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

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At WAS uartisTIv successful in So
f.r as mad, incidental uhSsrya-
tisu-. Had ] been directed to- max, ,N-
a,t nb-.r,.gtinns would have had more
/ Information r.rtrIing In, batteries Than
B did. not having amy special orders To
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fired didn't youg
A--N"i exactly ] found inaj tht L.'
OIL '-., nv @ ..,1 e . .L ..- ~,
rh. Soctua. and There appeared t. be
only Two nr three guns ThuS, ou the
east s.t, Ven. not as large There seem
ID, l1 r- ,AL,g or i"'ii o.. l,, L rom I'm
srr.rf ,.r,rs i.ss tE.r ,s-fr.r
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MT. Fayn'r Then read from captain
roger testimony DID, NAi.h "' state"
lA.'j lAe "l'a'A on 'Ae ''-'A as I''..'-
A'.SSt',' was eliill.,i'-iS Su..'sS-''-- l',
lhen asked,
do You agree with captain Roger
l'I'.u ~ g.' H @ u,. '.i ny T' s
far agree Win him. cannot gree
with AN Captain Folger has said.
Continuing. Mr.. Rayner asked tho wit
ness further as To- the blockade AND tEe
condition OF She weather ON Nav s. AMI
81 but nothing new was deveiorod.
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e-NaS 10 lntimated 10 N"u ihHt the
II, - pr 81 ~ ,g L1,,y 7
made I'D note and I knew Of I'D one else
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Lieutenant Bristol was called to correct
his testimony He made a number of mi
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''' INNS 'i' S'.'.''l'''''
Lieutenant Bristol said he knew OF no
such reports
Nj Rayu.r ,ben offered q number of
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was nom Lieut. NainWTGhi kellogg
A,.,p.- ,fI,.r rr7fr.s IL said 81 l,.,-. ,7sad
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go, n lr
very accurate dnd should BE- furnished TO
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4 SIN. him 49,. f0 ~. ,-.-Tl4
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Bristol sim UnconvInced.
Tn. rr-.,rt.s rrr-a -laa.7 ,- .,-rr.,...
ana r-,,,,.f- -. ~. --
mentliS upon the fact that Lley were
all dated 1895 He then askel
Tcss-whar YOU have heard rs1j
from fh.-a r.r.Irfs rararl5iut- fbe sf. Al
meter ana which U-FTe NOT ma. fr.-Tn
actual eXUarience chlrE. Nlur views
from your own actual -XuarI.uta u. ar-
uvn'
A--They DO not change my idea of the
stadimeter. The stadimetsr is an iustru-
taHces but which 6ecomet Inaccurate ''l at
long range At the time these reports
were written it had never been used fn
action that | knew Of 4 formed my opin-
Jon Of II from actual experience and per
SUHdl observation. After knowing its er-
Tor when used under ordinary circum-
stances. J. believe the observations taken
with u m the uedt OF battle and with all
lAe SMOKE OF latte are sun more mac
tuIalt
Tho Lawns Nav5o,tn- f.TI.t
Lieutenant Bristol was then excused
and Lieutenant Commander William "a
Schuptz navigating officer of IA. Trvrs
,,4- r.,t ,a1Ias
b} captain Iemly-
Q.-Nuu were "a member oC the board Df
naVigatCIs which convened 10 plat th. uo-
sitiou Of the American ships Guriug tbt
battle OF Santiago
A--G,s- sir.
Q-I ask you to look al the report in
the apps naiy and the chart opposite and
20 state whether these two documents
embrace tho result Of the examination Of
lnr p93ia. aEF no" iar these positions
what means me data for the report were
obtained. .r
Al hy da&a Tor the report were obtain
90 IioiA lit, s' le,IltI' m on ma IlstI"Is. gen
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their POSITIONS ftpon the chart and the
rI"s they had made Ira chasing the Span
m 81 FL ,;;77;,-.-. ,-F.s....-.. 49,.
signing tEa -lrarf ti,,,i- ~ y-3tt 'z-- ~
gard u the pC= tiUn Of the Iowa
Al prgtesl'c against signing the re-
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Coumara.r VE.jrV-ril,bt Nh IA b. NJ,
the best which could be forruI..t,d under
q the circufnstanceS. ] signed il under pro-
-. - -lE uIsl noJt.li'h N@s th.t ne
tE- Tov, as y.tf.5 ,l ~ 'l.,- l-.' "i
her too much sped. and I'm order 10 Igaer
/ Egr I'm relative position as % other ships
1-y "vut4 nave heen required Z" make
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other principal objection was as 20 the
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Another Private Chart
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