Evening star., 1901-10-18

here about a week and have not seen any,
thing of them" or something to that ef-
feet
mo. SIR replied Ensign Marble, "as I
remember il, he said they could not be
here unless knew it.
Questioned further he said after he heard
this remark the commodore and Capt. Sigs-
bee went aft on the Brooklyn and he (wit-
neSs) went below. .
The list of witnesses called for today in
cluded Lieutenant Commander Reginald F.
Nicholson, who was navigator of the Ore
gon during the campaign of 1898; DR.. Chas.
NJ. Devalin, passed assistant surgeon;
Captain J. l.. Hannum, retired. who was
chief engineer on the Brooklyn during the
war with Spain; Lieutenant T. F. Carter,
Ensign w. P. Cronan. Carpenter j. H.
Warford, all of whom were on the Brook
lyn; Mr.. Hunley, who was chief machinist
on the Texas, and Lieutenant b. w. Wells,
jr., who was Admiral Schley's flag lieuten-
ant. 1t is expected that Captain Clark of
the Oregon will be among the witnesses to
be heard early next week
Lieut.. Com. Nicholson Called.
Lieutenant Commander Nicholson, now
on duty at the Navy Department, was first
called. He is the first officer of the Ore
gon who has appeared before the court
He was asked to describe the battle OF
July 3, and gave a careful and detailed
time the Oregon got into the fight until
its close
Story of the Santiago Fight.
He was, he said, on the deck OF his ves-
sci, and added: Occupying the position 1
did during the day of the engagement 1
necessarily saw considerable Of 1t. The IN
cidents of that day commenced about $3.50,
or five minutes before. when the first call
to quarters had been sounded. Then the
Spanish ships were seen coming out of the
harbor, were seen, In fact, by practically
the first ship started to go around the cly
went up There they go! / looked toward
the harbor and saw the first ship. Her
bow was making a turn into the last reach
of the harbor on her way out. She was
followed in succession by the others. L
went to my station, first on the bridge. then
down to the coming tower and saw that
the proper connections were made. In the
meantime the signal had been sounded to
general quarters. and by this time steam
was coming up. all the boilers and blowers
were going full tilt and few minutes
afterward Captain Clark came up. We
turned the ship, going slowly at first, The
speed increasing all the time; turned ship
with starboard helm and started IN toward
the enemy. They came out at full speed,
apparently much faster than We were at
this time. BY the time We were straight
all ahead of u.s. The Iowa started in, she
being to the westward OF us. apparently
got in closer to the enemy than We did,
because we passed under her stern.
"A few minutes after that on our course
to the westward We passed under the stern
of the Texas. apparently stil In the water.
1 called Captain Clarks attention to this.
"Of course. firing commenced on both
sides at the time the first ship cleared the
mouth of the harbor. We returned the fire
at long range. probably three and half
to four miles on at that point.
when we crossed under the Texas stem
we saw the Iowa coming out on a course
nearly parallel to a converging course with
ours. / noticed her a little abaft our
starboard BEAM Capt. Clark at the same
time noticed her. and called my attention
to her. and told me TO look out and avoid
a collision. No collision was very immi-
nent. but we did change our helm and
passed on. did not see any more of the
Iowa. After the action commenced We
passed the Texas and the Iowa. The only
ship then ahead of us was the Brooklyn.
She was well OF her accustomed position,
well of to the westward. All the Spanish
ships had gotten out by this time. and we
Were pursuing them, heading for the lead
ing ships. We noticed the Maria Teresa
drop astern at less speed than at first saw
flames leaping up and out from her. which
convinced us she was on FIRE: few minutes
after that the Oquendo appeared to be COW
cred with smoke. and We concluded that
she also was on fire, which proved to be a
fact.
In the Wake Of the viscaya.
"Just about this time the vizcaya, which
starboarded her helm. seemed TO head un