The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28

SejA "a 81. stars sa.a A8rs!rs4
scn!ey. with twsnkll1g eyes. lie
~sws6 one hand suggsstsvaiy toward ;ne
Arssrloan ensign Haunting from he tasfEssl
gsg u Eng famous aTuzore9 cruiser as as
ssoxe. as fir the share of the cssw aaG
shss shsp Ia ;he victory Of the Santiago
exss.. oa.y ane salag can be sad-taey did
,asgY dv-y as Americans and American
ssEcs always have ard always Will. fr
Al my experience have never before Wit
xessed sacA fatally accurate ard deadly
shooting az done By our feet as IL
eaosea Ia ca CerveF&'s squadron during the
battle 81 July 3. Bat ali tha 10 an Old
story That We happened 20 Re IN The Talk
Of ia hght wes p.ece O: good luck for
which se are al thankful. The speed OF
sae Brooklyn bad something 20 do with
f. OF course And yea can give The PRAISE
fer that % Ih5se who designed her. and
TIE fa.tafGgl crew below Ia tne engine ana
fire rooms. They worked as never tnaa
~arked before. ioa zAsl me 10 give your
readers al idea OF the eric;sney OF TIE ar
rofeg cruiser class 0f warships IS proved
b. TIE fsrooklyns exper'encsf
The rear admiral smiled AID glanced 20
ward a number ri navy yard OF !c.ais just
boarding ihe ship. adding In MS cnai&etar-
tst,a genial manner 4 am afraid ! must
safer you 10 Mr.. Eodgson. the navigator.
us VII 1osbtiess give you tas Information
90 deslfs
rlsat Hoagxsn ~ the cruisers navtgas-
fnx afT.1er Admiral Sca!ey said of bin. in
tis report OF the Santiago battle: Ihs
navigator. Lieut.. A.. &. Hodgsoa. was most
ssssGy and conspicuous IN every detaA c<
6aty contributing 10 the. accurate i1fitis
Of tits ship sBroGklynl In her part OF tae
great Victory" lie seemed 10 ininS that
his testimony could not he or much inter
est. hat he finally consented 10 talk briefly.
Amor Effective Against shells.
the lesson learned By the Brooklyn,
he began, Is the same "a that learned
BY every ship ia the feet. We probably
ran give better testimony from the fact
fhat we we're struck by the enemy - pro-
sset{les a greater number OF times than
sny other vessel bat really the onIs add
s.onai knowledge acquired Is that spaHis7
sae.ls Of the calibsr fred BY CervS:.- s.'a.s
are useless against tbs three To eigat-inch
armor carried BY the Brooklyn. The marks
and scara show that we were reached aooa,
twenty-five times. but. az you See. We are
still afioat-
.sThe recent war proved conc'usively
that vessels Of the Brooklyn type ma
ample protection IN the protective deck
inches on the slope. In the tarec~inch belt
ana IN the eight inches guarding the bar
bate tarre;s II Is evident that tha cob
ssr,!ctoTs we're happy in their selection OF
tha nr!nor. The injury reported to have
beer sustained during the Santiago ngnt.
when ora OF thu compartments was Hood
Cd below the water line, was due 20 a
wa.c. valve being opened through soma
unknown cause.
Triumph OF Rnpid-fire Guns.
In regard TO the question OF armament.
II has been claimed IN some quarters that
4 battery consisting entirely Of six-inch
sapid-nre guns would be more efficient
than the Eropklyn's present battery.
which Includes eight eight-incn and twelve
rve-!nch rapid fire.s, and a secondary bat
terry OF twelve stx-pouaGers. four ons-
FOUNDERS, four Colts and two field guns.
The question is susceptible to argument,
OF course. but think the s4ght-!nch guns
Of the Brooklyn did their share In tie san
s.sg0 fght We fired 100 rounds % eight
inch shells Those. combined with the
eixht-tush proiectlles fred by the Iowa.
Oregon and Indiana. worked terrible havoc
on the Marie Teresa. the Almirante
oauendo. tho Nlzcaya and the Colon. One
Of these shells struck the latter ship land
ed IN the ward room ana exploded. wreck
ing the compartment and killing number
Of the enemy The Marie Teresa Was
struck by an eight-snch shelf from our ship
which entered the side just forward OF the
port beam. The projectlie burst and dis
ab!ed the four crews of the guns on that
eeck The eiEht-inch breech-losder f.
formidable weapon. and II is certainly not
cat OF place OF an armnred cruiser.
Handling of Smaller Pieces.
The official reports made ~ .Ae shlpa OK
Admiral Simpsons feet prove ;hat the
nialn results OF the battle of Santiago
mere achieved by the s-.nch ana lover
oaihere. and the rapld-dre pieces. Too
much PRAISE cannot Be- given "a the men
a. the latter guns Tor their extraordinary
skill ara ability Tho perfect hs.i ~ pro-
iect1ea >soweVsd upon the fleeing spanish
sA.qs ~ lhe 5-lneh rtrld-iireys MAS almost
hsyept belief Capt. h,uia5ss testimony
that Tae BfooislynS Gre ca oar bread
eide IVES frishtsH and she ineh could not
say az tfe.r guns proves bow tn~ Cvesss
~orked he pieces Although twelve q
tae~e Terribly destructive guns are car
ris,i naiy * csu;3 10 used doTlnE the
fGnei.E fsht. as cry tAat number ~o1i1
teag 4a TIE hrcaasaie. bat the SIX guns
d fheir wafk nolav TIE Nixcava was
hls sx .tues ~ The EroeklynS s-satA
tress-A }oafers fNa lrfarta Mara rve the
Ig.zsoosi toEon fear AMI the tA4ura8a ave,
oae ~ the she exploded q torpedo OF
tie later vessel " ~ .efrloia eject. Th.s
show a totsi * twenty h.ts, whicA. v igeu
TIE fast taN tsr ;sEkvt w&s WpViG& rap
sa'v IS ;&ksn 5rts consideration = real!Y
rsnlsfAaH}e y. :sA5ns = All ~ at !
T. nef believe fhs satfegs q tae n ocs}Nt-
ca te f@nfaNa1 Results materially speak
teF sh-rYsxe.xes ard Iae results oatai4eSl
~ The sst9 is sho recent WAY are eso-
sgeat
'~gas cT.c.cnt WORK ", ne nsartaes mar
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