New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-03
MCALLA TELLS HIS STORY.
NE SAYS SOME OF TIE CREW WERE BAD
MEN
THE COMMANDER ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ALL PUNIsHMENTs-DE, ERTIoNS
lad TO BE CHECKED.


HAD TO BE CHECKED
Commander McCalla took the witness stand In his
avn defence Yesterday at the courtlnartal winch IS
nov irving him for his conduct during the last cruise
Of the Enterprise when he first took his seat in the
i,,ess chair after the noon recess. lie said th:t
h assumed responsibility for all the punishmcnts ana
| confinement, aboard the Enterprise while he was In
| command Of the ship. whether he was on board AZ
the time they were ordered or not His manner was
o,odent and scIfcontroIcd and his testimony was
,ivcn with clcarncss and decision. In the morning
session of the court Lieutenant Mulligan was inc
first witness lie completed his testimony OF tho
preceding day. but brought out no facts which hau
not already been testified Ia. He was positive 'ha'
be had received no order from Commander McCaiEt
regarding the entry in the log Of the Walker antlr
payma,ter Mead, of the Enterprise testified tho oi
the day that Ross put In a stridtlacket nc anu
Commander McCdlla had gone ashore to see n circus
at Lisbon. The cabin steward and the caDih 'ooN
If the Enterprise testified to having seen tle com
mander az the circus the night that Ross was put
in a straitacket sergeant Of Marines Calkins' VINO
WAS for most of the cruise master alarms aDoaru to
Enterprise was the next witness. lie SAID thae lie
VA, ordered to conhnc Ross in strait)schet Dy t'e
| officer of the deck and did not think that the com
uander was aboard at the time lie SAID that lie
had not received orders to deprive the men VINO were
roncd together at Croustadt Of their hanmocks lie
mad i'm fact, offered the men the use OF their nam
morhs.
o.wnat wa, the rcpyl A.To hell with the
hammocks! -, ., 4. 70 ho,
with the hammocl.T Al don't remember the exact
names ! don't remember any Of the names. ..,.
Q.-Name man who aid it, Al don't mt, eAa .nr
rcucmLcr-I think Nc~tbcrg was one III pretty SURF
il wa, Wc-tbcrs-I know it was Wc'tbcrg
He saw syarlch the entire time that he was confined
in sraachct at Stcttin, and knew that ne had not
had his hands ironcd behind him while e mad on Inc
,trlitlackct. He also raid that the men were not
irDncd together at Roucn untl after Norris and Del
more had broken their irons and escaped 70 the shore
Corporal Dean Of the marines. told Of svagch coming
ON board al ~ettin drunk and Of Lieutenant Mnllgah
taking "A bottle ~ whskcy away from him. Dr. iern-
dom surgeon of the Enterprise. testified that Whle inc
ship was IN dry dock AT CrOnstadt he ana inc com
mandcr went to St. Petersburg Oh the saturday pre-
ccding the D." lively sunday and did not get BACK 10
the ship until r o'clock at night. This was to snow
that the commander was not on board "hch 30 many
| of the crew were irOncd together.
Commander McC ALA was the first and only witness
I'm the afternoon. lie considered the crew Of the En-
tcrpri-c an average one but II contaped bad eeneh
~ mon who Wor, making their fist cruise on boaIo
a man of.war. He warned the mon whom he con-
,Idcrcd bad, among them being Walker ana SVaShch
sixty sX per cent oi the crew we've foreign L"'' III
the c1ur.c Of the cruise sixty three men deserted ana
their place, were filed by enlistment IN foreign ports
rl, commander gave q list Of the ports visited by
The Futcrpr,c some II which had never been visited
before by an American mau-Of war. Every pre'auu'h
va, taken % prevent dc-crton, but IL wa
impossible wholly 10 stop 1t. Four men dcscr'oH
a. Oran. Africa The commander cousldered th"' ,h'
men who had been confined in straiackets were crazy
from the effects Of quor and that It Wa necessary 80
IA ,ouGnc them that they might not do injury to them
.olyc- or 10 their -hpmato,. The ironing of men !"
scther he considered Necessary prccHuiloh 10 prevent
their de,crtlue. lie ,pohc Of the marching oI me men
lr1ucd together ana down the d'tA AT lu
aid that tAl- done To sober them up. Inc ."
u.n,icr related tac story Of the confinement OF inc
SEAMAN Graham by mistake. and sad that the "ih'er
81 10. dee, had gwen Graham permission 10 le'ly
ni. most heard the oder given To tuuuc 'Fdhah anu
-. uoth.'-. DE- Insisted that when he came on uf'h
That night tac onrcr "i the dc'h hh>l-li MINI va,
tt W,lrr and My,r incidents viii b. tOM to-day, when
ilc d~lcuc" via r..t their 't-c.
dispatch from thc secretary ~ the navy wa, read
AZ the opening of court Yesterday permitting tho
ne of oral af-uWrat ~ the close. II T. Thought thht
Wr GhDat. a, 30 not be- ready until Tuesday for his
auAl argument. The court meet al 10 "a. "a. to day