The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1901-10-12
TESTIFY
nozEN NEW WITNESSES
1uE STAND IN COURT
OF INQUIRY.
|uosNcE IS CoRRoBoRATIvE

|uneNCE IS C0RROBORATIvE
.,de Of Santiago and the 6om-
,,.n, Of the cristobal Colon the
o.;oeipaI Points Covered in the
.s Proceedinss-captain Chad
- saws Admiral sehIey Was Not
,.,o,med Of the Insuroent Code.
.h;,g,on. Oct. 12.-The Schley
- :. II inquiry resumed at IL a. IN.
- n. witnesses called for the
u II correcting their testimony
,amiral II. c. Taylor. While be
ne stand he was questioned
vh.tner he had received infor-
...,, mat the Spaniards We're com
M. II the harbor OF Santiago b.
,h made their appearance on
r,ara,ng Of July 3. The question
,-ked by Captain Lemly and the
sNcr was
None whatever
" Rayner-"You did not get n
sae. from the Vixen in reference
srake coming out Of the harhoi p
None.
cs,,ain Parker-"Your attention
!. no, called TO smoke"
MI i: all. sir.
10 you remember anybody on your
.sel who did observe smoke and re.
t-.el i . YOU"
i do not remember
cap,a.a Lemly read report from
kp.aia Merrill Miller. formerly OF III.
ag.sA eoncerning the accuracy Of
s,a.im.ter. This report was dated
i..S aud stated that the siadimeier
a been found to give accura'. re-
its ii measurements OF less than So
res bat not SO when the distance
:, greater. In one case the writer
tcei an error of 200 yards IL i
yards measurement
Lieutenant Adelbert Aiihouse. for
s..y watch and division officer on
e baeieship Massachusetts. Was
In called lie detailed the move
eLis II that vessel in connection
81 ;ae dying squadron. HI said that
C.eu.uesos the vessels lay six 10
l. miles out at night. going nearer IN
4ay t.me.
bombardment Of the Colon.
L. -, aant Althouse said that on the
;, y. the bombardment oi the Cr.s-
"a Colon he had been IN charge OF
+ >.ueh turret OF the Massachu-
1s he said that the ship had not
81 y exceed three minutes in pass.
3 ,Ae enIauce 10 the harbor on the
r. passage and that only two shots
e. then fired. The instructions
tfe y make the range 1000 yards
U t4e s.otS fell short and the range
-' increased on the return trip 10
- and then TO 10000 yards. Asked
"a Has developed rs TO the strength
'-e land batteries by this rcconnois'
l-ce he said that TO his mind il was
loSH they were very weak. In reply
question as TO whether b. had
A-e any notes concerning the en-
fsemeGt he replied:
~. We went in under instructions
SAX the Colon"
i.s orders had been to direct his
a, that vessel.
"hen Lieutenant Althouse was eN
lsed Captain l.emly introduced a
'.-ehce the reports made by Commo
Y" hiey 10 the secretary OF tn
~ Of the engagement of May 81
ohe oi these. dated June 3. Commo
0Fe Schley said:
"Nphno.ssance was intended pIlH
Fa"y 10 injure and destroy Colon
= AIr was returned without delay
'4r heavy batteries To the east am
1le "est entrance. large calibre
= range. reconnaissance develop
satisfactorily the presence of TN
'aAlSh squadron lying behind islaE'
= inner fort as they fired over hi
'ahdom. Quite satisfied the span
hect is there"
= utenant T.. &. Dewey. nephew o
'miai Dewey. who was watch OF
On the Massachusetts. was tn
"itness. He placed the distance
~ hlockading line under Com
'oi Schley from the mouth OF san
Aa!bor from five to eight miles
"S'ahce being about the same. da.
night There was. he said. no par
l formation OF the vessels. IN
nation on this point was as iol
describes the Santiago Blockade.
ap'aln Lemly-"When you were q
M'stern end Of the blockade Wit
"ddlng vessels making the turn
ofders were there for attackin
- saw the enemy coming out Q
40 not believe we could have seel
rs, N'iny coming out. There were II
~rl l nave any knowledge Of.
AMI - 10 you think you would no
leh eh the enemy coming out
"aa been the case?"
ing 10 the darkness and the dis
b.n rom the harbor. For instance
H. We We're at the westward en-
b, me The ships could have com
w stood to the eastward Mithou