The age-herald., 1901-10-01
Describes the Battle of San-
 tiago as t Looked from the Iowa
DIDN'T TELL ScHLEY SIGNALS
Had Conversation With the Commo- dore Regarding the Battle, and Was Told He Handled His
 Ship Well.

Washington, September 3o.-Rear Admiral Evans, who as captain com manded the battIeship Iowa during the Santiago campaign, was witness be- fore the Sehley court of Inquiry today. His testimony covered the entire pe- riod from the time the Iowa left the port of Key West on the goth of May, 1898, until the 9th of July, when Ad- niraI Evans testified he had conver- sation with Admiral schIey concern Ing the battle of the 3rd.
 Other witnesses of the day were Capt. Theo J. Jewell, who was com mander of the cruiser Minneapolis dur Ing the Spanish war, and Commander James M. Miller, who was in command of the collier Merrimac until that Ves- seI was turned over to Lieutenant riobson to be sunk In the mouth of the harbor at Santiago. Admiral Ev- ans had not concluded his testimony when the court adjourned for the day.
 Arranging Programme.
 Captain Lemley and MT. Hanna were engaged during the early morning in pre- pairing the programme of the day. There Is much in the way of detail to be done each morning and they have fallen into the habit of coming direct to the court building, where they have a list of wit nesses, files of documents, printed matter and everything else bearing upon the case. They began todays proceedings ac- cording to custom by recalling the wit nesses of previous days.
 Captain Lemley's programme provided that these should be followed by Com mander Miller, who commanded the col Her Merrimac, in the early part of the Santiago campaign; Captain Jewell of the scout Minneapolis; Lieutenant-C Command CT Sharp, who had charge of the much talked of Vixen. and Lieut. tenant J. G. Doyle of the Brooklyn.
 It was also contemplated to call at 8 very early period Rear Admiral Evans, who was captain of the Iowa. Much in- terest was manifested in the probable ap-
 
 in the prospect of seeing Captain Miller, who 1t will be remembered, surrendered with great reluctance the command If the Merrimac to Lieutenant Hobson who af- terward sunk the collier in the mouth of Santiago harbor.
 While Commander Sutherland was on the stand he was asked by the court whether if the fleet of Cervera had been in the harbor at Cienfuegos it could have been seen by the vessels blockading the port. He replied:
 'T cannot definitely say Not unless they had anchored in the lower harbor just inside of the entrance in the deep water where the schooner to which referred before was anchored. I do not believe they would have anchored in that spot"
 Commander Miller.
 The first new witness of the day was Commander James M. Miller, who was in command of the collier Merrimac while that vessel was a part of Admiral Schley's flying squadron.
 Commander Miller said that he had as- stunned command of the Merrimac on April il at Norfolk. He had taken on board at Lamberts Point soon afterward about 5000 tons of coal His vessel, he said. had been capable at first of making between nine and ten knots, but after wards he had trouble with his pressure SO tIdI Dy May Zo duu A4 ne would have hesitated in trying to secure a speed of more than seven or eight knots. He read from the collier's log to show that the Iowa, the Massachusetts and the Castine had been coaled on the 23d and Ath. No record was found of the coaling of any vessel on the 18th or 26th, the time consumed in proceeding from Cienfuegos to Santiago
 The witness said that late in the after noon of the 26th the intermediate valve of the collier was broken. but that previ- ous to the arrival off Santiago she has not been broken down. disabled or dam aged.'
 Sea Was Nasty.
 "The sea-" he said, lon the 25th was nasty. The Merrimac. being a heavy ves- sel, its speed was affected but if I had had a smaller vessel should not have felt 1t very much"
 He also said that the weather for that day was bad As to the condition on the 26th. the witness said: q should sav T could have coaled, as I find here icon sulting the log) we were making fen knots at one time. We got up to twelve knots. I fancy the weather could moi have been very boisterous. I read here from her log: At l o'clock the knots were six, and so on We got up to fen There is one entry here that we got mn to eleven knots. On that date I find. steaming with the squadron east to quar- ter north. and I find by the entry, be- tween o'clock in the morning and me- ridian of that date. that we made from ten to twelve knots"
 Mr. Hanna-What was the condition of the sea?''
 ''The sea had then smoothed, I should fudge. from the way we were going We raised our speed from seven to ten knots '' Do you find any entries as to the windT'
 "The wind was east, southeast, and vered to southwest"
 'As to its course?'
 Tits course I have not here. On the colliers we kept no regular log."
 Could you have coaled a vessel on the afternoon of the 26thT,