The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-08
Ills Demeanor During Battle Was
Consistent With His Position.
HE WAS COOL AND SELF POSSESSED
SAID COMMANDER HODGSON.
Result OF the First B0mbardment of the Colon Was
TO Develop the Strength of the Spanish
Shore Batteries.

Washington. October 7.-Iicutcnant Com
mander llodgson today again occupied the
greater part Of the time In the Schloy in
duiry case ms a witness. lie was followed
on the stand by Captain William l.. Fol.
ger commander of the New Orleans during
the Spanish war.
Lieutenant Dyson also was recalled TO
add some details TO his former testimony
concerning the coal supply OF the fleet dur.
Ing the Santiago blockade.
Commander llodgson repeated his story
OF tho battle OF July B. giving the opln.
Ion that Commodore Schley's conduct ON
that occasion was such MS that Of a com.
mandcr in chief should have been. lie
also explained at some length his CORE.
spondencc with Admiral Schley concerning
tho alleged coloquy between them while
the Santiago engagement was In progress.
He said he had had no controversy with
the commodore, but he repeated that the
commodore said "Damn the TcNns" whom
toiu lhht that vessel was Ia danger Can.
tam Folgcr said that the bombardmrpt of
me Christobni Colon on May 81 had boon
emlneniN successful IN developing the
strength OF the spanish shore batteries
ntlu hAu SHOWN them to he very weak.
lie also said that II the Spanish yessels
hhd attempted TO escape az night they
could moi have been seen by the block.
aiding fleet In bad weather
The Schlcy court Of moniry todoy ON.
tered upon the third straight week Of the
Investigation of Admiral Schicy's conduct
In the Spanish war The crowd In at
tendance was as large as at any previous
time, indicating that the interest n the
case Is undated II had been expected
that the navy department would he able
al
by The close of last we.1t hui when fho
court opened today, Captain Lcmlys list
o. Witness ~ contained almost dozen
names. rruif among these is Cantnin
Chadwick wG6 vas Adnirl Sampson ;
cblei of stun, ana wSo was in immediate
command of tho flagship New York during
the Santiago campaign
Ihe day proceedings began with the
recall Of Lieutenant lDoNlc aud Comman-
,a,rvt h2Isefs ior the purpose OF correcting
ln'lr previous testimony and WHOM they
/ mad been excused Licutcuant Coinmantrr
hodgHon' navigator Of the BROOKLYN dur
ing the Santiago eanpnlnu rstuip,T the
stand This was his third sitting ana
when he began todays testimony HE Judge
advocate had not entirely completed mis-
questions. There were sim fuw OF the
letters constituting the correspondence be
tween the witness and Admiral Schlcy 10
be read and when they were concluded Cap
tain Lemly and Mr.. Hanna proceeded with
Coptaln Lcmly asked Mr.. Hodgson wnetn-
er his denial Of the colloquy between him
published entirely, Mr. ilodg.on replied To
the negative saying tDnt the last pu1p.
graph Of his letter Of denial mad not been
printed. This paragraph referred to the
enclosure Of a newspaper clipping
Mt Raynor began his cross-examinatlon
and ELECTED from Mr., llodEsun substantial
ly a repetition OF his former evidence.
The witness In response TO a request from
from Mr.. Raynor continued his description
Of the naval battle OF July at the point
whore he had dropped that description nj
Captain Lcmlys request while he was ON
the stand Friday.
lyn did all she conid, She got into action
just as quick as stckm could carry her
there. We commenced firing as soon AZ
the hrst gun on the port would bear ana
we kept the port battery hring until she
turned with port helm through the are,
using thcl AFT guns until we got all the
starhoard guns 10 bear We got around
ag quickly as we could with port helm uu-
leading Spanish vessel, when the helm was
onsed and the ship steercd course phralleI
with the NiscHya which WINS then the lead
ing vessel. although the Maria Teresa prop
nbfv wns farther TO the westward than. the
visraya She was standing at an angie
into the shore.
When We got arounE the smoke was
so very dense nothing could be seen or
ANYTHING I'm the rear OF US. Nc three Spnn-
ish vessels we were then engaged with
were the Yiscnya. the Colon ana the
Oquendo. The VlsfTya wns a9ont @gN'
wards on our starbOnrd bow; the Colon was
probably q little forward OF the 6iarboard
beam. The Oquondo was abaft the star
board beam.
remarked 10 Captain Cook that lt seemed
rather lonely for us out there. He was
I'm the coming tower. lie asked why z
said that we were all alone with the