The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-18

ton now, but there is a stage of the case
where I will have to bring it up. I sub
mitted questions to my brother yester-
| day. They were not excepted to. 1 will
withdraw it now.
| SKIRMISH BETWEEN COUNSEL
Judge Advocate-We will have to enter
this on the record as another reconnnois-
sance.
Mr.. Rayner-It has been very success
| full reconnaissance in developing you
| Judge Advocate-So far as we can do it.
II the court please, we would like to have
this matter decided now and here.
Capt Parker-If we withdraw the ques.
ton there is nothing before the court
Judge Advocate am before the court
Capt Parker-But there is nothing be-
fore the court as to questions, whether
you are there or not
Judge Advocate-It Is part of these
very questions that Were submitted to me
yesterday and afterwards withdrawn, but
it was subsequently, brought in by the
witness in the shape of signals.
Mr.. Rayner at this point requested to
| withdraw for five minutes for consulta-
ton with Admiral Sehley, which the
court granted. While proceeding to the
consultation room. the judge advocate
started to address the court whereupon
speak while they were gone Mr. Ray
ner, after his conference with Admiral
Schley, announced to the court that they
would withdraw the question for the time
| being.
In reply to questions by the court, Mr.
Haligan said that when the Vizcaya turn
| ed toward the Brooklyn |'the Spanish
| ship bore on our starboard beam, a little
| forward, and was headed toward us, dis
| tant from 1000 to 1000 wards
When Mr. Halligan retired, he was sue
ceeded by Ensign q. s. Macy, who was
| naval cadet on the Brooklyn He said he
had heard no guns at Cienfuegos, but had
seen the signal lights ashore
| En- route to Santiago the fleet had, wit
ness said, been compelled to slow up be-
| cause the
SEA WAS TOO HEAVY
for the Vixen and the Eagle.
| At Santiago the fleet lay off the harbor
| in the daytime, about seven miles, |file
at night it steamed back and forth
| about four miles out Mr.. Rayner asked
| witness if he had had any conversation
| with Commodore Schley during the night
| before the engagement of May 81. He re-
| piled that he had.
Il was on the signal bridge of the
| Brooklyn. After dinner" he said, when
! the commodore came upon the bridge
and during the course of the conversation
| stated to me- Tomorrow we are going in
| with the ships not coaling, to lombard at
| long range to develop the exact location
| of batteries and TO form an estimate of
their strength He said he was not go
! ing in for regular bombardment as he
had instruction from the department not
to hazard the ships against the batteries.
| and that if he should disable one of his
ships during this bombardment his force
would then be rendered inferior to the
| Spanish forces inside the harber; that he
was going in merely for reconnaissance,
and not to destroy the batteries of the
Colon
Witness said that he had been on the
gun deck during the battle of July 3. The
Brooklyn pursued sinuous course. he
said, at the beginning of the engagement
and then swung to starboard with port
helm. His last range was l 200 yards and
! his greatest $500 yards
On discrimination Capt. IernIv
questioned witness especially about the
latter'S conversation with Commodore
SchIey on the night OF May 80. Mr. Macy
said that he did not know from whom the
Commodore had received his orders not
to endanger the ships by exposing them
to shore batteries and that he had never
seen the order himself. There were no
other officers present when the conversa-
ton occurred, but the signal officer and
one or two men were within hearing
Questions were asked by the court as
follows:
Did you see any of the Spanish ships
while they were coming out of the har-
Dor of Santiago on July 3?''
Yes When I first saw them two OF
the vessels were out and the third was
just coming in sight.
How were these ships heading While
coming out of the harbor with regard to
the position of the Brooklyn on July 81
after clearing the entrance they head
ed to the westward, apparently directly
for the Brooklyn from the position she
was maintaining on the blockade"
The next witness. was James A. Hand,
also an ensign who had served on the
Brooklyn as 81 naval cadet. He told of
the delay of the progress of the fleet
between Cienfuegos and Santiago saying
it was due to the Merrimac the Eagle and
| the Vixen. He also said the weather was
rough The sea had been so rough on
the 18th as to cause the parting of the
| hawsers of the Yale when taking the
Merrimac in tow previous 20 the retro
grade movement.
CHEERS FOR scHLEY.
Witness testified that on the day of
the battle of July 3, he was at the CEN
trail station, and received from Com
modore Schley and Capt. Cook encourag-
ing messages to the men and that one
| OF these from the comm odore was re-
| ceived with a three cheers for the COM
modore.''
Ensign Ralph N Marble. who was q
cadet on the Brooklyn during the war,
said that during the voyage to Santiago,
| the sea was rough for the smaller boats.
| On the day of the battle off Santiago he
| had had charge of some of the after five