Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-17
THOSE SIGNALS
Which Were Displayed During
 the Battle of Santiago.
LIEUT.. m,cAULEY's DIARY.

Was Much in Evidence During His
 Testimony-He Consulted It Ere
 quently and Gave the Full Code of
 Signals Used During the Famous
 Battle-Commande Griffin. Who
 Was Watch Officer on the Brooklyn,
 Was the First Witness To-Day.
 Washington, Oct 1.-The first new witness called before the Schley court of inquiry to-day was Lieutenant Commander T. D. Griffin, who, as lieu tenant, was the senior watch officer on the Brooklyn during the war with Spain. After hm came a number of the junior officers who served on the Brooklyn during that campaign. As usual, before any of the new witnesses were summoned, number of former witnesses were called for the purpose of correcting their former testimony.
 It had been the intention of AdDi- ral Schley's counsel to propound yes terday a number of questions to the court which it was proposed to put to the witnesses for the purpose of de- termining to what extent Admiral SampsOn's connection with the present inquiry could be gone into, and it was not decided until the beginning of the afternoon session to withhold the questions. This decision was then reached largely because it was believ- ed that the information intended to be elicited by the questions could be secured in a more direct and certain way by Lieutenant McCauley's tes- timony regarding signals on July $.
 The questions which had been for mulated for presentation previous to NIT McCauley's taking the stand re- lated principally to the movements or Admiral SampsOn's flagship, the New York. on July 3. the day of the battie of Santiago, and especially to the sis nals of that day directing the meet lo disregard the fiagship's movements; u is still the intention to present otner questions involving Admiral Saiilp- sons relation to the inquiry before tiie close of the case. It seems pfopaoie that their presentation will be deter ra5 untiI time shortly before the be- ginning of Admiral Schieys tesui- mOnv. r5
 C,ommander Griffin testified regard ,ne inc conduct of Admiral Schley dur inc fhe battle. that he lnip-esseh nm ne heinz remarkably cool and pefi'c'- 1v natural in manner and bearing
 Fnsi0n c. A. Abele. who was the 1unior watch on board the Brookiyh' was the next to testify
 Tho first witness at yesterday after- moons session was Lieutenant Edwaru NcCauIey. IT. He had diary III which he had made notes of the pro gress of events during the war ana frenueptIy consulted it to refresh his memory. He said that on May 23 the British steamer Adula had reported hat the Spaniards had left Santiago. He also smoke of the weather on the cruise from Cienfuegos to SantlaSo' saving that it was bad and that both inc Eagle and the Vixen made bad weather on that trip. He gave num- her of signals made to and from the Brooklyn on the voyage. most or them relating to the condition of the col Her Merrimac which was somewhat disabled on May 26; also to the slow speed of the smaller vessels. It was at 6 D. m. on that date that the engines and valves of the Merrimac became incapacitated.
 The signal book of the Brooklyn, which witness consulted, showed that both the Minneapolis and Yale had re ported short supplies of coal, the Min neapolis saying that she had just enough to take her to Key West.
 The witness then read a list of the signals to and from the Brooklyn on July 3. the list being as follows:
 July 3. 1898. 9 a. m.-Flagship to fleet: Disregard motions of com mandor-iD-chiof
 9:15 a. m.-Brooklyn to Texas: What is your theory about burning of block. houses on the hill last night.
 9.34 a. m.-Iowa to Brooklyn: Enemy is escaping.
 9:35 a. m.-Brooklyn to fleet: Enemy is escaping.
 for action.
 9:45 a. m.-Brooklyn to fleet: Close up.
 11:35 a. m.-Brooklyn to the Oregon; Well done.
 12:30 D. m.-Oregon to Brooklyn Flag of a strange vessel seen is Ital ian
 12:35 D. m.-Brooklyn to Oregon: she was built in Italy.
 While chasing the Colon," said the witness, ss the Oregon fired a number of shots. We wig -wagged her when each one struch and a number of un- important messages were exchanged T
 'Give us these unimportnant mes sages as we'll as you can recollect.''
 ssWhen the Oregon came up on ouI quarter we wig-wagged God bless the Oregon Later on during the chase of the Colon we wig-wagged the Ore gon to try her thirteen inch guns or something to that effect"
 ssWas that the signal that has been spoken of as "Try one of your railroad trains 2 "
 T have heard it spoken of outside the court but I do not remember"
 Witness then continued reading sig nals as follows:
 1s25 p. m.-Brooklyn to Oregon: En- emy has surrendered.
 7:26 D. m--Brooklyn to Oregon Cease firing
 1:26 D. m-Brooklyn to Oregon: KeeI your guns loaded and trained on the enemy.
 l 30 D. m.-BrookIyn to Oregon: Con 1ratulations on the grand victory Thanks for splendid assistance.
 1:35 D. m--Oregon to Brooklyn Thank you more than words can ex
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