The Saint Paul globe., 1901-10-01

increased Ine range TO I1O00 yards and
fired two shots from the forward Pinch
turret. The first one was fired by Lieut..
Vandeuser at II 100 yards.''
ST saw that it fell short Lieut Hill
had the other gun in that turret.
gave him the range at II, 800 yards. and
when he fired the shot struck very near
the stern of the Colon. Both 12-inch
guns were disabled at the fire from that
extreme elevation. After that we stood
off a mile and half, possibly two miles
to our blockading station. That is all 1
saw done to injure the Colon
The witness was then asked about the
blockade of Santiago
UNDER COMMODORE sCHLEY.
He said the squadron stood seven or
elght miles out during the daytime and
little farther out at night with the
Vixen and the Marblehead on the inside
at night. The judge advocate asked the
witness concerning statement by a
lieutenant of the Spanish navy, printed
by the navy department, to the effect that
at dark the American ships withdrew to
the southwark, disappearing. The in
PRODUCTION of this was objected to and
Admiral Dewey said: THE witness has
already told what distance was main
tanned by the fleet. We don't care for
that kind of information. Admiral Evans
was there and can answer for himself
We want facts; not newspaper articles"
Describing the battle off Santiago Ad-
miral Evans said
When Cervera's fleet came out Of
Santiago harbor, the Iowa was at the
center with the Brooklyn to the left and
the Texas between"
Capt. Lemly-Do you remember what
vessels were between them?
1.-The only vessel between the Iowa
and the Brooklyn was the Texas
Did you have an opportunity of OBJ
serving the movements of the Brooklyn
on this occasion?''
you mean during the battle?"
81 mean at the beginning of the bat
tle?"
81 saw the Brooklyn
WHEN THE FIGHT BEGAN.
When I reached the bridge of the Iowa
the Brooklyn was still off to the west
ward, headed, should say, northwest.
That was just as the fight began I
saw her again, possibly five minutes
afterward, when she was steaming west
ward, very fast firing her port battery,
headed northwest toward the --ead of the
Spanish column. [ did not See the
Brooklyn again until my attention was
directed to her by the navigator calling
to me:
. Look out, captain, for the Texas!'
Il went on the port bridge, where the
navigator was standing, and 1 said :
Where the devil is the Texas?' The
navigator said: Here she is, sir, in the
smoke I said to myself, Capt. Philip
will look after the Texas and went be-
low. In a few minutes the navigator
called out again: Look out, captain, yod
will run into the Texas I walked over
to the port side of the bridge and saw
the Brooklyn's smokestack and military
masts. She was lying directly across
the bow of the Texas. The Texas was
apparently backing, and dangerously
close to the Iowa. The Brooklyn seemed
to be 100 yards directly in front of the
Texas. [ eased the helm of the Iowa
little, ported her helm a little and
just at that moment the Oregon came
through my lee and passed between me
and the Texas and the three boats were
punched together.
AT the time the Brooklyn was shut
cut in the smoke, and l saw no more of
her until the Colon had passed we'll to
the westward Of me, when someone on
the bridge said, The Brooklyn is knock
ed out 1 went on the bridge to see what
had happened, and she was then about
mile and half forward of the port beam
Of the Iowa, with the Colon seven or
eight miles ahead and on her starboard
bow. From that time on the firing was
light and l could see the Brooklyn occa-
sionally.
THE Colon was on her starboard bow.
On the port quarter of the Colon, well
astern of her, was the Oregon, and astern
of her and we'll off to the southwark was
the Brooklyn, with the Vixen off shore of
the Brooklyn
How was the Iowa headed by the COM
pass?"
To the westward, heading for the en-
emys ships. l do not know whether we
We're headed west by south or west by
north
On his cross examination by Mr.. Raw
ner, Admiral Evans said that he had
left Key West with the Iowa for Glen
fuegos on May 20, and that he knew be-
fore leaving that a
SECRET CODE
had been arranged for communication
with the insurgents on shore at Glen
fuegos, as Capt. Chadwick had given
him this information.
He came on board the Iowa." said the
witness, ito deliver dispatches to me be-
fore we got under way. To my best
knowledge and belief he gave me a writ
ten memorandum containing the secret
code, but notwithstanding 1 have made
d1iigent search among my papers for this
document, 1 have failed to find it,
Mr. Rayner-Can you refresh your
memory about this memorandum? There
is no doubt about one thing, and that
is that the Iowa carried dispatches?'
None whatever
when were those dispatches deI1v-
cred to Commodore Schley?"
'"They were delivered between half past
u and 1 o'clock on the afternoon OF the
22d''
Did you read the memorandum about
signals given to you by Capt Chad
wick?''
Certainly I did; but not the dispatches
to Commodore Schley''
Mr.. Rayner here exhibited to the wit
ness two memoranda from the official
reports, but Admiral Evans said that
neither Of these was the document to
which he had reference. That, he said,
was the code of signals with the insur-
gents.
What became of that memorandum? p
"As 1 told you, L lost it. L searched
everywhere and tried to find it. In fact,
l am not sure it was a memorandum q
When did you search for this memor-
andum?''
Il searched within the last month for
it, ever since the question has been rails
ed in the newspapers about my not
having given Commodore Schley this in
formation
''Then, did you inform Commodore
Schley that this system had been ar
ranged?''
Il did not. 1t never entered my mind
that he did not know it,
1.-The Marblehead being the vessel that
established this code, and Commodore
Schley's squadron having been arrived at
Key West before the Marblehead got
there, how did it get into your mind that