The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-04
HARD DAY ON WITNESS.
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the turret. was directed TO try her 13-inch
guns on the chase, which she did and the
shots fell short. In little while they
were tried again ard came q little closer. .
Admiral Dewey: Directed by whom
BY Commodore Schiey. sir. by wig
wag signals. as 1 remember it,
Admiral Dewey: You sew that sig
naI?"
Yes. sir, saw the signal being made >"
Admiral Benkam: Did you read the
signal?"
Il did not. but understood what it
was and If / am not mistaken it was Nc
Caulley. an ensign. we had on board. who
made the signal himself. Shortly after
this the forward turret and the starbSar
turret OF the Brooklyn were directed To
load the guns with a more-piereins shell.
The forward turret was directed TO fire
first two shots, which it did The shots
fell short. Then 1 was directed to IRE
and I fred at a range as 1 now recall of
$50 0yards. We tried both guns at that
range. Those shots fell short. We load
ed again in the starboard turret and
increased the range to 600 yards and
fired the right gun. 1t went little TO
the right of the Colon. as near as I could
Colon very shortly after that went ashore
We steamed up 10 her and proceeded to
get out cutter for Captain Cook TO go
over and receive her surrender
Captain Lemley began his cross exam
animation by asking the witness whether
he was as sure of the position and action
Of the Brooklyn as he had been of the
way The Brooklyn had been turned on
the day of the Santiago battle.
The witness replied that he was more
certain. He repeated his statement made
yesterday that he had made the entry in
the log shat the vessel had turned with
a starboard helm, when in fact it had
turned with port helm. He said he had
not consulted with anyone except Com
mander Sharp. before he changed the
entry.
The questions were then asked oy Mr..
Hanna and traversed TIE same ground
gone over yesterday by Captain Lemley
in the examination in chief. The witness
again testified to the circum mstsnces that
he had heard guns fired upon approaching
Cienfuegos. He was sure that there were
several guns although the log book which
he had written for that day had a record
that respect the log did not represent the
entire facts. The witness also told of the
flying squadron's reconnisance Of the har-
Dor at Cienfuegos but declared that he
had observed no earthwork on shore
there He also said that while he had
seen the shore lights at night at Glen
fuegos. he had never suspected that they
were signals. He told of seeing three
horsemen on the shore during the day
time.
1--WE regarded them as Spanish cav
airy" he said and they were so brazen
that someone suggested that we should
stir them up bit, but we did not fire at
them"
In response to Mr.. Hannas question
Lieutenant Doyle said that upon approach
ing Santiago on the evening of May 2S
the squadron had lainto for the night
about seven miles off Santiago, but he
thought that the Marblehead ard the
Vixen had been placed on picket duty for
the night. The log, however, showed no
record of this latter fact.
Mr. Hanna then cross-examined the
witness regarding his testimony bearing
upon the battle OF Santiago. asking him
first as to the direction in which the
Spanish ships were headed as they come
out OF the mouth of the harbor-
They were coming right toward us. "
the witness replied.
.'In column OF vessel almost in line
little on our starboard bow. They had
not then begun 70 turn
Were they firing at you" asked Mr..
Hanna.
"They were certainly firing in our d.
rection," was the reply.
The witness said that after the firing
was from both sides of the bows of the
enemies vessels. l-2
How sure, asked Mr. Hanna, do you
feel Of your recollection as to the way
they were headed at that timer"
THAT is one of the things that most
firmly impressed itself on my mind" re-
piled the witness.
Lieutenant Doyle said that he had made
his observations of the battle through
the peephole from the sliding head and
again related how the enemy had been
cut of from his vision by the smoke OF
one of the Brooklyn's big guns The
examination upon these incidents
was in progress when the court took its
midday recess for luncheon.
The afternoon session OF the Schley
court began with inquiries concerning .
the vfg-wag signal to the Oregon from
the Brooklyn TO fire her thirteen-inch gun
The witness said that he was sure that
he had seen the signal made, but that he
was unable to find an entry Of the signal
ia the ships log. Reading the log he
found a notation Of several signals and :
then a note saving that "other unim-
portant signals had been madc."
Mr. Hanna inquired whether the witness I
thought the signal to the Oregon was in
cuded in that list Lieutenant DOYLE re-
Piled that il might be. that he could not
say how the log writer regarded the mat
ter. Testifying concerning the events OF
July 8 Lieutenant Doyle stated that s.s1
g. n. OF that date the Brooklyn had been
$50 yards from TIE Moro. SO yards far
Their out than the position assigned Hs
thought that fhe Brooklyn's first shot
had been fred four or five minutes after
she had began TO move into activity.
Mr Hanna. You have spoken % the
appearance CT smoke IN the harbor. and
IF the action taken by the Brooklyn that
The respect thereto. was entry made ia
.he log Of the occurrence
II ind none The only thing 7 hnd IN
relation thereto is an entry here about
several burning blockhouses being visible
IN tie high point 20 the westward"
DO you shink that relates 70 the ap-
learance OF snoke9
No. that had nothing TO Go with it
because The blockaouses we're away or
% the vestwari.'
Cartaia Iemley asked what efforts had
seen raaoe hv tie fving squadron 20 dis
over the wherea bouts of the Spanish
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