The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-04

wines by the Judge Ad vocate. WA placed
on the stand A. q witness for Admiral Schley.
The very first QUESTION asked him by Mr..
Rayner OF Admiral Schley's counsel was
objected to by Judge Advocate lemly. Mr..
kAyner asked him II any bombardments
OF the shore batteries At santiago had
taken place In June when sampson was
In supreme commando, and the witness
said there werc two. Capt. Lemly main
tanned hat this was contrary to the courts
ruling OF yesterday, hat all questions
relative 10 the blockade on Santiago must
he confined 10 the tune prior To the arrival
OF the Commander.in-Chie lSamp-onl
The Court withdrew 20 consider the obJec-
ton, and when IL returned n before Il
had the opportunity Of making any an
nounccmeni, Mr.. Rayner aid hs woul
modify his question 80 as TO mako II rad
What DO zoe know. from your own OBJ
s~srvation. In regard to the strength Of the
shore batteries and guns al Santiago' |
want the resalts Of your observation &C
quired by you at any time, without going
into any general or specific details as 20 the
bombardmenti'
was the Socapa battery, which We engaged,
said the witness. They replied To our
fire very spiritedly at first, but they soon
vent out ~ business. that u. they stopped
firing. After that time II wa a matter 81
trying 20 knock the guns On their MOUNTS,
II possible.
After whispering together with his col
leagues, Admiral Dewey Said that the court
had no objection 10 another OF Mr Rayners
questions AZ TO the secOud Doulbardm"nt
OF the shor' batteries after sampson arrived,
and the witness said that the Spanish gun
ner- did not r"main ~ their guns 30 long
"a before
y. What was Commodore Schley's con-
duct and bearing while his ships were under
FIRE In thee bombarifnents and on July
2, A ! did not hav. an opportunity Of
observing him. ~ the Commodore was
always near or about the coming tower.
But previous To and after ths battle, | did
have an opportunity.
q What was II? A He always struck
me AZ being a. self Possessed a. anybody
could lie under the circumstance
oTHIS 4 o
The witness said In answer Ia another
question that on July ? he had seen several
columns Of smoke coming w from behind
tho Spcapa Hill. Then Mr.. RayEer asked
the witness the same question ~ was asked
acknowledgements sharp Yesterday,
II Schlav had not notified sampson, either
on July l or ,, that he suspected that tho
spanish fcct wa preparing To- come out,
and N Sampson had not notified IN" captains
OF the American ships 20 be- on their guard
Capt Iemly asked Mr. Rayn"r the object
81 that question. and Mr.. Rayner said his
obj.ct wa To prove that this info rmation
was communicated 10 tho fee; at : y. VI
on July ?. that during that same night fires
were sryn on hills 10 the west ward OF thu
Cabansl Inlet. and that we all thought
tho spanish troops were Withdrawing
Capt. Ianly entered a vigorous objection.
holding that; Mr.. Rayner's statement was
made Tor the purpoSr 81 putting on record
Just what could not he legitimstsly shown 10y
the witness 1T won't Influence. the Court.
~ said. but 1t goes upon tho records
Capt Parker ~ Admiral Shley's counsel
III sN.s II. Ill. ..n. ..Afty- .Har sI.
door wide 20 get al the whole Truth and let
everybody that had anything tu do with
the santiago campaign o. me under tie hight.
After more discussion the question WIS
accepted In his form Was ID" smoke
observed on july ? bv Commodo ~ Schlev.
and was the fact commune ated Ia the
squadron
Smoke was Observed on july q said
tho witness. and nv impression il now,
although ! don't %rccollcct distinctly. that
th" Information Wa conveyed to the Com
Ihandar-in-Chic
To another question ha aid that fr"s
werr observed g. the westward II Santiago
Hsrhor aud caused much discussion on
board the BROOKLYN
riIE RATTLE oF JCLY ,
Lieut.. DOYLE, In answer - questions
Mr. haynsr. repeated sui ~tanually |
the same story ~ this position Of tho BROOK
lyn during the battle of July = ~ he gave
Yesterday lie said tha during the chat" |
tho Oregon wa directed 10y vig-wag'
signal to nrr her i3-inch guns NJ Ga" Colun 1
Admiral Dewey Directed 10y whom,
Lieut.. Doyle By Commodore Schlcy,
by wig-wag signal. a. recollect
Admiral l~wey-lou saw the Signal'
Lsut. DuyLe les. | saw the signal l-lnE
nlndp aud Understood what ~ vas shorty |
after that the stAflolrd turrr' ut thr BROOK
lvn was directed to load with sTmcr-IlerU-
ing shells lhs-s shells fell short. Then
I ua. IiVnpI.A In fra nj IA IaIna a. 0HasI /
yards | fired both guns at that rang"
and ! fired a gun with a range ~ 6.5Dl wards. |
| was requested 20 explain why ! fired
the third time, ana INV reason was that
had not heard the cal to Cea- hriug |
Wa todd aft"rHard that the shot Wa II
NuJN good one
After that the Colon sheercd, put her
helm aport and went ashore The Brook
Ign steamed up after the Colon, stopped
and a half OF thrc miles N and pro-
uesdri To- 60 ont th. cutter to s. over To
,he Color and receive her surrender
y How long did a. take 10 pull to the
Cslon, 4 Ahpu twenty or twentv-hN"
minutes. | should say capt Cook went
In the cutter 30 the Colon. and when the
boa, was coming back the New YORK ar
The Brooklvu's signal book was shown
he witness and he was asked whether Il
~" wig-wag signal 60 which he
referred n" replied that I, did not.
WHY BRookLYS's 100 WAS IASGF
Lieu, Doyle was questioned closely and
sharply by Judge Advocate D"mly NJ To
why tho original account Of N" July y
had not contained any reference 20
he turn know n ~ IN" -loop,' which carried
he BROOKLYN away from the spanish ships
Of TOW Ard them
= How did YOU enter in the log book
hat -ho turned on tho battle 4 star
helm
q How did she turn 4 Port helm
q Nhare did Won obtain the Information
NJ note or suggestion on which Won made
.ho entries IN m" log on that dav' \
That particular entry about M" s'artrNart
holm ] gathered from my own Information
made this hrs, rrcorl on July ,
y How I'D YOU obtain IA" Information;
rom any officer ct n" BROOKLYN A.. No,
from ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sharp
y the Vixen on July .
q Nobsiv on tho BROOKLYN made any
sugee~tiun 10 YOU 20 make the change
A. No, cir.
Y when did YOU write the log 4 On
'he afternoon ofiJuiv :
q Did YOU discuss the matter - writing
The bog with anybody before YOU wrDie
~ 4 have no recollection Of discussing
i with anyto1v until I.met sharp al Guam
.annmo on july
To other questions Lieut. Doyle said
he lid not think the fighting ships dela v-l
.Eo passage - the FLYING Squadron fru.n
.ienfuegos toward Sanuago, hut corrected