The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-10


nad Immediately started ahead at
In reply the witness said: AT
twelve knots speed she would go in
five minutes 1000 yards. if she was
going at that speed, but she was dead
IN the water, as I understand Then l
should say she would make about LOCO
yards the first five minutes. That
would mean that she was close in to
5000 yards from the MORO.
THE Ships when ] first sighted
them, were at Caysmith- l believe
that to the best of my recollection TO
DE 1000 yarcs inside the MORO Those
ships came out of there at about ten
or twelve knots. At twelve knots
they would go one-twelfth of one knot
in five minutes. That is 1900 yards;
but they turned to the westward, so
they did not so 1000 yards But call it
1000 yards. Then 2.0O0 yards and 1000
subtract from 1000 plus 1000 yards
makes 5000, which would make them
5000 yards off at the first shot"
The court then asked: DO you
know that any orders were signaled to
the fleet by the Brooklyn during the
battle of July S?'
From my own personal observation
I do not know.
Lieutenant Bristol was then excused
and Rear Admiral Taylor was called
He stated that when the battle off San
tiago on July began, the Indiana, on
! which he was in command. had occu-
pied the easternmost post of the line
of the blockade, having taken the
place of the flagship New York when it
left for Siboney.
Position of the Brooklyn.
In reply to a question from the Judge
advocate as to whether he had OBJ
served the position of the Brooklyn at
the time of the beginning of the battle,
/ the witness said:
Just before the beginning of the
battle I did and on two occasions
| thereafter"
After the beginning of the battle
| please state where you observed the
! Brooklyn; whether you noticed her
! proximity to the Texas, and what it
, was"
When the battle had been on about
! ten or fifteen minutes my attention
/ was attracted to the Brooklyn by my
( signal officer, Captain Dawson. He
! said to me that the Brooklyn must be
! Injured, or words to that effect. Is she
! was dropping out of action.
| = observed the Brooklyn heading ap-
/ parently about south or off shore. She
was then on my port bow half a mile,
/ perhaps, ahead of me, and at 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
aid not see whether she was backing
or not. The distance between those
two ships was impossible for me 70
see, as they were too nearly in a line
for me 10 judge Of the distance be-
! tween them. I simply observed that
! there was bunch of ships ahead OF
me-
Not more than few minutes later
my attention was again turned to the
! Brooklyn. She had then proceeded q
/ distance not over two miles and not
/ under one mile from the time ! had
seen her first, and the second time
saw her, as near as I could figure out
one and half miles to seward OF
our column Of battle. Immediately af.
terward she passed into the thick
/ smoke. which was lying in matches
TOOK no further notice Of her Or
/ these two occasions, however, my rec
objection is very plain and the dis
! lance is very near to what 1 stated
I Attempt by Spaniards to Ram.
In reply to a question if there wa.
any attempt on the part of any of the
Spanish vessels to ram any of the yes
sells of the American squadron. witnes.
; replied:
Z observed that there was no sucr
attempt
When the judge advocate had con.
cluded his interrogatories, Mr.. Raynoi
began his crOss-examination with ar
effor to Introduce certain signals which
had passed between the Indiana anC
admiral SIMPSONS flagship, the New
York, in the early morning of July 3
1898. Captain Lemly made immediate
objection, and Mr.. Raynor presented
an earnest plea to be allowed to read
the signals. He was not permitted a
that time to do so, but 1t Is understood
that the signals ALLEGED to have beer
sent from the New York to the In
diana were dated at a. m. on thai
date. and was an invitation to accom-.
pany her to Siboney. The admiral.
invitation was wig-wagged by Captain
Chadwick and was as follows:
The admiral wishes to know if you
will join him this morning in going tC
see General Shafter."