The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-15


Captain LcmIy GrtorrugtfuED-Nas this
IN the presence OF the ,uInsodore2
Witness lcoHtuuiusJ-This vas i'm the
presence of the commodore. Ellis told me
| that the ste aIimet,r gave the distance as
/ S''v yards from the tiZc.ya- / Immgdi-
aJely took special look ~ the Nizcaya
ana my JG4Em, lt confirmed the staai-
meter SAID 20 the commodore that ]
'u'NA.l VIC were about our tactical diam
'NtI from that ship, and then IN. order
VIZ Hard a-puIt.. am not positive
| VINO II was that gave the order irst }
thlhh rtcollycJ that the commodore said
Atain a-p-Ti and tEdt Captain Cook
S.lu the helm was hard a-ppTt IN. shin
| swung rapidly When The order wa-
given Hard a-port' J looked To tha next
Iuvbih,Lt. We were completely clear OF
nor After the turn was completed We
/ FOUND ourselves little 4baft IN, beam
81 IN" l'adlHS ship The smoke at that
ulhe was very dense But there
were two ships i'm plain sight and
W]frg ] IN haiiinE distance
ly afterward the smoke lifted 10 the rear
aad / saw the oregon corning toward
S- US anu also got "a Eimps, of our fleet
| and the whole Of the Spanish fleet saw
/ the Spanish torpedo boat ana iuforrD.5
tho commodore. The Vixen was on tba
! port side OF us. The course Of the battle
/ was continued on this line for some time
ne navigator was upon the bridge and
/ ran up and down several times consult
/ ing with the commodore. For about ten
/ OF twenty minutes we We're very h.tr,- on
gagged with those three ships The ore
] E'h was aSt,rn of us and the Texas
! dSlern OF her. The NiZCava after a rI1u
/ OF some distance, began To blaze up. ana
I Iil&lll mass OF flames burst I'm the cen
/ tr" OF the vessel. and she turned i, TO-
ward the shore Shortly before this shp
/ had made move as If 70 run out to
NaFd the BrOoklyn-aS IF 10 come ont to
ram us. When she turned I'M ] yyae a.
uoubJ as 70 whether she had hauled down
3 A,I '"toIS- Inc commodore spoke OF the
aoVlsabliitv Of signaling to tho Oregon or
70 lhc Texas TO stay by her and insure
| her destruction or surrender. Arter
lnInklng about II for q moment ne said
| ,,.,.,,, IN, LILlp was al right and that ne
! would look after her.
Surrender of the Colon.
The Colon had passed by inside while
/ we were engaged with the Vizcaya. out
running us all Gradually she drew ayyay
! firing at the same time at us We were
! IN the meantime increasing our speed
and we continued the chase after the CO.
ION. / remember after the NiZCaVa had
i turned IN we estimated the distance to
( \ond the extreme range Of the Stadi-
meter. After we began to gain upon nor
/ me commodore directed the Oregon to
J Hte her guns al her Then the Brooklyn
/ and the Oregon fired deliberately at the
Colon The first shot from the Oregon
. fell aStern Of the Colon r9 the first eb-+
Z from the Brooklyn fell on her port quar-
/ ter Onc Of the shots from the Oregon
I shortly afterward passed over the CO.
Ion, and one Of our shots fell astern She
I SUM otEdA 70 W4Ner and turn In toward
. the shore Her course seemed to be url-
I Setlied- l spoke of IL 10 the commodore
] and he said that she seemed To be look
| ing for "a soft spot which proved IN La
. the case She fired at us rather rauf1Ty
l at first then her firing berr-7a yl---I-
I About ! O clock she hauled down her fa~
and ran into the beach. We continues
! CAUTIOUSLY, with the Oregon following US
I After getting Of the boats and reaching
I q convenient distance. the vessels stou-
ped When the boats were gotten 0iI+
| Captain Cook and Lieutenant Wells we
! sent on board the Colon to receive the
[ surrender.
schIey's Despatch Not Admitted.
Q.-Did Commodore Schley send any
/ Gtsratch 20 be filed by you TO the Navy
| department with reference to the bsttIa9
A--YCs. sir
/ Captain Lemly objected on the ground
/ that the despatch was no; an official doc
! umeEt. and said that it could not be
/ brought into the case
/ Mr- kayner argued that it would have
/ oeen an official document If il had gotten
I on. and said that it was not Sch!ev's fault
/ that the despatch did not get TO the de-
Z paTtment He Contended that il was a
/ part OF the incidents Of the battle, and
/ asked for It's admission IN evidence
! Admiral Dewcy-The Court THINKS tb,.
{ as the despatch was not sent. In .o,5t-bf
I not 10 be admitted.
Mr. Rayner said that he would put the
/ question in with those which are 10 be
/ argued later.
Q.-What was the distance betvee, rt,
! Brooklyn and the Texas when The. Fr,0;l-
/ spoken '-o
Al only. gave enough attention 20 the
l leNdS al the time 10 see that we were
! clear Of her. / did not think there was
| any uahRer OF a collision While we were
/ swinging We might have been little
3 tipstT. but al the time We went a head
I o. HeF We were NOT nearer than 6Ta yards
In answer 10 further question the wit
I ness id the Brooklyn's position was 8 90
/ yards from the MORO. Her heading was
/ either % the north or to the west of
! north She was in her position when the
! Spanish ships came out
PrHise for ComrsoSore's Bravery.
Gi-tloW maay eng 4gements were sou in
with Commodore Schlcy and how manv
/ times DID you see him under Erp7
! A after euumcratlng tn, e1r rs-
Z constantly.
Q.-Giye us his general bearing md
/ A.-His bearing. 10 me. was worthy Of
al emulation ~ al times I'rlrr r-s
I n seemed I" me TO be- more IN possession
I or las faculties than 20 any other times
| Q--Was De iu state OF ezcilemeut2
/ A.-NoJ the slightest
/ Q--CDpl and caimZ
/ A--AhsOluteIy
GLOW did he exhibit hims,Ir2
Ale was always putting himself I'm
/ an exposed position, and / requested him
! on several occasions not TO expose him
self so uSelessly
Mr. Rayutr-That is ali
The witness was CrOss-oxamiued by
| Captain Lemly
Diversified CrOss-QUestIoniup.
Q--Tcl me- what effort was made by
admiTal ochley to ascertain whether the
! Spanish fleet was in Cieurueg0s
A--lhe erorts made by the AduTag
C--NHS any effort made 20 cou.rgunf-
cate with the insurgents on shoreg
A--IHere was
Q.-How do YOU know that the Hawk
! brought the McCalla memorandum
Al DO not know it positively The
| IiaWk was IN the habit OF bringing the
mcsSaR yes.
Q.--Was record Of messages kept on
Al did not keep one; one was kept.
Q--Are you sure2
Al am positive
Q--Bd YOU not 20 and say % Com
modUre H"hley that the Merrirnac haI
200 tons 9f coal on board or words 10
Al DO not remember that 7 did
Q-1ou say You were on decs "a greater
part Of the Jime2
Al was.
Q.-Did YOU sleep any on deck?
A.-Hart Of the time
! Q--N as your duty 20 look after in any
way the running OF the yssscI2
At was not
Q--Du YOU remember what WAS known
, as the rctT0Eracc movement on the Zsth2
Commander Sears stated he did rem.un-
her something about H.
Q-What DID the commodore saw +r. --,r,
with regard ta the rerT.ar.1a rrrv-.-r....r9