The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-18

washington, n. c.. Oct. 1s.-The list Of
yesterdays witnesses called before the
schley court of inquiry AZ the beginning
of today's session for the purpose OF cor
recting testimony was exceptionally long.
comprising eight persons. There were.
however. not many new questions asked
OF any OF them, and as the testimony was
comparatively brief in each case, the time
consumed In hearing them was not great.
The list OF witnesses called for today
included Lieutenant Commander Reglnald
r. Nicholson, who was navigator OF the
Oregon during the campaign OF 1898: Or.
Charles NJ. Devalin, passed assistant sur
geon, Captain j. l.. Hannum, retired, who
was chief engineer on the Brooklyn dur
ing the war with Spain. Lieutenant Il. r..
Carter: Ensign w. r. Cronin; Carpenter
!. III. Warford. all Of whom were on the
Brooklyn; Mr. Hunley. who was chief ma =
chinst on the Texas. and Lieutenant y.
w. Wells, Jr.. who was Admiral Schley's
flag lieutenant
II is expected that Captain Clark OF the
Oregon. viii be among the witnesses TO
be heard early next week.
While Ensign Marble was on the stand
for the purpose OF correcting his former
testimony he was further interrogated by
Judge Advocate Lemly concerning the
conversation between Captain Sigsbee of
the st Paul and Commodore Schley over
heard by him Cthe witness) when Captain
Sigsbee came aboard the Brooklyn off
Santiago Ma n
Captain Lcmly asked: May not Cap
tain Sigsbee have said. 4 have been here
about week and have not seen anything
Of the. or words TO that effect, meaning
the Spanish fieet?'
no. sir: as / remember it. he said:
They could not he here unless | knew IT,"
ITO whom were these remarks address,
Cd solely7 Were they addressed TO you
st allg''
NO. sir"
Under the circumstances may YOU not
haze failed to hear all that Captain sigs-
bee raid?"
after hearing the conversation which
-haIe- given Captain Sigsbee and the
commodore walked aft. SO | could not
hear what was said and | went below"
WITNESSED THE ENGAGEMENT.
Liehptenant Commander Nicholson OF
the oregon was then called aud began
his recital OF the story of the battle of
J4fif q. which he had observed as nayi-
gator Of the Oregon lie was. he said
ON the deck Of his vessel and added:
Occupying the position I did during
the day OF the engagement I necessarily
saw considerable OF IT, The incidents of
tnat daN commenced about s.3n.Or min
utes before. when the first csu 10 quar-
ters had boeu sounded. Then the Span
ish ships were Seen coming out OF the
harbor. were seen in fact by practically
the whole crew az the same time When
the first ship started TO go around the
cry went up There they go,' I looked to-
ward the harb0r. and the first ship.
Her bow WAS making a turn into the last
reach OF the harbor on her way out She
WAS followed in succession by the others
went 10 my station. first on the bridge
then down 90 The coming tower and saw
that the proper connec tons were made
ln the meantime the signal had been
sounded 10 general quarters and by this
time steam was coming up. all the boil
ers and blowers We're going full tilt. aud
few minutes afterward Captain Clark
came up.
we turned the ship going slowly at
first the speed increasing all the time
Turned the ship with the rtarboard helm
aud started ia toward The enemy They
came oct AZ full speed apparently much
faster then We were ~ this time By the
time We were straighteued out we'll 10
westward they were all ahead of as The
lows started In she being 90 the west
ward OF us. apparently got iu closer 10 the
enemy than We did because We passed
under her stern. A few minutes that on
our course 10 the westward We passed
under the stern of the Texas at appar-
entity siill On the water j called Captain
Ciark'S attention 20 this pf course. fr-
Ing commenced ON both sides nt the time
the hfst ship cleared the mouth of the
hsrbor.