The San Francisco call., 1901-10-18

westward on May 26. The slowest ship fixed
the speed, and that was six or seven knots an
Then in your answer you except retro
grader"
II do"
Having said that when the fleet left Glen
fuegos it the general understanding that
it was bound for Santiago, the witness under
questions by Hanna stated that the Meet was
headed east when it stopped south of Santiago
May 26. He said in reply to further question
bea5ed II Woni9 have % landed :.anVWbere TO the
eastward"
The court asked:
WAS it the roughness of the sea that made
1t difficult for the Yale to take the Merrimac
in tow or that caused the hawsers to part?"
BY the court-What difficulties did the Brook
lyn have in coaling off Santiago. prior to
II do not think there was any difficulty dur
ing those dates.
Raynor-Isn't it a fact that the derrick beams
on the collier were too short and were not
coaling breeches rugged on all of the ships in
THAT is the case of the Brooklyn. I
not say about the other ships"
Told by an Ensign.
Lieutenant Commander Griffin excused
and Ensign c. A. Adele, who, as a naval ca
det served as a junior watch officer on the
Brooklyn in the Santiago campaign, was
called.
Adele said there was heavy surf at Glen
fuegos while the flying squadron lay off that
place, and that when the start made
unsettled, though it was not bad for large
ships MORO Castle .,io vas in sight, he said'
do you recollect about the blockade OF
May 29 in front of Santiago?"
''Yes. At night steamed back and forth
in front of the harbor at a distance of five
six miles At night I saw signaling going
on between the harbor and the fort The sys-
TEN of signaling was that used in the English
navy, blinking white light, and 1 judged 1t
was the Colon signaling to the fort. 1t hap
pened two occasions
Gould you see that plainly?"
VERY plainly indeed"
The witness in describing the battle OF July
said that he had had charge of the port
battery the main deck forward. and that
when the Spanish vessels first came out of
the harbor he could not train his guns on
them because of the distance. Later he
opened fire and he observed that the lead
lyns port bow for some time ana then turned
to the westward. His range then was 14O0
yards, and the lowest range at which he fired
during the day 1100 yards.
The court asked what were the relative po-
sitons of the Viseaya the Colon orIr and d, the the
Brooklyn were fired by the witness at a range
He replied that the two Spanish ships
well abaft the starboard beam of the Brook
lyn the Viscaya being ahead of the Colon.
This, he said, was after the turn of tie
Ensign Adele then retired and the court
took a recess for luncheon
Inspires Enthusiasm.
Ensign John Halligan Jr., who served on
the Brooklyn, was the first witness of the aft
ernoon session of the court Referring TO the
blockade of Cienfuegos he recalled on the 22d
the Brooklyn steamed past the entrance 10
the harbor, and that the ship had gone TO
within about mile of the harbor He also
recalled that the Adula had reported that the
Spaniards had left Santiago.
When the battle of July occurred he was
in the port turret. The shortest range used
by him during the engagement was, he said'
Asked as to Commodore schley's bearing in
the battle the witness said it was such as to
inspire enthusiasm"
at the beginning of the battle? asked Raynor
Hold on therei'' exclaimed captain Lenly,
before the witness could reply. Il object.
Captain Lemly stated that the precept olo
not call for the position of ships except to
show whether they endangered the Brooklyn.
Replying, Raynor said that the question was
similar to other questions which had Deen ao-
mitted
cison of the court already rendered with re-
gard to going into this matter OF the positions
of vessels" said Captain Lemly. Now With
regard to the relative positions at the beginning
of the battle 1 have excepted from my OBJ
of collision which is a distinct part of the
precept. The position Of the Brooklyn at the
beginning of the battle Is called for distinctly
and in terms. but that, of no other vessel
wolves the possibility of collision. this. think,
is Objectionable and 1 submit the matter to
the court.
Wrang1e Between Counsel.
Raynor-Of course. I want to state to my
friend that I will not press this question now,
have to bring it up 1 submitted questions to
my brother yesterday They were not &C
cepted- 1 will withdraw it now.
Judge advocate-We will have to enter this
on the record as another reconnaissance.