The sun., 1901-10-24

Was Followed ~ the Order "Hart
Aport' the sheIls Prom ths
vtscaya Came Over the brooklyn
''ilke Hair . Dozen Railway Trains
Chuck. Chuck." Everybody Duck I'd
Their Heads. hut "the Cemmodore's
Head Never Bent" He Heard Even
thing That Went On Around schlcy IN
the Battle. Except the Ceiieau Be-
tweca schley and Hodgsoo Admire ai
schiey May Take the stand To-day.
WASHINGTON. Oct 7s-People who at
tended the Schley inquiry to-day counted
themselves fortunate. for they heard the
! most thrilling. dramatic and interesting g
! account of Admiral Schley's actions In the
battle with Cervera's ships that has been
! given. Chief Boatswain William l.. Hill 81
| the Brooklyn gave II, Bo's'n Hill dos not
| look like n old ssilorman of twenty eight
! years service. lie has more the appear
ance Of a preacher. but II was stage and not
pulpit oratory that held his audience spell
bound IL II said that Bo's'n Hill has de-
liver-d lectures. and when he got through
with his recital to-day everybody was i'm
pse-sed with the fact that he was wasting
his talents on the navy. Mr.. RAyner.
Admiral Schley'- principal attorney. tried
bo'sn scudded away before tho brecze
with all sail set and did not drop anchor.
and then reluctantly. until he and Admiral
Schley had captured tho last oft~vera's
ships. When Bo'sn Hill told how every
body on the Brooklyn ducked his head
a. half n dozen railway trains which
proved to be Spanish shells 'chuck -chucked-
by. but the Commodore's head never bent.
the audience burst into applause. the first
since the inquiry began. When tho bo'sn
stamped his foot in imitation Of Schley and.
pointing TO an imaginary Spanish ship.
cried. as he said Sohley did Damn him.
I'll follow him to Spain. there was another
outburSt Of applause The witness at this
point ran afoul 81 request from Admiral
Dewey To 'confne himself TO the facts
without any but tho Admiral did not
finish the sentence for the bo's'n was Of
again and overlook the Colon. which had
gained a little during the interruption
Admiral Dewey tried hard to conceal his
emotion. Or whatever IL was that made him
wipe his eyes during the recital. Some
people were unapprcciative a. to laugh
at the witne--'s dramatic fervor.
MIR Hill heard everything that went on
around Admiral Schley in the battle except
the coloquy between Schley and Hodgson.
about which the Judge Advocate sought
Information. Mr.. Iull said he saw tho
Texas at every point during the B-ooklyn's
turn. and 20 n question by the Court contra
dictci the statefnefts 81 officers and machin-
lists Of tho Texas. Lieutenant Commander
Nicholson of the Oregon and other witnesses
tha, she stopped and lay dead in the water.
Mr. IIl said the Brooklyn did not pass in
front Of the Texas The testimony Of those
from the Texas has been that she stopped
and backed To prevent the BROOKLYN from
,,pni,.y her down while tho loor, wa h..ins,
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give the oruef port Dut not hau aport.
Other witnesses were officers Of tho Ore
non, who described what their shin did in
,h. .n,irc ha,tl. ard ~ba, ,h. R,oollx,,
"a 4, ,na -, =, ~. 60, r,,~.., -"
u'i VI VIC ,""S y. Wv. N'" ~no
were a,h"u saiu 'hs, the nIooNyh shcils
all fcli short OF the Colon, and that the Span
lard turned ashore when the Oregon 20, her
,a,,e Ono ,,.,,aed ,ba, IN. R,ooklv,,
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was s"'n'u"e- "ni' !" r'aN"u OF mo
Oregon IN the hsht ana o thefs that the span
-h ships turned directly TO tho westw ard
and that they saw no attempt 10 ram tho
Brooklyn. The Oregon's signal officer
testified that the BROOKLYN signalled early
IN the fight. Follow IN. flag, tut the Oregon
hc said, went after the Spanish ships.
WITNESSES CORRECT THEM TESTIMONY.
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LID ,hj. nornin, 90 ,,orrer, b,s ,...,
,o,,ry - ysa,eriav aid in an.w., a. n
l,,,..,io, 6y Nr Uanna ,ha, ,ha o-a.on
te,,,,si ,ha p,nnLl,,n H. d. s.,ht ., h,kra
49, ,ha oousndo vsn, .shnrs
Ceorg. Edwari Graham. IN. lssocia,ed
pr.ss corr.-nond.n, On The pr,oIivn
amended his testimony of Yesterday that |
he heard Cart Sig.hs.e also tell Conlmo- |
dor. SchIev "a Santiago on NAV %, the ciay |
the r.trograde movement was begun, that /
he 1Sipsbeel had two pilots aboard the /
~ paul and they said v.-.@els the sixa OF /
Ceryern'. shiu@ could not enter Santiago /
hsrhor Mr. Graham also cht,nsed his |
testimony with regard 90 overh,arins sny
cor ver,a,,on between Schley sui Uods-on
during tho ha,,le Yesterday ha hstly |
dsniad h.arinv any such Copy.rsation
To-Day ho ssi1 /, ..arned 10 him that no
,honId say in that r,laiinn ,ha, th.re was
a good deal 81 conversation going ON he
tween two or tbr,-, offic.rs forward and
be had r.nlied In tho n.sativ. beca,,se no
co,,H ,r, nicL on, from tha, ,he conver-
- lion hr,rr Schlev AID Uodoson
A,,e, Iie,,, u n Wali. Admir irsI Schlev'.
Els, S,c,c,arv had 6,isl.,d c,,r.~,ing
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