SCHLEY IS ON THE STAND
Acmiril ii Called U Twtify Btfara the
Court of Inquiry.
BEGINS FULL NARRATIVE OF CAMPAIGN
tnir nt-monatrntlnti In Whrn the Wlt-
tlepeats the I'lcdne lie tinw
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 2I.Admlral Schley
took the at and In hi own behalf at the
court of Inquiry which In Investigating his
conduct fts commander-in-chief of the flying
squadron during the Santiago campaign,
lie wan summoned a few minutes nfter the
court convened at 2 o'clock for tho after
noon station and when the court adjourned
at 4 o'clock he apparently had only gotten
well under way In his testimony.
Captain Charles B. Clark of Oregon had
just concluded his statement when Mr.
Itayner, rising from bis seal, said: "I
should Mb to have near Admiral Bchley
called."
It was a turn In tho proceedings for
which, apparently, neither ho members of
tho court, Its officers, nor hs spcctator.4
were prepared, and u murmur of surprise
was heard on alt sides.
It had been expected that tho admiral's
name would bo reached toward tho close
of the afternoon session. There were otlll
two witnesses on his list who had not
been heard and It was understood to be his
purpose not to tako tho stand until the
entire list had been cxhnurted. He, how
ver, responded Immediately to tho call
and heforo the audience was well aware of
the fact, he had begun his narrative of
the campaign which terminated In the de
struction of Ccrvera's fleet.
Ilia Introduction.
Mr. Rayntr Introduced the testimony of
his distinguished witness by saying:
"Will you give the court your namo and
rank?"
"Wlnfield Scott Schley, rear admiral,
United States navy, retired: at present on
service In this court of Inquiry."
The admiral then In answer to n ques
tion from his counsel proccoded to give d
careful and detailed narrative of all the
events of tho campaign up to the battle
of Santiago. He had not reached the a'aii
of his testimony where he will tell of the
battle when tho court adjourned for tho
dn:.
The audience which listened to his recl'.sl
vos by far the largest which has yet gath
ered In the gunners' workshop where tho
court sits. All the reserved seats were oc
cupied, as were tho scats set apart for tha
public at large. In tho rear of the room
stood probably as many people as found
seats, scores of men and women standing
upon tables, chairs and In tho windows,
in fact, nnywhero from where they could
sec the court.
Thcro was no nppctraiii.-o of demonstra
tion of any kind during the admiral's re
cital. On the contrary, the silence wna
almost unbroken except for tho sound of
the witness' own voice. Only once' was
there a Btlr In the room which Indicated
nny feeling on the part of the listener!.
That was whan tho admiral, detailing ills
conversation with Admiral Sampson In the
cabin of the shb New York at Kev
West, told how ho had assured tho com-mandcr-ln-chlef
of fealty to him. Whin
the court adjourned for tho day many of
the spectators pressed forward and shook
tho admiral's hand.
Admiral Krhlry Ik Cnllril.
Admiral Schley was called to tho stand
early In the afternoon session, Captain
Clark having been excused after nnswer
lng a few unimportant questions. There
was a flutter of excitement when the name
of the rear admiral was called. When ho
took the stand nnd after giving his name
and rank he was requested by Mr. Kayner
to relate bis conduct of tho campaign In
narrative form.
He began by relating the particulars
of his taking command of the flying squad
ron at Hampton Roads, where, 'he said,
"the general plan of campaign was threshed
out." He said that the captains of his
squadron had diversified views and bo re
solved to tako the helm himself. Tho
question of torpedoes In the fleet was early
discussed and ho decided the manner In
which they should bo cared for. Contlnu
lng. he said:
"I put the squadron Immediately upon a
war footing and established tho matter of
pickets and patrols and also the masking
of lights, which wcro under Inspection on
several occasions, to ascertain how of
fectlvo and complete It was. At first there
was come fault found; later I nru glad to
ay the masking was absolutely complete,
to that It was Impossible, when the ships
were under way, In tho column or line of
battle, to distinguish anyono at more than
ordinary distance from It."
Ho bad, ho said, explained It would he
Impossible to arrnnga n general plan of
battltf, tut he had explained to his com
manders that In a general way It was his
Idea "to attack the head and leading ship
of the enemy attacking us and concentrate
the Ore upon It." "My reason for this," he
continued, "was two-fold, the first being the
moral effect upon the enemy and the sec
ond the confusion It would create, The
older plans for naval attack were to attack
tbo center or rear of an enemy's fleet, which
would rosult In the escapo of some of the
enomy'a vessels. I felt that If we got the
head we would get the whole. I think this
plan was Indicated by tho result of the
battle somo six weeks or two months later,"
he said, concerning this point. He then
related the details of the crulso to Key
West and his meeting there with Admiral
Sampson.
Sampson Much Worn.
"The admiral wns very much worn," he
aid, "and necessarily so because his re
sponsibility had been great. He showed
me a number of orders, oni ci which was
for a division of the two squadrons, one
to take the north nnd the other tho south
coast of Cuba, and he to have the prefer
ence. I asked which he preferred and he
expressed a preference for the Havana com
mand. He told me confidentially that
whichever command I should take, I must
remember not to attack heavily fortified
places on the shore until the Spanish ships
were disposed of, that we must not risk
the ships until the Spanish fleet was out of
the way.
"We discussed Cervora's probable desti
nation. Ho said that his information was
that the orders of the Spanish squadron
to reach Havana or some point within
railroad communication were Imperative
and he believed Clenfuegos to be tho
point, at that came, undsr the accsptatlon of
the orders moro directly. He looked over
maps and I must say that I agreed with
him. I could not Imagine that anyone who
had studied the military situation of the
Island at all could have supposed Santiago
would have fulfilled any of the condition!
of his Instructions. We had qutto a talk
together. 1 told blm that I hud been
ordered to report for duty to Admiral
Remey, -which I naturally Imagined meant
himself, and that I wanted to assure him
at the outset that I should be loyal, ab
solutely and unreservedly, to the cause
that we were both representing. Captain
Cbadwlck, who was present, said: 'Of
course, commodore, anyone who has known
jour character would know that U would
be Impossible for you to be otherwise than
loral.'
"I asked the admiral If there bad betn es
tabllshcd any means of communicating
with the Insurgents; whether there were
pilots or whether any locality was known
where they were to bo found. He told rne
that he did not know, but that when he
got the situation better In hand he would
communicate with me and that he thoueht
It would be better for me to proceed to
the blockade of Clenfuegos as soon as cos
slble. I said: 'Very well.' I was very
glad, of course, to go anywhere. That
terminated our conversation except so fir
as It related to complimentary allusions."
The tdmlrat then said that he left the
flagship New York and went on board bis
own flagship In order to hasten the opera
tion of coaling. Later Algonquin came
out with an order from the secretary of
the navy to Commodore Remey directing
the witness to proceed to Havana.
Admiral Schley said he signaled Admiral
Sampson and the latter id that he un
derstood that his (Sampson's) coming to
Key West modified his (Schley's) orders
and Instructing him to carry out the plans
agreed upon. The admiral then described
the coaling of his squadron, which, he said,
was a more tedious task than it became
later. He told of the amount of coal his
ships had and said that between T and
o'clock on the morning of the 19lh he sailed
for Clenfuegos. The admiral then read the
order on which he had sailed from Key
West. In this order Admiral Sampson had
told Commodore Schley that he should es
tablish a lockade at Clenfuegos with the
least possible delay and had said that after
he had the Information more In hand he
would write the commodore.
"Under the direction of this order my
equadron got under way," he said. Then
he related the details of the cruise to
Clenfuegos. That same night he had fallen
In with McCalla and his squadron. Mc
Calln had sent Eagle to Intercept him and
had himself asked permission to pass on.
Ho had sent Scorpion to meet Eagle and
tho former vessel had reported, as was re
corded In Its log. "That," he said. "Is all
the Information It gave us. After this
Eagle came within hall, telling us there
was no news. I feel very positive this was
the rase. It seems burned Into my mind,
but from what I ha-vc heard I begin to
think I may possibly be mistaken."
Relating the particulars of his meeting
with Captain Chester of tho boat Cincin
nati, he said that the captain was anxious
to Join the flying squadron. The admiral
said that was not feasible. Tho captain
had suggested one or two banks on the
Cuban coast at which he thought coaling
would be possible. He said It was prob
lematical, as It would depend upon the
weather and tho sea. After Chester left,
tho admiral said, the squadron had contin
ued Its voyage toward Clenfuegos, where
It arrived on the night of May 31.
lurlnn at C'lenfneitna.
"Toward sundown that evening I was
standing on tho bridge. When we were
thirty or forty miles out I heard six or
seven guns flred with the cadence of a
salute. Tho report was so distinct that
the officer on deck spoke of It.
"Tho next day, In tho early morning, the
fleet had steamed In and looked Into the
harbor, but It had been Impossible to sen
in. I never saw any smokestacks there and
I was a very close watcher from 7 or S
o'clock In tho morning until 12 to 1 at
night. Very few circumstances escaped me.
Toward 9 o'clock of the 22d Dupont brought
to me the now celebrated 'Dear Schley'
letter." In obedience to this dispatch he
had sent Scorpion east to communicate with
the scout boats about the Spaniards, "as
I was very doubtful of tholr being at San
tiago, as I think the admiral was."
He recalled the arrival of Iowa, but he
did not recollect that It brought anything
to him in the way of dispatches. He did
recall, however, that he had gotten letters.
among others, ono from bis wife. Speak
ing of the blockade at Clenfuegos, he said
tho line was three or four miles out.
"It wss closer at night than in the day
time," he said, "and that was the rule al
ways, both at Clenfuegos and Santiago. I
believed at that time, from the sound of tho
firing and the conversation I had had with
Admiral SampBon, that that squadron was In
Clenfuegos. .The line of formation was
kept ready for an emergency and was never
abandoned. During the day we feigned a
little dlsorde.', In hopes that we might coax
those peoio out. We knew there would
be difficulty In getting In, as the flagship
was of great draught, as were most of the
other ships. The channel was very crooked
and our only wish was that they might
come out. Tho movements of the squadron
were rather an Invitation for them to do so.
That was what I felt during all the period
of this blockade
AMvnyn l.n al to Sampson.
"Lieutenant Wood has testified to a con
versation which he ald he had had with
me In relation to the receipt of dispatches,
which for the life of me I cannot recall,
and I have a good memory, though I am
glad to say very Uttlo Imagination. Lieu
tenant Wood when ho camo on board was
almost prostrated. His condition to roe
was pitiable. Not from fear, but from the
exhaustion of torpedo boat service, and I
told him when he camo over the aide that
If I were king I would promote every tor
pedo officer Ave grades If I could. He
handed me the dispatch. I think he did
me an Injustice when ho spoke of my speak
ing disrespectfully of Admiral Sampson.
I used no such terms. Thero was no reason
why I should have dono so. I Invariably
epoko of him as Admiral Sampson and I
do not recall one word of conversation
which he recite; not a word, and I recol
lect a good many things very well."
The admiral then told or the arrival of
Hawk on th morning of May 33, bringing
dispatch No. 8. This Is the dispatch
from Admiral Sampson which bad brought
the Information that the Spanish fleet was
probably at Santiago and In which Commo
dore Schley had been told that "If satisfied
they are not at Clenfuegos, proceed with
all dispatch to Santiago." In thla dlspatcn
were euclosed the McCalla memoranda say
ing that a good landing place could be se
cured thirteen and a half miles west of
Clenfuegos.
With regard to Commander Hood's testi
mony concerning thodelivcry of these dis
patches the admiral said bo did not remem
ber, "and," 'ho went on, "I think I can.
show you by a memorandum In the official
government report that It he bad any ver
bal orders ho forgot to report them. This
memoranda had run to the effect that Hood
had said, 'There are a good many officer-)
here who do not believe the Spaniards are
there.' "
Hood'a Memory ISrrntlo.
"That," said the admiral, "goes to show
that Hood was not very certain or that if
ho had the Information he did not deliver
It to the commander-in-chief, which was
an indiscretion. He seems to have re
membered a good deal that was said by me,
but to have forgotten a good deal that bo
should have done."
The witness also told of the arrival of the
Urltlsh ship Adula and of his having that
vessel boarded and his allowing It to pro
ceed Inside. He also told of the report
which Adula brought to the effect that the
Spanish fleet had arrived and later had left
Santiago, which, ho said, lent color to his
own belief at that time.
The witness stated that he had seen the
signals on shore and explained his expe
rience In this respect. He said the surf
was dangerous there In the daytme. Con
tinuing, Admiral Schley said: "Not know
ing whether or not there were any Insur
gents to the wcvt of this place; not having
communicated to me any Idea that there
was a system of signals arranged with
THJS OMAHA DAXL.Y BEE: Fill DAY, OCTOBER 25, 1001.
them, though 1 asked the question, the
withdrawal of the squadron of Captain Mc
Calls and the failure of Lieutenant
Southerland to give me that Information
was directly responsible for tho delay In
communicating. To risk a boat through
surf, for a coast believed to be occupied by
the enemy, might have repeated Captain
McCalla's experiment. He found the coast
was rretty well occupied. 1 saw cavalry
on the coaat once or twice. They appeared
for a moment and then got out of sight.
I thought to waste ammunition on a sol
Itary cavalryman was like wasting bg guns
on sparrows. I wanted to have all the am
munition we had for use against the ene
my's squadron, which I knew to be some
where In the vicinity, 1 did not think that it
was possible during the time we were there
to maintain a blockade as contemplated
DM All the Coallnft He Coatd.
"I did alt the coaling that was practica
ble or possible. With the lster experience
of the war, nfter we got hold of colliers
that were very much better fitted to resist
a shock, as well as to deliver this coal rap
Idly with that experience I might have
coaled on days of worse weather. We had
a great many accidents about which no
mention has been made, because they came
after the period of time. Ono of the col
liers had to go to New York absolutely
mashed In. Merrlmac had several holes
punched through It and my Impression now
Is a portion of the upper works of Sterling
was Injured In some way, but we managed
with more experience to do a little better
than wo did at first. There waa always at
Clenfuegos a rolling swell and vessels with
projecting sponsors or projecting guns were
always In danger. I recollect In one case
one of the slx-pounder 'guns on Brooklyn
wsa bent at an angle of thirty degrees by
coming In collision with one of the colliers.
"In other words the problem presented
to me at Clenfuegos was one that had
troubled the navies of the world through
out all time."
He then ipoke of the arrival of Captain
McCalla May 24, brlngtng Information con
cerning the shore signals from tbo Cuban
Insurgents. He said: "When the captain
came aboard he asked' 'Have you seen
any signals?' I said: 'What do you mean?'
He then asked If I had seen three lights at
night and three horses In the daytime. I
said I bad seen the lights, and he said:
'They are trying to communicate with you.'
1 expressed surprise and asked who had
made the arrangements. McCalla replied
that he had done so. I asked why they
bad not been communicated to roe, but
that he did not know. 1 then told him
to make a search of the shore, which ho
did, reporting that the Spanish fleet was
not there."
This Information, the witness said, had
been received about 4 p. m., May 24, and
toward 12 o'clock the squadron formed
column and steamed toward Santiago. He
aid that the signals made by the fleet
were not made until the fleet was fourteen
miles from Clenfuegos and could not have
been seen. Ho then retold the details of
the voyage.
"It was a dirty night." he said, "with a
lowering sky. I remember that when I
looked out at the porthole, twenty feet
above, the spray came In freely. Of course
this was not serious for big vessels, but
It was for the smaller ones."
Pefeudn Ilia "Waiting Coone.
He defended his course in keeping the
vessels together, holding the faster ves
sels for the slower. "We proceeded as a
unit," he said, "and I hold that to do other-'
wise would be unmllitary and unwise In
changing base with a fleet. I hold that
useful auxiliaries and supplies should never
be abandoned, except under the greatest
necessity."
Taking up the coaling question, be said
that it waa absolutely Impossible to coal
on May 25. "I watched the Huatton
closely," he said, "and felt that I was
more capable than any, other man of Judg
ing the situation In that respect. On the
26th the weather waa still rough, especially
In the morning." Ha told also of tending
Commander Southerland away with Eagle
and said that It was done because South
erland had signaled that he was danger
ously short of coal. He said that Souther
land had neither protested against leav
ing nor Insisted that he could coal. "He
regretted the necessity as I did, but It
was Impracticable for him to coal. He
might have taken on a little coal In boats,
but be would have burnt It as fast as he
took It on."
Referring to bis course In leaving Clen
fuegos, he said It waa laid so as to give
him the widest position. "My course
projected," he said, "would have carried
me to China It there had been no Islands
In the way." He spoke of the necessity
of acting upon his own responsibility of
having to act without having any private
Information from Havana. "Therefore, "
ho said, "I had to do a, good deal from
guess work. Sometimes I was right and
sometimes wrong."
Admiral Schley then told of meeting the
dispatch boats St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Yale. He said at the time there was a
heavy sea on. He remembered Captain
Cook saying to him on the passage over
that he had never aeen moro motion on
Drooklyn and that some of the youngsters
wero aeaatck.
lajanee'a Hriiaei Memory.
"Captain Slgsbee came on board and I
think my recollection Is almost vivid
enough to describe his dress. I recollect
distinctly that he bad on rubber boots and
an old blockading cap, which we all wora
more or less, with a heavy blouse suit. I
met hlra at the gangway. I was very glad
to see him, as he waa of course to see me.
The first thing I asked Slgsbee when he
came over tho side and I want to say be
fore I make this statement that I do not
believe Captain Slgsbee would mistake any
thing for his commission. I do not believe
that he Is capable of stating what Is not
true, t think In thla Instance hla recollec
tion Is at fault, and not his veracity I
said to him, 'Captain, have you got the
Done In here? He said: No, they are not
In here. I have been In very close; they
are not here; they are only reported here.'
I said to him: 'Have any of the other ves
sels seen them, Yale or Minneapolis?' lie
aid, 'Nc, they have not; tbey have as
sured me so,' and that was the assurance
to which I referred when I spoke of the as
surance of such men as Wise, Jewell and
Slgsbeo. Now, I do not believe that any
of these men would misstate the fact. Tbey
did not communicate verbally with roe, but
I assume from the conversation with Slgs
bee that be was bearing to me the assur
ance of al of them. At the same time
Nunet was aboard and he and I bad a
conversation In Spanish. Among other
things, I said: 'Nunez, what do you think
of the report that these people are not
here?' He said: ,'I do not believe that
tbey are here at all, because the channel
l very narrow; the buoys have also alt
been removed. We have to make the turns
very quickly and the channel Is very
crooked. If they had a tug or most favora
ble day, perfectly smooth weather, I do not
say that they might not get In, but I do
not believe they are there now.' He said
he had been piloting sixteen or eighteen
years. We subsequently found ne was a
very expert pilot and rendered us valuable
service. '
Alvraya Shoulders Responsibility.
"My habit of life, not only In prluclpal
command of a squadron, but also In com
mand of a ship, was to assume the respon
sibility and the danger of censure of any
movement, but I waa never willing under
any clivumstan-es to be a participant In
glories that I would not divide. That was
the general principle upon which I acted
In this matter, t did not call any council
of war. The Information which these peo
ple gavo led me to Infer that the tele
graphic Information was a ruse similar to
that which was telegraphed from Cadiz
that the squadron had returned to Capo
Verde."
Continuing, the admiral said: "It any
of us at any time made any mistakes dur
ing the campaign of Santiago, or elsewhere,
It was In supposing that the Spaniards
would ever do right at the right time."
At this point Admiral Schley described
the movements of the squsdron about San
tiago, saying that he had concluded
the move eastward to be unwise. It would
not hav been wise to uncover Santiago."
He said that their movements every mo
ment of the day were known In Havana.
"Just as we approached Santiago, on the
26th, the collier Merrlmac, which had been
giving us a good deal of trouble, broke
down. I determined that an unmanageable
collier wan not a very preferable thing to
have with the squsdron if we met the
enemy, so 1 first determined to send It to
Key West with Yale. It then occutred to
mo that If 1 sent It to Key West and It
was taken we would be out a collier and
the Spanish. If they were outside, would bo
In so much coal. So I determined nn thU
movement to the westward, In the mean
time Inquiring as to tho coal supply of
each of thu ships."
Dlleitiiiin of Mrrrlntnc.
Continuing his discussion of tho coal
ing situation, Admiral Schtey said that a
upply was necessary. Tho enemy would
not come toward the American, but would
go In the other direction. Speaking of the
collier Merrlmac's breaking down bo said
this accident rendered coaling out of thj
question. "I don't believe any prudent
commander would have attempted to send
a ship alongside an unmovable collier to
take coal. The risk would be too great.
The responsibility was mine and It was too
great to take."
With reference to the arrival of Harvard
on the 27th and his conference with Can
tain (now Admiral) Cotton. Admlrol Bchlev
said that he had never received the dis
patch reporting In positive terms the pres
ence of the enemy at Kantlugo.
"I never Saw It," ho said, with lntcnso
earnestness. "I never saw It nnd 1 am
sure that Cotton never delivered It to me.
If he had dono so It would be among my
popere and It would have burned Itself Into
my memory, so that I never could have
forgotten It."
Admiral Schley also referred again to
bis conversation with Captain McCalla.
saying that McCalla did not tcstlfv to tho
whole conversation, a.id then discussed
his dispatch to the Navy department re
garding the disobedience of orders. He
sold that as translated this message wns
essentially different from the dispatch as
he framed It. He contended that thero had
been no dieobeyance; that he had complied
with orders In returning to Santiago and
that the proper construction of his dispatch
would relieve him of this charge.
At this point the court adjourned.
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