New-York tribune., 1901-10-11

h the pattery east OF the Morro there appeared to
De Tour or five guns fired. and from the volume of
smoke and the attained it appeared that they
were light guns. less than e-inch in calibre.
Al response TO Captain Lemly redirect exam
.ation' Lieutenant Leiper said that the distance Of
ie olockading vessels from the entrance to Santi-
ago Harbor about eight miles at the point
"nere the vessels turned at night
Inc Judge-Advocate asked: What really as a
OF TACT was developed by the affair of May
"a as 10 the strength or weakness of guns?"
Inc witness replied "As compared with the
strength OF the ships OF the squadron or as COM
pareu with the strength of the guns of any ship
IA 'ie squadron any of the battleshps. the Brook.
iyh' the New-Orleans the Marblehead, the bat
teries weak"
LIEUTENANT BRISTOL RECALLED.
Lieutenant Leper was then excused and Iieuten-
ant Bristol was called for purpose correcting
nus testimony of yesterday.
"hiie Lieutenant Bristol the stand Mr..
NAyher read to him reports from Captain r. d
evans. Captain Henry Glass and Lieutenant VAIN
wright Kelios. dated in 1885, saying that sadi-
meter whose accuracy he had discredted. is trust
worthy within its range. Judge Advocate Lemy
then asked:
ports made in 1895. and which do not appear to
nav nave been based upon actual experience in action
tce with the stadmeter and in action?
The witness replied:
They do not change my Idea OF the stadimeter
The stadimeter is an instrument that is accurate
at short ranges. as I stated before and becomes IN
been tried before; that l kpow Of l formed my
action. in fact after very long personal use and
knowing these errors of the instrument when used
vations taken in the heat of battle, with all the
smoke OF battle. are still more Inaccurate
ERRORS IN SANTIAGO CHART.
Lieutenant Commander William H. Schuetze who
as lieutenant was navigator Of the batteship Iowa
in the summer of 1898 and who is superintend-
ent of compasses In the Navy Department, was the
next witness. He a member of the Board of
Navgators which prepared the official chart of the
positions of the vessels engaged on both sides In
the battle of July g. and Judge Advocate Lemly
asked him concerning the report made by that
| board which accompanied the chart. The witness
said he was not satisfied with the report
.'I protested" he said. against signing the report
as being Inaccurate. but l was finally persuaded
20 do ca hv the senior member of the board, Com
mander Wainwright, who thought that WAS the
best we could do even II we stayed there uh'i'
/ doomsday and | signed II under protest My hrs'
objection was that the chart was inaccura'e' thaI
the position of the Iowa as plotted on ms cnaI' @
,,a ber roo much speed. In order TO keep the iowa
in relative position to the other shps LOT ce[a'h
distances she approximately appeared 10 DC iii"Ne
/ eighteen knots, when she was HaAihs NtAe " t
! kro+s Another objection had was the Initial Po-
,,to % tho I3rooklyn when the Spaniards nrsI leit
! the harbor l contended that the broohiynS po't
! ton was too close 20 the mouth Oh INC 20 ,."' ~
! that she was not in her regular postum '"
/ ,,tb Of u based that opinion on the fact tha'
a.. a,scovered the Spaniards coming out
80 tt, horhor looked over toward the otner sh'ps
ON our left and the Brooklyn was very ., ne'.,s
/ abeam OF the Iowa The iowa was
! directly into the haroor' . h,s ohsar-
! Mr. schuetze was asked In regard 10 ms oosvt
M 49, prooklvp in the battle OF July 3 lie
vations OF the brooh'S" IA
replied:
,bs Rrooklyn at the beginning OF the ac1l0e oIS3e
aboni port abeam of the Iowa. iaered sa" de 70 be
minutes httI TO- the eastward Of north II Is
dcut tell because shf saw %eS her headed the
! sastward about due east, shou" say
the last saw OF her. ,.,- ,.o,,
| C,,otp T4mlv-I want you to state whe'"'' 80
'ap'Sa ,r raxoe about this time? How was sne
go relative to the Brooklyn? Did you ~ "o,'s'
limiting narticularly to the speed OF ii'''0''
wiring OF the Texas?
THE TEXAS AND THE BROol>HhN'
when I first the Texas she was hF"4''.e -,
! the eastward of north. Soon atter"aru o, -
her again and she headed 10 'he "ts'" ,
ava annarently living dead in the water. caiied
cantatn Evans's attention 10 the fact that She was
/ In our way that she was lying neau III tiie -,
md cautioned the captain that We wouio P'oo"'ls
/ r,r into her II we kept the way We were heaa-
/ - || g. a.,s then on our port bow. We were
,r,,,g to get close in 10 the harbor. and steamed
! Al nrst directly for the mouth OF the hhroor ~
| the spaniards turned 10 the westward we turned
! in the same direction. and IN TINS H'"''"'' "
were hindered by the Texas
| Ca,,,i, renly-It Is IN evidence here that the
BROOKLYN crossed the bow Of the Texas. have 20"
/ anv personal knowledge of that
! mo. sir
.,,,ese in reference to the official chart OF the
! nos,tions OF the various ships in the battle OF
! Santiago -
"yhy did YOU not state. This chart is wrong
and won't sign IT.. "
| II did"
Then why did you sign?'
| "Recause was persuaded by the other men.pers
| Of the board that that was the best we couiu 49,
and they wanted TO come TO an agreement ihN'
was a compromise -
nose Of coming TO an agreement. and not Tor the
| purpose Of showing any accurate results was IT,
/ 1.-The board ordered TO snow accurate re-
sults but II was absolute impossioihty 10 MAKE
| a chart of that kind showing accurate results.
There never was chart Drawn Oh any O"'''' ~
| the world that is correct
| "I am not familiar enough with battles or the
world to know to that
| II am"
WHY did YOU not say In your report that you
o,,d not with any degree of accuracy fix the posi-
t,ons Of these vessels and that, therefore, you
u,oIId not make any chart? Would it not have
| heen better to have made chart at all than to
| have made chart that appears to be as raoicalIS
wrong as this chart appears TO be?
| ~ q would not have been better. in my mind"
| ..rben YOU think 1t Is better to make chart
that Is incorrect and wrong than to make no char'
| at all?" o,,,o
! "I did not say that. said this is compromise
! chart II was the best could do so long after
| the battle" nj,
| ness. - % 49,, Y
| "FIow did you determine the distance or the Iowa
| from the shore while blockading Cienfuegos!
..yvo AID not determine the distance at all, except
simply by bearings occasionally There was not
anv regular effort made to maintain any particular
| position" s. e.,
! Were the vessels nearer to or further from
|