Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-14
.SCHLEY'S WITNESSES
TESTIFY TOMORROW
eovERNMENT SAYS ITS PRESENT
ALTON OF THE CASE WILL sE
CONCLUDED TODAY.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 10.-The Schley
hawai- court began business al II O'Clock
today with the recall OF yesterdays Wit
hesses for the correction OF their tfst-
mony and the addition OF such points
IS might have suggested themselves
since their retirement from the witness
stand. These were Admiral Taylor Lieu
tenant Commander Potts and Lieutenant
Bristol
They we're followed BY Lieutenant Ed
ward =. LeIper, who had begun his testi-
mony yesterday. but had not concluded
when the court adjourned for the day
Lieutenant Leiper was an officer on the
New Orleans and participated In the Dom-
kardment or reconnaissance Of the span
Ssh steamer Colon on Nay 81. ISIS. the day
before the arrival AZ Santiago OF Com
mander-in-Chief sampson. he was aiso
on the New Orleans when that vessel
bombaried the Spanish shore batteries OF
Santiago. His testimony again today dealt
with those events
At hsa been A success TO that extent. but
he could not agree with Captain Folger
81 an that he had said. He found that
the nrs Of the batteries was slow
he also found that the greatest calibre
probably was a six-inch gun on the 20
copa battery. that there appeared to be
only two or three guns that on batteries
east o. MORO there appeared 20 be four
or FIVE guns fired. and from the volume Of
amolse and the range attained Il appeared
taat they were light guns, less than six
inch calibre-
Commander Schuetze was asked i'm re-
gard to his observations o. the Brooklyn
I'm the battle Of July 3 He replied.
Il saw the Brooklyn at the beginning
Of the acti0A about pert abeam Of the
Iowa I saw her some minutes after
ward. when she appeared TO be headed
little % the eastward OF north IL Is
rTrr
bruadside on Soon afterward saw her
headed 10 the eastward. about due east.
! should say That + the last / saw Of
her
Captain LemIey. Il want you to state
whether vou saw the Texas about this
tiues How WAS she iOcated relative 20
the Brooklyn Did You notice anything
particularly as ~ the speed or maneuver-
ing OF the TexasT
when I hrst saw the Texas she was
heading 70 the eastward Of north Soon
afterwards I noticed her again and she
was headed 10 the westward and ap2a-
rentiy lying dead IN the water. ! called
Captain Evans attention 10 the fact that
she was In our way. that she was lying
dead in the water an, cautioned the cap
tain that we would probably run into her
n We kept on the way We were heading
she Was then on our uort bow. We were
trying 20 get close into the harbor and
steamed az first directly for the mouth
o. the harbor. As the Spaniaris turned 10
TIC westward we turned Ia the sane d.
raNsInn ahd s1lIls .snaleaFEr sre we've
; hlndered ~ the Texas
When the court convened after luncheon
Lieutenant Commander -SchuetEe contin-
ned his testimony In response 10
Question By the court he said that he had
determined the position OF the Iowa at
10 o'clock q m. on Nay 18th, and that
its distance out N&s seven miles He also
said that the bomhardment Of May s1st
had developed that the Spanish shore bat
terfes were extremely weak He had seen
no evidence OF disposition on the part
OF any Of Cervera's ships 10 ram any Of
the American vessels.
By the court. WAS your position dur
Ing the battle OF July "a such as 10 enable
You 10 observe clearly the relative posi-
tons and movements Of the different
ships
No. sir. I never observed the relative
positions OF all the ships on account Of the
smoke and the attention We were paying
10 our own ship in the fight"
Commander Schuetze was then excused
and Lieutenant Commander Albert w.
Grant. who was senior watch officer on
the Massachusetts, during the war with
Spain. was called
Asked by Captain Lemley concerning
the blockade Of Cienfuegos Commander
Grant said there vas no directions Civ
there was upon arrival a signal from
the flagship that Cienfuegos was TO be
hl0ckaded- He had on the occasion OF
the maneuver on Cienfuegos seen the
Spanish earthworks there and the masts
OF one vessel lying in the harbOr. but
nothing 90 his knowledge had been done
70 destroy these works
Describing the bombardment or the Co
Ion on May 11st. the witness said on that
occasion he had no conversation with Ad-
miral Schley- He had charge Of the DOW
der division and testified thar only five
1@-inch shells and nine S-inch shells had
been 1red By the Massachusetts,.
s Do you know Of any further effort on
that or a subsequent date b. the flying
squadron TO capture or destroy the Co
lonTff
No. slrr
The witness also said that the ships en-
gagged in the bombardment had. when en-
gagged Ia II. steamed very rapidly and were
IN sight OF the Colon for only about two
minutes al a time. Commander Grant
said that the fighting ships OF the flying
squadron had not steamed away Tor any
distance from the mouth OF the harbOr at
night At that time. he said. the Massa-
chusetts was always cleared for action
and that nothing was done 20 prepare for
an engagement except 10 sound general
quarters.