron came OUT No. sir
= We're the blockading vessels near
enough 90 the entrance 81 tho harbor oi
Santiago AZ night 20 prevent tho escape oi
the enemy. had such al attempt been made
A. II tho weather was clear. ye- " tho
weather was thick. rainy or foggy, no.
LIEUT. DYSON RKCsLiEp
Lieut. Charles " Dvspu, I = y. who
| has charge Of steam logs and rcCords In the
| Navy Department. was recalled and aske,
more questions about IN" iAf,lt~ ana 'hiI's
he had prepared showing how long Schley's
vs-S.els could chRsa the Spanish ships and
still have coal enough left To- return .,
Key West. This information with regard
To the srmored ships and tho cruiser Marble
head had b.en given hy the witness last
week. and he was asked hv Admiral Schl"y :
counsel to get the same Information about
the scout ships on Santiago and the gun
I boat Vixen. II showed hat nj u knots
that h"ing tn" speed all b" vessels couhi
make In common with full power. forced
| draught, the Minneapolis could cha-" the
Spanish feet for siN hours and still have
coal enough to return "a hey West. the ~
Paul - DAYS, tho Yale 20 days. tho Vixen
4 dsys and tho Harvard hour
Capt 1enlv brought from the witness
that forced draught could he kept up on!N
for from eight to tw"lve hours a1d that the
spanish ships would have been under tho
came dissd vantage In the Chss, after the
Colon on July 3. he said the New York wa
making ~ knots and the Hrnoklyn and tho
Oregon l-',we"n IL and Is knots
The court adjourned at the conclusion
Of his testimony.