Imperial press., 1901-10-12
THE SCHLEY COURT
Dangers of CoaIing at Sea That FamOu,
 Loop First Schley Witness, Etc

Sept. Commander Miller testi. fed that ln his opinion he could have colle1 off Santiago. ln cross exam InatiCn he stated that the battleshIpl always rolled badly. and be dislIkef to go alongside tO discharge coal from his collier.
 Fighting BO1" Evans testified that be could not have coaled on May 2. without danger No attempt was made. to his knowledge. c. com municate with the insurgents on shore during the last days Of May Concerning the bombardment Of the Colon. two twelye-inch guns Of the Iowa were injured by firing al the great elevation necessary in the at tempt 10 reach tAe Colon. His fur ther testimony indicated that on days succeeding the 2jth. 1t would have been safe 10 coal.
 Get. l-Rear-Admiral Evans again takes the stand for cross-exam!na- ton. He reluctantly admits that tho plan cf battle had been communI- cated to the captains of the different vessels by Schley. 4 considerable discrepancy in some particulars in the official reports furnished by Evans and Schley after the battle oi Santiago was developed.
 Thomas NJ. Dicuai ie. a newspaper correspondent. who was with the Texas during the Santiago campaign testified to observing the Brooklyn canning across the course Of the Texas. and aOout q .ourth of q mils distant At the request Of Capt Phiup he made no mention of this in- cident in the report written for hi: paper. with che iGea of making Il nice for everybody"
 Capt. Sigsbee testified that his com mana!ng officer. Capt Wise, had giyer him orders 10 proceed to the vicinity of Santiago and report 10 Commodore Schley that the Spanish squadron was probably in the harbOr of Santiagg He fell in with the Flying Squad ron on the 25th some twenty-five miles seatn Of Santiago and reported that he knew nothing positively about the Spanish fleet.
 Chief YCeman Becker who se' ve1 IS clerk to Admiral Sampson, was called 10 give evidence as to certain dispatches sent to Schlcy concerning certain landing lace near Cienfuegos
 Oct. 2.-Lieut James E. Doyle. who was an officer on board the Brooklyn was on the stand as witness for both the Navy Department and toE Admiral Schley His evidence was mainly explanatory of the log O. the Brooklyn. especially as 10 that ? r. a. q TOTS made in the original writing. In the matter of the famous loop Of the Brooklyn. his first impression was that the ship had turned with a star board helm entirely. A couple ot days later the | 2 was corrected to show that such was not the case. Ills testimony for Admiral Schley tended 10 show that the officers of the Brooklyn knew nothing about the code of signals arranged between Capt. McCalla and the insurgents.
 An important incident of the day was the decision by the court to not anow any questions which would tend to bring Admiral Sampson into the investigation To this end nc questions pertaining to the blockade after July 1. the date on which Ad- miral Sampson arrived of Santiago were allowed.
 Oct. 3,-Lieut, Doyle resumei his testimony of the day before. He was questioned at length concerning the attitude of Schley under fire. and stated that he seemed 10 be perfectly sel possessed.
 Capt w \. Dawson or the United StAtes Marine Cnrns Mhn wns sinnnI