Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-10-26

Washington, Oct 26.---When thu
Schley court of inquiry adjourned FRI
day until Monday, Admiral Schley hal
not completed his testimony In chief.
He took the stand about half-past II
o'clock, after former witnesses hal
been recalled for the purpose of MAX
ing corrections IN and additions to
their testimony, and continued his
statement until the court adjourned
at 8 40 D. m This adjournment 90
minutes in advance of the usual time
was due to the fact that the admiral 3
throat had become somewhat sensf
tive as a result OF his continuous talk
ing Thursday and yesterday
The chief event of the day was the
admiralis relation of the events OF
July g. when the American fleet sent
Cervera's squadron to the bottom of
the sea or to the beach.
Admiral Schley also gave the de.
tails Of the reconnaissance Of May 81,
when the Spanish ship CristobaI
Colon was bombarded In this con
nectiun he denied the statement at
tribnted to him by Commander Potts,
of the battleship Massachusetts
The court was not In session today
Describing the naval battle OF San.
tiago. Admiral Schley said In part.
AT a quarter Of my orderly re-
ported to me that a signal had been
made from the flagship TO disregard
her movements and that she had gone
eastward. did not, OF course. know
where she bad gone
Spanish Fleet Came Out.
II heard call from the forward
bridge, Tell the commodore that the
feet Is coming out. That was some
time before the men had been called
to quarters, about 9:35 O'Clock The
ship at that moment was lying with
her head In toward the land, in tho
direction of Cabanas, which was a
little cove to the westward and one
OF the marking points we used in
maintaining our positions. | looked
over the starboard side and saw the
enemy coming out of the entrance of
the harbor | then looked eastward
to see the order of the ships and
saw the Texas apparently a point or
more abaft the starboard beam. Ny
own recollection now, as near as I
can state 1t. Is that the ships head
was near north-northwest The Texas
appedeed to me to be heading on
some one OF the seasterly courses. To
the left of her was the Iowa. She
was, OF course, to the eastward of the
Texas. The Oregon was to the east
ward of the Iowa The Indiana was
eastward OF that position and the
Gloucester was lying in under the
land thought In the neighborhood
OF Aguidores. The New York was out
OF sight and out OF signal distance
with glasses. | looked ait that In or
der to determine what my position
in the action was to be. If the ves-
sci had not been out OF sight | should
not have made signal The moment
l saw that | Went forward onto a lit
tie platform | had had constructed
upon the battle tower as my position
In the battle In order to be very close
to Captain Cook. | had only been
there moment or two when Captain
COOK Joined me. In the meantime Mr.
H0dgson, who was ON the upper
bridge, sang out something to the cap
tain about being connected up and
all ready and he at the same time
said to me. Commodore. they are
coming right at u.s. Well said, 90
right for them The helm was put
aport. The ship was started ahead,
first at perhaps half speed; | do not
recollect. She took her way very
quickly. and when we headed around
Z said to Captain Cook, Go ahead full
speed, and hoisted signal to clear
ehip for action. We generally made
that signal because there was around
the quarter deck and the forecastle
OF most of these ships a little tempo
rarv railing. composed usually of oars
and rope, to keep people from falling
overheard. Generally an awning OF
some sort wac nm rItbo< ,,.,.,