The age-herald., 1901-10-15
Describing the Santiago Fight He Says SchIey Was En-
 thusiastica|Iy Brave
GOVERNMENT CLOSES ITSSlDE
Edward Nunez, the First Witness for the Admiral, Telis How He Dis covered the Spanlards
 Were at Santiago.

washington, October 14-Today in the Schley court of inquiry Judge Advocate Lenly concluded presentation of testi- mony for the government and the first of Admiral Schley's witnesses was intro- duced Captain Francis A. Cook, who commanded Admiral (then Commodore) Schley's flagship, the Brooklyn. during the Santiago campaign and who acted, though unofficially, in the capacity of chief of staff for the Commodore. was on the witness stand the greater part of the day. He was followed by Lieutenant Commander William F. Fullam who was senior watch officer on the New Orleans during the Spanish war and former Lieu tenant Joseph Beale who, as an officer on the Harvard translated the cipher dis- patches between Commodore Schley and the Navy Department, carried by that vessel. Among these dispatches was that sent by Commodore Schley May 2S ex- pressing his regret at not having been able to obey the orders of the depart ment and explaining the reason why he did not do so There are some verbal dis crepancies between the original draft of this dispatch and the official print Of 1t, and these Mr. Beale explained.
 Lieutenant Beale was the last of the government witnesses, although Captain Lemiy explained that he would reserve the right to call others if occasion should demand.
 The first witness for Admiral Schley was the Cuban pilot Eduardo Nunez who told Schley on May 26, 1898, that he did 4-t,s a1o4. .6ar-C Cor-- were was in the harbor at Santiago
 Captain Cooks testimony was review of the entire campaign after Cervera's neet, beginning with the departure of the flying squadron from Key West on May 19 and concluding with the battle of sanitas go July 8. He said that at first 1t had been believed by both Sampson and Echley that the Spanish fleet was in the harbor at Cienfuegos and that no infor- nation to the contrary had been con- veyed to Commodore Schley until the ar rival of Captain McCalla on May "A; that It was Commodore Schley's expectation to meet the Spaniards in the open sea and his constant care was to have coal enough for such emergency. He gave particulars concerning the retrograde movement and explained the Brooklyn's loop in connection with graphic account of the engagement of July 3. Asked for an opinion ss to Admiral Schley's bear Ing as a commanding officer, he said:
 q always regarded him as an enthus- iastically brave and patriotic officer"
 Captain Cook Testifies.
 After previous witnesses had corrected their testimony Captain Cook was call ed He was questioned by MT. Hanna and responded in clear and distinct tones. He said he had been at Key West on May 19.
 What information did you have at that time concerning the whereabouts of Cerveras f1eet?' asked MT. Hanna.
 My impressions simply from rumor were that they had left the Canary Is- lands and part of them had been sight ed at Martineque and from Consular in formation, or perhaps information serft by the Harvard that they had gone to Curacoa. That is all from impression.''
 Captain Cook said that upon arriving of Cienfuegos on the morning of May 22 a blockade was immediately establish ed as the firing of guns were heard and it was believed Cervera had arrived and
  Earthworks on shore were also seen, but they were not fired upon, because 1t was considered desirable not to unnecessarily expend ammunition.
 schIey Saw Signals.
 ''Did you see any signals on shore while you were there?'
 ''Yes, the first thing after we arrived on May 22."
 ''where were those signal lights and what were theyY'
 T judged them to have been about six or seven miles to the westward. three lights one ahead of the other. very dis tinctly. and the discussion that took place on the ship in which I think the commodore took part was pretty clear evidence that it was signal of some kind to assist the fleet, and that he cer- tainly had them in there. I know he felt doubly sure at that time that he had them there. There was some discussion wheth- CT these were signals that they were go- ing there or whether they were already there. But of one thing. am very posi- tive. that the commodore was satisfied he had them in there at that time"
 There could have been no doubt wheth- CT from the arrangement of those lights that they were intended as signals"
 ''Oh. no; their appearance at the time they did and remaining so long, but we could not determine from whom or to whom they were sent"
 MT. Hanna asked: Were you present at any interview between Captain Mccall Ia and the commodoreT'
 "I was in consultation"
 Briefly and exactly as you can give it, tell what occurred?"
 we talked on various subjects at first. l think Captain McCalla informed him that he had mining material for the in- surgents and that he was going to com municate with the insurgent camp We brought up the question about where 1t was, and the commodore then said, We have seen three peculiar lights, one ahead of the other here but we cannot make