Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-10-21
THE WAINWRIGHT REPURT.
Official Findings Of the Board at Last
Made Public.

MdUe fuUuC.
Washington, Oct. 20.-The report Of
Wainwright board, convened for the
purpose of determining the positions
and courses of the ships engaged in
the action at Santiago, July 3, was
made public. today. The report is as
follows:
~. S. FrS. New York, First Rate,
Navy Yard. New York. Oct. s. 1898.
lin obedience to your order of Sept.
2, 1885, appointing US a board to plot
the positions of the ships of Admiral
Cervera squadron and those of the
United States fleet in the battle of July
3, 1888. off Santiago de Cuba, we have
the honor to submit the following re-
port accompanied by a chart showing
the positions of ships at seven different
times.
2-Those times as taken by the Uni
ted States ships engaged with the in
cidentS noted are as follows:
1-9.36 A. NJ. Maria Teresa came out
of the harbor. No. 2, $50 A. M, Plu-
ton came out. No. 3, 1915 A. NJ, Maria
Teresa turned to run ashore. No. /
1920 A. NJ OQuendo turned to run
ashore. No. 5, 1880 A. NJ, F'urore blew
up and Pluton turned to run ashore
No. 6. 1105 A. NJ, Vizcaya turned TO
run ashore. No. /, lis P. NJ, Colon
surrendered.
3-The chart selected by the board
for plotting is H. o. chart No. 716. 1885,
West Indies. eastern part of Bahama
Islands with part of Cuba and north
coast of San Domingo. This selection
was made after careful comparison
with all other charts at hand as the
Positions of the principal head lands
and inlets and the distances between
them on it agree more nearly with the
observation of members of the board
than those given by any other.
4--The positions of the United States
ships were established by known bear
ings and distances from the MORO 1T
No. l. with the exception of the New
York, whose position is plotted by the
revolutions of her engine dur
ing a run of as minutes from
reh position S. L. u S., of the
Morro. 5000 yards. Position at is plot
ted by all ships according to their re-
lative bearings from each other. the
operations of their engines from 9.35
to $50. the evidence of the officers on
ing at the Spanish ships. Position No
g. is plotted. observation of the officers
of the United States ships with regard
to their nearness to each other and
relative bearings of themselves from
the Teresa" with ranges in use at tbs
time, the performance of the engines
and general heading of the ships.
Position No. 4, same as No. 3. substi-
IA,f fA, Doe.i
lions Nos. s. and are plotted on the
same general plan.
5-Before plotting these positions, the
board took each ship separately ant
discussed her data for the position MI.
der consideration these data beine
obtained from thes report of the com.
nlanding officers, notes taken in the
action and the evidence of the mem
bers Of the board. In reconciling differ
ences of opinion in regard to the dis
tances, bearings, ranges, etc, full lib
erty was given to the representative .
the ship under discussion to bring il
any agreement and data he considere,
necessary and the board submits thi
report with a feeling that under tn
circumstances it is as nearly correct a
possible, so long after the engagement
Very respectfully,
RICHARD WAINWRIGHT
Lieut.. Commander, u. S. N.
Senior member, S. p. Comfy. lieuten
ant u. S. NJ: l.. c. Heilner, lieutenan
II. S. NJ: w. II. Schuetze. lieutenan
L. S. N: A. c. Hogdson, lieutenant (
S. N: W. IT. Allen, lieutenant U. 5
N. Edward E. Capehart lieutenant [
S. N.
The commander in-chief The abov
report needs the accompanying char
to make clear what were the position
of the ships during the famous battl
of Santiago. ON July 3. Measurement
upon the chart showing the position
of the vessels at the specified time
named in the report are given as ia
an idea of the work of the board as ca
be made without the chart used.
Position 1-935 A. NJ, when the Mar
Teresa came out of the harbor the Ne
York was nine miles east of Morrow, a
conpanied by the Hist and Ericsson. tt
Brooklyn was three miles south of Morr
being 2-l0 miles from the shore west
the mouth of the harbor. The Texas w
$40 of mile east of the Brooklyn, t
Iowa ! $40 miles east and south of t
Brooklyn, and the Oregon a half M
east of the Iowa, the Iowa being thr
mites directly south of MORO The I
diana was 20 miles southwest of Nor
and the Gloucester one mile almost
reetly north of the Indian, / 4-lo mi
from Moro.
Position No. 2-95o A. NJ, when
Pluton came out. all the Spanish vess
had come out of the harbor and tn
- positions We're: Maria Teresa, 25s mi
southwest of MORO; the Vizcaya. Co
and Oquendo in the order named beb
the Teresa and from 4-10 TO half a N
apart. The positions of the Amerit
vessels were: The New York had ma,
lilo miles westward. The Brooklyn i
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