The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-24

| Never mind also referred to the way
/ thought the Brooklyn was standing up t
dght-very nicely. The Captain said: on
| crackie!-never mind the Brooklyn. Yot
look out for this ship The Brooklyn ther
| was about on her port beam. So said: Al
| right, Captain. I will look at the Brooklyn
no more and I turned my back. looking
| on the starboard beam at the ships getting
out. After we sheered around and. got tt
westward. I suggested to give her a little
port helm to get closer in, and he did
Right after he gave her this helm. he SANG
out through the sfght-hole to the men a,
the wheel and the engine-room Indicator
to slow. then stop, and said:
Captain. they will all get away from
u.s.
HE did not answer me. but Immediately
stepped back. and then said: My Lord
Captain, We are out Of the fight! He said
Look at the Brooklyn!' 1 turned around
and right ahead OF US this big, gray ship
loomed out of the smoke. For a second
thought my heart was in my mouth. We
were steaming with heavy helm and she
steered by us. When / saw her she was
practically ahead of u.s. That is. the first
I saw. She sheered OF and went to sea, /
should say. about 1000 yards, and then on to
westward.
"As soon as the Brooklyn cleared us we
rang to go ahead. and started up forced
graft again. After that we simply fol.
lowed on as fast as we could. on a line that
was just inside the line where the Oregon
was engaging the ships Just before this
turn OF the Brooklyn. the Iowa and the
Oregon were both close to us. on our star
board helm. We continued the chase until
the Colon hauled down her flag, when the
captain gave the order to stop forced
draught''
Captain Lemly: "How near was the
brooklyn to the Texas at the time you
ssy you saw her loom up out Of the
Il did not make any estimate at the time
put ! came to the conclusion later that she
was between 100 and $50 yards from us.
wnicn was much longer distance than
Captain Philip thought it was
captain Lemly: Perhaps 1 should have
asked you In the first place the position OF
ens. eas c.Soklyn relative to the Texas just be-
she was almost astern of us. Thu, 10
because we were headed almost east. She
shouio nave borne west by northwest. She
was heading for the land and 1 Thought
sne was standing pretty nearly on her north
course. did not see at first any indica.
.iohs OF turning and thought she was co-
ing right In" "As So
DID the Brooklyn give any steam whistle
signal to Indicate her change OF course"
That do not know"
DID you hear any?''
Il did not hear any"
Do you think you would have heard 81
II mere had been a steam signal?'
NO. sir. we could never have heard r."
AT what time during the battle Of SAN
tiago do you consider that the Texag was
IN the greatest dahger?'' asked CAPTAIN
Lemly. p.A'''
Mr. Rayner objected, contendfnr that
such opinions were shut out by a previous
ruling OF the court Mr. Hanna said there
were many minor points on which the court
must from time to time ask the opinion of
Witnesses. The point was also argued on
the one side by Captain LemIy and on the
other by Judge Wilson.
The court overruled the objections and the
question was repeated: Looking back"
responded the witness. IT know that the
time OF the greatest danger of the Texas
was when the, Brooklyn loomed up out of
the smoke right ahead OF U.S." He said In re-.
sponse to questions that he had never sailed
with Z man who had quicker sight or who
handled his ship to better advantage than
Captain Philip. He added that the Captain
had on this occasion given successive orders
and that the Texas had backed until it
waa dead With the water" ~
- He said that ON account Of this inc,dsnt