Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-09-21

sponse TO commodore's signals turned
and steamed TO within 2 or miles of
the mouth of the harbor.
What happened to cause the deci.
sion to return to Key West?" the wit
ness was asked.
81 don't know, was the reply.
"What was the condition of the
weather at the time for coaling at scar"
cit was not impossible TO coal, I
think"
''Did you have any conference with
the commanding officer in regard to re-.
turning TO Santiago after you had got.
ten on the way to Key Westi"
''None. We acted under general or
ders; all we did was to follow the sig.
nails of the flagship, the signals of the
commander-in-c -chief."
Could See Well Into Harbor.
Speaking Of the conditions when San.
tiago harbor was again reached the ad.
miral said that he could see well into
the harbor and that he saw the Spanish
ship Colon lying in the outer harbor.
He did not remember of seeing other
vessels, but the Colon was then 1000
yards beyond Moro castle. The vessel
had lain there until she was fired upon,
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then retired.
Describing this engagement Admiral
Higginson said it was on the day before
the arrival of reinforcements under Ad-
miral Sampson. He said that Admiral
Schley had come aboard and said that
he wanted so go in and fire on the
Colon"
80 we went in and fred on her,
continued the witness.
He said the shots fell short of the
Colon and that the Spanish batteries had
IN turn fired at the bombarding ships
In reply to questions as to what had
been accomplished by the lombard
ment, the witness replied that it had
served to draw the fire of the Spanish
shore b. terry and to give an idea of
what 1t was composed of.
Admiral Sohley's Manner.
What idea did you ( t of it's compo.
sition?"
II did not think it amounted to any
thing.
Where was Admiral Schley during
the bOmbardment?'
CAT one time he was with me in the
coming tower, but most of the time he
was on the outside of it. was near
him most of the timep"
Describe the admiral's manner in
this engagement
81 hardly know how to answer that
question, except to say that his manner
was that Of commander-in chief"
The judge advocate then asked:
"What impression did the admiral's
manner i'll that engagement make upon
your"
Mr.. RaynOr of counsel for Schley OBJ.
Jected to this question, and after some
contention the question was withdrawn.
Judge Advocate Lemley stated be.
fore withdrawing the question that he
considered the point as embraced in the
precept and said that while the task
was dIsagreeable one, he considered it
his duty TO press 1t and intimated that
he would do so at another time.
why did not y0u go III and destroy
the Colon In the engagement on May
31!" Judge Advocate Lemley asked.
because we were not ordered to-"
replied the witness.
Later on the witness volunteered the
statement: II think the Colon could
have been destroyed where she lay at
anchor that day."
Admiral Higginson stated in reply to
questions from Captain Lemley that
there were no written orders and so far
as he could recall the only verbal orders
were to "Go in"
The judge advocate then offered Ad.
miral Higginson's report of Aug. 5,
saying the report had been made in line
of duty.
Judge Wilson, council for Admiral
Schley, said no objection would be
made, but that the council for the ap-
plicant did not desire the unobiection
of the acceptance of the report to oper.
ate as q precedent.
Captain Lemley announced that he
had no further questions to ask of Ad.
mlral Higginson and counsel for Admi.
raj Schley stated they had no questions
to put.