Show THE stories of tb the ai 0 to o the b conduct of f the enterprises commander NEW nev YOUK march 12 the court of inquiry into the charges against commander U B 11 II mccalla WWI of 0 t the h a U 8 bemal E opened today to day admiral kimberly Kim beily betly presiding the first witness was executive eie cutno officer ingersoll In ersoll 11 II a said the men on the lite chip ship were ere confined in straight jackets for trifling of fences the charge charged against t the lie captain in in this respect were true witness described how the tile men were tie tied dups up a ladder ant and left in that position for hours the commander had bad directed kituto him to keep keel the men continually at work about the ship in all the tile cases the punishment was for drun drunkenness keness eps in regard to the assault on the tile foreman walker the witness said walker was very drunk and was abusing the commander roundly mccalla Alc Calla ordered him to stop and t il 31 1 the men to get yea ready dy water walker was still defiant and ad the be captain ca ordered water thrown thron on him walker walker was then gauged gagged with a bayonet by the commanders order even this did not silence walker and the captain drew b bis a sword and struck walker on the head walker then fell on the deck face downward walker was picked up and placed in in a hamul hammock oc k alter after dry clothing had been given rivon him he was covered with blankets on cross examination he lie said they had bad an unusually large number of bad men on the enterprise iio ile never knew BO so much liquor to be smuggled on board ship as on the enterprise he ile described the various improvements for the comfort of the men which introduced when he assumed command co of theall the chip i p lieutenant I 1 ich bohm of 0 I 1 the t enterprise E ter prise confirmed many of these statements lieutenant Cha chamley triley said there was a lack of system rather than any particular system of discipline on the enterprise ter prise on day an apprentice boy named myer iyer hesitated when ordered 0 o go down into the coal hunker D me leto galla calla asked him what lie meant by smiling at him and drawing hia ilia sword he said now daniel daniel if it you niile smile at me agan ill kill you ou retold tile walker incident he ile said walker was riotously drunk and using awful language lar knago guage before he be was arrested after the arrest threw three buckets of ater over him to quiet him but with out ont success Ale mccalla calla then brought his ilia sword and struck him with it after walkers wound had been bound up lie began to bo be noisy and abusive and nd was gagged |