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Where the brooklyn Got in Its Fine
Work,

Where the Brooklyn Got in Its Fine
Work.
Santiago de Cuba. July 17.-There
parts taken by the American ships in
the battle that destroyed ADMIRAL Ger
veras squadron, and there have been
so many different accounts by eye
witnesses, giving the credit to one or
two ships, that some figures taken
from tables and charts prepared by an
examining board will be of interest.
The discussions. it must be borne
in mind, are merely coincidental with
esprit de corps and are not at all Bit
ter, Naturally. each ships company
believes that il did the work to a
greater extent than any other.
An examination of the hulls of the
Spanish vessels above the present sub
merged water lin. shows the follow
ing: Four-;ach shells (fred only by
the Iowa): Infan,a Maria Teresa, one;
Almirante oIuendo, five, Fizcaya,
two.
Five-inch shells (fred only by the
Brooklyn: Infanta Maria Teresa,
five; Yizcaya, six: Almirante Oquen-
DO, five. one of which exploded a tor
pedo; Cristobal Colon. four.
Eight-inch shells (fred by Brooklyn,
Iowa, Oregon and lndiana): Teresa,
three; Oquendo, three; Nizcaya, four
AS the Indiana did not follow the
chase, she had nothing to do with the
hits On the Vizcaya.
Twelve or 13-inch shells: Only two
on the Teresa must be credited to the
battleships Oregon. Indiana, Texas
and Iowa, although it is quite certain
that the Texas fired one.
All the Spanish were riddled with the
rapid fire of the six-pounders carried
by all the American ships.
1t will be seen from this table that
the greatest proportion Of large shells
effectively landed went from Com.
modore schley's flagship, the Brook
Ign, and that she placed 20 fve-inch
shells in the vitals of the different yes
sells of the enemy pretty equally
divided, except that the Vizcaya
caught one extra.
This demonstrates that the Brook
Ign fought every ship of the Spanish
squadron in turn and landed nearly
twice as many tive-inch shells as all
five vessels did eight-inch ones, and as
many as all other kinds combined.
The Iowa comes next with eight
four-inch shells, five of which were
planted in the last vessel out of the
harbor, the Almirante Oquendo.
The ten eight-inch shells must be d.
vided between the four vessels firing
them, although two placed in the Viz
oaya undoubtedly belong to the
Brooklyn's list of hits.
schley Ignores Sampson.
Washington, July 23. &C nmodore
Schley, If information obtained from
private source in the navy depart
ment can be relied upon, has submit
ted to Secretary Long a report Of the
destruction of Cervera's feet inde-
pendently Of the one that will soon be
made by Acting Rear Admiral Samp-
son.
In making his report it is said Com
modore Schley, being an old and ex-
perienced naval officer knew his rights
and insisted upon them. He holds
that he was the flag officer in COM
mand of the American ships when the
Spanish vessels tried to dash out of
Santiago harbor, and that it was due
to his alertness and the orders he gave
that the Cape Verde fleet was ami
hilated.
Sampson was not within signaling
distance. Neither was Watson, the
only other officer outranking schley.
Therefore, 1t devolved upon Schley to
lead the attack, which he did with sue
cess that has made him fame equaled
only by that achieved by Dewey.