Evening star., 1901-10-03
Lieut., Doyle Resumes Before the
Sohley Court.
: TELLS OF B0MBARDMENF OF SPANISH
Describes the Chase of the Colon
July 3.
THE MATTER OF SIGNALS


quiry. The audience is largely made up
of ladies.
The court met an unexpected delay this
morning. When Admiral Dewey opened
the court there was no official stenographer
present through some misunderstanding.
The proceedings were not long delayed how
ever, Lieutenant Crawford, the secre-
tary to Admiral Dewey, was present and
ne was pressed into the service for twenty
five minutes until the regular stenographer
arrived.
Lieut.. Doyle Resumes.
Captain Sigsbee corrected his testimony
and Lieutenant Doyle was put on the stand
to continue his testimony begun yesterday
afternoon He was questioned by Mr.. Ray
ner and said there had been, he thought
three bOmbardments off Santiago. He was
sure there were two bombardments
The judge advocate said counsel was go
ing beyond the scope of the precept under
which the inquiry was proceeding. He said
this question was Of the same nature as
that on which the court ruled yesterday
Mr. Rayner: 81 want to show this with
reference 10 the difficulty in accomplishing
anything with the shore batteries 1t was
formerly inquired into without objection"
The judge advocate: THE fact that an
Objectionable question has been asked be-
fore and not objected to Is inconsequential
in the consideration of this question. So
shore batteries there is no question before
this court about what was accomplished
with the shore batteries"
Mr. Hanna: 'The bombardment when
Commodore Schley was not in command
he was not responsible for
Mr.. Rayner: Under the ruling as ex-
pressed yesterday I shall not bring any
thing in at all that can be considered under
II until l bring them In the form of writ
ten questions / told my friend (the judge
adyOcate) at the END of our examination
could hroif limo Of for
his examination TO be passed upon by the
court. Before that is done l wish, of course,
to submit entirely to the ruling of the court
and not to bring any matter up that the
court has ruled cannot be brought up. l
do not see how this comes within the rule.
One OF the specifications of this precept is
whether or not every effort was made to
engage the batteries. The precept calls
upon the court to inquire into the necessity
and advisability of engaging the batteries
at the entrance of Santiago harbor. Cam
not we go into the question of these bonn
bardmeHts at the entrance of the harbor
OF Santiago? 1t seems to me that the
court would like to know the strength Of
those batteries. We don't want to know
anything about the New York We onIy
want the witness to state the result of
these other bOmbardments, showing the
adyisaoiltty Of engaging the batteries at
the entrance of Santiago harbor'
The judge advocate: IF you confine 1t
TO the Brooklyn l see no objection"
The court declared recess and upon re-.
turning after ten minutes Mr. Rayner be-
fore decision could be made addressed
the court He salu he would put the ques-
ton in another way.
cbservations Regarding the Batteries
q. (By Mr.. Rayner)-Do you know of
your own observation with reference to
shore batteries and guns at Santiago? 1
want your observation acquired at any
uihe without going into specific details and
without going into the bombardments
trI6D adv
the question in this form
A As | recall the first bombardment the
battery at socapa replied to our fire in
very spirited way at first but thew soon
went out of business That is they STONED
hrlng, and after that time 1t was matter
OF OF trying TO knock the guns off the mounts,
/ IL possible That is to say, We could see
some OF the Spanish guns and our en-
deavor was to try to hit them AS we
withdrew after this first bombardment the
and shot at US.
O. QBy the judge advocate)-What date
was that? A. That, think. was on the 9Th
or June. am not sure of it,
Mr. Rayner read the specification in ref
eTeHce TO the adViSdbfiity of engaging the
batteries at the entrance of Santiago har-
Dor He said that the other side had asked
Questions about engaging the batteries
there on a previous occasion in order to
show that 1t might be advisable and he
wanted u know If he would not have a
il6At 10 snow tndt II was inadyiSable to
engage the batteries. He said he wanted
10 ascertain the strength of these bat
terles- lie didn't want to get any details
In regard to the bombardment
Admiral Dewey. speaking for the court
SAID there was 10 objection, and the witt
ness continued as follows: During the
other bombardment the Spanish gunners on
the SOcapa hill did not remain at their gums
as long as during the first bombardment
But as during the first, when our forces
withdrew they always took snap shot at
us"
@ GBy Mr.. Rayner)-Do you know about
the batteries on the other side OF the har-
DOT! A We We're in the western squadron
and engaged the Soeapa nd the flagship
New York
@ (By Mr.. Rayner. interrupting)-Then
you only know about the Socapa battery?
Commodore Schiey's Hearing
The witness was not questioned what the
flagship New York did, and Mr.. Rayner pro-
ceeded to examine him in regard to the
conduct of Commodore Schley while under
fire during the Santiago campaign The
wttaess said that the commodore was un-
der fire there every time the fleet was under
fire
=. By Mr.. Rayner)-What was his con-
duct and bearing at any time there during
the Commandment and during the battle
when under fire? A. AS the commodore
was always in or about the coming tower
did not have opportunity to observe
IT'S conduct during the battle, but immedi-
ateiy previous to the fight 1 did have such
opportunity He always struck me as well
possessed as possible for anybody to be
under these circumstances
saw Smoke i'm Harbor July 2
Mr. Rayner then questioned the witness
In regard to his having seen smoke inside
OF Santiago harbor on July 2 He said he
saw several columns of smoke there on thar
day.
MI Hanna wanted to know what coun-
sci desired to establish, and Mr.. Rayner
said he wanted to establish what was re-
ierred 10 yesterday in regard to Commo-
gore Schley having reported to Admiral
Sampson that smoke was seen in the harbor
of Santiago July ?
Ine judge advocate said that this was
Only an effort TO put on the record line
OF statements which would not be permit
ted In the testimony of witnesses He OBJ
jeeted.
Mr. Rayner insisted that it was a familiar
principle of law that when a question of
this kind came up II admissible for
+. counsel to state to the court what he de-
sired to prove by the testimony of the wit