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


that the Brooklyn must be injured, oil
words to that effect, as she was drop
ping out of the action. l observed the
Brooklyn heading apparently about south
off shore.
She was then on my port bow, hall
a mile. perhaps, ahead of me, and al
that time a quarter of a mile outside OF
the line of our column. She was not
turning as far as could see. The Texas
was apparently lying still in the water
l did not see whether she was backing
or not. The distance between those two
ships was impossible for me to see, as
they were too nearly in line for me to
Judge of the distance between them.
simply observed that there was bunch
of ships ahead of me- Not more than a
few minutes later my attention was again
turned to the Brooklyn. She had Their
proceeded a distance not over two miles
and not under one mile from the time
had seen her first, and the second time
L saw her, as near as I could figure
out, one and a half miles to seward oil
our column of battle Immediately af-
terward she passed into thick smoke
which was lying in patches about. 1 took
no further notice of her. On these two
occasions, however, my recollection is
very plain and the distance very near
to what 1 stated"
ally in what direction the Brooklyn was
headed when you last saw her?
not more than twr points difference
from when L first saw her. apparently moi
any difference, but I can saw it could
not have been more than two points
and that if she was headed, as I believe
south by east when first saw her across
the lows of the Texas she was not head
ed more than south by west when I saw
her last
did you see Cervera's vessels when
they came out of Santiago marlboro"
eS, sir
What direction did trey take first
after getting out and how far outside
the mouth Of the harbor were they when
they changed their course?''
NO ATTEMPT TO RAM.
Their change appeared gradual, port
ing the:r helm as they cleared the mouth
of the harbor and proceeding perha rs
with changes, of course, of one or two
2cfnts at time until they were In I.ne
parallel With the 5h jre.''
Did you observe whether there was
any attempt on the part of any of these
vessels to ram any of the vessels of
the American squadron?'
Il observed that there was no such at
tempt
When the judge advocate had conclud-
ed MS heterogeneous Mr.. Rayner began
his cross examination with an effort to
certain signals which had
oeen passed between the Indiana and
Admiral SIMPSONS flagship, the New
York, in the early morning of july 8.
1898. Capt. LemIy made immediate OBJ,
lection, and Mr.. Rayner presented an
earnest plea to be allowed to read the
signals. He was not permitted at that
time to do so, but it is understood that
the signal which he desired to intro
1uce as having been sent from the New
York to the Indiana was dated at 8
a. m. of that day and was an invitation
from the flagship to accompany her to
While the response was a declin-
alton to do So The admiraFs invitation
was wigwagged by Capt Chadwick, and
was as follows:
1.-The admiral wishes to know if YOU
will join him this morning in going to
see Gen. Shafter."
To this Capt. Taylor replied at S:37:
Work aboard ship previously going on
prevents me from going with you today
Mr.. Rayner commended that the signals
were among the most important occur
rences of the day prior to the time that
the command of the fleet deyolved upon
Commodore Schley
Capt. Lemly replied that under pre-
of the signals was clearly inadmissible.
He, however, agreed that he would con-
suit with Mr.. Rayner, and that if after
this consultation the question including
the reading of the signals should appear
proper, Admiral Taylor could be recalled
and the question asked.
To this Mr.. Rayner consented, and the
court took a recess for luncheon.
AT the afternoon session of the court
Admiral Taylor said that on the morn
ing of the battle of July the Indiana
had signaled: THE enemy is escaping. -
The Indiana was, he said, at that time
CLEARED FOR ACTION.
He had, he said, personally seen the
Brooklyn while on her southern detou1
commonly known as the loop
Witness recounted the signals made by
the Indiana during the battle. He alsi
had seen signals from other ships dur.
ing the battle, but did not recall what
they were.
introduce certain signals which had
Mr.. Rayner also questioned the witness
as to- the relative value of the stadimeter
and the sextant in ascertaining distances
at sea. He said he regarded the stadimete1
accurate to the extent that it is used
The court asked only one question Of
Admiral Taylor, as follows:
position WHY
reference to the Brooklyn and the enc.
my's ships just after they cleared the
entrance of the harbor that you coulc
form fairly correct estimate of the
distances between them?'
The reply was: 'At the time mention.
ed there were but two occasions wher
the smoke permitted me to see the
brooklyn distinctly. I could not there
fore say what was the distance between
the enemy and the Brooklyn just after
the Spanish fleet came out of the har.
bor''
Admiral Taylor was then excused an6
Lieutenant Commander Templin, who
was navigator of the Massachusetts, was
called
Commander Potts said that during the
blockade off Santiago the distance OBJ
served by the flying squadron was from
seven to nine miles from 1.-The mouth
of the harbor. At Cienfuegos the dis
lance out was from four to five miles
with an increase of the distance at night
Witness said he had been on the Mas
sachusetts on May 81, the day of the
COMMANDMENT OF THE COLON.
when Commodore Schley had used thai
vessel as his flagship.
Detailing Commodore Schlev's convar
saton on that occasion, witness said:
When Commodore Schley came or
board, I heard him say: Higginson,
am going in with you and the Iowa ant
pot the Colon with your big guns.
want to fire deliberately Admiral Samn
son will be here tomorrow morning anl
1 wish to destroy the Colon or words +,
that effect. After that there was a con.
versation between Commodore Schle,
and the commanding officer of the shil
as to when he would go in, and it wa.
determined that we would allow the mel
to go to dinner and go in afterwards
which we did. Later on, about 1 o'clock
I think, while on the port bridge. ius