New-York tribune., 1890-05-01
WIN TT WAS REMARKABLE.
COMMANDER McCALLA'S ACTION IN lhh
WALKER AFFAIR
,,rurgSASr INGERsoDL HAD SEEN MI III W
,,xr1r1xA ALL HIS NAVAL CAREER-oIhAN

,,xr1rIx ALL HIS NAVAL CAREER-oIAhH
TESTIMONY AT THE COURT-MARTlAl-
4, ns,al ,he larger part of the forenoon at the
McCalla court martial yesterday was 'aNvi up ~ -
,iny of the testimony of the preceding odS III
,he nresence of those who had rs'Ihcu. '0
.nponnced its decision the request Vi
McCalla that the final arguments Ill 'io ,rp., ,ho
relv II was denial Of the re'l"os"
cornsel for the accused asked und' ''0 -.
.o.o.d ~ the secretary of the Navy An ail"ii'u,o
reiciio" " ''0 - ard the Secretary will decide
vhe her the oratOry OF 9li Cho"'0 wa
close of the trial or not g., J.. hor ,is
testimony read over. asked coh'cIii'e NV
matter Graham was an aculs q'' (,-,,a
was confined five days py i''' es, l,ah,o
Noc,u. came on deck one night, ana Inuine '"''i"
absent from his post. ordered MN - UV P' -
irons II was learned subsequently ','. ,S, ~,
-. ron,,.sion from the officer OF the u0cH' 'r
-. M ,oruard This on the same hlHh'
n, ~ r,oa,dor accused Ensign Kline OF beihs
' ra,cb and then heng ABOUT IT, MY
-, ,,oterdav said that he was not aSlecP anu 'Ia'
- ha civen Graham permission TO go lor"alu' Ho
aid not repor that fact 10 'Iie 'o'''' ~
,ha chance 10 do so was not given 10 hln'
It.r,enant Ingersor the first Wi'hess' ho
Ia ,ho, Commander McCalla had called MN 20 w"
h;, and told him that men who persisted In smUE
u,,nr uonor on board and getting crazy drunk
- afflicted with species Of insanity ana ouet
IN ne confined in straittacRes lie ofoercu "c
,,,.o,opt ~ have two stratjackets made. ana
cave him TO understand tha all such onehders d.
no had mentioned were TO be cohilhed III 'hchi'
ON crossexamination, Lieutenant lneerSoH sad 'h"'
the conaning OF men in stratachcts and the iro''-
inr OF them together was. be gathered from "hd'
his commanding officer said 10 be considered as d
means of restraint and not a means OF punishment
The witness reiterated his statement, maze OcI'i0
the Court OF Inquiry. that if the bad element H o
crew had been eliminated there would nave oce"
nothing remarkable in the cruise o ne hl''o'PIi>o
Lieutenant Ingersoll then told of the Walker anar
He heard Walker shouting deck where he WIS
belnc put in irons. and heard the commanaer come
ont nj the cabin with his sword clanIlng Inc
lieutenant was in his bunk at the time In MS room
nnder the poop. He dressed hurriedly and followed
the comma nder on deck. lie then described no"
Walker had abused the commander ana no" water
had been thrown on the refractory man and attempts
made TO gag him. Finally the commshder are" i'i'
word and struck Walker over the head About fifteen
men had come out from under the iorccastle ana uO
.o,, the herthdeck There were cries and calls,
shaving an evident symps ny with Walker. Inc
witness ordered the men forward before Walker was
cut down and they slowly and sulieAly oDeyed nm
AT one time he thought an attempt migh be mace
TO rescue Walker. When asked BY Mr.. MenLeS II
that not the reason hS OIVtIeu ''o i'N'4 AO'
ward, he replied:
NO | might have had that in my mind at the
time but the reason that | ordered them forward
was that i did not want them to witness such a
scene and besides they had no business out ol ttlf
hammocks al that hour anyway" He considered the
action of the members OF the crew Who came on
deck as nsuborJnate but not mutinous AL the eort'
of Mr. Menzes could not shake Lieutenant lngersou IL
that statement. Mr. Menzies then asked question
u hlch proved a boomerang. lie SAID:
In your tmony before the Court of Inquiry, you
said that you considered the Walker incIceut a.
the most remarkable OF your naval career. Why do
consider IL 3!
rhe answer came al once IN clear and emphatic
tones. because ! had never before seen officer
,trke with "a sword. Detausc ! never before
water thrown over man. because i never before htd
seen commanding oincer interfere personally III Ihc
punishment OF sailor. and because [ he'cl before
had seen gagged.
Mr. Menzies did not pursue that line of questioning
further bat the prosecution 10 sci al rest thc mutlny
theory, asked
= Were the officers called -
Was the marine guard turned Outl'
We're preparations made for Ouarters''
In answer TO a question from Captain Meade the
witness said that he knew of four no mad been
confined in staitacAets and had never been brought
to d coUrt-nIartlal.
Dr. Herndron. of the Enterprise was called.
and testified 10 having been called 10 dress
Walkers wound. II cut about and half
irches long. and was on the back Of hi, head II
did not lay bare the bone. and healed in five day.
u was afterward reported to him That Walker had
convusons and he had him sent to the sick hav for
observation. where he kept Walker week. but d.
saw indications IF ANYTHING Of the kind. The
court then adjourned TO meet again at 10 a. m. TO-