Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-10-26

Preserve Decorum-While Shells
Screamed All Round Him the Rear
Admiral Never WINGED, Though
Many Heads Round Him Ducked-
Would Not Allow Body Of lieuten
ant Killed Next Him to Be Thrown
Over Board-All SoIicitude for His
'Eullies"-His Chase of the Color
and His % Him, l'Il Follow
Him to Spain If have To.
Washington. Oct. 24.--Thc first Of
Yesterdays new witnesses III the Schlcy
court of inquiry. James Hare, photo
graphcr on the press boat, stated that
Captain SigSbcr of the St Paul had told
the correspondents aboard the Smith
on May 70 or - that Ccrv,ra's fleet was
| not inside the larbor at Santiago.
Other witnesses in addition to Mr..
Hare who testified were Chief Boat
swa II w. l.. Hill, Gunner Applrgatc
| and Ma iOr Murphy Of the marines. all
of whom were aboard the Brooklyn
during he Cuban campaign; Lieutenant
Commander llnrlowc, who. as executive
officer of the Vixen. made notes of the
battle of July 3, and three officers of the
Oregon. Lieutenant Ackcrman, Lieu
tenant Ebcrlc and Lieutenant John
stone.
In the course of his description Of the
battle of July 3. Mr.. Hill said: "rrob-
ably ID minutes after we started the
Spanish ships had nearly all gone out
There were three of them. stood near
enough to touch Commodore Schlry at
| That time. and saw That we were going
| into pocket. The Spanish ships had
got out, and the Niscayn, the second
| ship, had turned toward us and we
were about to cross the line of fire of
, our own ships.
THAT time the order was given to port
| the helm | heard Commodore Schlry
! say: Port and the ship started to
| over hard-apOrt. and she swung around
| IN her heel. The fire from our batteries
never ceased from the time we started to
turn until the end of the battle. when
| the Colon went ashore. The guns We're
constantly being fired. The Texas was
on our starboard hand, and she was
| fully third of Il mile from us. There
was never any question in my mind
about striking her. We were slightly
ahead of her and turned in that way
entirely clear Of her.
"Aftcr swinging round we lined uppAr-
allel with the Spanish fleet. In a few
| mi n n, n, nnp nj a ,bn, =, fi,n
Soon after the OQuendo followed, and
then we sided up with the Niscaya and
kept with her for 10 or II miles. At this
| time there was no ship to be seen nStcrn
except the Oregon, which was about
| half a mile from us. On this run with
the NiScaya. Ellis was killed. There
were II or II of us standing together.
( The commodore asked in Il matter of
fact tone: What is the rHngcT Ell $
| raised the Stadimetre to his eye, and as
he did so a shell took his head off. AS
he fell to the deck. dead. young Nc
Caulry said Let's throw it Ovcrboard.'
"The commodore said: NO, don't
| throw that body overheard. lie died
| like brave man and | am going to bury
him like one He directed me to look
out for the body.
"The Niscaya was putting up the
best fight of any ship there. She
fought we'll and the big shells were go
ing over us and great many of us
ducked. These shells sounded like half
dozen railroad trains under way"
| "As they were heard going through
| the air, down would 90 Il head. but Com
| modore Schley's head never bent
There was great OutburSt of ap-
CLAUSE in the court room rs in a dramatic
way the witness recitcd this incident
| Admiral Dewey for the first time during
| the sessions of the court found ii neceS
sary to pound his gavcl on the table and
| admonished the audience against such
| demonstrations. Continuing his story
| the witness said:
"IIe was as calm. cool and collected as
| he is at this moment. His only thought
was for his men. lie called constantly
as the different events occurred. saying:
| 30 the bullles below know this; do they
know that; that this ship has gone
| ashore and that ship has gone ashoreT
| His whole idea seemed to be that he
| wanted the people below to know as
much about it as those of us on DIT ck."
Continuing his account Of the battle,
| Mr. Hill said before the Niscnya wen
i, ashore she had made turn to ram the
| brooklyn. lie proceeded to say that
| he knew this to be the case because an
officer of the Spanish ships had told him
30. but this testimony was ruled out.
Later in the chase of the Colon he said
that Captain Cook had put his head out
of the coming tower and said to tn
commodore: "Don't you think we had
better close in littlc:" said the wit
ness parcnthctically, II thought so my
self" But he went on. "Thc cOmmOdor,
replied, no; don't you see that point
ahead! Just as soon as that fellow
starts to come out I'm going TO head him
off. I'll get him yet. D. him. I'll
follow him to Spain if / have to-
This testimony was given in clear and
distinct tones and was distinctly heard
throughout the large court room. Like
previous statement it was received
with burst of applause. but the demon
stration was quickly suppressed by Ad
miral Dewey. whose words of roproha
ton to the audience were followed by n
word of admonition from Mr.. Rayner
to the witness.
Aged Merchant Badly Hurt.