The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-29

of the Marblehead, concluded his testt- mony begun yesterday and the court heard the testimony of Lieutenant Com mander W. H. H. Southerland, who com manded the Eagle during the Spanish var and also that of Lieutenant Cassius B. Barnes. The latter is 8 cipher expert in the Navy Department and his evi- dence was devoted to showing that the dispatch from Commodore Schley to the Navy Department of May 2S, 1888. saying that he could not. much to his regret obey the orders of the department, as printed in the official report, was a correct translation of the message as forwarded From the Harvard at Kingston.
 Commander Southerland explained the condition of the Eagle during the cam paign and told of the part that vessel played. He said the slow progress made in the cruise to Santiago was due to the of water. He also told of signalling the Scorpion to inform Commodore Schley that the Spanish squadron was not in the harbor at Cienfuegos. Captain MIG: Calla said he had suggested to Schley after the battle of Santiago that there was glory enough in the victory for all.
 MT. Stayton did not press his request to be allowed to appear as counsel for Admiral Sampson as he had announced he would do. He wrote second letter to the court renewing his application and recounting the times that Admiral Samp- sons name had been brought into the case, but he left the city later in the day, requesting the court to hold up the matter for the present.
 Today's session of the court of inquiry began as usual at Il o'clock, with the re- call of yesterdays witnesses for the pur- pose of correcting mistakes in their tes- asked them when necessary to make clear any point which had not hitherto been sufficiently elucidated by them
 Captain McCalla of the. Marblehead, during the Spanish war, then continued his testimony, which began yesterday The attendance of the spectators at the opening of the session was In excess or the average and particularly large mum. Der of people had arrived before the usual time with a view of securing the best available seats, evidently under the tm- pression that the proceedings are growing manifestly increasing in the proceedings and not diminishing as had been expected lt would.
 public were any longer left vacant and many persons sad through the sessions. The counsel for Admiral Schley have reached an agreement with the counsel for the Navy Department as to the parts of the logs of the various vessels engaged in the Santiafgo campaign. which are to be put in as evidence and printed in the record of the courts proceedings.
 It was found impracticable to print the entire logs, not only because to do so would have been confusing, but because of the delay 1t would have occasioned in getting out such a volume Of material as they would have made The counsel have eliminated all parts of the logs which do not bear upon the inquiry and such as will be printed is expected to be very useful to the court as well as coun- sell.
 Hanna Makes Explanation.
 MT. Hanna made brief explanation of his use of the term "accused in yester- days proceedings as applied to Admiral
 He said: q should like to say a word in explanation of one word Whlcn :! uhder- stand appears in the records. learn to inv surprise from an examination of the records that I used the word accused in reference to the distinguished offlcer who has asked for the court or lnq9iry. was not aware that l had used that expression until this morning. It was used in the rapidity of debate and simply for the reason that in the course or long wears of experience, 1t Is the word gen. orally employed in such cases: Betore this court of inquiry began, the Judge should call the gentleman who had re- nuested it and desiring to extend to him inc utmost courtesy in the matter we selected term fer %n,Gh m nG and % believe i have used that term many times m the course of these proceedings. l wlsn to add only my sincere, earnest ana most cordial expressions of regret that py lnao- vertency or accident I have employed word that would imply any such renec- tion." .,..,.. stand. MT. Hanna asked him: Were any ships assigned to the duty of en- Paging the batteries on the morning or May 31, 1S9S, or during that day or to the duty of enfilading the battertesI The reply: "None that know Of.
 MT. Hanna: Were there any shoals or other obstacles of any kind to prevent mouth rne a'sthp of the p harbor of Santiago suffi- ciently Close to have been within easy range of the Colon?' Captain Parker objected to the question, but the court refused to sustain the oo- lection and the question was repeated. Captain McCalla replied: None that know of The only shoal sdd R9o% Hf ,S or bsa wSs mel opposite the Morro.
 ibid the battleship get within range of Ehe Colon?''
 .'Were ycu so situated as to observe khe fall of shots from the fleetT' T vas"
 .T think I saw every shot fired. They Au fell short that 1 saw. One very near iy req ehed the Colon:
 "Tha witness said that the American ships engaged in the Colon bombardment steamed Within distance Of two miles. Captain McCaIla testified at some length cOnCe1 ming the weather anu seq oil May 26 and 27. He said there was no difficulty in ccaling on the Eth. as the I sea vas smooth. Tie witness said that H he had been present during conference cS commanding officers on the Brooklyn 1hIle ihe fleet was off Santiago on May 4 70 Describing what took place. he said:
 snThe commanding officers were ordered 7 m board the Brooklyn on May ~. It was with regard to the work Of block < afie I can only remember one specinc thing which tcck place at the close. and that was that Captain Evans asked Commodore Schley If the Spanish shlps did not come out If he was going Tn Tor fham. He said: Certainly. and then ar S ranged for a subdivision of hre from the ships under his command on the Spahlsh ships sh ould they come out
 Glcry for Everybody.
 Mir Hanna: Prior to that conference on May %. had you at any time received definite instructions respecting the order of battle or the mode of procedure which inc fleet should follow in case the Span Is1 vessels sfould suddenly appearT'
 q do not remember
 ''Did you have any further conversation m the 2Sth with Commodore Schley?
 q had a conversation with him in his scabin after the battle of Santiago. alsC on JuIy 5th in Guantanamo Bay. l went on board, making an official call to pay my respects and during the visit Com modore Schley read me what l under stood to be a part of his official report oi the battle After ne had nmshes- said S'Commodore, you remember that aftei