The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-05

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ish fleet being at Santiago de Cuba nigh
very well be correct. 80 the department
strongly advises that you send word in,
fnadiately by the Iowa 10 Schley TO proceed
| of Santiago with his whole command ieaN
ing one small vcssel off Cienfuegos.
BOMBARDMENT Of COLON
ONCE MORE REHEARSED.
| captain Rodgers told OF the bomba rdiuenl
| or reconnaissance Of the Criat ulril Colon ur
May II. In which the Iowa participated. H.
said th" vessels We're all in formation and
ioHo"ihS the nlgShip. which in that in
stance was the Massachusetts. The range
Was AT iirst given az I."D yards fo. this en-
saseinent. but the shots fell so FAR short
that the rang- was increased 10 1l.G0" yards
| These latter shots fell int" the channel in
| which the Colon lay. Some OF them must
have fallen within 2..h" yards Of the Spanish
| ship.
Describing Commodore Schley;s blockade
"' the harboF al Santiago. Captain Eoig-rs
said that the fleet maintained 4 position Of
| seven ar eIsnt miles out. with the Marble
| head and the Vixen inside the line. He re-
| nembered that the Marhlehead was Oh the
| inside from the fact that some Of the yes
| seis IN the squadron had fired at her. HI.
| could not say whether the fleet was further
! out In the day than al night. or vice versa.
| He thought the Vixen and the Marblehead
could have been seen by moonlight. but not
| .'.Nci iie Hicpf fIhb set
! Captain Rodgers had not concluded his
! testimony In chief when the court adjourned
+; for luncheon.
The afternoon session Of the Schiey court
began with Captain Rodgers still on the
! stand. He stated. in reply To questions that
he was the senior member Of the Naval
| Board OF Survey appointed by Admiral
Sampson TO examine the wrecked Spanish
| vessels.
EFFECTIVE WORK OF THE
HROOkLYN'S 5-INCH SHELLS
| The purpose of this line az examination
was to brIn.; out the witnesses knowledge
concerning the effect of the Brooklyn.s gun
| merry in the battIe off Santiago. July 2. can
| tain Rodgers stated thar The Rrooklvn wns
! the only vessel that fred ,incb shsi,s and
| Mr.. Rayrer said that n careful commute
| ton, based upon the report of the Board of
Survey showed thar Twelve .incb shsus
had been found ON the four Spanish vessels
Mr. Povrar nr...,,ad = s,at.,,.,, ,,z,,
ing Tho nr,nha,. n, ,h.I,a ,o,,, 80, a. 80
..I. =, tba ,,,,: e.. s ,,, T,l 'n1 ',',..
was as,ed ,o go w. ,,.raar,,,,. me -,
shells .ssyn,ins rho s,a,anaans ., ~, ~.
rect (.ant.in poda.,., ,,a,,,;o, ,ho, ~ 80,
,u,,h.r ~ bi.s - .,f, e. -.
,hararor. ,,n tn ,,,a,, .,.n s.'.a .,'as
., 49,, ~ n .r On, A ,,i's NE .oilH'i.u,e!
tbat ,ha s,ataran, ~, - .,,a.,asi, 80 ,'
Ad,n,raI ch,s, NJ -, 80, ~
l,n.n. ,t. ,t pa,, - o -, - @
h,. A. - III -, .a1,,s.ms s'
I.t;on uas ,n, ,n+nudah ~ nn'.a,. ,,a, Ina
,ur., tI,s nn,,, '',,,.,,n..a ~, 10. .n. 10
,,,t. - ~ M
,n,"tn' -, r",.,I. '"ese De'"s ""''i's-
takabiy the Brooklyn's.
Cross-examined on the dispatches carried
the Dear scbIey" Letter d.ted a, kev
West Nav % 20 isss VIII m,i,;sn van" hv adnara, Al Mey
smps ON IN Witch VI 'I the ~em s,a,emsn; o rnnd
that Il am of the opinion that hes;
chance OF success in capturing the enemy's
ships will be to hold Cienfuego. and Ha-
AN, wss ;r.,,,5sd l., ,hose IT., ,ahas RI
withsss replied that he had no knowledge
of what the envelope contained.
While the examination on this point was
in progress. Mr.. Rayner read the letter in
Guiding the following extract. "Jf later IL
should develon that tbese yess.Is g. ~
e,,i, 49, ,, - :, 49, ~
. - " cou'a .neh assseHuie OH INT
port the ships best suited for the purpose
and completely blockade it. Until We re-
ceive more positive information We shall
continue to hold Havana and Santiapo'
Mr.. Rayner remarked that he supposed II
would he concsdaa mat tho word .San,,a.,.,
az gwen apoNe was Il mistake anu tiaI IL
s"ouiu pe tiehiuesos. 'ap'ah Lem!
replied that he would make no such conces-
sion and tilt followed between counsel
concerning the accuracy Of Government
nuhI;ra,ions 7, closed ,.itt an ,nd.,-
.'.,,'. e'H.u "i.n al. u'u ,,
standing That the original document should
be supplied tomorrow.
DID NOT SEE THE TEXA:
IN DANGER OF COLLISION,
The Court asked :, number of oues,ious
of ('ommand t,a,,g.rs ~ ,o ~, I.or 80,
tart of which. toce;ser win ~. rosnnrsas
of the witnesses wer.. "a f,ilo;ys.
BY the Court: "Eas ',nr cthcr. eit,.mn.
made by the FIyi,g Su,adrcn ,yccut ,I,rt
of May 81. TO Destroy the Colon A.:
None whatever 10 III. les; OF my bnowi-
edge and be!ef.'
@: What yas the speed 1f ;he Iowa
when passing the laroor of Santiago on tHe
"lst OF NAY! a.: We were Erected 10
speed Ten Knots and / should say that on
that speed - We were 'l'ak''s ''"'"'
O.: Were the uroo,,jvp and .rex,~ .o
close together az tho cnynm.nranont ~ .bo
battle Of July : that a coiIision was nroh.
able?' A.: III saw the R-ookIvm and T.xas
at the beginning of the hattie The BROOK.
Iyn was then living a mile mr. moro away
from the Iowa. bearing the renerai dire,
ton. westward. The Texas was between the
Iowa and the Brooklyn. and the Texas was
not more than half n mile from MS When
the Iowa steamed in. the Texas was under
our port bow and the BROOKLYN as saw
her then, was steaming in the direction
general. northeast shortly after that the
fro hogan IN p.t 9, I;,tIn ~, w. ,,.a,n