The age-herald., 1901-10-11
t Was Proposed as a Com- promise, Says Lieutenant
 Commander SChuetz
COMMANDMENT OF COLON
lieutenant Leiper Says It Developed the Weakness of the Spanish Shore Batteries-Written
 Orders Introduced.

Washington. October 10.-Just before the court of inquiry adjourned today Judge Advocate Lemley introduced Lieutenant J. H. Holden, formerly watch officer on the Scorpion as witness.
 Lieutenant Holden signed the entry in the Scorpions log giving the particulars of message for Commodore Schley from the Eagle which that vessel had brought from Captain McCalla on May 19, 1898, when the flying squadron, then bound for Cienfuegos, fell in with Captain McCalla's squadron who had just left that port.
 The government had sought to show that by this message Commodore Sohley had been notified that the Spanish fleet was not in the harbor of Cienfuegos and Lieutenant Commander Southerland of the Eagle had testified that he had mega phoned to the Scorpion that there were only torpedo boat and several cannieros in that harbor. Captain Lemley told the court today that the log of the Scorpion did not show the receipt of the message in this form and that he was prepared to admit that there was no evidence to show the delivery of the message to Commo- dore Schley.
 Other witnesses of the day were Lieu tenant Commander W. H. Schuetz, who served on the Iowa. and Lieutenant A. W. Grant. who was on the Massachusetts, who testified concerning the general cam paign of the flying squadron.
 Lieutenant Commander Leiper con- cluded his testimony begun yesterday.
 Leiper's Testimony.
 Captain Lemley resumed the question: ing of Lieutenant Leiper by asking him concerning the blockade of Santiago by Commodore Schley The witness said that when the New Orleans joined the block ade the vessels were lying in column from six to eight miles off shore, little to the eastward directly south of the mouth of the harbor. At night they steamed slow ly back in and forth in front oe the har- bor 800 yards apart. They were so far out, the witness said that 1t was impossible to distinguish points on the shore or to determine where the shore line met the water line. He could distinguish the vcs- sel nearest to him ahaad.
 On the first night of the blockade he had not been able 10 distinguish the Brooklyn and the Vixen. The Marbisne ad and the Vixen had occupied places be tween the blockade line and the shore. but he had not been able to distinguish them. Practically the distance of the main vessels from the shore line was the same In the day as at night. Ho could not say how far east or west of the mouth of the harbor the fleet had steamed as he could not see the harbor.
 On ross-examination MT. Rayner called the attention of the witness to the state ment of Captain Folger, who had been in command of the New Orleans, that the fleet was nearer shore at night than in the day time, and asked whether he agreed with the commanding officer. The witness replied:
 "As fleet or squadron do not agree that they moved closer to the shore at night. l have an indistinct recollection that the New Orleans the first evening was lying little farther off shore than the Brooklyn. When the Brooklyn took up her course east the New Orleans had to go in probably quarter or probably a half mile to get her position in the rear of the Brooklyn, but it was no more than that. It was simply a stand In. It may have been that that gave the captain or commanding officer the impression that we were closer at night
 MT. Rayner called attention to the fact that the log of the New Orleans placed the distance of that vessel from the Moro at four and one-half miles, and the wit ness said this was true.
 Lieutenant Lieper said further in an- Bwer to inquiry that he made the dis tance out entirely from visual observa- ton.
 Shore Batteries Weak.
 Asked whether he agreed with Captain Folger in stating that the reconnaissance n4 txhA 4f.<H ed, was success in developing the strength of the number of shore batteries. the witness replied that he thought it had been success to that extent but he could not agree with Captain Fnlger in all that he had said. Tre found that inc fire of the batteries was slow. He also found that the greatest calibre probably was a six-inch gun on .he Zocopa battery. that there appeared to be only two or three guns there not of that calibre: that on the battery east cf the Moro there ap- peared to be four or i've guns fired and from the volume of smoke and the range attained, 1t appeared to me that they were light guns, less than six inch cal- ibre."
 In response to Cartntn Lemley on re- direct examination, Iicutenan. I.eipe.- said that the distance of the blockading vessels from the entrance to Santiago harbor was about eight miles at the point where the vessels uned.
 The judge advocate: ''Wna.t, really, as a matter of fact, was developed by the affair of May 31. as to the strength or weakness of guns?''
 The witness replied: "As compared with the strength of tho ships of the squadron, or as compared with the strength of the guns of any ship in the squadron, any of the battleships, the Brooklyn New Orleans or the Marble head the batteries we're weak"
 Lieutenant Leiper was then excused, and Lieutenant Bristol called for the pur- pose of correcting his testimony of yes- kerday.
 While Lieutenant Bristol was on the stand, MT. uRayner read to him reports from Captain R. D. Evans, Captain Henry Glass and Lieutenant Wainwright