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should disable one of his ships during
this bombardment, his force would
then be rendered inferior to the Span
ish forces inside the harbor: that he
was going merely for a reconnaissance
and not to destroy the batteries or the
Colon"
Headed for the Brooklyn.
On cross examination Ensign Macy
said that he did not know from whom
the commodore had received his or
ders not to endanger the ships by ex-
posing them to shore batteries, and
that he had never seen the order him
self.
Questions were asked by the court as
follows:
Did you see the Spanish ships while
they were coming out of the harbor of
Santiago on July 50"
Yes. When I first saw them, two
or the vessels were out and the third
was just coming in sight"
How were these ships heading while
coming out of the harbor with regard
to the position of the Brooklyn on July
After clearing the entrance they
headed to the westward, apparently
directly for the Brooklyn from the po-
sition she was maintaining on the
blockade
Received Ii with Cheers.
The next witness was Ensign James"
A. Hand, who testified that on the day
| or the battle of July 3, he was at the
central station and received from Com
mooore Schley and Capt. Cook encour-
aging messages to the men, and that
one OF those from the commodore was
received with three cheers for the
commodore"
Ensign Ralph N. Marble said on the
day of the battle of Santiago he had
mad charge of some of the after 5-inch
guns. His closest range was LOO
yards. The orderlies had passed the
900 yards range to him, but he had not
used that range.
Later in the engagement the range
mad been 2,4OO to $500 yards, which,
while firing on the Viscaya, had been
extended to $500 or 1900 yards. He
said that just before going ashore the
Vlscaya starboarded her helm and
headed for the Brooklyn. then ported
her helm and went ashore.
sigsbee's Mistaken Report.
Ensign Marble related conversation
he heard between Capt. Sigsbee and
Commodore Schley when the latter
came aboard the Brooklyn May 26 off
Santiago. The commodore had asked
the captain, Have we got them?" To
this inquiry Capt. Sigsbee replied: mo,
they are not there. I have been here
| for about a week. They could not have
been here unless 1 knew it,
The court asked the following cues
tions of Ensign Marble:
Did any Spanish ships show dis
position to ram the Brooklyn at the
beginning of the engagement of July
Eyes, sir. One of the ships did not
turn as soon as the others had headed
! to the westward"
Did you see the Texas at any time
while the Brooklyn was turning to star
board?"
mo, sir; too much smoke"
Medical Director Paul Fitzsimmons
who was chief surgeon of the flying
squadron, was called.
The Chief Surge cons Account.
DR.. Fitzsimmons gave an account of
the battle of July 8 from his stand
point. He had observed the engagement
from the gun deck of the Brooklyn
When the Brooklyn had completed her
turn he had been able to see only one
of the American ships. Il remember
| that incident very distinctly" said DR..
| F1tzsimmons, because it seemed to me
that we were fighting all the Spanish
ships alone"
DIR. Fitzsimmons, in reply to a cues
ton from Mr.. Rayner, said that he had
not seen Commodore Schley during the
engagement, but that he had met him
about 1:30 o'clock, soon after its close.
Asked by Mr.. Rayner what the COM
modore's appearance was at that
| time, DR.. Fitzsimmons replied:
SchIey ChOked with Smoke
"He was hardly able to talk and
complained of an irritation in his
! throat from the effects of the smoke
He appeared to be exultant over the
victory. He was so choked with smoke
he could hardly make himself heard
| or understood"
Taking the witness for cross-exami-
nation, Mr.. Hanna asked:
Have you anything in your knowl-
| edge relating to any conversation with
the commodore or anything else?"
IT can only say this" was the reply,
unless you ask me specific questions,
that 1 do not know anything to the
commodore's discredit. I think the
Brooklyn kept the Colon from getting
away"
Why SchIey Hesitated.
DR.. Fitzsimmons, in speaking of the
voyage to Santiago said that the
weather was rough and that the COM
nodore had thought of sending the
Eagle away, but had hesitated. This
statement caused the court to ask the
witness if he knew the cause of the
hesitation and he replied that he had
heard the commodore talking about it,
HE seemed to think the Eagles speed
was lacking. He said he wanted to
keep the squadron intact If he could,
but the Eagle kept the fleet back"
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