Show I DOYLE FINISifIES STORY l Officer on Flagship Brooklyn Concludes I His Evidence Before Schley Court of Inquiry f f I Indications I Now Are That the Case Will Be Prolonged for at Least < a Month JudgeAdvocate VII Not Call More Than Six or Eight Witnesses but Mr Ra tnor Has Forty Names on His List of Witnesses for the Admiral Washington Oct 3After Lieut Doyle formerly of Commodore Schleys flagship the Brooklyn had completed com-pleted his testimony before the Schley court of inquiry today Capt William C Dawson of the marine corps was called and was followed by L Ieut Charles W Dypon of the bureau of stpam engineering of the Navy department depart-ment Cant Dawson was signal officer onboard capt sigal ofccr board the battleship Indiana during the naval engagement off Santiago and he gave an account from recollection recollec-tion of the behavior of the various i ships of the American fleet during the 1 battle He said the Brooklyn had I gone about 2000 yards to the southward before joining in pursuit of Cerveras fhlp Lieut Dyson was Introduced to testify tes-tify concerning the coal supply of the flying squadron but the court adjourned ad-journed for the day before he could be heard to any extent COURT AND LAWYERS WEARY Both the court and counsel are beginning be-ginning to show the effects of the arduous Jnnlnh duous duties Imposed by the trial Especially Es-pecially severe Is it upon the attorneys i i both for Admiral Schley and for the I Navy department Their duties do not iccnv when the court adjourns In the i afternoon but they extend far Into the nlcht and often they are found at I their labors before the breakfast hour the next morning The trial presents new points to all of them and its various vari-ous turns bring to light fresh complications complica-tions which have the effect of rendering render-ing It more trying than an ordinary case would be DURATION OF TRIAL But while all agree that I would be desirable tp have the case terminated at an early day they also agree that there lo little prospect In that direction direc-tion JudgeAdvocate Lemly probably will not call mole than Six or eight witnesses but Mr Raynor has almost i fortynames on his lt eVdysr ow ever that he does not expect to examine ex-amine more than haltof this number Still he will not undertake to name a day for the close of the trial within 3 month from this time lie does not expect to call Admiral Schley to the witness stand for some time yet Mr Raynor exoects his client to make a complete review of the case and I Is prObable that the Admiral will be on the stand longer than any other witness wit-ness SIGSBEE CORRECTS TESTIMONY Capt Slgsbee was the first of yesterdays yester-days witnesses to appear for the purpose pur-pose correcting his testimony When he began statement It was found that the official stenographer was not present and Admiral Dewes private secretary Lieut Crawford was called upon to perform the duty of recorder of the proceedings Cant Slpsbee stated that he had I made another search last night for the i dlsnitch from the Navy department under the terms of which he sought I to connect with the flying squadron off Santiago and that he had found a I nciyate letter which he had written atnhe time ir 1 vhich he had said Until Un-til we sighted the vessels on the 29lh we knew nothing positive as to their whereabouts LIEUT DOYLE RESUMES Lieut Doyle then resumed his testi mony begun yesterday He was examined ex-amined by Mr Raynor He continued In reply to questions give n narrative narra-tive of the battle Mr Raynor asked whether the Brooklyn had been engaged en-gaged In any bombardments during the month of Juno 1898 but JudgeAdvo cate Lemly and Mr Hanna objected on the ground that the question was similar to the question asked yesterday concerning the blockade after the arrival ar-rival of Admiral Sampson Sarson PURPOSE OF QUESTION I Mr Ravnor said that his purpose I was to show only what the BrOoklyn Brook-lyn had done and that It did not in I anyWay concern what the New York had done His purpose he said was I I toshow what had been done toward developing the strength of the shore batteries I know what the ruling of the court means he said and bow respectfully to i COURT RETIRES Admirl Dewev said that if the question ques-tion was confined tOlhe Brooklyn there could be no objection The Question was then asked as to what the Brooklyn learned concern inc the shoT batteries as a result of any bombardments In which she had participated In June Before a reply could be given the court retired for consultation con-sultation At the conclusion of the I conference Mr Raynor changed his question to read as follows I CHANGES FORM OF QUESTION What do you know of your own observation ob-servation In reference to the strength of the shore batteries and the guns I want the result of your observation at Santiago acquired by you at anytime any-time without going Into any general or specific details as to the bombardments bombard-ments TOOK SNAPSHOT AT SHIPS Replying Lieut Doyle said that after the bombardment which had taken place June 6th the Zopaca battery had replied at first very spiritedly but that it soon sent out of business After the shiop withdrew the enemy had again manned their guns and then shot at the shin On the occasion of the second bombardment they did not remain re-main so long They always took a snapshot at us as we Ie C he said I SCHLEY UNDER FIRE Mr Ravnor then asked Lieut Doyle how often he had seen Commodore Schlev under fire during the Santiago camP itt f Every time w e Were underlIne her he-r pU d during those bombardments O3id In the battle of July3rd iJVhai Was his conduct I refer to the first specification Iji the prciept His conduct L connection with the connelon wit Santiago campaign and what was his conduct and bearing at any time cither I db uringthn bombardments orduring the Id attleof July 3rd when his snip was under I fireWAS WAS WELL POSTED I did not have an opportunity as j I L I the Commodore was always near the I conning tower to observe his conduct r during the battle but Immediately previous pre-vious and afterward I did have an opportunity op-portunity to do so He always struck me as being just about as well posted a sIt was possible for anybody to be under those circumstances I AN INTERMINABLE INQUIRY I Mr Raynor then asked the witness I i wEother on July 2 1SD8 he had observed smoke coming from Santiago harbor over Zokopill hill Capt Lemly objected ob-jected j and Mr Raynor said that his purpose was to prove that It was believed be-lieved l at that time that the Spaniards were preparing to withdraw from the harbor and that Commodore Schley had communicated the facts to the squadron I was Important he said t o prove the conduct of the Commodore under departments precept Capt I Lemly and Mr Hanna contended that the certain effect of these questions would be to open the gates for an interminable in-terminable t inquiry and If one side should enter on such questions the other must bo allowed to do so They did not object except for the reason of the time involved PARKER WILLING TO OPEN DOOR CapL Parker announced his willingness willing-ness to open the door wide He wanted the entire matter investigated and would have the searchlight turned upon every individual from lponevery fror the com manderInchief to the lowest officer under him QUESTION FINALLY PERMITTED Mr Raynor was then permitted to ask his question which he did In the rolowlngvords Was the smoke observed ob-served on July 2nd by Commodore Schley comm nlucnted to the squadron squad-ron 7 ronThe The reply was Smoke was observed rising In the harbor on July 2nd and jjpy Impression now Is and always has T beeifslnoe that nlght that that Information l Infor-mation was conveyed to the command erlnchlef The witness was then requested to I I give a brief account of the part taken by the Brooklyn In the battle of July 3rd which he did relating much that he had said yesterday After stating Afer slatng the preliminaries Lieut Doyle related his observations of the battle In the following langiiagc batle i DESCRIBES THE BATTLE j I fired the left gun first and Halli Ral 1 1 gan shortly afterward fired the right one Then we began to load the guns again I was necessary then after loading the guns a second time to turn the turret directly ahead turrptdlrecl aheatas our ship was apparently shutting the enemy out by turning with n starboard helm Im helm mediately after firing that left gun the I second time the order lme was to man the I starboard battery I got out of the turret through the roof that being the most convcnltne way o getting out and crossed over to the starboard tur ret AsI was going into the starboard j I I lurrei i uaci an opportunity to see tho Spanish ships They were then a little on our starboard helm ltle TOOK CHARGE OF CONTROLLER As soon as I had charge of the con troller which up to this time had been In I charge of Mr Woodward I swung the turret around on to the starboard bow in the meantime some of our forward guns had fired The volume of smoke was so great that It must have come from one of the eightInch guns of the forward turret so I was entirely shut out from seeing the ene II my WIlJc the guns were In this posi tion Mr l Mason our executive officer I passed d6wn the executve gangway I railing Sharp on the starboard nuar fet f The Interval of time from the time the guns were on the starboard bow or starboard quarter I think must hjne been two think two minutes I swung the gun around to the starboard quarter and then ce picked up the enemy WAS A CONSTANT FIRE J The range at which I fired to the best of my memory was about 1100 yards and from then on It was a con StOUt fire training tho guns until n we finally got them on the starboard beam Thc range Increased up starboHd yards and luring the run after 20 parallel with the Spanish ships the range va nod from about 2390 to 1UOO yards 1 I think when the Vizcaya1 went Inshore the range was then about 1SOO yards about lS0 Immediately before she turned In she made n nhcer with her starboard helm apparently coming toward us and then immediately put helm around the other way and went inshore CHASE AFTER COLON < From then on It was a chase after the Colon At the time tim Vizcaya lme tlO Ylica n went ashore the Colon by working up inside of the other Spanish ships had secured n very long lead I should say she was at least five fve or six miles Perhaps more on our starboard bow well In shore The order was given to cease Airing and to come out of the and take n spell during the chase of the Colon spel OREGON TRIES BIG GUNS The Oregon during that chase and while we were on the top of the tur ret was directed to try her thirteen inch guns in the chase which she did I ant the shots tell short In hittl fel j a jiijc7 while they were tried again and came a little closer cmc SCHLEY GAVE ORDER Admiral Dewey Directed by whom By Commodore Schley sir by wig wag signal aI remember It Admiral Dewey You saw that sig nal mUYes Yes sir I saw the signal being madedmiral bing Admiral Benham Did you read the BcnhamDJI signal I did not but I understood what It was and if I am not mistaken it was McCauley an Ejnslgn wo had on board who made the Signal l himself Shortly rtfter this the forward turret and star board turret of the Brooklyn were directed to load the guns with armor gns rror piercing shells The forward turret was directed to fire first two shots I J which It did The shots fell short Then I was directed to fire and I fired tre at yards a range as I now recall of 6500 yardsWe We tried both guns at that range Those shots fell short We loaded again In the starboard turret and I increased the range to C700 yards and l firtd the right gun I went a little to the right of the Colon as near as T could judge but the range was very good The Colon very shortly after that went ashore We steamed up to her and I proceeded to get out a cutter for Capu Cook to go over and receive Jier surrender sur-render STATEMENTS POSITIVE Capt Lemly began his crossexamina tion by asking the witness whether he was as sure of the position and actions I of the Brooklyn as he had been of the way the Biooklyn had turned on the day of the Santiago batteI v The witness replied that he wasmore I I certain He repeated his statement made yesterday that he had made the entry In the log that the vessel had turned with a starboard helm when in fact it had turned with a port helm He said he had not consulted with any One except Commander Sharp before changed the entry The questions were then asked by Mr Hanna and traversed much the same ground gone over yesterday by Capt Lemly in the examlnationIn chief Mr Hanna crossexamined the witness wit-ness regarding his testimony bearing upon the battle off Santiago asking him first as to the direction in which the Spanish ships were headed as they came out of the mouth of the harbor They were coming right toward us the witness replied column almost in line almost on our starboard bow They had not then begun to turn Were they firing at you asked Mr Hanna They were certainly firing in our direction was the response The witness wit-ness said after that the firing was from both sides of the bows of the enemys vessels How sure asked Mr Hanna do you feel of your recollection as tothe way they were headed at that time That Is one of the things that most firmly Impressed Itself on my mlnij HOW HE OBSERVED BATTLE Lieut Doyle said that ho had made his observations of the battle through the peephole from the sliding head and again related how the enemy had been cut oft from his vision by the smoke of one of the Brooklyns big guns The crossexamination upon these incidents was In progress when the court took Its midday recess for luncheon SIGNALS TO THE OREGON The afternoon session began with Inquiries In-quiries concerning the wigwag signal to the Oregon from the Brooklyn to fire her thlrteenlnch guns The witness wit-ness said that he was sure he had seen the signal made but that he was unable un-able to find an entry of the signal In the ships log CapU Lemly asked what efforts had ben made by the flying squadron discover the whereabouts of the Span ish fleet while the squadron lay off Clenfuegos before the arrival of Capt McCalla t The witness replied that there had been no effort except In making Inquiries Inqui-ries of the captain of the British vessel ves-sel Adula ft j f t LOOKED LIKE A MIXUP 1IXTP Capt Lemly then asked a number of questions The first of these called oran or-an explanation of what the witness meant yesterday when he said he thought that Just after the beginning of the battle of July 3rd there was i prospect of a melee OL thought responded the witness that the ships were coming right toward to-ward us I thought they would set Into us and I thought we would have i mixup distant as they were about HOO yards WHAT HE MEANT JudgeAdvocate you mean that the course of the Brooklyn took her across the Spanish line and that she necessarily maneuvered so a to make a turn to avoid that That is what I mean What orders were given by signal from the Brooklyn to the fleet during the action of July 3rd 1 I I do not know except what I hae already wag testified to about theAvig mT I POSITIONS OF SHIPS You have stated that while you were I on top of the starboard turret i looked very much as though there was going I to he a general melee or mixup with the Spanish ships I want you to give as nearly as possible the relative positions I posi-tions of the vessels Spanish and Amer I ican to the Brooklyn at the time re I ferred to I At the time I referred to the Spanish ships were In column standing right toward us and about a point on our starboard bow DIRECTION SPANISH SHIPS I By the Court What direction did the Spanish ships take Immediately after clearing the entrance to the harbor The first one must have been south I scuth west They steamed right Coward us that is when I first saw itoward i they were on our starboard bow < CHARTS IDENTIFIED After Lieut Doyle was excused I LieutenantCommander Clifford J I Boush who had made for the court large charts of the petitions of the vessels ves-sels of the American squadron while off squadronwle of Santiago was called to identify those charts and to state the date upon which they were prepared CAPT DAWSON HEARD Capt V A Dawson of the United States marine corDS was then called as the next witness He was the signal officer on board the battleship Indi ana during the battle off Santiago Santago and said that luring the battle he had occupied a place on the bridge beside Capt Taylor and had been able to see well He said I had a clear view of all the vessels up to the time the In diana was directed to return during the chase of the Colon COURSE OF THE BROOKLYN In reply to a question from Capt Lemly the witness said at this point that ho had seen no signals from the Brooklyn directing the movemento te the fleet during the battle balte He then told of the action of the acton Brooklyn In running south shortly after the battle began saying that he thought the vessel was disabled and was retiring from action Later he said the Brooklyn steered a course parallel but a mile or a mile and a halt to the southward skirting along the column formed by the fleet By that time the chase was well under way and were the not relative changed positions of the vessels I Mr Raynors crossexa ml na Lion of I Capt Dawson was directed toward showing that his testimony was based upon recollection and that consequent ly he was liable to be Inaccurate COAL ON THE VESSELS When CapL Dawson was excused LlenL CW Dyson df the bureau of steam engineering Navy department wisIntroduced to present a tabulated statement showing the amount ot coal oh board the vessels of the flying squadron from May asfh to Juno 1 l i8 a complied from the logbooks of tJe the various vessels but at 3EO p m the court adjourned for the day before the tables could be presented v pf c |