Show I I ADMIRAL SCHLEY COURT GOURT OF INQUIRY Time The following testimony given before beforetIme tIme the Schiley court of Inquiry Thursday was ivas received too lute late for tOI publication In our Issue of yesterday ENSIGN Ensign John Johl Jr who served Barred on time the Brooklyn during tIme the Ile war was the tho first witness of or time the afternoon sea ses session sion Ilon of the time court Referring deferring to time the blockade of at he lie recalled that on the tIme 2nd the tIme steamed pas me lie te entrance to me tho harbor and alII that tho thai ship luau had gone to 10 within about n a 1 amile mile Ile of the tho harbor He lie I also als recalled that tho Adula had reported that the time Span SpUI lards had hid left heft lef Santiago o When the battlo batto of ot July Jul 3 he lie was wn In him 11 the this port turret Time The shortest range used uMed by him during that engagement was wal ho he said ld 1200 yards Asked as 08 to Commodore bearing bering In the tho battle batte the witness said slid It was such 11 as n to Inspire enthusiasm Do you OU know what vessels were sighted at the beginning of at tIme the bat battlo battie tie asked Mr ir na Kaynor lor Imor Ibid Hold lold on al there exclaimed Capt Lemly Llly before the tIme witness could coull reply I object Copt Capt Lemly stated that the did lid not nol call cal for tor the position of at the time ships except to show whether they tho endanger endangered ed et d time the Replying Mr HAnor said that the tho question was tas wal simply like other oth r ques lues questions lions which w Ii helm had been admitted I 1 believe that Is an ami ni Invasion of tho the decision of the tl court already alread rendered render with wih regard to going Into this matter mailer Inter of or time the position ollion of vessels said ll Capt Lemly Now with regard rp to 10 the time reIn rela relative lla tire tive at nt the tIme beginning of thin the battle 1 I litre Ilae excepted from froni my ob oh so for far as us 11 relates relate to 0 time the posit bully of collision which Is tl a n distinct part of ot time the precept The position of ot the tha thi Brooklyn nt sit lt time the beginning of ot the time battle Is en called 11 ml for distinctly and amid In terms but hut that of no other vessel cw lel l Except as IH 11 I have haw stated In so 0 far as It Involves Involve the tIme possibility ls of collision this thle I think Is objectionable and I submit time the matter jo to the court Mr Ir Haynor Of course Coure I want vant to state to my ma m friend that I will not press pro s this question queston now but bUI there Is u a I stage of oC tho the case cas Mi where I 1 will wi hust to ro bring bril It I up I submitted questions to my IY mn brother yesterday They TIme The were e not hot ac mic accepted cOlled I will wi withdraw It now We will wi have lmae h 1 to lo en enter enter ter this on the record as ns another anther recon reconnaissance Mr Haynor It has line been ben ti a I very suc successful reconnaissance In ii developing I i you ou So far tar as ns we can cando cando cando do It If it the time I I court please we wo would like to have this matter mater decided now nol and here Capt Parker If we wo withdraw the tha question queston there timers Is nothing before the court Judge Judie advocate I am ur before th the court cou rt C Capt pt Parker Hut there ther la is nothing before time the court curt In the tIme question whether er you OU ate aie timers there or not lot Judge JudIe It Is I a n part rt of these the very vel questions that tha wore were submitted to tome toIne tomae me mae yesterday R rind ami 00 afterward with withdrawn drawn but bt It was WI subsequently brought In by b the time witness In the shape of oC sig signals nals g HAYNOn RAYNOR HAYNOr AND CONSULT Mr Ir Haynor HIlor nt at this point permission to withdraw for live 1 min mimi minutes mil utes for tor a I consultation with Admiral Schley which this the court curt granted While proceeding to the consultation room tIme the judge advocate started to o address the court whereupon Mr Ir Informed him that thai ho he could speak while they were gone Mr Ir Haynor laYlor after his hl conference with Admiral announced to the tIme court Curt that they Mould withdraw the question for the tue time being In reply relly to iu by b the court Mr Ir said ald that when the Vl c i a turned toward the time the Span lilt lib Ih ship bore bor on our starboard tr beam Im A little Itc forward and was headed toward toAd us distant from 21 to yards ardi He lIe lt also uk that timers there were re limes Hue c or four tour gurus guns jun heard at al and that these thase shuts shots were regular MACY When Mr Mi 1 retired he hue w was succeeded by I Ensign Macy Maey who ho wa was w a naval cadet on the n during duril the Spanish h war He lie le seMi Mi he ht had bad h hearth beard hel no 1 guns Jun at Cienfuegos but hind hi w ln seen n the time signal lights ashore ashor Mr Ir Haynor asked ukel the s If he had hd had any conversation l with Ith Com Commodore 11 eta moore Schley hleY doming the night before betor the engagement of May tl 31 31 He lIe p piled that he lie limed had hl a conversation I l was wae on omi tIn ill Ilp signal of the Aft r dinner r h 11 hi suM 1111 when the commodore came upon tim tic tt bridge nail and ali luring during the cour C i ft of f the conversation he ht stated dinted to mr flu nf Tumor row ro we are ar going InK In with OK tim hlll not coaling to at long lon tinge rinK rn to develop lol the exact location of ff butteries batteries and to form lorm an estimate of their Strength He lie MM he ho was wu not nt gning In for a regular bombardment ax as 11 h hI he had hit Instruction from the department not lint notto to hazard huard ib ti ships th Ih hat bat batteries cries teries and Int that th I If It ho hI should I ibi tl one of his ships during the th his forte forro fon would ouM th then n be r mitt Infer Inferior iou lor to Im t the anish fonts to in I lh the harbor that he w WI s going merely for a reconnaissance and sad nut not nt to destroy desire et t the or fr the nOon Colon on onTie The Tie witness I M said anid Ild that h h he hail had ht b be n us non on out time the gun Run deck dk during durins tf the battle of ot July 3 I The Trie Th pursued n a Inu sinuous ous course tie lie MM sail al at the th beginning of ot th Ihl the engagement and an tl then n 1 swung rapidly In to starboard with lh p 1 port rt ills His t w wile i R I tj yards and nd bW bl bI greatest On In Capi ar lt t L Questioned QU th tb the about tW the tl lat hat with wi tim Commodore era modess Schley on Oi the night of May Mar A Mr Yr Macy Ilc raid ai that b he did not nt know kw from frein fl whom th Ih the had re Ids kM hl orders orr not nol to r the tho ship by 1 ex ix poling th them m tn to bore Ib and anti that thaL tt he ha h h had hd d mv rever er r s seen n the th order hl HP Hr Jt lt of f no r rs nt when the e eTt fl wit bett tt Lisa U signal officer and one or Ir two to men wore nere an within hearing The he next was wal James launes A Hand Handall also all an ni ensign enslen who hind had served on time the as 11 a R naval cadet He lie le testified that on the thio day ta of or the time battle hate of July 3 ho Imo was as at the central and ald re received calved from Schley Shley and a 11 Capt Cook encouraging messages to the tho men maui and th 1 one 01 of these the from the time commodore was Wal wa received with h a three cheers for the thus commodore Ensign Ralph ti N 4 Marble Mable who Wil a I cadet on an 01 the Brooklyn during this the war tear or wild said that on the day ea mm of lf the battle batte off of Santiago he ime charge charp of at if some of ot the after afler B guns tin ft His II hit eliest t range was 1100 1200 10 The fhe orderlies had lied passed tIme tho range ran of WO 1100 00 yards to hint him but he lie had not mint used UI timid that range rai Mr Marble related a conversation he lie had heard heare between Capt and Commodore when the tho former fOrt Mme aboard the time Mn K SC olt ot o Santiago Sa n tolO The hl commodore lund had the tile cap cp them tain tall the witness said Have we N NTo 0 rot Cot it To this Inquiry Capt replied Hl No they the are ar not hot It OUT t I here have been here for tor Or about abolt s a week wet They could not lIot Intro have hlo been ben here uShers I T know knew It ItOn I itOn On 01 cro the he witness said Il he lie had hall satisfied t himself of o time the date 1111 of th lIt conversation by 1 Ii referring to the time log log He was wal not more than seven or Ir eight feet from the two officer at the time and he hI thought he had bad hat given Riven their ex ox exact act acl words DR DIl PArI IMONS Dr Paul chief surgeon of or the tho flying J squadron was mime Hie last lat wit I mires of time the ds da day He lie le observed the battle hale of July Jil 1 I from train the pin gun In deck of tIme and said mild that It I me to him at mit lt the tIme time that the tIme Brooklyn was WiS lighting the time hattie battle entirely alone He lie thought tIn the Brooklyn kept pt the time Colon Colsa Coll from fron getting aWA He lie I was nas excused I and the court adjourned I |