Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-18
IN SCHlEY'S FAVOR
Commodore's Bearing was Such
 as to Inspire Enthusiasm.
so SAID ENSIGN HALIGAN

or Rammlng bfOOkIyu-DI lIA-
 simmons Said in His Testimony
 that He Thought Brooklyn Was
 Fighting Spanish Fleet Alone
 Captain Clark of the Oregon Will be
 An Important Witness Next Week.
 Washington, Oct 1S.-The list of yesterdays witnesses called before the Schley court of inquiry at the pe- ginning of to-day's session for the pur- pose of correcting testimony was eX- ceptionally long, comprising eight per sons. There were, however, not many new questions asked of any or them, and as the testimony was compafi- lively brief in each case, the time consumed in hearing them was not great
 The list of witnesses called TOT to- day included Lieutenant Commander Reginald F. Nicholson. who was nayi- gator of the Oregon during the cam paign of 1898; Dr Charles NJ. Deyalin, past assistant surgeon; Captain J. l.. Hannum, retired, who was chief 7 engineer on the Brooklyn during tie war with Spain; Lieutenant T. F. Car ter: Ensign w. F. Cronan; Carpenter J. H. Warford, all of whom were on the Brooklyn; Mir Hunley, who was chief machiniSt on the Texas, and Lieutenant B. W. Wells. IT, who was Admiral Schley's flag lieutenant. It is expected that Captain Clark of the Oregon will be among the witnesses to be heard early next week.
 Lieutenant Commander Nicholson was the next witness after Ensign Marble. He gave a description of the battle of July 3. which he had ob- served as a navigator of the Oregon.
 Dr Charles NJ. DeValin, an officer on board the Brooklyn, observed the bat tie from the forecastle. He gave a brief description of it and told of the death of Yeoman Ellis Commodore Schley in conduct and bearing was all that could be expected He seemed to know what he was about and he did all that he could do He was in per feet control of the situation. He heard Schley give an order for hard aport' and heard no one else give the order
 Ensign John Haligan, Jr, was the hrst witness at the afternoon session. During the battle of July 8 he. was in the port turret. The shortest range used by him during that engagement was, he said, 1,200 yards. The wit ness spoke of the Brooklyn's turn and said that previous to that event there was slight sheer to port
 Asked as to Commodore Sch1ey's bearing in the battle, the witness said It was 'such as to inspire enfhusi- asm''
 Do you know what vessels were in sight at the beginning of the battle?' Objection. Mir Rayner said he would not press the question now, but that there was stage of the case when he would have to bring it up. He re- quested permission to withdraw for five minutes for consultation with Admiral Schley. When he returned he said he would withdraw the question for the time being.
 In reply to questions by the court, NIT Haligan said that when the Viz caya turned toward the Brooklyn. the Spanish ship bore on our starboard beam, little forward. and was head ed toward us. distant from 2,OOO to 5000 yards.''
 When NIT Haligan retired. he was scceeded by Ensign U. s. Macy. He said he had heard no guns at Cien- fuegos, but had seen the signal lights ashore En route to Santiago the fleet. witness said. had been compelled to slow up because the sea was too heavy for the Vixen and the Eagle. At Santiago the fleet lay off the i1ar- Dor In the daytime about seven miles while at night it steamed back and forth about four miles out, going three or four miles to the other side
 Mir Rayner asked the witness if he had had any conversation with Con- modore Schley during the night before the engagement of May 31. He replied that he had had such a conversation. He said Admiral Schley had told him he was not going in for a regular bombardment. as he had instructions from the department not to hazard the ships against the batteries, and that if he should disable. one of his ships during this bombardment. his force would then be rendered inferior to the Spanish forces outside the har Dor; that he was going in merely for reconnaissance and not to destroy the batteries or the Colon.
 On cross-eamination, Captain Lemly questioned the witness especially about the latter's conversation with Commodore Schley on the night of May 30. Mir Macy said that he did not know from whom the commodore had received his orders not to endan- ger, the ships by exposing them to shore batteries and that he had never seen the order himself. There were no other officers present when the con versation occurred but the siopal of4ioor and one or two other men were within hearing.
 The next witness was Ensign James A. Hand He told of the delay of tbe progress of the fleet betwen Cienfue- gos and Santiago. saying it was due to the Merrimac. the Eagle and the Vixen. He also said the weather was rough
 The witness testified that on the day of the battle of July g. slne was it the central station and received from Commodore Schley and Captain Cook encoura ging messages to the men and that one of these from the commO- dore was received with t3three cheers for the commodore"
 Ensign Ralph N Marble said that during the voyage to Santiago the sea was rough for fhe smaller boats. Wit ness said that he had heard Captain s'gsbee tell Commodore Sebley when he came aboard the Brooklyn on May % that the Spaniards were not at San