Arizona republican., 1901-10-26
HERDS TALE. Sch|ey Tells Story of Santiago
 ROAR OF BATTLE. | 4 Thing Once Heard Never to Be Forgotten HoDGSON C0LL0QUY t Never Occurred and Could
 Not Have Occurred
The Texas Was not Threatened by the Brooklyn-A Smooth Way of Discerning the Position of the New York at the Time the Span iards Were coming 0ut-The Ad- miral's Touching Tribute to the Dead Yeoman Ellis-The Story of the Fight Not Finished.

Washington. oct. 25.-In the Schley
 court of inquiry Schley continued the
 recital of the narrative regarding his
 conduct in the Spanish war. When the
 court adjourned yesterday he had cov-
 cred most of the points of the cam
 paign previous to the beginning of the
 Santiago blockade. The admiral, not
 withstanding the strain of yesterday.
 appeared fresh for the work before
 him. He was proceeding to testify to
 dispatch No. le. containing positive in
 formation that the Spanish fleet was
 at Santiago. not having been received
 by him until June 10th. when the judge
 advocate objected. After some spar
 ring by counsel the court ruled that
 il was eminently proper for the wit
 ness to make the statement of when
 the dispatch was received. Speaking
 of the blockade of Santiago, he said
 that he maintained a position five or
 six miles out, with the Marblehead
 considerably inside this line.
 Schley began his narrative of the
 battle of July , at a quarter after two
 o'clock, saying: The day broke fair
 with a pleasant land breeze. After I
 had eaten breakfast I came up to see
 what could be observed with the glass
 es. We were lying at the time possi- ply three miles or q little over out from the land. A quarter to nine an orderly reported to me that a signal
 had been made by the flagship to dis
 regard her movements: that she had gone eastward"
 Describing the coming out of the
 Spanish fleet. he said: "I was sitting
 on the deck on hatchway when heard call from the forward bridge to call to the commodore that the fleet was coming out. The ship was lying at mat time with her head toward the land. looked over the starboard and
 saw the enemy coming out of the en- trance of the harbor. I looked east ward to See the order of the ships, and saw the Texas apparently abaft our starbOard beam. To the left was the Iowa. the Oregon CSC of the Iowa. ana the Indiana eastward of the Ore eon. The New York was out of sight and out of signal distance with the sidsses. l looked for her, in order to determine what my position in the ac- tion was to be.
 UT course if the New York had not been out of distance. l would not have siNen the signal In the meantime 1 'au gone forward on the platform I ndu constructed around the battle Uo"er' where Captain Cook joined me. ,oiI'ihander Hodgson, who was on the upper bridge. called to Cook: Captain. yney are're coming right at us Well Sald' Go right for them and the n neHn was put aport. I told Cook to most the signal: Close up.
 The Brooklyn. as we'll as the other sl'ps charged in for the entrance of ie har0or We continued on the vu'se ten or twelve minutes. One ,I"usand yards is the limit of effec- uNe torpedo range and as we were ap- p'"d'hlnS that distance I mentioned son'ethlng of that sort to Cook, at the tune saying: Much will depend ol tHiS ship today Cook replied that would soon be in the cross-fire of the ships.
 saw the first shots fired, and the lai'Sh vessels sheered westward, ap- 's"iE changing their original plan rc gave an order to port the helm. TT, He mad not I should have done so ,, turn was absolutely continuous: na was no easing of the helm. I r.r Sa" the starboard of the Texas. ron 0ertain we never were nearer than | S"'ns We were so distant I never s,l any thought of danger of a colii- ,,ao lie said the closest range was l-l"o yards.
 ,,i-D 'lhS the turn" continued Ad- ssi5. arhiey "Hodgson very properly ,ys Look out for the Texas There | f,s, 'er any colloquy between us {: seco., 1ettuse he is too good al, officer;
 Tbs, wouldn't have allowed it..
 A, 'dent 'u' never occurred''
 ''''S point the admiral said that