The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-17
TESTIMONY
 FOR SCHLEY
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 (Continued from Page 0ne.) time. the Colon going ahead of her and on the inside. The Viscaya finally, when well forward on the beam, put her helm hard starboard. It looked as if she was going to turn and go for us or cross our hath, then immediately shifted to hard aport, went clear around the circle and started ashore. After that we had a chase of some time with the Colon, when she made better speed than we did, but gradually we managed to overhaul her"
 What did the Brooklyn do immediately after the surrender of the Colon?'
 "She stopped about mile or mile and a half from the Colon and started at once two officers in to receive here surrender"
 After the surrender. where did the Brooklyn go?"
 When Captain Cook returned on board it was sent to the eastward at once by the Commodore to intercept a Spanish man-of-war that was reported first by the Resolute and then by the Vixen."
 The witness said the Oregon was about 800 yards from the Brooklyn and on the Brooklyn's starboard quarter.
 The witness said he had first seen the Colon lying in the harbor at Santiago on May 9, the day after arrival of the flying squadron. In reply to question from Captain Parker, Commander Mason said ::
 ''The muzzles of the three 5-inch guns were swelled, but we fired with them and kept on firing, notwithstanding this trouble"
 The court asked number of questions before discharging the witness.
 In reply to these, Commander Mason said that beyond sending men aloft and having Captain McCalla go ashore. no effort had been made by the flying squad ron to determine whether the Spaniards were in the harbor at Cienfuegos; that he knew of no American ships being be- tween the Brooklyn and the Spanish ships when the Brooklyn was turning to star board July 3nd: that when the Spanish fleet came out of the harbor the Brooklyn was near her regular blockading position. which was 5000 yards from the Morro: that on the voyage from Cienfuegos to Santiago the fleet had been delayed by smaller vessels, especially the Eagle. and but for these vessels better speed could have been made; that he had observed the bombardment of the battery from the top of the Brooklyn as she lay coaling several miles away and had noted that some of the shots from the American ships fell short while one at least of the shots by the Spaniards fell outside the American vessels; that he had concluded from this engagement that the guns in the Spanish shore batteries were of cali bre not exceeding six or eight inches.
 Commander Mason was then excused and the court took recess for luncheon.
 Lieut.. McCauley Testifies.
 The first witness at the afternoon ses- sion was Lieutenant Edward McCauley Jr., who as an ensign on the Brooklyn during the Cuban campaign served as Commodore Schley's signal officer.
 He said that on May 23d. the British steamer Adula had reported that the Spaniards had left Santiago. 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 18th; also to the slow speed of the smaller vessels.
 It was at 6 p. m. on that date that the engines and valves of the Merrimac be- came incapacitated. The log book of the Brooklyn, which the witness consulted, showed that both the Minneapolis and the Yale had reported short supplies of coal, the Minneapolis saying that she had just enough to take her to Key West
 The witness then read a list of the sig nals to and from the Brooklyn on July 3, the list being as follows:
 July 3, 1898, 8 a. m.-Flagship to feet Disregard motions of the Commander-in- Chief
 "9:1S a. m.-Brooklyn to Texas. What Is you theory about burning of block houses on the hill last nght?'
 "9:34 a, m.-Iowa to Brooklyn, Enemy is escaping
 1885 a. m.-Brooklyn to fleet: Enemy is escaping
 "s:S6 a. m.-Brooklyn to heet Clear for action
 "9:4S a. m.-Brooklyn to fleet: Close up.
 "1:3S a. m.-Brooklyn to the Oregon: Well done.
 '12:3O D. m.-oregon to Brooklyn: Flag of a strange vessel seen is Italian
 '12:35 p. m.-Brooklyn to Oregon: She was built in Italy,
 While chasing the Colon, the Oregon fired number of shots. We wig-wagged her when each one struck and a number of unimportant messages were ex- changed
 Give us these unimportant messages as we'll as you can recollect."
 When the Oregon came up on our quarter We wigwagged to her: God bless the Oregon Later on in the chase of the Colon we wigwagged to the Oregon to try her 13-inch guns, or something to that effect"
 He did not recall that the Oregon had made any response to the signals to that vessel.
 The Commodore's Bearing.
 Leading up to the battle of July 3, MT. Raynor asked:
 What was the conduct and bearing of Commodore Schley on the day of the battle?'
 |Perfectly cool and steady"
 ''Where was the Commodore? What was his position when you saw him?"
 "On the platform outside the coming tower"
 Did he make any encouraging re- couraging remarks on that day to the officers of the ship that you heard?'
 He said. Give them hell. bullies.'
 Did he say that more than once?'
 "Yes, sir; several times"
 "Can you give us any reason to show that he was not laboring under great mem tai excitement on that day?'
 When Ellis was killed. another officer and myself picked up his body and start ed to throw it overheard. The Comman- der saw us and said. Don't throw him overheard. Cover him up with some thing.'"
 Were you present when Ellis was killed?"
 ''Yes, sir.''
 How near was Ellis to the Commodore when he was killed and to you?'
 "He was standing about fifteen feet from the Commodore, I should think"
 Lieutenant McCauley said that not until kIaa DIrl,v d. ,l Al,,