The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-21
FURRY OYER DISPATCHES
Schley's Flag Secretary Again Be
fore the Court Of Enquiry.

OF the brOoklNn n in His Own Hand
WrtfinE-I neNpiained Absence OF
Official Receiving stamp on Com
municntions Sent to the N,,v ne
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ny '"e '""r'-' "P-
'"i" '""A wakes correction
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1'' W. "'i'S' Ji'' nag 7'~' cary
Of Commodore SchIay, was upon the wit
ness stand nearly the entire dav at the
Court Of F,no,,ir,- I4o ,,,,-.. .,r, -,...,,,,,t
80,
anu >'--'' *. .- '''
-~'o O"inl"'uoIe Schley conduct as fear
less ana his bearing always seIf-posscss-
I. cd. He was subjected TO a Iona. and -eFf-
ous .r,.-r ,.>.,,rf-.,ti,,, ...,...~i..r-,- .r..+
rI,. dot. 90.
va '''e receipt Oh lle utS9aIeh'S,
"'''1ii "''e''Peu H"ihiAS OF Importance
an" A'te OF interest
The judge advocate failed today in his
effort to imocacb tb.. tes-i,,,.r,,- M, ,,,f..r
,1.,,,f-f-. NJ,
WHO "''ioIeu IA'I lhe
f''' '''-'He OF 'he IeNHS WAS neither re-
versed nor stopue5
g
capt Francis A Cook. OF the BrOokIyD
the first witness today. was recalled
TO the stand at his own r.,rrcet i, ,,-7.r
To make q cor-a,.t,,,, i,, t,f. - -.
~ i''''N' d Ton III MS former teSu-
i Aohy- captain Lemiy stated this fact To
the Court. and Captain Cook said:
In nv fsstfr,o,,,. 7 .t.t,1 ,1..t .T. o..
,,7,, - ~, .,.iS '.'"' enc -. .'-
,71 l'..i ms "a ou'S was ui"'i
an o'''Iyis' H1NlAs shited her boilers from
say and presumed IL 10 h. - a.. -.
ro11DtiD- for ~ .,,-+,,-.7.
find tbar sbo 5i,7 - 80. ~
- 90 sus u'l not shllI D'iIeTs that
iii'i mrs puI tAdl sne mad steam on all
her boilers at all times while ON the San
tiago blockade"
Lieutenant Commander Nicholson uavf-
gator of the Oregon. was then recalled
and announced thar he had ma, ,.,,r,g,f,..,.
To make in his evidence Only or.. or t,,-,,
other witnesses have failed m r,.r-e .,,,.
changes i'm their testimony after rs,fi,r,
it over in print.
While C9utafn WsrDrlr, chief o,,frr.
| Of the Texas who went aboard tr,,. golIfs-
Merrinac ar the order Of Ccr,-r,o7oro
SchIey To repair her engines WAS 7ln7r
the stand CORRECTING, his testimony the
/ Court asked:
O.-ITov eoo1 after Won went nj, hoard
the Merrimac was she able 10 use her
IlNG power and make from hve to seven
Al did not state that she ,orld r,,l-,
seven knots. she could bobb1e along i'm y
SIlD,.I SID,-..II s.N III HFt knots "hen L went
BY sir. Rayuer.
C-N ben w,re the repairs Of the MGR
, Ili,iac competed
60 -, LIS ..7l on '-.-E
A.-The frs I learned of in VS. an me
morning OF Nav 26
C-Ii9w long did il take You 70 com
a, - ~ pts ,f-l on lne MeIriHl+c.
l-.
iu@ night and day
The witness said he ha.I further state
I ment 10 make Of personal character. bat
under the ruling Of the Court because Of
its nature. he was not allowed to have it
entered upon the record
When Lieutenant Crouau had completed
the correction Of his testimony. the judge
advocate referred 10 the fact that or last
Friday be had requested the witness to
. plot the distance covered by the Brooklyn
l on tho day Of the battle Tho witness
said that she ran q little more than thirty
nine knots in a straight line from the
/ point where she started on her IIoal-..7--,-
I position 90 the point at which she arrived
when the boats were lowered for C.rtsf..
Cool, 90 20 fo rs.ei,.. tf,. s,,r-..,..1.,- 90
Tho Colon He could not plot her course
and SO could not ten the actual dfstaae.
| she had r-1n
!
iiiI betWeen Counsel.
! J. II. HurIev. chief rracFf-ist Of tho
| Tavss vcae r.~4 ~e.,u.1 --E ,-a.+s--
| 7 - .''' "a ''''l
l-einlE made deSp'Tat" Cn0rt TO break
4 down his testimony but was uu=ueces-flI
{ He aIouted an evtrsar7fr.s-- means rr,r
! the Court drclf-sd to afro-,- rir, - ,.-,,,-
Z '.'-'N w "'-'" "-'i 10 carry
| "-t MS purpose.
| MI H lHleN stated on the stand on Fri
day tina. ne had handled the mort engine
I Of the Texas on the da- NJ Tho bs-tra
and +rg+ +r,. ,,,,-7,-- 49,. -..-,--
: ~ '' ,'-N ''--'ll' va I.'..''' i' '-'l..-+
| nor stopped, as tlaNton and other wit
neSSeS not in the engine room had trStf-
fed
/ Ia answer to questions by tho Judge al
roca-o this morning h said Do. had ne
H'Erd MachiniSt I'm AZ the throttle ~
me port ensir" short time before tho
| '-il'" ''san.
Tho witness WIS asked about tho blow
erS. but said that hc Did nor look ar them
nc a.d not see how tho onE-n" could have
D'rh stopped OF reversed without his
fi,o Tue
-! ,aIIalh LemIF.
- ". ~ gre ou On no3rd NE Texas when
A.-Ycs. sir H. j.
Q.-Were you At the throttle al that
! umcE
~ -, y .', NliI.II ~ 'lLlED ~ haJ has
10 90 with fhe testinonv ~ rbfl ~ fr,,.. IT, s,I
as 20 who was at the throttle Of the uort
! engine of the Texas on July a2 I fail 10
,..-rs '-''-- wee" '"' Two incl
Captain IemIv-Tt shows that this -rrt-
ness has previously made mistakes with
regard 20 signals and with disastrous con-