New-York tribune., 1901-10-18

! Mr. Rayner requested permission to Withdraw Iof
five minutes for consultation with Admiral Schley.
/ which the court granted. While proceeding to the
! consultation room the judge advocate started 10
address the court, whereupon Mr.. Rayner INFORMED
him that he could speak while they were gone
AIr Rayner. after his conference with Admiral
] Schley announced to the court that they would
! withdraw the question for the time being.
Mr.. Haligan was followed by Ensign T. B Macy
! who was naval cadet on the Brooklyn He said
he had heard no guns at Cienfuegos, but had seen
/ the signal lights ashore.
BOMBARDMENT OF THE COLON.
| Mr. Rayner asked the witness If he had any con
/ versation with Commodore schley on the night be-
! fore the engagement of May 81. He replied that
! he had had such a conversation. I was on the
! signal bridge Of the Brooklyn" he SAID Atter
dinner the Commodore came on the brldge ana
! during the course OF the conversation said to
! me: Tomorrow we going in with the ships
! not coaIins to lombard at long range TO develop
! the exact location OF batteries and to form an
! estimate of their strength He said he was not
! going In for a regular bombardment, as ne hao
instructions from the department not to hazard the
ships against the batteries. and that If he should
! disable one of his ships in this bombardment his
force would then be rendered inferior to the span
ish forces inside the harbor; that he was going III
merely for reconnaissance and not to destroy the
/ batteries or the Colon"
On c~oes-exan1ination Captain Lemly questioned
tho witness especially about the latters conVersa-
! ton with Commodore Schley on the nlsht Oh May
80 Mr. Macy said that he did not know from "hoih
/ the Commodore had received his orders not to en-
danger the ships by exposing them TO shore oa''eI
les and that he had never seen the order hl1hselI
There were no other officers present when the con-
versation occurred. but the signal ofncer anu o"7
! or two men were within hearing.
Questions were asked by the court as folo"S'
..Dtd Won see any of the Spanish ships while they
were coming out of the harbor of Santiago on
! July 50"
Yes When I first saw them two Of the vessels
were out and the third was just coming IN sisht
! How were these ships heading while coming out
| OF the harbor with regard the position of the
Brooklyn July 81
! After clearing the entrance they headed TO the
westward. apparently directly for the BROOKLYN
from the position she maintaining on the
/ blockade"
The next witness was James A. Hand, also an
ensign who served on the Brooklyn as a naval
cadet He testified that in the battle Of July he
was at the central station, and received from COM
rnodore Schley and Captain Cook encouraging mes
sages to the men. and that one Of these from the
! Commodore was received with Three cheers for
/ the Commodore"
CAPTAIN sIGsBEE CONTRADICTED.
! Ensign Ralph n Marble who a cadet on tho
! Brooklyn. related conversation he had heard be
! tween Captain Sigsbee and Commodore Schley
! when the latter came aboard the Brooklyn on May
! 26 off Santiago The Commodore asked the cap
! tain the witness said, Have got them?" Cap
!
! have been here for about week They could not
! have been here unless knew it"
| On cross-examinauon the witness said he had
satisfied himself OF the date of conversation oy re-
| ferring TO the Brookyn's log He was not more
than seven or eight feet from the two officers at
! the time and he thought he had given their exact
/ words.
! The court asked the following questions:
Did any Spanish ships show q disposition TO
! ram the Brooklyn at the beginning of the engage
/ ment OF July 3?'
! Yes. sir. One Of the ships did not turn soon
as the others had headed TO the westward"
Did you see the Texas at any time while the
Brooklyn was turning to starboard?'
mo, sir: too much smoke
| How did the Vizcaya bear from the Brooklyn
| when she 0he Vizcaya) starboarded her helm and
/ then ported her helm, and what was the Vizcayas
! distance from the Brooklyn at that time?"
THE Vizcsya, when she first starboarded her
! helm bore about half "A point forward OF the star
/ board beam When she had turned and head
! ing for the shore she bore between one and two
! points abaft the beam. The distance at that time
was about three thousand yards. l remember"
/ Medical Director Paul Fitzsmmons. who was
! chief surgeon OF the Flying Squadron. called
| He gave account OF the battle Of July g. He had
| observed the engagement from the Eundeck Of the
Brooklyn. he said that when the FIRST OF the Span
| ish ships came out OF the harbor at Santiago It
/ appeared stand still, and he had been able
see the entire vessel. lie then saw more of the
! Spanish ships until the Brooklyn had completed
/ ner turn, Wnen all the enemy ; vessels became
visible. He had then looked back, and had been
/ able TO see only one of the American ships.
/ BROOKLYN SEEMED TO BE FIGHTING ALONE
Il remember that incident very distinctly" said
! DR.. Fitzsimmons, because it seemed to that
we were fighting all the Spanish ships alone"
He had heard the range given several times, and
the lowest was 500 yards. while the highest figure
. he heard $500 yards The Colon had followed
the course Of the shore in her westward flight, and
the witness thought that before the Vizcaya gave
. UP she had attempted to shield her sister ship
| Dr. Fitzsimmons, In reply to a question from Mr..
| Rayner. said that he had not Commodore
Schey during the engagement. but that he had met
him about l30 o'clock. after It's close Asked
! what the Commodore's appearance was at that
time. the witness replied; He hardly able TO
talk, and complained of irritation in his throat
| from the effects Of the smoke He appeared to be
exutant over the victory. He choked with
| smoke he could hardly make himself understood, q"
| On cross-examinatIon Mr.. Hanna asked: Have
| you anything in your knowledge relating TO any
conversation with the Commodore or anything
| else?'
IT only say this. the reply, unless you
| ask me specific questions. that do not know any
thing to the Commodore's discredit I think that
the Brooklyn kept the Colon from getting away
WAS the Oregon there?"
YES: I made her She kept her position
until about the end of the run
DR.. Fitzsimmons. in speaking OF the voyage to
! Santiago, said that the weather was rough and
| that the Commodore had thought OF sending the
Eagle away, but had hesitated. This statement
caused the court ask the witness II he knew the
cause of the hesitation. and he replied that he
| had heard the Commodore talking about it, He
! seemed 10 think the Eagles speed was lacking He
said he wanted 20 keep the squadron intact If he
| could. but the Eagle kept the feet back
DR.. Fitzsmmons excused. and the court ad-
| journed for the day.