Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-10-25
HE DID NOT DODGE.
BROOKLyN OFFICERS TESTIFY
FAVOEAeLY TO sCiILEY
ON the Fighting side All the rime-Th-
brooklyn seemed 20 he Fighting the
Whoie spa ntsh Fieet Alone.

On the Fighting SIDE All me b"he-'"e
Brooklyn seemed 10 he Fighting the
Whoie spanish Fieet Alone.
Ulysses Macy, cadet aboard tho
Brooklyo during the Spanish war, testi-
fed last week Thursday tnatCommodore
Schley had told him the night before
the bombardment of the Colon that
he was going 10 on the morrow to
learn the strength of the batteries.
He was not going for "a regular hnn'-
bardmr mt, as he had Instructions from
the. department not to hazard ms
ships against the batteries. Eight
witnesses were examined all of whom
had served on the brooklyn under
Schley.
Lieut. Comdr Griffin said, in regard
to the Brooklyn going to Guantanamo
for coal, that Commodore Schley had
said that he preferred to remain on
the station until the Spanish ships
csme out of the harbor.
eEusign Marble related r converse
ton he he'd heard between Capt Sigs-
hee and Commodore Schley when the
latter came aboard the Brooklyn, May
2G, off Santiago The commo1or had
ASKED the captain, the witness said,
''bave we got them'' To this inquiry
Capt Sigsbee replied: No; they are
not here. | have been here for about
"A week. They could not have been
here unless l knew ii. y
The court asked: did any Span
ish ships show a disposition to ram
the Brooklyn at the beginning of the
engagement of July 3?
"Yee, sir. One of the ships did not
turn as soon as the Others tad headed
to the west ward. -
Medic,l Director Paul FitzsimnoTs.
who was chief surgeon of the
flying squaurop, observed the battle of
July 3, from the gun Geek of the
Brooklyn ard said it seemed to him
that the hrooklyn was fighting the
whole Spanish fleet y herself; asked
about any knoSledge he might have of
the case. II can only say this, y be
replied. "unlesS YOU ask me sreclnc
questions, that | Go not know any
thing to the commcdore's dlscredit. |
think that the Brooklyn Kept the
Colon from getting away.
The testimony taken Friday includ-
ed that Of Lieutenant Commander
Nicholson, who served GA the Ore.
goc, 1.-The bulldog of the navy, >
during the Spanish war. lie gave
very vivid ana interesting description
of the Santiago fight, in whlch.the Ore
gon played such a conspicuous part.
His recollection of the relative posi-
tons of the American and Spanlsh
ships at various stages of the battle
seemed to favrr the contention OF
Schley in that regard. Commander
Nicholson, however, said that during
the fight and the chase the Oregon
was closest in shore and nearest the
enemy of any of the ships OF the fleet.
A rumber Of young officers Who
served on the Brooklyn gave their tes-
timouy, all highly favorable to Ao-
miral Scbley. The evidence of Lieut.
Wells, Commodore Schley's flag secre-
tsry, covered in detail the sending and
receipt of certain important des'
patches, his testimony Strengthening
materially the sdmiral's case
Referring to the engagement of
May 81, Lieut. Wells said he bad gore
aboard the Massachusetts, With Com
mo1ore Schley He gave a brief de.
scription of that engagement Sew
eral shells passed over US and dropped
near ms, he SAID. The commodore
at that time made a number of joking
remarks about some of US lodging, |
do not think he dndged, lie seemed to
me at that time thoroughly self-poS-
sessed. without any perturbation that
Isaw al any time during that action.
The witness YVES questioned in re-
gard to despatch No 7, kLcwn as the
Dear Schley' letter ana stated that,
from notes upon the back of the copies
If the dispatches presented TO him for
Identification. two copies of it had
bean received. the first on the 23d and
the second Oh the oath Of May. With
reference to the MCCalls memoran
dunn. saying that good landing
place could be found on the coast of
Cuba. - miles to the westward Of
Cienfuegos, it was shown that it had
No :. a despatch from Admiral Samp-
son, saving that the Spanish squadron
probably was at Santiago, and direct
ing Admiral Slhley to proceed there
with all despstlh, if satisfied Span
iardS we're not at Clenfuegos, WIS
shown according to the receiving
stamp imprint, to have been received
at 5 rs p N. May %. and another copy |
on the 1OllOWlnB nay,
John } Hannum, chief engineer on
the Brooklyn, testified that her en-
gines were not at any time, during the !
battle of July 3, stopped or reversed. |
Lieut. J p j Ryan. assistant engineer. |
said that during the battle he Ssw
Commodore Schley 'sll the time,
that his manner and bearing were |
admirable, " and that Ibis position
YVES 90 a little bii6ge built around the
tower, and be WAS on the
fighting side of the chip all the time,
as far as | could see. -
WAS that an exposed position?'
"All the time An adjournment !
was taken until Monday.
Lieut. Wells was under cross exRmi-
nation yearly all day Monday. The de-
equipments were wholly favorable to
the admiral the severe questioning 1
only rengthening Lieut. Wells testi-
mouy. One interesting feature. ana
ne of Importance to Schley, was the
statement that when the Brooklyn
started after the Colon he was ordered
to have a quantity of rapid-tre am
brought up, it being expect
ed that the Brooklyn and the Colon
would come to close quarters.
1t was admitted that the Dear
Schley" letter was received on May %.
The recei ring date stamped on the
letter nuicated that it had been re-
ceived on the 23d, willis letter from
Com modore Schley in reply to it was
written on the pod.
Lieut. Wells said there was no ~