The sun., 1901-10-04
vi |&|1IILEY BLOCKADE
E'ntenant Doyle Tells About Santl-
ago Batteries.
Hi TS APPLICANTS WITNESS
@## of Admirnfs Adherents to
estify = His Account of the
5N Naval Battle of July 3
!# Given In Detail.


3e1iminary proceedings in the Schley |
s8Drt Of inquiry Lieutenant James j.
$ I3Syle, formerly of the flagship Brook
IX0, was recalled for the purpose of
x0rtinuing his testimony. When the |
4 GQprt adjourned Wednesday, Lieuten- !
8 ant Doyle was under examination by |
Mr.. Rayner, and the court had just de- |
cided that the witness should not enter |
Hpon Il discussion of the blockade of |
Santiago as it was conducted after the
arrival of Commander in Chief Samp-
son. There was much interest in Lieu
tenant Doyle's temperance, as it was
expected that the course Of his exam
nation would develop the further pol
ley of Admiral Schley's counsel in the
case.
&8 Captain SigSbee was the first Of the
witnesses to appear for the purpose of
Z rorrecting his testimony. Captain
y Sigsbee stated that he had made an
other search for the dispatch from the
navy department under the terms of
which lie sought to connect with the
Flying squadron off Santiago and that
y he had found n private letter which he
had written at the time in which he
had said. Until we sighted the vessels
on. the 2)th we knew nothing positive
as to their whereabouts"
lieutenant Doyle then resumed his
testimony. He was examined by Mr..
Raynrr. lie continued in reply to ques-
x tions TO give a narrative Of the cam
paign. Mr. Rayner asked whether the
BROOKLYN llad engaged i'll any lombard
ments during the month of June, 1893,
but Judge Advocate Lemly and Mr..
Hanna objected on the ground that the
qirestion was similar to tile question
asked concerning the blockade after the
arrival of ADMIRAL Sampson.
Before 4 reply could be given the
court retired for consultation. At the
conclusion of the conference Mr.. Ray
ner changed his question so as to read
as s3foliowS:
8# brooklyn In Bombnrdment
tWhat do YOU know from your own
observation in reference TO the-strength
OF the shore batteries and the guns. |
/ want the result of your observation at
Santiago acquired by you at any time
NilnoHl Sblll- IillD iuA StIltIil VI SlIN-
ri6c details as to the commandments"
Rcplying, Lieutenant Doyle said that
nit the bombardment which had taken
place June 6 the Xocopa battery had
replied at first very spiritedly, but that
ii soon went out of business" After
the ships withdrew the enemy had
again manned their guns and then shot
kutythe ships.
on the occasion of the second bonn.
bardmcnt they did not remain so long.
ftThey always took a snap shot at us
as We left" he said.
Mi. Rayner then asked Lieutenant
Doyle how often he had seen Commo
dore Schley under fire during the San
tiago campaign.
'Erery time we were under fire" ht
replied, ''dming those bombardment'
and in the battle Of July 81
sMhat was his conduct? ] refer yol
to The first specification of the precept
His conduct i'll connection with th
events of the Santiago campaign ant
what We're his conduct and bearing n
any time either during the lombard
snents or during the battle of July
when his ship was under fire."
II did not have an opportunity, n
the commodore was always near ahou
~ the coming tower, to observe his con
duct during the battle. but immediately
previous ana after dl have m oppol
tnnity to do So lie always struck IN
as being Just about as well possesse
as It was possible for anybody to b
under the circumstances"
Mr. Rayncr then asked the witncs
whether on July >, 1898, he had obserN
ed smoke coming from Santiago hal
Dor over Zocopa hill.
Captain Lemly objected. and Nj
RaYner said that his purpose was
prove that ii was believed at that tim
that the Spaniards We're preparing
wtthdraw from the harbor and tha
Commotlore Schley had communicate
efacts to the squadron. 1t was con
petent he said, to prove the conduct {
the commodore under the department
precept.
TO .'Open the Door Wide."
Captain Ienly and Mr.. Hanna col
tended that the certain effect Of s,lt
questions would he TO open the gat,
for intcrnrinable inquiry and tnat
one side should enter upon such que
tions the oAlcr must also be allowed
do sd They did not object. except (,
the reason of the time involved
Captain Parker announced his wi
ingness 10 open the door wide"
He wanted the entire matter inyest
gated and would have the Searchlig
turned upon every individual from Il
commander in chief TO the lowest OF
Ger under him.
Mr.. Rayner was then permitted
ask bis question, which he did in Il
following words: WAS the smoke 0
served on July by Commodore Schl
cofnmunicated to the squadron?"
Thesreply was: .Smoke was obsery
rising in the harbor on July >. and II
impression now is and always has be
since that night that that informati
was conveyed to the commander
chief.n
The witness was then requested
give 4 brief account of the part tax
by the Brooklyn i'll the battle of July
which he did, repeating much that
had said the day before.
After stating the preliminaries Lie
tenant Doyle related his observatio
Of the battle i'll the following langual