The age-herald., 1901-10-26
Receives an Ovation from the Audience at Conclusion
 of His Testimony MANY SHAKE HERO'S HAND
For Time the Brooklyn Sustained the Fire of All the Spanish Ships and the Land Bat
 teries.

Washington, October 25-When the Schley court of inquiry adjourned today, Admiral Schley had not concluded his testimony in chief. He was on the stand from 11:3O a. m. until $40 D. m. The court adjourned until Monday twenty minutes in advance of the usual time be- cause the admirars throat had become somewhat sensitive as result of his con tinuous talking yesterday and today.
 By large odds the largest crowd that has yet attended any of the sessions were present today.
 The chief event of the day was the ad- miral's relation of the events of July B. when the American fleet sent Cevera's squadron to the bottom of the sea or to the beach. He told his story of this his torical occurance in plain words, and in unaffected style, but the narrative was straightforward and to the point, indi- eating close familiarity with all the phases of that event He said that the Brooklyn had for time sustained the fire of all four of the Spanish ships, and also the fire of the Spanish land bat teries Explaining the historical turn of his own flagship, the Brooklyn, he said that he had not approached to within less than 800 yards of the Texas, and that he never had considered that vessel in the least danger. He also stated, in response to an interrogation from Mir. Rayner that he had never during the battle en- gagged in any colloquy with Lieutenant Hodgson, and that he had not used the expression attributed to him by Hodgson. This refers to the alleged colloquy in which the admiral Is charged with hav- ing said, Damn the Texas" Admiral Schley also gave the details of. the recon noissance of May 31, when the Spanish ship Cristobol Colon was bombarded In this connection he denied the statements attributed to him by Commander Potts of the battleship Massachusetts.
 As Admiral Schley' left the courtroom today he was given quite an ovation. A large number of persons had halted out side the courtroom door and many in- sisted on shaking hands. The assemblage escorted him up the hill from the gum ners workshop, in which the court sits, to the outer gates of the navy yard.
 Schey Resumes Stand.
 Admiral Schley then took the stand and resumed his story.
 With the courts permission he said he would go back to Cienfuegos in order that his narrative might be clear Re- garding the McCalla memorandum he said he received but one copy. If there had been another he said it should have been in the papers sent to the Navy De- partment in January or February, 1899. He said he had not bombarded the earth works at Cienfuegos because he was con I L unavailing. Subsequent experience In the war he thought bore out this opinion.
 Admiral Schley was proceeding to the dispatch No. 10, concerning which Lieu tenant Marsh had testified (the dispatch containing positive information that the Spanish fleet was in Santiago) was not received by him June 10, when the judge advocate objected.
 Captain Lemly: eff the court please, [ I regret very much to be compelled to make objection to this character of testi- mony, but understand of the court itself that it wants facts"
 Admiral Schley (sotto voice.: Well, these are facts"
 Captain Lemly: q do not understand; this witness Is here for the purpose of making an argument, and l do not like this character of testimony from a wit ness on the stand, even in his own behalf as a matter of testimony"
 Mir. Rayner ontended that Admiral Schley was not giving opinion; that he was simply testifying to facts within his knowledge
 After some further sparring the mem- bers of the court held brief consulta- ton without leaving the courtroom, and Admiral Dewey announced it's decision as follows:
 ''The court is of the opinion that 1t is eminently proper for the witness to make Al.n atn A.xxa .k~l. dated May 7 and not received until June 10; then drop 1t; just give the facts"
 To this Admiral Schley responded that 1t was all he intended to do. Thirteen days had elapsed before he received the dispatch.
 Cotton's Statement Faulty.
 Proceeding, Admiral Schley testified that he believed Captain Cottons state ment regarding the offer of Lieutenant Field to go ashore at Santiago to learn positively whether the Spanish fleet was in Santiago was somewhat faulty, and he detailed some facts relating to Fields offer, which fixed his own impression of 1t in his mind. On May 31, after, the bombardment of the Colon and after Cap- tain Cotton had gone for Mole St. Nich- olas with a report to the department up- on that subject, Admiral Schley testified that he sent Nunez, the pilot, westward to communicate with the insurgents Nunez landed near Ascerederos, fifteen or sixteen miles west of Santiago. and join ing some of the Cuban insurgents, went into the interior. He returned June 1 or 2 with detailed information of the loca- tion of the Spanish ships in the harbor. q sent him. added Admiral Schley, Ito the commander-in-chier with that infor- nation"
 The witness then returned to the re- trograde movement, saying: Touching the question of the retrograde movement after the Merlin ac had broken down, the movement was not made to the westward until.9 o'clock. The Yale had consider able difficulty in getting hawser to her. That hawser parted about Il o'clock that night, when 1t was signalled because Cap tain Wise of the Yale said that it would take some four hours to break out a steel hawser. The ship at that time was absolutely unmanageable. She was not capable of turning propeller I do not think we got under way again until o'clock of the afternoon of the 27th. and