The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-22

eaStWaru ana seven miles 10 the west ward of the mouth of the harbor. The point was sought to be made that to make this sail of sixteen miles would require greater speed than three knots an hour. Mnicn S,s the witness had testiiisd was made. ton. saying he had given his best im- pression. Some of the log entries he con- sidered worthless as evidence.
 sSs stand :as ar TRo SsS that the blockade of Admiral Schley SEulsed nearer at uisht than in, the day: Now. do you still maintain that you did tSs nos Savls. SrSise nearer at night than during
 "Csrtain, gave you my estimate." I just want to refresh your memory"
 If ,a don't mt ren.,s refrssh my p T msnorg 10 at s
 I did not say anything ebotat that. Certainly 1t Is possible for me to be wrong. I want to state that I afn here testimony, and fs not to have words " made ie in that way as though had made the
 MT. Raynor announced his cross exam examined by MT. Han1a assistant judge advocate. Mir. Hanna, asked whether it ia practicable in times of urgency to make log entries of signals. practicable for the person who usually made such entries of putting them down at that time. It was necessary to write them out later, ne said. trusting 70 mem mem ble for him to have had knowledEe of signals from the Texas. Captain Philip usually managed the ship personally.
 critical + maatsr asssd to % coal ships in the open open with . battleship on either side than with ship. on only .one side?"
 "Decidedly,p was the response. Captain Parker was asked:
 You did some coaling on the 27th and 18th of May?"
 Ion the @ night of the s7th and morning the Confer spring . leak because of a collision with the Texas"
 You could not call 1t spring q leak. The plates were indented, and a little water
 "so the sea at that time was bad enough to cause these vessels to coilide?"
 'ssThe inference, sir. Is quite wrong. That was due to q float which we put In be- 1t was just ahaft the armor belt. The float consisted of square timbers. That would have been worse in q worse sea, and 1t was bad enough in that sea. Ex- per.enee told # was necessary 10 use tnaf
 You did not have as much experience then in ,coaling as you have had since. did
 e;with that sort of sea. yes sir"
 What was the state of the sea when the Texas coaled on May 2Ith as com rs.fS wh weasr ss sssss @a s 51a sss believe more favorable.
 This concludes Captain Harber's testi- mony, and he was excused.
 and questioned and speciaiiy concerning his statement os yesterday that the fleet was only two or thrce miles out frorn Santiago harhor. He. modified his state- ton of the blockade the feet stood out farther, probably live miles by day and four miles by night. He confessed, how ever. that after three years his mem- in reply to a question by Captain Par ker, the witness said that with 500 tons of coal aboard the Massachusetts, could remained cn blockade duty for about te Ky Captain Parker
 Then after r days out yon3,s nRt hays assn s ssss s,,,E IA EsE s''y 'o''iF
 Did the fleet. after the @tt es Nay. ever go off a distance of z2 mites ,. 3sIs
 Then the story to that effect by whenever told, could not be trueT"
 T don't remember such an excursion, and if made the log book should show
 Have you any memory that the fleet ever withdrew after that day distance of more than six miles By the Court: ,
 ade was maintained at night would you have seen any vessel attempting to leave Santiago under ordinary conditions of Weather?
 Admiral Higginson: 'T think it would have been difficult on account of the high land and the shadows under the land" .... and the court at o'clock took recess for luncheon.
 Promptly upon the striking of the hour of 2 o'clock the court reconvened after
 The first witness called was Commander Seaton Schrieder. now governor Of the Island of Guam, who during the Spanish war was executive officer of the battle created a slight stir of interest,
 Commander Schroeder was questioned as to the details of the entire campaign. mifnicate with the shore while the "fy- ing squadron lay of Cienfuegos. He could give no details concerning the voy- age from Cienfuegos to Santiago having 0VSn on M the fir first arrival of Santiago the fleet had the witness said, been twenty miles to the south of the port. He did westward movement had been under taken after arriving at Santiago, nor did he know how far the fleet had travelled in that direction. He stated that on the
 
 sighted the Spanish ship Colon and that 1t lay I,2O0 or 1900 fet inside tho harbor.
 The witness stated in response to Ques- tions by Judge Advocate Lemley that the squadron maintaining this distance dur ing the day and keeping under way. counter marching eastward and west ward at night. At one point they were nearer shore than at another, the ships describing an elongated eclipse in their manoeuvers. The average dlstanco out, however was about the same at night as during the day.
 Referring to the bombardment of the Colon May S1. Commander Schroeder said he did not observe that there was any firing from the Spanish shore batteries.
 He testified that he was with Captain Hia9Inson whom he went to meet Com modore Schley as the latter came aboard fine Massachusetts and that the commo- dore had remarked to Captain Higginson upon boarding the ship:
 "T am going to take you and the Iowa in this morning to pot the Colon.",
 The bombardment had, he said, begun aho,,t o'clock and had continued for near about half an hour. He said that the instructions had been to put the range al 00 wards and told of seeing the first shot J'V fsII. He said 1t had been a fine line shot. but had fallen short, There, had haen two passages across tusf 5lot.s 4 M
 "Vvhat was the effect of tfiat sbolnbafd- rrent 9' asked Captain Lebn1ey. SHi> 'fai F
 EThere was no effect of it so far as I couId see'' the witness replied.
 Cantain Lemley asked for statement as to what had been left undone on that date for the destruction of the Colon.
 "Cne thing" Commander Schroeder re- rlleS "that might have been done and ] RHhjch was left undone was to have gone | to closer range. Furthermore, we might | have passed the mouth of the harbor ] more slowly SO as to have given time to l correct the IdIls IdIlsC.bInor to rya,,a,,A ,woI...w |