Show The Commander 2IcCalIa Inquiry NEW YORK March 13The third days session of the McCalla inquiry opened today to-day The first witness was Lieutenant P J Merbick Ho told about men being put in canvas jackets and of men being ironed together Also an apprentice named Graham had been confined in double irons five days The apprentice was released by order of Commander McCalla and men had been ironed through some misapprehension misapprehen-sion The men were ironed two and two and kept on deck under a guard of marines John Dilmore captain of tie main top and coal heaver and others a were chained on deck and covered with a tarpaulin This was while tho ship was at Rouen France In the case of Fireman Sevaleigh tho wit U < < UUlU < l < uu Ian was conunel justly At Cronstadt much liquor was smuggled aboard and the men became drunk on duty A number of the crew were sent ashore for target practice and got drunk and threw away their arms A seaman named Sutherland attempted to jump overboard to escape punishment Hot Ho-t the men had too much liberty At Plymouth liberty was given to thirty men at 1 oclock the morniug Surgeon C C Herndon was tho next witness He told of the cutting down of Walker little before midnight He went on deck and was told ho had been cut down by the commander Witness dressed the wound on Walkers head I was about an inch and a half long The same man became be-came noisy and was given morphine The same treatment was repeated at 2 oclock ococl Witness did not see a gag in tho mouth of mOI Walker the wound was not dangerous Witness claimed that McCalla treat l1 the officers and crew with every courtcsyl Tho sanitary condition of the ship was Rood Assistant Paymaster Mudd told if the Walker incident and said he didnt think Walker was very drunk and it was necessary neces-sary to discipline Walker and ho was glad to see McCalla reduce him to submission by cutting him down Things orAte gcttincr serious and the commander exerted his authority at tho right time |