Show If t SenLEY HAS AN INNING i First Witness in Behalf of the Admiral Is Introduced 1 In-troduced Before the Court of I i f Inquiry I fl Vatch Officer on the Brooklyn Explains His Part of the Battle I of July 3rd and His Original Entry in the Ships Log Concerning i Concern-ing the Famous Loop and His Alteration of That Entry His j Evidence Not Concluded When Court Adjourned II I I L i A Washington Oct 2An Interesting I turn Wa s given lo the Schlc courL ° C I Inquiry odu r by the Introduction oC 1 tho flret witness In Admiral Schlcys bchiilf This was Lieut James B i Doyle who was a watch officer onboard on-board the flagship Brooklyn during the war with Spain The fact that k Llcjit Doyle was put on thc stand j doch iot mean that tho Navy department depart-ment has concluded the presentation of its side of the case Mr Doyle Avas called by the department but as It also had been the purpose of Admiral Schley to Funnnon him advantage was taken ot Ijls urcsencc on the stand to question him as an original witness for thc applicant Tie was under examination I ant plicant Ic uncel examinaton by Mr Raynor in the Interest of tho I Admiral when the court adjourned for the day BROOKLYNS FAMOUS LOOP Ecfoie undergoing examination at Mr tRaynors hands Lieut Doyle at Capt oiulys request explained his part In the battle oC July 3rd and his original ontry In the ships log concerning the famous loop and his altenillon I of that I entry before he subsequently dlecov orod thai his first entry had been erroneous er-roneous LleutCommandcr Sharp who commanded com-manded the Vixen during thc Spanish Span-ish war also gave his testimony during I the day giving especial attention lo the nolcs of the battle of July 3rd made I by Licul Harlow of his ship I I CORRECTING TESTIMONY Admiral Evans CaN Slgsbee and Acmlml Coricspondent DIeualde were recalled vcr I the purpofcc of correcting their tes tltnony as given yesterday and all made addllloral statements Just e before the adjournment for the diy the court abandoned Us decision not to allow any questions concerning tho blockade of Santiago after July 1st when ConimanderinChlef Admiral Sampson arrived there CHART UP CUBAN COAST EXPLAINED The I formalities of thc day were begun of the gun with a brief explanation wih large chart of the southern const of Tuba which hangs on the wall of the courtroom This explanation nan made said that the by CajH Lemly who cnarthad been piejared from dala collected col-lected since the war with Spain and < Amp much more correct than former charts Capt Palter on behalf of Admiral with these explanation miral Sehlc said that wih planation he Aas willing lo accept tho chill as authentic Admlral Eans Aac tie first of the s itnetiucs i of yesterday who appeared for he I pprroe of making corrections t In j lj3 lesliruony Tlaving made these corrc tloijs AdmTral Exans arose and I j I IormaMrJaildressIng the cdurl faj l EVANS ADDJtESS1S COURT i1 lay It please the court Jn connection 0 connec-tion Wh one uf the questions asked me yesterday unless Admiral Schley or hit counsel object I should like t maki a t lenient and produce n Jet tcr If at any moment counsel objector I object-or Admiral Schley objects I will AVlih draw It and slop 0 Mr Raynor Could we look at the loiter oltciM MATTER A PERSONAL ONE pertalnly handing It to Mr Ray i noi It Is a matter entirely personal to me sh I The way the question Avas 0 Jl i te me yesterday put me In the posl I lloi Of having bragged of destroying 0 Uiii whole Spanish Heel on board the Brooklyn The identical words were used In a letter purporting to come from the Brooklyn and published in n Washington newspaper of July 25 13S 1 Immediately went t the editor of thc paper lo ascertal J the author of such a letter and he aCer a good deal of 0 I trouble ascertained lhat it was a wo 0 inan wh j had giver this Information 1 Whether she was paid for It or not I could not Jlrd out At the same time I wrote lo Capt Cook of the Brooklyn I Inclosing the article and there Is his reply 1 should like that letter to go in the testimony In connection with the testimony as the words are the Idcjitkal words used in this scurrilous I leltpr published In the newspaper lOlI r WRONG IN QUESTION tyr Raynor do not object to any explanation at all that you may make 0 There wan nothing wrong In the ques thou Itself I Tlit question was put to me as if 1 hnU stated 4I hud shot the bow off the Iliiimi raked this ship and knocked I out another one etc There Is Capt Cooks letter denying that such a con creation took place Mr Raynor The point Is whether the coiivcLsatlon was between you and toiamodorc Scliley Mi nu nor said he would object to the presentation of the letter at this time but not at the ptupfeit time He said the proper time for this would be when Capt Cook Is on ho stand Admiral Evans I withdraw l Mr Haynor 1 am perfectly willing you hal submit It at the proper I time Aftpr some further colloquy the incident inci-dent closed dOHDI I UIEUAIDE EXPLAINS Mr Thpmas M DIeualde the new lupcr correspondent when called to correct his testimony o yesterday nude a brief addition to his response to one of Admiral Deweys questions Ahu question put by the Admiral was Vhqtlier ic Mr Dluualdc had heard i Clflo Philip give orders to back en I JfhJw hen the two 1C on the bridge Orthe Texas during the battle off t HaUlno Mr DItMialdc had replied thai be mlslit have heard the order and t lie nll hnol Today he said In cx t Ph1t11at10C IhlH statement rime net thing I hoard was the r range ftlven and Just then the stiir bQild tAvclAclnch gun was lived nl I nioil fore and aft of tin ship I Jotted 1 that and Hide of anI Ai ni around to POLL I tae conning tower to see the capialn I Ib I might hay tflven several orders at I CI nbut that Of lbut time that 1 did not huur heard OUrce T did nol noiv ovcrythlng I BECKER RECALLED Ii Vcnmun Becker AJIS then recalled oni WiT exuvd after brief questlon e1b conrernlng the dlpputchcs prepared l1ni at Key CtrUl Admiral SItIJ OI aud Commodore Sebley lie aIn vild that according to hIs rocol eqllJ these dispatches were for ardcd b > the Iowa and the Du JMt but said that his statement vas used entIrely upon his memory NEW WITNESS INTRODUCED 1 LIputoiiantComtKandcr Alexander Sharp who commanded the con VMIPU yutt vixen during the Span th war > was the flrat new witness of C day Hu tcatlllcd that he had first iaien tcstUcd hnd Orst 0 in with the flying squadron on the morning of May 21th off Clenfuc gos He said that the weather on the cruise from Clenfuegos lo Santiago had been squally but not sufficiently bad to interfere with the speed of the Vixen The vecsel had not he said been in urgent need of coal on May Gth If 1 had been he altond received orders to coal 1 should have tried to do so though It would have been an uncomfortable Job because the Vixen was a very small ship Commander Sharp said that notwithstanding notwith-standing he had been on board the Brooklyn several times Commodore Schley had never discussed with him the retrograde movement toward Key West begun 1 ou May 26th SERVICE OF VIXEN Describing the service 1 the Vixen during the siege of Santiago under I Commodore Schley Commander Sharp said Umt le hud l been placed on plckot duly at the eustcrn end of the line on 0 the night o May 2Jlh and had continued con-tinued this dury afterward lie was about two miles from the tfhore he I said and probably three miles from lhcI mouth o the harbor He said that the entire fleet could not be discerned at night i and that the shore line could I only be discerned as a black mass in I the distance Mr Kaima Could you have seen a vessel undertaking to pass out near the shore under those conditions l COULD NOT SEE VESSEL I she had shown no lights and made I no noise I I do not believe we could Did you at any time suppose yourself your-self to have discovered a torpedo bpat 0 I attempting lo escape One night we sighted a light running run-ning apparently along shore with n good deal o speed and signaled that It was a torpedo boat escaping I turned out to be locomotive headlights head-lights on the railroad Under those circumstances could you have seen the train had no headlight head-light been displayed 1 I HI 1 I think not All we saw was the lghtSHOULD SHOULD NOT TAKE nISI Commander Sharp said that the Vixen1 had carried Commodore Schley from the Brooklyn to the Massachusetts on May 31st before the beglning of the bombardment the Cristobal Colon and that when he hal asked what course he should pursue In the approaching action I Lieut Sears had replied for the Commodore Com-modore that the latter I had directed that Commander Sharp keep his craft clear as she was vulnerable and should not assume any risks He thought the COmmodore had afterward spoken to him to the same effect LOOP OF THE BROOKLYN Mr Hanna Passing on to the battle of July 3rd did you qe atjy portion of the 1 o1 nile by the Brooklyn When 1 first saw the Brooklyn I 1 tlijnk she was headed about south ands L and-s nfjInR very > rapidly under her port hm 0 Did you at any time have any conversation con-versation with any person in the presence pres-ence of Conymodore Sohley with respect to the direction In which the Brooklyn Brook-lyn turned on that occasion Yes I sir Stale lje circumstances of lhat convcrsatlpn 0 0DErATLS CIRCUMSTANCE I hIloole on board the Brooklyn a t copy of the notes taken by Lieu Harlow Har-low tho executive olllcer of the Vixen during the engagement and 1 showed them to the Commodore The Commodore was se tel at bio desk as I remember I and at various limes different officervj came Into that Commodores Com-modores cabin Capt Cook was there 1 think at one time The navigator of the Brooklyn Lieut Hodgson came In also I think Commander Eaton was Ir at one time und Ifl am not mls Inken Capt Barker was In I StalkIng S-talkIng to the Qommodore about those Jot and at one pmt of the conversation conver-sation on the viy the helm of the Brooklyn had been put to form the cocalled loop 1 stated that the helm was put topoll Lieut Hodgson spoke up and paid No you are mistaken helm was put to starboard I said No no you put your helm to port He saldaI canprove it to you Look at this chart I said I dont want to see the chart You swung with thi Icon h Ic-on helm QUESTIONS BY LEMLY I Was It conceded finally asked 1 Capt Lemly that the helm had been put toport to make the turn I am not positive was te reply but It is I my Impression that it was By whom was the concession made I do not remember 0 Were there nny Instructions at that lime lo the navigator i Jn regard to ontrJeK In the log Not that I i remember Did you see the Texas during the ball off Santiago asked Mr AS TO THE TEXAS I Haw the Texas about the first tliwj I saw the Brooklyn responded thc wllncss She was southward to westward < rT the Brooklyn The Texas vnii then apparently lying 1 dead in the water 1 remarked to some officer staiidlng near The ship will never start and those fellows will get nwny The Brooklyn was then swinging around toward 1 the Spanish fleet licetHow How neor was she to the Texas I could not give un estimate of the distance ENTRIES IN BROOKLYNS LOGOn LOG-On crousexamSnatlon Commander Sharp was questioned In great detail by Copt Parker in regard to entries In tho locr of the Brooklyn for the period rovurlng the Cuban campaign Uw referred lo the entries concerning thi Vixens firing upon a locomotive engine on shore near Santiago taking it for u gunbwu Ho ellclled from the Ituoss the statement that at the r time Un Vixen must have been very I near the Shore NOTES MADE BY HARLOW Capt Parker then questioned Commander 0 Com-mander Sharp concerning the notes 0 imidJ of the battle of July 3rd by Lieut Harlow on board the Vixen This report has occasioned no little controversy It being claimed by some of Admiral 1 Schleys friends that after it copy or the notes was delivered to the Admiral then Commodore by Commander Sharp they were changed somewhat The witness said that ho I had taken n carbon copy to the Commodore Com-modore after the battle WERE HARLOWS NOTES D these notes state the truth of the battle n you saw It asked Capt Parker and the witness replied These are Lieut Harlowa notes Ho took them and I am not Plcp lcd to say yea or no whether they arc abso lutely not correct In every particular or Havent you read them over several sev-eral times rI have Now are you not prepared to say to the best of your knowledge and belief be-lief they contain nf true statement of what Lieut Ilnrlow saw I cannot tell what Lieut Harlow 0 saw sawYou You do not know whether they the notes arc true or not from having read them over several limes and from your own knowledge of Iho battle MISTAKES IN NOTES In the main essentials I should say II that they are true but there may be mistakes and probably are mistakes In them Did you furJsh a copy of these particular notes to any one else any other officer In that squadron 1 Not that I remember There were several copies printed but what became be-came of all of them I do not know Did you take a copy or send 0 copy to any other commanding officer or staff olllcer of the fleet except Commodore Com-modore Schley f 0 0 Not that I remember Will you say that you did not 1 No sir I will not say that I did J not To the best of my knowledge and j I I belief I did not of these Identical I I notes BOMBARDMENT OF COLON I Commander Sharp said in response to questions by Mr Raynor that one of the results of the bombardment of I the Colon had been to develop the I I Spanish shore batteries Mr Kay nor I then asked Do you recollect a conversation with Commodore Schley after the i I Colon reeonnoissanco in the presence I of Lieut Harlow in which the Commodore Com-modore rcmarkod that his purpose had I been not to develop the strength of those batteries I T really do not remember was l the response I wish T could i POSITION OF VIXEN f I I In response to a question from Mr Raynoi Commander Sharp fald that the position of the Vixen during the blockade was not correctly given by I I the official chart He was nearer tho shore than there shown I IOn I-On redirect examination Capt Lemly l brought out the fact as tp the change In the Harlow notes j I CHANGE IN NOTES I JudgeAdvocate you attach to r your official report of July 3rd a copy of the notes of tail action 1 I I Yes sir Where did you obtain this copy From the cxecullve officer Lieul liar low Did you at the time know whether there were any differences between this copy us attached to your official report and the copy as it upp ars In your log book Yes sir I knew there was some slight difference 1 From whom did you learn Unit there were these differences and was any explanation made of this fact lo you WAS TOLD BY HARLOW When I was writing my report of the action of July 3rd I said to LieuL Ilarlow 1 desire a copy of your I i notes taken during the action to accompany ac-company my report to the Admiral 0 His reply as near as I now remember II was Those notes were taken for the representative of a newspaper onboard on-board the Brooklyn aml1 would like to make some changes in them I I said Very well I wish the notes togo to-go with my report He afterward submitted to me the notes written in scrip which tread over and Inclosed In my report to the Admiral Mention has been made of the copy of the notes sent to the Brooklyn which were prJHted board that vessel ves-sel Do you recognize that paper 0 banding him n printed pamphlet 0 1 i have seen a copyo this before 0 If T am not mistaken several were sent through lie Vixcn Jmt does It purport to beAn 0 be-An account of the engagement with the Spanish squadron as seen from the United States steamer Vixen July 3 1S9S United States steamer Brooklyn 0 Brook-lyn l the flagship COMPARED WITH ORIGINAL At this point JudgeAdvocate Lemly had the witness compare the original I copy of the Harlow notes with the i copy printed on board the Brooklyn I with the result of showing that the notes had beeh changed before being printed so uslo make the account say that at l6Kj the two leading ships of the en mhore Avell on the Brooklyn starboard quarter Instead In-stead of on her starboard bow and 1 that at 1145 the Brooklyn was one point on port bow instead of one point on starboard bow The court then adjourned for luncheon CHANGES IN THE NOTES When the court reconvened aCer lunch Capt Lemly continued his qucs tionlnpr of Commander Sharp concerning concern-ing the changes in the notes made by Lieut Harlpw as follows JudgeAdvocate the entry made In your log hour 10IR the two leading shlpso the enemy are given as well on the starboard bow of the Brooklyn Brook-lyn are they not i Commander Sharp reading The two I leading enemys ships were Well on her starboard bow yessir 0Now in the copy printed on the ships Brooklyn what Is live bearing of tjioge DIFFERENCE 0 SHOWN I Commander Sharp < reading The two leading ships were well on her I starboard quarter I says quarter here and bow In tho notes of the Vixens log Then the Brooklyn is placed further fur-ther ahead by the printed copy of the log Is she not Either further ahead or the ships of tho Spanish fleet further astern yes 0 sir In the entry made it 1145 n in it appears from your log1 that the Brooklyn Brook-lyn bore one point on the port bow of tho Vixen does It not > ANOTHER CHANGE FOUND Commander Sharp reading The Brooklyn one point on the port bow about three miles In the notes Brooklyn Brook-lyn one point on the starboard bov distant about three miles What Is I the effect of lhe differeccs between the lOPY of the log book and 0 the notes 0 The copy o the Brooklyn printed notes would pul theBrooklyn further In shore or the Vixen further out sir as the case might be WHAT THE CROSSEXAMINATION SHOWED Crosse mmlnlng I the witness Capt Parker elicited from him the statement state-ment that the print of the word starboard star-board In Lieut Harlows entry for 1115 I as printed in the Brooklyns print of the notes corresponded with the official print as given In the appendix appen-dix that word len In place of the word port originally stated I In the notes STILL MORE CHANGES Capt Parker also called the attention atten-tion of the witness to the entry In Lieut Hnrlows notes wherein he 0 Hatlows says Eleven fifteen the Iowa Is gaining on the Massachusetts and asked If he had read the notes at the time at the I same time calling hK attention to the fact that the Massachusetts was then I at Guantanamo Commander Sharp replied that he did read the notes but thought he must have overlooked this notation POINTED QUESTION Capt Parker thon asked whether it was not true that the changes from the original copy appearing In the Brooklyn print had been made by 0 Lieut Harlow himself before he delivered deliv-ered the transcript to him Sharp for Commodoro Schley The witness replied that he did not think 60 Capt Parker You can hardly l remember re-member nt this I L tie whether the Brooklyn was on the starboard or port bow can you Yes sir my impression Is she was on lhe port bow Capt Parker XoW knowing that fact may it not be possible that before you sent those notes on board or took them on board to the Commodore the word starboard may have been changed Into port or vice versa If you read the notes over before you took them to the Commodore and saw any incurracles or things that ought lo have been changed you probably 0 would have changed them would you not I SAYS THERE IS ERROR I am afraid I did not look them over as carefully as I should have done That Is an error undoubtedly l about the Brooklyn being on the starboard bow I was on the port side i I Is stated there officially Yes it is stated officially and signed by Lleut Ilarlow I think It is an error and the mention of the Massachusetts is l an error as she was at Cuantanamo WERE THEY TRUE NOTES Mr Raynor Do you remember that when you handed to Commodore Schley the typewritten transcript of the Ilarlow notes from which the pamphlet I pam-phlet was printed that you said Commodore Schley theso are the true notes of the fight which will stand I 1 have no recollection of using such language I II I I TRIED TO REFRESH MEMORY I I want lo see If you recall this inci dent Do you remember tat on the forenoon of the 1st or 2nd of July you 1 were called alongside the Brookyn I and by u megaphone message from Lieut Scars speaking for Commodore Schley directed tou to the New York and report to Admiral Sampson that Commodore Sclilcy had observed suaplclous movements of smoke In the harbor Indicating j vessels were moving mov-ing toward the entrance and that Commodore Schley thought the I enemy was preparing lo come out that you I did go to the New York and report to Admiral Sampson as directed and that by Admiral Sampson you were ordered I or-dered togolo each vessel on the blockade and repeat Commodore Schleys message with an additional order from Admiral Sampson directing direct-ing the ships lo close In and krop a sharp look out thir it you performed this duty and so reported later In the same I day that you had done as directed COULD NOT REMEMBER I have no remembrance of the oc cunence I am sorry to say I Wish I could remember Is It possible that this could have occurred The Vixen was constantly con-stantly on errands of this sort Constantly And owing to the many services and missions of thai Sort slip performed Is it probable you might have forgotten this 1 thisIs Is is always probable Possible also 0 alsoYou You are not in a position lo say that did not lake place WHEN NEW YORK ARRIVED In response to questions Commander Sharp said that according to Lieut Harlows notes ns recorded in Iho Vixens log lie flagship New York 0 hal come up about an hour and fifteen minutes after the Cristobal Colon had surrendered The record read that the New York had arrived there three to five minutes after the arrival 0 of the Vixen which had benc at 25 The court here asked a number of 0 herehslie questions which with the responses were as follows POSITION OF TWO SHIPS Were the positions the Brooklyn 0 Brook-lyn I and Oregon relative lo the Vixen during the battle of July 3rd I 0 taken from Lieut Harlows notes or from your personal observation From my recollection of the fight lhat day During the attack on the Colon L May 31st could you see If the shots from the squatlma struck near the enemy 7 I could not because the entrance to the harbor was not open tomne when the shots from the vessels ahead were falling CONVERSATION WITH1 SCHLEY By the Court What conversation If I any had you with Commodore Schley relating to the object of the bombardment r 0 bombard-ment on May 31st while you were taking I him to the Massachusetts The only conversation I remember r was that relative to what should become be-come of the Vixen after the Commo doro left I have no other recollection about that By the Court How near were the Spanish vessels to the Brooklyn at frrl the time you saw her go south on July u i could not give a correct estimate II I I SIGNALS FROM BROOKLYN I By the Court What signals if any were made on the Brooklyn from the commencement to the end of the battle of July 3rd The Brooklyn had hoisted the signal sig-nal Enemy attempting to escape That Is In the notes There may have been others but I do not find any hereBy here-By the CourtAt the time the Brooklyn commenced to make the turn you have referred to how near to her was the nearest vessel of the enemy I I could not estimate with any dell nileness 1 ORDERS FOR BLOCKADE By the Court State the orders er which you acted when on blockade when off Santiago 01 Santago v My impression Is hat I received my instructions from Commander McCnlla lcCala to go Inside the line of vessels and io the seaward of Santiago about two miles That is for the 29th SOth and I 31st of May SIGSBEE RECALLED Capt SIgsbce was then recalled to correct the official copy of his testimony 0 of yesterday but before he proceeded Mr Raynor asked him whether In view of the state of tho weather and the sea on May 2Clh ships could have coaled with safety to them Capl Slgsbee replied Possibly yes on the evening oftho 26th but at risk of danger to the ships The weather had somewhat abated and I cannot say that It would have been ny en impossible CORRECTS A STATEMENT 0 Capt Slgsbee also made an addition to his statement of yesterday concerning concern-ing any statement that he might have made to Admiral Sampson or any one else to the effect that Commodore Schley was blockading Santiago harbor I twentyfive miles out at sea He said I did not and never have stated that Admiral Schley was blockading twenty five miles out at sea QUESTIONED BY COURT The court asked questions of Capt Slgsbee ns follows You have stated there were two meetings pff Santiago while you were blockading there have you not I stated that to the best of my r cole c-ole tlon there were I am not too firm frm in the belief I am positive ole Upon what ship or ships were hiee meetings tor this meeting held Either the Yale or the Harvard One I thInk was held aboard the Harvard If another wns held at all ltwas boar tho Yale 0 MEETINGS WERE INFORMAL Were the meetings accidental or by 0 order of the senior officer present By order of the senior officer present pres-ent What vas the 1 object of these meetIngs 0 meet-ings of commanding officers off Santiago OBJECTED TO MEETING They were informal meetings to talk over the situation I remember I objected to one because the Spaniards might come out and catch us out of our ships at any time and wand to go aboard my ship The meeting was broken bro-ken up on my account I was referred to by Capt Wise and of course It I shows a meeting with Capt Wise I Were orders of the any theNavyde 0 partment read or discussed at these meotlnss II cannot now recollect distinctly I presume there were RECOLLECTION FAILS HIM Slate as nearly as possible the sub stance of each of these dispatches so discussed and their dates do My It rccollcctlon falls me I cannot ItCan Can YOU dosI8W the dispatches or reports published In the appendix of 1 the report of the bureau of navigation that ypu hinded or navJgton modore Schley on May 2Glh rnnJl cnn show one That is the One I read yesterday to the Minneapolis It Is J11 my testimony I Mlnneapdls cmlot remem bel dispatch specifically handing him thc written DISPATCH CORRECT Mr Hanna then handed to Capt SIGS bee n press copybook containing the or tier to himself In response to which he had proceeded to Santiago to meet the flying squadron The dispatch read Proceed at once off Santiago The Spanish fleet Is reported there Com municate occasionally occasionaly I Capt Slgsbee said the dispatch was correct He was then excused LIEUT DOYLES STORY When Capt Slgsbee left the t witness stand he was succeeded by Lieut James J Doyle who was watch ofllccr olcer on board Commodore Schleys flagship the Brooklyn during the Spanish t war There was much interest In his npncaninee as he Is the first of the j I Brooklyns officers to be called since I the inquiry began He was called by cled j I the department but when Capl Lemly j I had concluded his examination Mr I Raynor announced that it had been Admiral Schleys Intention to have I Lieu Doyle summoned as a witness I In his behalf He therefore with the I consent of the court questioned the witness as If his examination had been In chief and did not confine himself to I orosscxaminallon f WROTE ACCOUNT OF BATTLE In response to questions by Capl I Lemly Lieut Doyle said that during the battle off Santiago he had find 0 charge of the two waist turrets Ho I had ho said written the log giving the account of the battle as there recorded re-corded but afterward an addenda had been made by the navigator When I the Brooklyn steamed westward witness wit-ness was first In the port turret and then In the starboard turret Did you have an opportunity of observing ob-serving which way the vessel turned f Capl Lemly asked Witness responded In the affirmative afrmatve He said however that he did not hear orders given to the man at the wheel What did you observe I WHAT HE OBSERVED I observed while in the port turret that we had an opportunity of firing ut the Spanish ships and the turret was trained nearly ahead The Span ish ships were a Hllle hit then on our I port bow and we lost sight of them by our ship turning wllli a starboard helm I Then It was that the order was given II I to man the starboard battery and as I crossed from one turret to the other I 1 observed the Spanish ships n little bit on our starboard bow As son as I got in that turret I swung the gun sharp on the starboard bow In the meantime meantme some of our own had fired cfolr ownIns probably 0 0 prob-ably in tho forward eightinch turret so Icoull see nothing at all for the dense smoke CONSTANT TRAIN OF TURRET While In that position and while the lurret was being trained Mr Ma spn the cxcqutlve officer passed down I the starboard gangway calling Ion I-on the starboard quarter and I accordingly ac-cordingly trained the turret around and picked the Spanish up on nrounl board quarter and from then on It was a constant train of the turret until we untl had the Spanish ships about abeam EXPLAINED A TERM What do you mean exactly when helm you say lie vessel turned the starboard 0 helmShe She was lien turning with a slat board helm because that is the reason we 1 lost sight of the Spanish ships 0 But you do not mean as I understand under-stand you she made the full turn with starboard holm 0 Ohno at that time I was under the Impression that It had yes 1 ENTRY IN LOG EXPLAINS Hqw did you come to enter In the ships loG that the vessel turned with i a starboard helm Do you recognize that log 1 handing him the log of the 10S handIng logof 1 Brooklyn I do The witness then In response to n question read to the court that part of the logbook which relates to the turning of the port helm as follows READS FROM LOOBOOK At 930 went to quarters for mu tel and inspection and immediately afterward after-ward the Spanish squadron was noticed coming out of the harbor The lending I ship the Maria Teresa flagship opened fire at once This ship the 1 Brooklyn and the other vessels name Texas Oregon Indiana Iowa Vixen and Gloucester engaged en-gaged the enemy at once The enemy stood toward us at first then put helm aport and stood along shore close Into thc westward We engaged with port battery at first standing in for the Maria Teresa the Colon and the VIs 0 I caya all three of which we engaged but just as soon as the enemy stood lo I thc westward put helm to port swingIng swing-Ing D little interline here clear of the Texas so as to bring the starboard battery enemy to bear and stood parallel to tit enemyWHY WHY LOG CHANGED The witness then stated that thc original entry in the log had made it I appear that the helm was put to starboard star-board Instead of to port as It appears ap-pears In the permanent log The change he said find l been made on the 5th of July two days after the action Asked why he changed It Mr I Doyle gald galdI y changed It after I had a discussion discus-sion with Sharp T had been under the Impression as 1 have staled that we had turned with a starboard helm Sharp was aboaul the Brooklyn on July 6th to luncheon with us and I had a discussion with him that day on that subject I think that is the time I changed it INTERLINED WORDS Do you know whether the navigator had then signed lhe 10S as correct t I do not sir 0 In 2 Why weio the hnorllned words put They wore put In 1 think In fact I I know at the suggestion of some person 1 per-son probably Ito navigator They I wore put In evidently after the log War written up because they are In teyllned < HEADED TOWARD SHORE About how was the ship heading at I that time within the quadrant of a circle southward to westward northward north-ward to eastward We were headed al the beginning of the battle In shore thai Is to say the head of our ship was probably about north and as soon a the Spanish ships came out and I got on top of the port UUrot the ship was then moving ahead and turning with port helm because i the Spanish ships were a little on our starboard bow but we were making I the port battery and started to swing I first and brought thc port battery Into notion Now then must have we continued con-tinued around there as I know now but when I was In the starboard turret tur-ret we lost sight of the ships because they were on our port bow EFFECT OF PUTTING THE HELM APORT Thc effect then of putting thc helm nport omitting the interlined words In order to bring the starboojrd battery to bear would be to send the vessel through more than 180 degrees would It not In turning I Certainly yes we were headed about northeast and that would mean I more than ISO degrees The cheaper Avay would have been to put the helm to starboard would I It i not 1 am not prepared to say I If the ship was headed northeast and the phase was going nearly west or on n westward course Yes you could make the turn In lint aDo a-Do you of your own knowledge know1 of anything to prevent youv j turning 7 0 J HOW IT LOOKED TO HIM When I was on top of the star I board turret It looked very much toe 1 m to-e as though AVC were going to have I n general melee or mixup with the Spanish ships How far were they from you at that time When we took them up on the starboard quarter after we made part o f the turn as I remember the range It i was 1100 yards How do you verify that range I I I have no Aviiy of verifying that I We had to take the range given us j What I mean by verifying is as to 1 I whether or not shots were fired at that range and how they ell 1 I did not see the shots I fired a that range I fired one I know I NO ATTEMPT AT FALSIFYING Mr Raynor then look the witness and asked him If it were not true that I the change In the loh was not due to 1 an error on thf part of the witness and to no desire on the part of anybody to talslfy the facts Absolutely Avas the response I And lhe error continued Mr Ray nor occurred as I understand you id say i In this way That during the action you could not see on account of the smoke and though the ship did turn with starboard helm and entered lit so in the log log t I LOST TRACK OF ENEMY Yes was the reply We lost track of the enemy In the first Instance with the port battery by our own bow shutting the enemy out and showing showing that at that time we must have had our helm a little to starboard or that Die enemy was going with starboard helm helmAnd And then when you learned you had been mistaken you made the change 0 I changed the entry and I think if you had the rough copy here you would find It Avas changed in my own handwriting 0 WITNESS FOR SCHLEY Mr Raynor then staled lo the court that it was hiM desire to treat Lieut Doyle as S witness for Admiral Schley To this thc court asscHted and Mr Raynor asked thc witness a series il questions calculated to bring out I brief history of the Brooklyns part in the Santiago campaign and n full statement of his observations while an officer on board that vessel r Mr Doyle said In response to these questions lint while at Key West which port the Brooklyn had left at the head of the lying squadron on 1 lay 10 1S98 he had heard nothing of I I the Spanish fleet nor had he then been 1 Informed of a secret code ot signals arranged by CapL McCalla for com munlcallng with the Cuban insurgents insur-gents BLOCKADE OF CIENFUEGOS Relating to the particulars of the blockade off Cienfuegos by the flying squadron from the 21st to the 21th of May II uL Doyle said he recalled the arrival of the Iowa and the Du pont off Clenfucgos May 22nd of thcHawkon lhe 23rd and of the II Marblehead on thc 2Itli He said that he had observed three lights that looked like bonfires on thc shore each I night that the squadron lay off Cien i fuegos but that neither he nor anyone else on board tio tar as he knew understood un-derstood their purport He also told of the reconnaissance of the harbor at tI Clenfuegoa the evcnlng of the 22nd I OrAl j of thc conversation with the officers of the British ship Adula and of the arrival of tlie Marblehead and the departure of the entire squadron squad-ron for Santiago alter the lastnamed vessel had made communication with thc Cubans ashore SAILED FOR THE EAST Then he said on the night of the 24th the ships formed in squadron and started eastAvard thc speed at first being be-ing nine knots an hour but afterward being reduced to accommodate the small vcasels the Vixen and thc Eagle When they mate their start there was quite a surf a long swell of the sen and on the 2uth the weather was still worse making It very difficult for the yachts to keep up LIouL Doyle I placed the distance of the American fleet off Santiago from the mouth of the harbor at from three to four mllos and said there were picket boats on the Inside of the line WHAT BOMBARDMENT DISCLOSED Speaking of the bombardment of the Colon on the 31st of May he and Mr Raynor designated It as a rccon nol ance Lieut Doyle said that its effect had been to develop the fact that I the Spaniards had two guns in their land batteries ttfrle 0 Mr Raynor asked When was the circular form of blockade conimenced CANNOT DRAW SAMPSON IN While mv mention Avas made of the name of Admiral Sampson this question ques-tion was evidently regarded as an attempt at-tempt to bring his blockade Into the bring lle case for the purpose of comparison I and Capt Lemly was prompt in noting n sharp and vigorous objection Without waiting fQr any argument I on the point the court immediately announced I an-nounced a brief recess The members retired for a minute or two and when they returned Admiral Dewey said The court decides that all questions relating to the blockade off Santiago must be confined to the time prior to the arrival commandcrlnchlef The court then adjourned for the day |