Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-19
ADMIRAL SCHLEY
COURT OF INQUIRY

The Following testimony given pei"iN
the schley court OF inquiry Friday was
received too late for publication In our
issue Of yesterday;
LIEUT. CARRIERS STORY.
Capt. Hannum was excused and Li-ut'
Thomas f. Carter. passed assistant en-
gineer. who was in charge OF the ma
chinery of the main engines OF the
Brooklyn during the Santiago cam
paign. was called. In reply to request
from Mr. Raynor he gave a statement
concerning the condition OF the engines
of the Brooklyn on the morning OF the
battle Of July 3, saying: THE after
main engines were disconnected nom
the forward ones, and steam was on In
three boilers
ENSIGN CRONAN.
Lieut.. Carter was then excused and
w. p. Cronan, an ensign, who served
as signal officer on the Brooklyn dur
ing the Cuban campaign, was celled
Mr.. Raynor asked him whether he re-
members message from the Scor-
pion TO the Brooklyn on May 10, as he
was going from Key West to Cienfue-
Cos. The witness replied
Eyes, sir. That morning ! was on
watch on the after bridge OF the Brook
Ign. We sighted three ships bound for
Key West, one OF which was convert
ed yacht. The Scorpion left the column
and went over toward the yacht and
communicated with her The Scorpion
came back and communicated a mega
phone message TO the Brooklyn. The
substance OF this message was that the
Nashville was returning to Key West
broken down: that the Cincinnati and
Vesuvlus were patrolling fucatan
channel and that Capt. McCalla report
ed that he had seen nothing OF the
Spaniards az Cienfuegos.
who received that message?' asked
Mr.. Raynor.
ITO the best Of my remembrance, the
commodore and flag lieutenant were on
the bridge; beside myself"
CARPENTER WARFORDs STORY,
When Mr.. Cronan was excused George
II. Warford who was carpenter on the
Brooklyn, was called. Describing the
battle of July 8, he said that early In
the action the order was passed by a
marine orderly, stand by to ram He
also said that later. and during the
chase, he had seen the Vizcaya turn
as II to ram the Brooklyn before the
former went ashore. He said he had
made a personal examination OF the
Brooklyn after the battle and had
found that she had been struck thirty
times. MIR Warford said that CommO-
dore Schey's conduct and bearing dur
fng the battle were that Of a fearless
officer. He said that during the engage
ment the turning-tank OF the Brooklyn
filled with water.
MACHlNIST HUNLEY OF TEXAS.
When Mr. Warfofd was excused j. l..
Hunley, who was chief machinlst on the
Texas during the battle OF July 3, was
called. He said that during the en-
gagement he had been on duty at the
throttle Of the port engine. He said. In
response to a question by Mr.. Raynor,
that he knew Alfred ClaYton, who had
previously testified mat on the day Of
the battle he was standing at the throt-
tie Of the port eng ne.
us that correct?' asked Mr.. Raynor.
quoting Claxton's testimony.
NO, sir"
The witness said the port engines
were slowed down.
LIEUT.. j. 7. j. RYAN.
Mr., Hunley was then excused and
Lieut. j. z. ]. Ryan, who was assistant
engineer on the Brooklyn, was intro
| dused.
Describing the battle of Santiago.
| the witness said IL passed ranges from
Yoeman Ellis into the forward turrei
until Ellis was killed. These ranges
! varied. The last range | made a mis-
| take in passing. | thought he said 200,
| when he said l.l00 yards"
Were you present when Ellis was
killed."
yes. sir. I was standing alongside
! Of him a she'll from what I thought
was the Colon. struck him in the face
and took his head on We attempted
at first 10 drop his body overheard, on
account Of the blood on the deck. but
the commodore said 70 carry him ait.
not 10 throw him overheard. and that
he should be buried on land"
did you see Commodore Schley
about that time"
What was his manner and bearing
as they impressed your"
Admirable. thought"
Was HIS position one Of danger"
The position was on a little bridge
built around the coming tower. and he
| was on the fighting side ~ the ship all
| the time. as far az could see"
Was that an exposed posiiion?"
IAN the time"
LIEUT.. h. W. WELLS. JR.
When Lieut.. Ryan has concluded
Lieut. H. W. Wells. Jr.. who was Com
modore Schley's flag lieutenant dur
ing the Cuban campaign. was called.
Lieut.. Wells gave q detailed account