The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-26
scHLEY ON TAE F|eAT Relates the Events of July 3 When the Spanish Fleet
 Was Destroyed.
BROOKLYN IN A HARD PLACE
SUSTAINED THE FIRE OF ALI THE
 ENEMY'S SHIPS

SUSTAINED THE FIRE OF ALI THE
 ENEMY'S SHIPS
 Also the Fire Of the Land Batteries
 Historical Turn of His Fiagship Ex-
 plained-Did Not Approach to Within
 Six Hundred Yards of the Texas
 Never Considered That Vessel In Dan-
 Eer-The "Damn the Texas" CoiIoquy
 Denied.
 Washington, Oct 25.--when the Schlev court of inquiry adjourned to- day Admiral Schley had not completed his testimony in chief. He took the stand about 11:30 o'clock after former witnesses had been recalled for the purpose of making corrections and ad- ditions to their testimony, and cont1n- ued his statement until the court ad- 1ourned at $40 D. m. This adjourn ment twenty minutes in advance of the usual time, was due to the fact that the Rdiniral's throat had become somewhat sensitive as result of his continuous z talking yesterday and to-day. He had made complaint to the court of the con- dition of his throat immediately after concluding his recital of the story of the battle off Santiago, and Admiral Dewey who himself evidently had mo- ticed the difficulty, responded by show ing a willingness to adjourn the court. MT. Rayner, however, expressed a de- et,ra to a hl number of questions which he wished to ask, and Admiral Schley assented to his counsels suggestion.
 Quarter of an hour later Admiral Dewey himself renewed the suggestion for an adjournment, and, all concerned agreeing to this proposition, the court adjourned until Monday morning at II o'clock.
 The day was a notable one. By large odds the largest crowd that has yet at tended any of the sessions was present and earnest interest was manifested throughout the proceedings. Long be- fore the beginning of the morning ses- sion all the seats reserved for visitors in the court room were occupied and the greater portion of the space in the rear of these seats was filled with men and women standing. They not only stood upon the floor but upon window stills and tables, and even the rude ele vator machinery in that portion of the l.e.ll was occupied by men. On only one occasion was there any effort at applause, and this was suppressed be- fore it had reached any magnitude.
 The chief event of the day was the admiral's relation of the events of July 3, when the American fleet sent Cerve- ra's squadron to the bottom of the sea CT to the beach He told his story of this historical event in plain words and in unaffected style, but the narrative was straightforward and to the point, indicating close familiarity with all the phases of that battle. He said that the Brooklyn 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 she did not approach to with in less than 500 yards of the Texas and that he never considered that vessel in | the least danger He also stated, in re- sponse tn an Interrogation from MT. Rayner, that he never during the battle | engaged in any colloquy with Lieuten- ant Hodgson, and that he did not use the expression attributed to him by Hodgson. This refers to the alleged colloquy in which the admiral is charg- ed with having said, Damn the Texas Admiral Schley also gave the details of the reconnaissance of May S1, when the . Spanish ship Cristobal Colon was bom- barded In this connection he denied the statement attributed to him by Commander Potts, of the battleship Massachusetts.
 Preceding the adjournment of the court to-day the question of calling Ad- miral Sampson to the stand was re- vived by Judge Advocate Lemly who reminded MT. Rayner that he (Mr. Rayner) had suggested some time ago that he desired the admiral called.
 Captain Len1ly said he was prepared to issue the summons if called upon to do so but MT. Rayner responded that the incident which had seemed to de- rand the admirals attention had dwin- dled into comparative insignificance and he added that 1t was well under stood the condition of Admiral Samp- son's health was such that he could not be expected to appear upon the witness stand.
 As Admiral Schley left the court room to-day he was given quite an ovation. IA large number of persons had halted outside the court room doors and many insisted on shaking hands with him. The assemblage escorted him up the hill from the gunners' workship in which the court sits to the outer gates of the navy yard.
 Admiral Schley began his description of the battle of July at 2:3O o'clock. "On the morning of July S." he said s'the day broke beautifully. The ekies were feeced with white clouds and the breeze continued little Lit longer off the land that morning than usual Ar j fer I had eaten breakfast l came up to take a survey of the situation with I glasses. We were lying at that time nossibly three or little bit over by the land and wondered why they had per- 1 nitted us to remain so close. It was a matter of constant inquiry and won fer on board, especially why the bat teries did not fire on us. At quarter $ nf my orderly reported to me that l
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