The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-28
M'CALLA ON THE STAND.
Placing Responsibility for Not
Informing Schley Of Signals.

I HutNAioHS tONcr - ~ lGc Field Of
Enquiry-Tbe NarbIehead's Com
mHHdcr TcstiRes That the Admiral
should Have Been Notified by the
EaSIe-Lattcr Gave Code to the
Scorpion, With Instructions TO Tell
the Fleets Commanding Officer.
sampson Advised without Delay.
Facts of Value TO Both sides.
! Capt b. II. McCalla was upon the wit
| ness stand At the Schley Court of Enquiry
/ nearly the entire morning today His evil
/ deuce covered wide field of controversy
and at certain points was quite important
! not only to the Navy Department but
also to Admiral SchIey. Cross-examina-
/ tion developed the fact that when Cap
tain McCaIla uassed the Flying squad
ron On route from Key West TO Cicnfue-
4 Eos and McCaIIa sent the Eagle to COM
muuicate with the Brooklyn, Commodore
/ Schley was not advised of the code Of sig
nails.
Captain McCalla said he did not know
/ Schley was going TO Cienfuegos. Had he
/ known il. he said. he would have advised
/ him of the situation at Cienfuegos. He
] thought Schley was going To the Carib-
/ bean Sea in search Of Cervera.
The attendance this morning was large
and the interes- in the proceedings was
not abated.
Mr. Hanna Apologies.
As soon as the Court opened this morn
ing Mr. Hanna, the Solicitor for the Navy
! Department, Who IS assisting the judge
/ advocate arose and made apology for
( his referenC to SchIcy yesterday as the
( accused" He apol0gized first TO the
/ Court and then % SchIey. He said he had
spoken in that manner inadvertently. and
! intended no offence 90 the applicant The
error was thoughuess one. he said, and
was made in the haste Of speech. The
/ apology was accepted.
/ IL was clearly evident yesterday that
/ Mr. Hauna's reference to Schley as THE
/ accused" was unuteuti0nal and mad
| verrentIy made. He did not discover it
until he read 10 ia some Of the newspapers
and verified it by the official report
After the witnesses OF yesterday had
( been called to correct their testimony If
! they desired to DO so Capt. y. II. McCalIa
again took the stand. He was testifyiug
( yesterday when the adjournment was ta-
ken
. Captain Lemly said he would modify
the last question of yesterday. 70 which
objection was made by counsel fer the
applicant. Mr.. Hanna then asked.
Q.-Were any ships assigned 10 the duty
| or engaging the shore batteries on May
A.-None that kuow Of
Q--Werc there any shoals or other OBJ
staCl.S To- prevent the hattIeShius from
/ approaching Jhe Har1or Of Santiago near
/ enough 20 have been i'm easy reach of the
( Captain Parker object TO the question
on the ground that ll IS requesting an
opinion from the witness ! think it is i'm
proper.
/ Captain LernIy-VVe certainly thought #
proper or We would not have asked it.
/ The matter was argued briefly and the
/ Court declined 20 sustain the objection.
/ Mr- Hanna repeated the question.
A.-None that 7 know Of. There were
some on the west side of the channel,
Q.-Did she battleshiDs so within the
range Of the COlCnt
! Not to my knowledge.
Firing on the Colon
Q.-Describe how the shots fell
A--THey all feI short I think I saw
every shot
Q.-Wh here was the MarbIeheade
About three miles, perhaps, outside
I Z
/ Colon during the whole engagement
/ Q.-BefOre they entered the engage
meut- We're the hatteships lying about
whore the Marblehcad Was2
A.-Not far away.
u--They steamed IN about how far?
A--That would only be an estimate
Q.-Nour estimate would not be an OpIn-
) ion
! About two miles
ODD YOU see any shots from the
Spanish vessels fall in the water2
A--The projectllcs from the Colon fell
short TWO or three were fred from the
! batteries
o Did YOU see the first shot fired in
this engagement by The Flying Squadron2
Al did il was from the Massa-
DID you sec it fan2
Al did. II fell far short.
Odd you have any talk with Com
modore Schley with regard 10 that en-
Al DO not remember that ! ever did
Q.-Was the first shot from the Massa-
chusetts line shOt2
Alt seemed TO he
In answer TO questions from NIr Hanna
the witness said the Brooklyn had sig
nailed the MarbIehead asking If she could
coal The witness replied that ne could
coal if the collier topped He described
how II could have been done.
Q.-Was your difficulty I'm coaliug due
TO rough weather or 20 the failure Of the
collier TO stop
A-To the failure Of the collier to stop.
Q.-Pri0r 10 yOur conference with Schley
on May -, had you received any plan Of
battle or order Of procedure in case the |
Spanish ships came out suddenly
Al do not remember any
Describing the trip from Cienfuegos 10 |
Santiago The witness said they We're head
"a east and had they continued would |
have reached the coast Of Haiti.
BY Mir. Hanna
O.-After the battle Of Santiago did YOU
have any conference or cOuyg grsatiOu with |
Commodore Schley2
The "GIory Enough for All'' Message !
Al had a conversation with CommO- |
dore Schicy Iu his cabin in Guantanamo |
Bay about the lth Of July ] went on |
board Go make an official call and To pay /
my respects. During the visiI Commodore |
SchIcy read Co me what I understood 10 1
be- his official report OF the battle. After |
no had finished ! said. Commodore, re-
member that after the battle of Lake |
Erl- there was am unfortunate CDHtrO-
NrT&N- but hope there viii not Doe one |
after the battle of Santiago. because there |
lS glory enough for everybody, or all" |
tIhiS IS tho phrase which Admiral Schlsy /
used Iu his Ofiiciai rtpOrtJ
C--MaS that the exact expression
A--rIU the bsS. OF my knowledge and /
memory that was the exact expression.
Features OF the Blockade.
Q.-Describe lu brief the features of the
May p.
A.-When we were I'm close proximity 10 /
Santiago entrance on the night of MAY 2S /
the MarbIcH-aa went two miles inside the /
large ships 90 the westward OF the en- /
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