Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1901-10-12

when . an Il +, the
advocate not enClrely completed
X his quest There were still few
of the ! constituting the cor
respond0nce between the witness and
Admiral Schley to be read, and when
they we're concluded Capt. Lemly and
Mr.. Hanna proceeded with their ques-
tions.
When the reading Of the Schley-Hodg-
son correspondence had been concluded,
Capt. Lemly asked Mr.. Hodgson whether
his denial of the colloquy between him
self and Commodore Schley had ever been
published entire. Mr. Hodgson replied in
the negative. saying that the last para
graph of his letter of denial had not been
printed. This paragraph referred to the
Enclosure Of a newspaper clipping.
Mr.. Rayner began his discrimination
by asking Mr.. Hodgson whether the Mar
| blehead hao hailed the Brooklyn when
Brooklyn was on her way to Cienfuegos.
| The witness replied in the negative The
examination then turned upon events
about Cienfuegos, and in reply to Mr,
Rayner's inquiry, Mr. Hodgson detailed
Commander Hodgson said in reply to
| these questions that he had seen the
| lights on the shore at Cienfuegos, which
were afterward determined to be signals.
but ne had SUPPOSE 6Ta tney the spsn
| ish forces on shore. He added that when
| Capt. McCalla arrived with information
| as to the meaning of the signals he was
| Immediately dispatched to the shore to
communicate with the insurgents.
He said that the progress Of the squa-
/ dron was impeded between Cienfuegos
and Santiago by the heavy. weather
| Mr. Rayner then asked: How far were
you off, during this blockade. of Santiago,
from the MORO, during the day and night
of May 2S, %, 80, S1?"
In response the witness said; EARLY in
the daytime our habitual position was
| about six miles In the night ] think
| we steamed up and down in front Of the
harbor a distance of about six miles
| He stated that the picket boats, the
| Marblehead and the Vixen, We're inside
the line of the meet, about midway RE Re
| witness then in response to a request from
Mr.. Rayner continued his description or
the naval battle OF July from Jne point
Capt Lemly's request while he was on
the stand Friday. .,,.
Brooklyn did all she could. She got into
action just as quick as steam i q a, Gonla carry airy
hear. and we kept the port battery firing
until she turned with port helm through
the. arc, using the aft guns until we goi
| ali the starboard guns to bear. we got
around as quickly as we could with port
helm. until we almost parallelled the
course of the leading Spanish vessel,
staered a course parallel with Vtzcaya,
| Nshich was then the leading vessel, al
| though the Maria Teresa probably was
| farther 10 the westward than the Wis.,
cava- She was standing at an angle in q
the shore. When we got around the
| srnoLe was so dense nothing could DC
seen Of anything in the rear OF u.s. Tho
three Spanish vessels we were then @then
ana the Oquendo. The Vizcaya was
Sho,,t slo Ioo wards on our starboard bow
+he Colon probably was little forward
Of the starboard beam. The Oquendo wat
| ahaft the starboard beam. We continuec
| in that direction, when remarked .
Cant Cook that it seemed rather lonely
for us out there.
He was In the coming tower He asked
sTVhy?' / said that we were an a5on'
Wasn w., sns tbai Il depended upon us I,
| irnort than out AT that time the smok
was 20 dense I could not see anythlng
and s1pposed that the New YORK, penn
avvaV the brooklyn was steamlnS enea'
OF the slower vessels. he steppeo ouS % o
AZ e,,,,niny tower and exclaimed TO me:
g eyfbsf's that on our starboar'
uuarters'
sT looked in that direction, an
j sav the heavy bow of N ship, an'
J aid. That must be the Massachu
, Hetta.'
: nHe said. .No, it could not be tn
Z massachusetts; she has gone t
j Guaatnnamo.'
al said, st must he the OREGON