The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-10-10
CHANT SHOWING POSITIONS OF
SHIPS AT SANTIAGO MADE
FROM MEMORY. 49,.

WAINWRIGHT ON. THE STAND
Senior Member Of the Board Of Navi.
gators Says the Drawing as Finished
Was Satisfactory to Few, but All
Signed It-New Works. Engines Un.
coupled on the Day Of the Battle "a
Well as the BrookIyn's.
Washington, Oct. 9.-After the usual
preliminaries in the Schley naval court
of inquiry Lieutenant G. w. Dyson of
the bureau of steam engineering of the
navy department was recalled to con-
tinue his testimony regarding the coal
supply of Admiral Schley's flying
squadron at the time o. its arrival off
Santiago harbor on May Is, 1898. He
was brought in at the instance Of Ad-
miral Schley's counsel for the purpose
of giving further testimony concern
ing the availability of the coal supply
in charge of the enemy.
| The proceedings of the day began by
the recall of Captain w. M. Folger for
the purpose of correcting his testi-
mony Advantage was taken of his
presence to ask him further questions
concerning the blockade of Santiago.
| Among other questions he was asked
by Captain Lemly if he had had any
conversation with Commodore Schley
during the blockade. He replied: .
Toward the evening of one of the
days, the 30th, there was an extended,
very severe rain storm, so severe that
I feared Cervera had gotten out, as it
was sufficiently long to have permitted
him to do so. went on board the
flagship the next day, thinking it my
duty to tell the commodore what I
the japanese off the port of Wei Wei
where similarly an enemy's feet was
within fortified harbor. 1 said to the
commodore that the adoption of the
tactics of the Japanese, forming cir
Gle directly in front of the harbor,
would, in my opinion, De preferable as
then it would be difficult for anything
to get OUT
Judge Advocate-"Was there any
reply by the commodOre?"
81 cannot testify exactly as to his
reply. would prefer not to do so.'
Judge Advocate-"Give the sub.
stance"
He did not agree with me as to the
necessity for that"
WAS there anything further said
by him."
Nothing further that recollect."
| Captain Folger also said that he had
| no recollection of picket Line on the
inside of the American fleet.
| I Lieutenant Dyson Testifies.
Captain Folger was then excused
and Lieutenant Dyson was called. He
was questioned by Captain Eemly con-
! corning the steaming condition of the
cate asked:
what does the Brooklyn's steam
log show as to the number of engines
coupled up and the boilers in use July
3, 1898, as compared with the total en-
|
The reply was: "The Brooklyn has
four main engines, two to each shaft,
connected together by coupling. She
auxiliaries. On the morning of July
| coupled; there were banked fires I'M
der three of the main boilers. The
other boilers were what we call dead,
| or IN hnr TYJ1c ri frNv h q
time it took to start fires in these
boilers after the Spanish fleet came
out Of the harbor I should say the
| two of the boilers had to be run up to
| the sea steaming level. 1t took from
9:35 to 10 to start fires"
In response to other questions, wit
ness detailed from the log of the
Brooklyn all that was done On that
vessel to get up speed.
Mr.. Rayner asked if it. was neces-
sary to stop the ship to couple the I'M
coupled engines and witness replied
that the ship could have been kept go
ing with one engine while the other
was coupled. The engines were de-
signed, he said, to be kept coupled
during war. Discussing the speed OF
the various vessels of the fleet on
July witness said that the Oregon
got up a speed about equal to the
Brooklyn on that day, Notwithstanding
that on her trial trip the Brooklyn
made over 81 knots to the Oregon's II
knots. He called attention to the fact
that the New York had made 16 or II
knots speed ON the day of the battle.
In response to questions from Captain
Parker he said that the New York had
not her engines coupled on the day of
! battle and that the Brooklyn had made
all the speed necessary.
| After Lieutenant Dyson was excused
Commander Hodgson was recalled for
the purpose of correcting errors in his
testimony as printed in the official rec
ord. He took occasion to change some
of the language of his previous tes-
| timony. One Of these changes was
made in response to questions asked
| as to why he had designated as "a
liar and blackguard" the editor of q
| newspaper which had originally print
ed the alleged coHoquy between him
self and Commodore Schley.
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