The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18

were in hearing distance.
 Questions were asked by the court as follows:
 Did you see any of the Spanish ships while they were coming out of the harbor of Santiago on July 3?'
 Yes, when l first saw them two ves- sels were out and the third was Just con- ing in sight" How were these ships heading while coming out of the harbor with regard to the position of the Brooklyn on July After clearing the entrance, they head- ed to the westward. apparently dlrecSy for the Brooklyn from the position she was maintaining on the blockade.
 The next witness was James A. Hano' also an ensign who had served on ane Brooklyn as a naval cadet. He testlned that cn the day of the battle or July .. he had received from Commodore ocnley to the men and that one or them iron, ron Commodore Schley was received with three cheers for the Commodore
 Ensign Marble.
 Ensign Ralph N. Marble, who was a cadet on the Brooklyn, had charge of one of the ye7ncs guns on the the sroek enssst range was HOO yards.
 Later in the engagement, the range had been ?, 400 to 25OO yards which, while firing 2,S00 or 2.9O0 yards. He said that just bH- fore going ashore the Viscaya starboard- ed her helm, and headed fov the Brook lyn, then ported her helm. and went ashore.
 MT. Marble related Q conversation he had heard between Captain Sigsbee and Commodore Schley when the former came aboard the Brooklyn May 26 off Santiago.
 The Commodore had asked the Captain, the witness said, Have We got them 7? To this inquiry Captain Sigsbee replied {: No; they are not here. I have been here for about a week. They could not have been here unless I knew it."
 The court asked Ensign Marble: Did any Spanish ships show a disposition to lam the Brooklyn at the beginning of the engagement of July 3?
 The witness replied: "Yes, sir One of the ships did not turn as soon as the others, and headed to the westward.
 Ensign Marble was then excused and Medical Director Paul FitZsimmons. who was Chief Surgeon of the flying squadron was called.
 Dr. Fitzsimmons gave an account of the battle of July from his standpoint. He had observed the engagement from the gun deck of the Brooklyn. He said that when the first Spanish ships came out of the harbor at Santiago it ap- peared to stand still and he had been able to see the entire vessel.
 He then saw no more of the Spanish ships until the Brooklyn had completed her turn. when all the enemy's vessel: became visible. He had then looked bacf and had been able to see only one of the American ships
 Brooklyn Fought Them All.
 q remember that incident very dis tinctly," said pr. Fitzsimmons, "becaus it seemed to me that we were fighting all the Spanish ships alone"
 He had. he said. heard the range givel several times and the lowest was 50 yards while the highest figure he hcar' vas 3,5OO yards The Colon, he said, hlt followed the course of the shore in he westward flight and the witness though that before the Vizcaya gave up she ha' attempted to shield her sister ship. pr Fitzsimmons in reply to question iron MT. Raynor said that he had hot seer Commodore Schley during the engage ment, but that he had metehim abo@t B o'clock soon after it's close. Asked by MT Raynor what the Commodore's ap pearance was at that time: the witness complained of an irritation in his throa from the effects of the smoke. He ap peared to be exultant over the. victory He was so choked with smoke he coult hardly make himself heard
 On cross-examinatio ton MT Hanna asked Have you anything in your knowledE relating to any conversation with tho Commodore or anything else?"
 "I can only say this" was the reply "unless you ask me specific questions that do not know anything to the Com modore's discredit. l think that thu q Brooklyn kept the Colon from getting away"
 ''ves I made her out She kept hel positiop until about the end of the run Dr. Fitzsimmons in speaking Of tho voyage to Santiago. said that the weather was rough and that the Commodore hat thought of sending the Eagle away be cause he wanted to keep the squadron intact if he could and the Eagle kept th' fleet back through insufficient speed.
 The court then adjourned for the day.