The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-03

N
 If you read the notes over before you
 took them to the Commodore and saw
 any inaccuracies or things that ought to
 have been changed, you probably would
 have changed them would you notr
 T am afraid I did not read them over
 as carefully as should have done. That
 is an error undoubtedly about the Brook
 lyn being on the starboard bow. It was
 Tt is stated there officially"
 Yes, it is stated officially and signed by Lieutenant Harlow. think 1t is an
 error, and the mention of the Massa-
 tanamo."
 l Sharp Does Not Remember. Mir. Raynor: "Do you remember that when you handed to Commodore Schley
 the typewritten transcript of the Harlow
 notes from which the pamphlet was schley, these are the. true notes of the fight which will standr"
 MT. Raynor-I want to SC if you reco1-
 lect this incident. Do. you remember onf of July you were called alongside the Brooklyn and by megaphone message ! from Lieutenant Sears. speaking for New York and sy, report T to Admiral samp- | son that Commodore Schley had observed suspicious movements of smoke in the harbor indicating vessels were moving | toward the entrance and that Commodore | Schley thought the enemy was preparing | to come out: that you did go to the New l York and report to Admiral Sampson as directed and that by Admiral Sampson you were ordered to go to each vessel on | the blockade and repeat Commodore | Schley's message with an additional or- | der from Admiral Sampson directing the out out, that you performed this duty ana so reported later in the same day that | you had done as directed" "I have no remembrance ot the occur. I oar-rxr h II
 ''Is it possible that this could have oe- cured? The Vixen was constantly on er- | rands of this sort?" Constantly
 And owing to the many services and missions of that sort she penformed, Is 1t probable you might have forgotten thisf'' Tt is always probable. Possible also" 'You are not in a position to say today that did not take placer
 ."I am not in position to say that it did not take place"
 In response to questions Commander Sharp said that according to Lieutenant Harlow's notes as recorded in the Vix- ems log. the flagship New York had come up up about ab an hour and fifteen minutes T, af- ord read that the New York had arrived three to Ave minutes after the arrival of the Vixen which had been at 2:25. Examined by the Court. The court here asked a number of questions which with the response were as follows:
 Were the positions of the Brooklyn and the Oregon relative to the Vixen during the battle of July taken from Lieuten- ant Harlow's notes or from your per- sonal observations?
 From my recollection of the fight that day"
 3 could you see If the shots from the squadron struck near the enemy"
 II could not, because the entrance to the hsrbor was not open to me when the shots from the vessels ahead were falling.
 By the court-What conversation, If any, had you with Commodore Schley re- lating to the obiect of bombardment on May Ma sl: while you were taking him to
 The only conversation I remember was that relative to what should become of the Vixen after the Commodore had left. l had no other recollection about that"
 By the court-How near were the Span- ish vessels to the Brooklyn at the time you saw her turn to go south, July 3?
 .I could not give correct estimate. made by the Brooklyn from the com mencement to the end of the battle of July 3?
 ''The Brooklyn had hcisted a signal, the notes. There may have been others but I do not find any hsre."
 By the court-At the time the Brooklyn commenced to make the turn you have referred to, how near to her was the nearest vessel of the enemyf
 Il could not state with any definite ness"
 Ky the court-state the orders under which you acted when on blockade off
 My impression Is that received my go inside the line of vessels and to the seaward of Santiago about two miles. That, is for the 10th. sOth and alst of May"
 Captain sigsbee Recalled.
 Captain Sigsbee was then recalled to correct the official copy of his testimony of yesterday. but before he proceeded MT. Raynor asked him Syhether 'in view of the state of the weather and the sea on May 26, ships could have coalcd with safety to themselves"
 Possibly yes. On the evening of the 18th but aa risk of danger to the ships I cannot say that it would nave been mpossible'
 Captain igSsbee also mad can addition to his statement of yesterday concerning to Admiral Sampson or any one else to the effect that Commodore cShley was blockading Santiago Harbor twenty-five | miles out to sea. He said :'I did not and never have stated that Admiral Schiey l was blockading twenty-five miles out at sea-
 You have stated there were two meet | ings of Santiago while you were block ading there, have you notr'
 "I stated that to the best of my recol- lection there were. I am not toe firm In that belief I am positive there was one meeting on either the Yale or the Har- yard. One. I think. we held aboard the Harvard. If another was held at all, 1t was aboard the Yale"
 What was the object of those meet ings of commanding officers off Santi- ago."
 "They were informal meetings to talk over the situation"
 'Were any crdcrs of the Navy Depart m ent read or discussed at these meet
 ''i can not now recollect distinctly. presume they were"
 Captain sigsbee said the dispatch was correct. He was then excused.
 When Captain Sigsby left the witness stand he was succeeded by Lieutenant James J. Doyle, who was watch officer m hoard Commodore Schley's flagship the Brooklyn, during the Spanish war He Is the first of the Brooklyn's officers to be called to the stand since the in- quiry began
 Schley's First Witness. In response to questions by Captain I,emley, Lieutenant Doyle said that dur ing the battle of Santiago he had had charge of the two waist turrets. He had. l he said written the log giving the ac- count of the battle as there recorded, but | afterwards an addenda had been made by the navigator. When the Brooklyn steamed westward. | | tbe witness was first in the port turret | and then in the starboard turret. | Did you have any opportunity of ob- | | .-.,,,,,o v,bich way the vessel tuFnedP 1