The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-10

strain in time of battier'
 '.I have been scared"
 Have you any other facts from which you base your statement to the court that he was laboring under mental ex- citement. except the facts which you have given?"
 Another Instance.
 seYes. When Commodore Schley came on board the Massachusetts he stated in distinct terms that he was going in to destroy the Colon. The Colon was not destroyed. When he left the ship he called 1t a 'reconnoissance.' drawing the fire of the batteries and developing their weakness or strength"
 The witness said on further examina- ton that Lieutenant Commander Shroe- der, Lieutenant Sears and Lieutenant Welles had been present during the bon- bardment of the Colon, when Commodore Schley had remarked that, as they were conspicuous objects on the 1S-inch tur- ret, 1t would be better to move away.
 Referring to the Spanish shore batteries at Santiago. Commander Potts said they would have been no menace to armored ships passing them. MT. Raynor here formally introduced as evidence the order from the Navy Department. warning against the exposure of the American ships to the fire on the short batteries.
 The court asked questions as follows:
 What efforts were made by the vessels of the flying squadron prior to the ar. rival of the Marblehead to determine whether or' not Cervera's squadron wal in the harbor of Cienfuegosr'
 None that I ever knew of"
 Referring to the range of the guns fol that day, Commander Potts said th' range given previous to entering the en gagement was 1000 yards, but he had in creased 1t to 7.s00 yards, then to 500
 yards and finally to 10000 yards. onl! one shot which had been fired at thu American fleet had impressed him as be ing at all dangerous. That fell near thu Massachusetts. Soon after that the Com modore had given the order, Put you helm to starboard and let's get out oi | this He said he had seen no shore bat. teries at Cienfuegos. Lieutenant Leiper. Commander Pitts was then excused and Lieutenant E. F. Leiper called. He served on the New Orleans during the Spanish war, and told of the participa- ton of that vessel in the bombardment of the Colon, May 31. He described that engagement, saying that the first shot from the Massachusetts had fallen out side the Morro and, notwithstanding the | short of the Colon. There were. he said, no orders, either to fire at or to make | observations of the batteries. But, not
 withstanding this, he did fire at the east crn batteries on his own responsibility
 He had personally aimed the guns. but | the distance was so great that only the | red line of earth could be seen; neither guns nor men were discernible. One shot from the enemy fell thirty or forty yards from the New Orleans. The pro | jectile was so small he had been surpris ed that 1t reached such a range. All told the firing of his vessel upon the Color had not consumed more than six min utes
 2 He thought all the shot from the Ameri can ships had fallen short of the Colon The witness said he had seen no evidenc, of the presence of large or powerful gum in the shore batteries and was of thu opinion there were none to exceed si, inches in calibre.
 The witness said that he had secured
 his most accurate idea of the strengti of the shore batteries by the fact tha
 on June 14, the New Orleans had ap preached to within 1.650 yards of them remaining for twenty minutes and silenc | ing them after four or five minutes. Lieutenant Leiper was still on the stant | when the court adjourned for the day.