The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-24
THE SCHLEY COURT.
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part or the lifting gear of the guns
carried away. The bores of the guns
were pitted and the muzzles of two of
the guns We're so swollen they had to
be removed from the ship"
Can you tell me anything about the
ammunition expended on the Brooklyn
on the day of the battle?"
I'VE used up sec 5-inch shells, 1854
S-inch shells, 1900 6-pounders and 400
1-pounders."
During the battle was there any
time within your observation that some
of the guns of the Brooklyn could not
have been trained on the enemy?"
mo, SIR"
Some of them were always in use?"
Some were always in use during the
complete turn
did you see Commodore Schley dur
ing the action?"
Several times and spoke to him"
What impression did his conduct,
manner and bearing convey to your"
He seemed to be cool, calm and col
lected and one who inspired conf
dence."
Lieut.. EberIe on the stand.
The next witness was Lieut. E. w.
Eberle, who was watch and division
officer on the Oregon. He described
the Oregons passing the Iowa, saying
| that vessel was at that time on the in
side. He said that when the Teresa
began to burn Capt. Clark had said;
'One is on fire: lookout for the next. +"
He said the Brooklyn had stopped
about a mile and half from the
| Colon to the westward, while the Ore
gon had stopped about a mile from
that ship to the eastward The New
| York, he said, came up about an hour
after the Colon's flag went down.
The witness said he had not seen
the Brooklyn until the Viscaya caught
fire. He saw none of the Spanish ships
leave their course except the flagship,
Teresa, which veered somewhat toward
the American ships.
| Lieut.. Eberle was cross-examined by
Mr.. Hanna. who asked:
DO you recall any signals from the
Brooklyn to the Oregon at about the
time the Viscaya went ashore?'
After the Viscaya went ashore the
Brooklyn signalled, well done, Ore
gon.' After that she sgnalled, One
of my compartments is full of water.
She made another signal, She seems
of Italian build and Capt. Clark told
the signal officer to make signal, She
may have been built in Italy, but she
will land on the coast of Cuba We
could not see the men of the Brooklyn,
and it was not therefore sent"
Lieut.. R. G. Johnston, who was sig
nal officer on the Oregon, gave a de-
tailed statement of the signals between
the Brooklyn and the Oregon during the
engagement of July 8. These have all
been given by previous witnesses.
During the course of his testimony
Mr.. Rayner asked:
do you recollect a signal from the
Brooklyn, Try one of your 13-inch
guns?"
The witness replied:
'I do not; did not receive it,"
How did the oregon respond to the
signal Follow fiag?" asked Capt.
Lemly on cross-examination.
"She followed the general direction
of the flagship, she followed the Span
ish fleet"
did she follow the Spanish fleet or
the BROOKLYN"
"She did not follow directly either
one of them. She steamed right in for
the way the Spanish fleet was head
ing"
The witness described the relative po-
sitions of the Brooklyn and the Ore
| gon during the chase of the Colon, say
| ing that he thought the two were about
equal distance from the last of the
Spanish ships, when she went ashore.
| ne also SdlQ tndC ne naQ seen no eIOrt
to ram on the part of any of the Span
ish ships.
Maj. Paul ST c. Murphy. who COM
manded the marines on the Brooklyn.
said he had seen Commodore Schley
| during the day of the battle of July 8.
and that his manner and conduct i'm
pressed 'me as it seems to have i'm
! pressed everyone on the Brooklyn-as
| that of a brave and resolute officer He
inspired the utmost confidence through
out the ship"
Maj Murphy was followed by Lieut..
Commander Charles H. Harlow, execu-
tive officer of the Vixen.
Commander Harlow said he had OBJ
served the Brooklyn frequently during
the battle, and that he had made notes
of the occurrences of the day.
Capt. Parker called the witness atten-
ton to the log of the Vixen covering
the day of the battle and asked If the
notes which appeared there were sign
ed by him, to which he replied that
they were. The witness said he had
read the notes and that, barring pos
sibly typographical errors, possible
omissions or misunderstanding which
might have come from dictation, they
are correct He said he saw the things
occur which are related there.
The court adjourned for the day,
while Commander Harlow was still on
the stand.