The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-26

w Schley court of inaU ry I'D
journed today Admiral Schley
had not completed his testimony. He
took the stand about II 80 O'Clock, af-
ter former witnesses had Been recalled
for the purpose Of making corrections
in and additions to their testimony,
and continued his statement until the
court adjourned at $40 =. m. This adj
1ournmcnt twenty minutes in advance
of the usual time was due to the fact
that the admiraTs throat had become
somewhat sensitive as a result of his
continuous talking yesterday and to-
day He had made complaint to the
court of the condition o. has throat
Immediately after concluding his re-
cital Of the story of the battle off
Santiago. and Admiral Dewey. who
evidently himself had noticed the diff
nculty. responded by showing a will
ingness to adjourn the court.
Mr. RaynOr, however. expressed a
desire to proceed, saying that he bad
number of questions which ne
wished to ask, and Admiral Scbley
himself assented to his counsers sug-
Eestton. quarter of an hour later
Admiral Dewey himself renewed the
suggestion for an adjournment. and
All concerned agreeing to the prono-
sition. the court adjourned until Mon
day at II O'Clock.
The day was a notable one in the
court. BY large odds the largest crowd
that has yet attended any of the ses-
sions was present, and deep interest
was manifested throughout the uro-
ceedings. Long before the beginning of
the morning session, all the seats re-
served for visitors in the court room
were occupied. and the greater portion
Of the space in the rear of these seats
was covered by men and women
standing.
stood on window Stills and Tables.
They not only stood on the floor. but
upon window sills and tables. and even
the rude elevator machinery in that
portion of the nall was covered by
men, On only one occa sion was there
any effort at applause. and this was
suppressed before il had reached any
magnitude.
The chief event OF the day was the
admirRls relation Of the events of
July ;. whom the American fleet sent
Cervera's squadron to the bottom of
the sea or to the beach. He told his
story of this historical occurrence in
plain words and in unaffected st--lc
but the narrative was straightforward
and 20 the point. indicating close "a
miliarity with all me phases of that
event.
He said that the Brooklyn had for
time sustained the ire of all four
Spanish ships. and also the fire of
me Spanish land batteries Explain
ing the historical turn of his own flag
ship the Brooklyn. he said that she
had not approached to within less
1han 500 y3trds Of the Texas and that
he never hSd considered his vessel i'm
the least danger.
He also stated. in response to an
Interrogation from Mr.. Raynor. that
he had never, during the battle. en-
gagged IN any colloquy with Liet ten
ant HoGgSOu. and that ne had not
used the expression attributed to him
by Hodgson- This refers to the alleged
coilcoTy in which the admiral is
charged with having said: Damn the
Texas
As Admiral Schley left tire court
room he was given an ovation a
large number Of persons had halted
outside the court room and many in
sisted on shaking hands with him. The
assem- hlage escorted him up the Hill
from the gunners' workshop, in which
the court sits. to the outer gates of
the navy yard
sehley's Story of Great Battle.
Admiral Schley began his descrip-
ton of the battle OF July 3 at $3.50
o'clock.
"On the morning of July g." said ne.
the day broke beautifully. The skies
were fieeced with white clouds. and
the breeze continued "A little bit longer
OF the land that morning than usual.
.After I had eaten breakfast / came
To take a survey of the situat ton
with glasses. We were lying al that
time possibly three miles or a little bit
over from the land. and / wondered
very much why they had permitted us
TO remain so close. L was matter Of
constant inquiry and discussion on
board, and especially why the bat
te-ies did not fire on US.
AT quarter OF 2 my orderly re-
ported 10 me that signal had been
rn~H~
her movements. and that she had gone
eastward ] did not. OF course know
where she bad gone. I sat under an
awning tina we had put IL position
each day as the sun rose in er that
the officers might collect th I think
we also had one forward the men.
Il came on deck with my glasses
ter having gone below for a little
while. and while I was sitting abaft
on a hatchway I heard a call from
the forward bridge. FELL the commo-
dore that the fleet &c cnr1i~C out
That was some time after the
d been called to quarters. about 9.3E
oCk. The ship at that moment was
lying with her head in toward the
land. i'm the direction of Cabanas.
which was little cove TO the ves,-
ward. and one 81 The man king POINTS
NE used in maintaining o. positions.
Saw Spaniards Coming Out.
-
and saw the enemy coming out of the
entrance OF the harbor. 1 then looked
eastward to see the order of the ships
and I saw tho Texas apparently a
point or more abaft the starboaTd
beam. Ny own recollection now as I
can state IL. il that the shiD's head
was near north-nOrthwest. The Texas
aDDeared 10 me TO be heading on some
OF the easfeTly courses 20 the left OF
her was the Iowa. She was of course
10 the cas- ward OF the Texas The
Oregon was to the eastward Of the
Iowa. The Indiana was eastward of
that position end the Gloucester was
lying IN u-ider the land. I thought in
the neighbOrhood OF Aguadadores. The
New York was OUt of sight and on.
OF signal distance with glasses
II looked al that in order to de-
fermine what NY position in the ac-
tiou was to be. Nf the vessel had not
been out Of sightN should never have