The age-herald., 1901-10-08

suspect anything or that Kind.
 How far was the Oregon from the Brooklyn?'
 From 1000 to 15OO yeards on the star board quarter"
 The witness. In reply to questions con tinued his report of the battle. He said that at the beginning of the fight he had given the range at 1QO, but that after the loop 1t was about 24OO or 25O0 yards.
 Bore Himself as Commander. Mir. Rayner-what was the bearing of Commodore Schey during this engage ment or any engagement in which you saw him?
 "FIis bearing and manner in respect to an officer of his rank and station in the naval service were naturally those of a commander in chief of a naval force on that occasion"
 The witness said the commodore had occupied a place on a platform around the conning tower during the engage ment. This, he said, was a position of danger as the commodore was there al- ways in full view of the enemy's ships. 'It has been stated here" said MT. Ray ner, that the Brooklyn ran two thou sand yards away from the enemy's ships in making her loop"
 The witness replied: Any witness who made that stat tement, although he may
  cured, was absolutely mistaken" How far did she go from the enemy's vesses?
 "She must have gone about 600 yards to the southwest, as that Is about the tao tical diameter of the Brooklyn at that speed"
 Did this turn interfere with the Brook lyn's ability to keep up her fire?'
 Tt did not. She continued to fire from her aft turrets.'
 Did you ever see the Indiana during the engagement?'
 .'I did not. The smoke was very dense in the direction of the Indiana"
 At this point MT. Rayner questioned the witness at length concerning his reported Colloquy with Admiral Schley during the battle of Santiago in which the commo- dore was reported to have said: Damn the Texas
 MT. Rayner asked the witness if it was not Captain Cook who had given the or der to the port helm.
 The reply was that Captain Cook might have given the order to the man at the wheel.
 MT. Rayner than asked: Did Commo.- dore Schley give the order to port the helm?'
 "TIe did, was the reply" Was the helm already aport?"
 'I guess so, Captain Cook says SOL
 
 to the use of the word guess by the witness but Admiral Schley said the form of expression was immaterial and asked that counsel would not interrupt.
 Conversation With Schley. Continuing his statements in response to MT Rayner's questions, the witness said that his conversation with Commo- dore Schley had occurred on the Brook lyn. The commodore was standing on the platform around the coming tower and two or three feet from himself (the witness), and that Captain Cook stood apart In the door of the coming tower four or five feet distant.
 He said that Captain Cook had taken part in the conversation.
 MT Rayner then questioned the witness very closely in regard to the language in which this colloquy was reported by the newspapers and the language used by Mir. Hodgson in his correspondence with Admiral Schley. He read the newspaper version of Commander Hodgsons state ment as follows:
 "Schley: Hard aport
 'Hodgson You mean starboard.' g 'Schley: No, don't; we are near enough to them the Spaniards) all ready" @ '.Hodgson: But we will cut down the Texas" -; "schley: Damn the Texas; let her look out for herself" !"
 MT. Rayner had the witness to scruti- nize the letter which he had written to Admiral Schley on June 8, and drew from him the statement that he had not then informed the admiral that he used the expression Damn the Texas"
 "Damn the Texas"
 When the witness was asked if he thought there was any suggestion of such expression he renlied
 When l suggested to Commodore schley that there was danger of collid- ing with the Texas he said Damn the Texas He used the expression as not in any way condemning the Texas for be- ing there, but as if he were irritated as one might be about anything"
 MT. Rayner asked then about the ex- pression attributed to the witness: "We will cut down the Texas"
 Commodore Hodgson replied that there was no such expression in the letter and that he never had said that the Brook lyn would "cut down the Texas"
 ''There is a good deal in that reported colloquy that did not say" he said sThat statement was never made" h, went on, but the commodore did say Damn the Texas"
 Dialogue Fictitious.
 Continuing he said that the dialogue, as reported, was fictitious and that he haC denied it's verbal accuracy, while not de nying the truth of part of it He sait "A AL IL