The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-04

McCauley, an ensign we had on board.
who made the signal himself"
Lieut.. Doyle, during oss-examina-
tion said that while he had seen the
shore lights at night at Cienfuegos he
had never suspected that they were
signals. He told of seeing three horse
men on the shore during the day time.
I'VE regarded them as Spanish caval-
ry," he said, "and they Were so brazen
that someone suggested that we should
stir them up bit but we did not fire
at them"
In response to Mr. Hanna's questions
Lieut.. Doyle said that upon approach
ing Santiago on the evening of May
2S the squadron had lain to for the
night about seven miles off Santiago.
but that he thought the Marblehead
ana vixen had been placed on picket
duty for the night. The log, however.
showed no record of this latter fact.
He Saw the Signal Made.
The afternoon session of the schley
court began with inquiries concerning
the wig-wag signal to the Oregon from
the Brooklyn to fire her 13-inch gun.
The witness said that he was sure that
the had seen the signal made, but
tnat ne was unable to find an entry
OF the signal in the ships log. Reading
the log, he found a notation of several
signals and then note, saying that
other unimportant signals had been
made"
Mr.. Hanna inquired whether the
witness thought the signal to the Ore
gon was included in that list.
Lieut.. Doyle replied that it might
be, that he could not say how the log
writer had regarded the matter.
Mr.. Hanna: You have spoken of
the appearance of smoke in the harbor.
and of the action taken by the Brook
lyn with respect thereto. Was any
entry made in the log of the occur
rence?"
Il find none.'
Capt. Lemly asked what efforts had
oeen made by the Flying Squadron to
discover the whereabouts of the Span
ish fleet. while the squadron lay off
Cienfuegos before the arrival of Capt.
McCalla. The witness replied that there
mad been no effort except in making
inquiries of the captain of the British
vessel Adula.
Whnt He Meant by a "MeIee."
Capt. Lemly then asked for an ex-
PLANTATION of what the witness meant
yesterday, when he said he thought
that just after the beginning of the
battle of July 8, there was a prospect
of a ''melee."
thought" responded the witness
that the ships were coming right to-
ward us. l thought they would get
into us, and 1 thought we would have
mix-up as they were only about L.
400 yards distant"
Judge Advocate Lemly: do Won
mean that the course of the Brooklyn
took her across the Spanish line and
that she necessarily maneuvered so
as to make turn to avoid that?"
That is what / mean
What orders were given by signal
from the Brooklyn to the fleet during
the action of July 80"
Il do not know, except what I have
already testified to about the wig
wag."
Lieut.. Commander Clifford ]. Boush
who had made for the court the large
charts of the position of the vessels of
the American squadron while off San.
tiago, was called to identify these
charts and to state the data upon
which they were prepared.
Capt. William C. Dawson said that
he had noticed the Brooklyn when that
vessel turned to the southwark. He
had supposed the ship was injured and
had gone out of action. He thought
she went 1000 yards or more to the
south.
Lieut.. Tyson took the stand and
shortly afterward the court adjourned.