The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-17
MORE WITNESSES FOR SCHLEY
OFFICERS OF HIS FLA GSHIP TES-
THY STRONGLY FOR HIM.

Lieutenant McCauley Gives tho RECORD
ofthe Signals Between tho Brooklyn
and the Rest of tho Fleet Showing
schley Was In Full Command on the
Day of the BattIe-sch1ey Perfectly
Cool and Courageous Under Fire-His
Enthusiasm During the Fight.
washington, Oct. 16.--The officers of
Admiral Schleys flagship, the Brook
lyn, occupied the attention Of the Schley
court of inquiry for the entire day. The
proceedings began with the recall or
Captain Cook and Lieutenant Com
mander Sears, both of whom made ma
terial additions to their former testl-
mony, and they were followed in sue
cession by Commander N. e. Mason,
who was the executive officer OF the
Brooklyn; Lieutenant Edward McCau-
ley, jr., who was signal officer, and
Lieutenant Charles Webster, who had
charge of the forward gun deck bat
terry of the Brooklyn during the battle
off Santiago and was a watch officer on
board that ship.
Captain Cooks new testimony related
to the uncoupling Of the Brooklyn's en-
gines and to the voyage of the hylng
squadron from Cienfuegos to Santiago
explaining In some detail the cause OF
the slow progress made on that occa-
sion. Commander Sears spoke again or
the conversation reported as having
taken place between himself and Off
GERS of the Massachusetts in the ward
room of that vessel on May 81, in which
he was alleged to have said that 1T had
been difficult to get Commodore Schley
up to the point of undertaking the
bombardment of the Colon, and he
again denied that he had said anything
rejecting upon his superior officer.
Commander Mason and Lieutenants
McCauley and Webster all gave ac-
counts of the engagement of July 3.
Mr.. McCauley recited in detail the sig
nails made in connection with that his
torical event at the instance of Com
modore Schley. When asked If Com
modore Schley said anything during
the battle for the encouragement of the
men this witness replied that he several
times said "Give 'em hell, bulies,"
All these witnesses testified that the
conduct Of the commodore when under
fire was cool and courageous.
Important Testimony I'm Detail.
The first witness at the afternoon
session was Lieutenant Edward Nc
Cauley. jr., who was an ensign on the
Brooklyn during the Cuban campaign
and served as Commodore Schey's Sig
nal officer. He had diary in which he
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events during the war, and frequently
consulted it to refresh his memory. He
said that on May 29 the British steam
er Adula had reported that the Span
iards had left Santiago. He also spoke
of the weather on the cruise from Glen
fuegos to Santiago, saying that 1T was
bad and that both the Eagle and the
Vixen "made bad weather on that
trip He gave a number of signals
made from and to the Brooklyn on the
VOYAGE. most of them relating to the
condition of the collier Merrimac, which
was somewhat disabled on May 26; also
tn the slow speed of the smaller vessels.
1t was at p. m. on that date that the
engines and valves of the Merrimac be-
came incapacitated.
The signal book of the Brooklyn,
which the witness consulted, showed
that both the Minneap polls and the Yale
had reported short supplies of coal, the
Mjnnea polls saying that she had just
enough to take her to Key West.
The witness then read a list Of the
signals to and from the Brooklyn on
July 8. the list being as follows:
"July 8, 1898, 9 a. m.-Flagship to
fleet 'Disregard motions Of command
erin chief
"9.15 a. m.-Brooklyn to Texas, What
Is YOUR theory about burning OF block
houses on the hill last night?
..Q.34 a. m,-Iowa to Brooklyn, Enc
my is escaping.
"s:35 a. m.-Brooklyn to fleet, Enemy
is escaping
1895 a. m.-Brooklyn to fleet, Clear
for action
"e.45 n.-Brooklyn to fleet, Close
up
"11 AZ a, m.-Brooklyn to the Oregon,
well done
1880 D. rn-Oregon to the Brooklyn,
.rlae of a strange vessel seen is Ital-
fam
"12:35 o. m--Brooklyn to the oregon,
sshe was built in italy.
'Whlle CHASING lIe Coioii tiiS - oeoN'-
fred a number of shots. We W'gwag-
ged her where each one struck and
number of unimportant messages were
exchanged
"Give us these unimportant messages
&c well as you can recollect.
when the Oregon came up on our
quarter we wigwagged to her God
hless the Oregon Later on during the
chase of the Colon we wigWagged to
the Oregon to try her 13-inch guns or
something to that effect
'Was that the signal that mas oeen
snoken OF as TRY one of your railroad
trains?
II have heard it spoken of outside the
court hut do not remember
"Have you given all the signals on
fine day Of the battle?"
mo, sir. (reading). 1:15 p. m. This Is
nor a signal. Just note Of when the
colon surrendered: Colon fired her lee
oun and hauled down her flag
:25 D. m. Brooklyn to Oregon Enc
MY has surrendered.
81 .26 D. m. Brooklyn to oregon:
Cease firing
1925 D. M Brooklyn to oregon;
keep your guns loaded and trained on
the enemy
.,,.oo n M Brooklyn to Oregon: