Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-24
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gag ment. Describing the beginning
Of tn" action he said: wv" cIus.d NJ
the matches and laid out fire hus, ANA
Immediately turned the gums on ne
entrance Of tn" harhnr."
The Witness said ihat the Oregon
was h"ld right on her ,nuIsc. evidently
toward the head of the cncny's col
unn. and he then described her pas
sage between the Texas and the Iowa.
''As W- passed between the Iowa ana
III" Texas those ships seemed Ia be-
practically 1T anchor W.. were gnins
very fast then. and forced drau%ht WAS
covering our quarter deck an inch ~
more deep Win cindrlS many VI them
red hot. Water was running from .v-
erA hydrant W. had, To- keep tn" decks
from burning. IN" water was whipped
up in III directions: shut flew over
head | think il WIS the most cNcit-
ing time Cf IN" whole "ngaGcm-nt.
Just al that time it WAS reported that
The torpedo boats were coming out.
The Clorcrsj"r ran up Very clos, t.
them. As / could not ct my guns To-
bear Nh tn" heavy ships Nd tn, enemy.
| thought / MouIi TN shut WI; thc
to.rcup boats. tir,t Il i;-inch -un
ami WHOM IN" smnk, cleared away |
saw one # these boats nluW up. Il .!u
not claim it was dor" nv nv shot"
The Witness said that when the sug-
g-stiou was first mad. To- CAPTAIN
Clark that the l5-inch guns should b,
fired at the Colon. H. had d.murr-d
u an extent. saying that hr thoU-t'
IN" rang" was too great When tn
range was fixed at $500. Lieut.. Aekcr-
man sHil he observed that thu shut
passed over the fleeing Du,rn hu, N
fell 50 close to her quarter that hc felt
SuIe it had struck he,
Here tn" court took its usual noon
recess.
When the court reconvened after
luncheon, Lieut.. Alderman continued
his narrative, saying that when the
Colon S Gag went down the men IN tho
Oregon aSed firing
He described the sending "a: boats
from the Brooklyn 10 the Colon. which
he said seemed to take a long time. At
this time the Texas ana Vixen arrived
The New York also arrived and when
she came up, Went in Very near to the
Colon. -hfter this the oregon returned
under orders eastward on a false
alarm.
He spoke of the firing of the Brook
lyn. saying: 1T the time was aloft
on the signal yard | saw them fire
from ;he brooklyn with her starboard
forward S-inch guns. and | noticed her
shots appeared to fall very short. In
fact toward the end of the chase | saw
no shots from the Brooklyn that reach
ed the Colon.
do you know whether there were
any instructions from the Brooklyn, by
signal probably if at all. with regard
to opening fire with the l3-inch guns at
the latter part Of the action" Capt.
Lemly asked.
Il never heard of such instructions"
the witness replied.
How did tn brooklyn bear when
ynu went 1lof, on the signal yard Of
the OrcGon?'
Il should judge that she was about
between TWO ana three points. nearer
two points. forward on the port beam
ana certainly q mile away.
(which vessel, the Brooklyn or the
Oregon was nearer the Colon When il
went ashore
That is very difficult To say. Prac-
tically the two vessels were on the
same circle. The BrooklNn was. how
ever. 5000 yards or more from the Colon
This | know from our bearing and
Tange.
r In response to Il question from the
court the witness said he knew nothing
Of the receipt Of any signal from the
Brooilyn until Well after the chase had
begun. when he had understood that
tht. III ooklyn had signallcd to close up.
Lieut.. Alderman was succeeded by
T. +. APPRECIATE. who was Il gunner on
the Brooklyn during the Santiago bat
tie. He was interrogated by Mr.. Ray
! ner. In reply to 4 question the witness
said:
After the battle we found all of the
5-inch guns on the Starboard side
| broken in some part or the lifting gear
of the guns carried away.
! can you tell me anything about the
ammunition extended in the Brooklyn
I on the day of the battle
! We used up ,66 of the J-iach shells. 15l
S-HI'n. ltH h-poundtrs and isi f-UOIndprS
j., i'ld YOU Sc" Commpdnrc Schlev duri.is
. tht Hctou"