Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03
IT IS FATICU|NG.
The Naval Court Hearing is Be.
 ginning to Tell.
COURT AND COUNSEL TIRED

mony of Yesterday-Lieutena Doyle Told Why the Log of the Brooklyn Was Changed After the Famous Battle.
 Washington, Oct 3.-After the usual preliminaries in the Schley court of 1n- quiry to-day, Lieutenant James J.. Doyle, formerly of the flagship Brook lyn, was recalled to correct some of the official testimony of the day be- fore. Both the court and the counsel are beginning to show the effects of the arduous duties imposed upon them. Judge Advocate Lemly probably will not call more than six or eight more witnesses, but Attorney Rayner has at least forty on his list He does not expect to call Admiral Schley to the stand for some time yet. Captain S1gsbee, the first of yesterdays wit nesses, was the first to appear for ex- animation.
 When Captain Sigsbee left the wit ness stand yesterday afternoon he was succeeded by Lieutenant James J. Doyle, who was watch officer on board Commodore Schley's flagship, the brooklyn, during the spanish war. In response to questions by Captain Lem- ly, Lieutenant Doyle said that during the battle off Santiago he had had charge Of the two waist turrets He mad, he said, written the log giving the account Of the battle. as there record ed, put afterwards an addenda had been made by the navigator When the Brooklyn steamed westward wit ness was first in the port turret and then in the starboard turret.
 Did you have an oportunity of ob- serving which way the vessel turned ?'' Captain Lemly asked.
 Witness responded in the af1irma- tive. He said, however, that he did not hear orders given to the man at the wheel
 What did you observer
 I observed while in the port turret that we had an opportunity of firing at the Spanish ships and the turret was trained nearly ahead. The Span- ish ships were little bit then on our port bow. and we lost sight of them by our sllp turning with a starboard helm. Then it was that the order was given to man the starboard battery and as crossed from one turret to the
  little bit on our starboard bows. As soon as I got in that turret I swung the gun sharp on the starboard bow. In the meantime some of our own guns had fired, probably in the for ward eight-inch turret, so 1 could see nothing at all from the dense smoke. While in that position and while the turret was being trained, MT Mason, the executive officer, passed down the starboard gangway calling: Sharp on the starboard quarter and l accord ingly turned the turret around and picked the Spanish upon our starboard quarter, and from then on it was a constant train of the turret until we had the Spanish ships about abeam.' D What do you mean, exactly, when you say the vessel turned with star board helm?'
 '.She was then turning with a. star board helm, because that is the reason we lost sight of the Spanish ships"
 The witness then in response to a request read to the court that part of the logbook of the Brooklyn which re 1ates to the turning of the port helm, as follows: '.At 9.30 went to quarters for muster and inspection and imme- diately afterwards the Spanish squad ron was noticed coming out of the
  Teresa, flagship, opened fire at once This ship the Brooklyn) and the other vessels, namely. Texas, Oregon, Indl ana, Iowa, Vixen and Gloucester, en gagged the enemy at once. The enemy stood towards us at first. then put helm aport and stood alongshore close into the westward. We engaged with port battery at first, standing in fol the Maria Teresa. Colon and the Wis caya, all three of which we enga ged but just as soon as the enemy stoodtt the westward helm to port, clear oi the fire of the Texas, so as to bring the starboard battery to bear an6 stood parellel to the enemy.
 The witness then stated that the original entry in the log had made il appear that the helm was put to star board instead of to port, as it appear: in the permanent log. The change, ht said. had been made July 3, two day: after the action.
 Asked why he changed it, MT Doyle said:
 'I changed it after I had had dis cussion with Sharp. I had been under the impression, as I have stated, tha we had turned with a starboart helm"
 Do you know whether the nayi gator had then signed the log as cor rectF'
 '-I do not, sir"
 "Why were the interlined words put ln2"
 saThey were put in, think, in fact know, at the suggestion of some per son. probably the navigator. They were put in evidently after the los was written up, because they are inter lined"
 ssThe effect then of putting the heln aport, emitting the interlined words in order to bring the starboard bat terv to bear, would be to send tn vessel through more than 1SO degrees would it not, in turningT
 "Certainly, yes. We were headed about northeast, and that would meal more than 1S0 degrees"
 eff the ship was headed northeas and the chase was going nearly wes or on a westward courseY'
 "Yes. you could make the turl That way"
 ~Do you, of your own knowledge know of anything to prevent you turning T'
 ssy7hen was on top of the star hoard furret it looked very much [ us as though we were going to hay