The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-23

which turned her to the shore. At this
point the witness described the coming up
of the Oregon.
1T was after the Maria Teresa had
dropped astern and we had only two
ships to contend with, got the cry that
ons of the Spanish ships was on fire
ana heading for the beach. l tried to see
ner | looked back and could see moth
ing Tor the smoke. Then 1 heard the
cry very shortly afterwards, another
one is on fire, heading for the beach,
Between shots / looked back again and
saw a bow wave coming from the smoke,
followed almost Immediately by two
| thirteen-inch guns. 1t was the Oregon.
Sne was then about off our starboard
quarter, should say $50 yards. called
to the men that the Oregon was with us
got cheer in reply and then the action
continued, the Oregon firing also. As
! the Vizcaya turned and headed off the
Oregon fired one of her big gum
heard the commodore say: He has ral1ed
hec and she is on fire. Signal to Oregon
70 cease hiring, and through the peep
holes of my hood L saw Lieut. McCauIey
climb on top of my turret with the wig
| WaS nag, and l could see the Tapping of
| the nag AS soon as the Vizcaya turned
IN we ceased firing on her, and all were
aHoWed to come out of the turrets for a
breathing spell"
COLON SIX MILES AHEAD.
The Colon was in the neighborhood Of,
| roughly speaking, six miles ahead of U.s.
Sne continued to gain, but later we held
| AASA. O4C5OIi CAME along with
| us and got pretty near up abeam Then
| as our steam came up our speed in
| creased. We still held her and finally
! commenced gaining on her and the Ore
gon: Nine thousand yards was the ele-
| walton of my forward guns. [ was or
dered occasionally to try a shot at the
| Colon simply for range, using armor-
piercing Shells because / had very few
common shells left at that time.
| We would try shot at her and it
would fall short. Then the oregon would
try shot. and there was wig-wagging
going on between the vessels as to the
results of the fall of the two shots FL
nally, my range decreasing and firing
not at will, but by order, l was told to
| try again. | tried at the Colon at $500
yards, and | saw the splash of my pro-
| 3ect1le on the other side of her.
| jumped out of the turret to ask per-
mission to fire another shot Immediately
permission, or | had a chance to do it,
the Oregon fired one of her thirteen-inch
guns and that also went over her.
COLON SURRENDERs.
Then the Colon turned in, ran to the
beach, and her flag came down We
Kept on steaming in toward her. At the
time her flag came down 1 heard the
commodore voice asking, What time
is lt?' and l heard the chief quartermas-
ter answer, one fifteen, sir AS we
| steamed in toward her, l heard one of
the quartermasters say: They are
| jumping overheard. [ saw spIashes
alongside and thought that they were.
| But it probably was what we after
ward heard to be breeeh blocks Capt
cock left the ship after some difficulty
IN getting out boat and went to the
| Colon to receive her surrender"
In reply to question, Lieut. Sirnp-
| son said he had seen Commodore Schley
several times during the engagement of
July g. but he remembered him especially
as he stood when the Vizcaya went
| ashore He was" said the witness,
leaning against the turret in the
most natural possible position, holding
his glasses in his arms
| What was his department and bear
ing?' ''' 80
1t was that of brave man; self-pos-
| Sessed, alert to his duties and encourage
ing to officers and men to do their duty'
| On cross-eXamination Lieut. Simpson
said that at Cienfuegos the blockade line
mad been three to four miles out in the
day and further out at night
When Lieut.. Simpson was excused
Lieut.. Edward P. Fitzgerald who was
an assistant engineer on the Brooklyn
during the battle off Santiago, was call
ed to the stand. He said that he was
in the freroom during the battle and
that there were several orders One of
these given at the beginning of the en-
gagement was to stand by for ram
or collision quarters" The witness was
not questioned on other points, nor cross
examined.
When he left the stand the court ad-
journed for the day.