The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-15

as TO bring them within our turning
circle, it would have made ramming
possible, certainly"
How were they heading when this
order, hard aport was given?'
They were heading southwest"
Would they have headed so had you
gone the other way?"
And they discovered the movement?
Yes, l think they would. The chart
distance given at the time was HOO
yards. / estimated 1900 yards, and so
made 1t in my report. In the first
place, we must have lost by shifting
helm at such a time. Then If we had
turned the other way we must have
gone 700 yards. They would not have
had much distance to run to get en-
tirely within our turning circle. That
is all conjecture
Mr.. Hanna What was the conduct
and bearing of Commodore Schley while
under fire on such occasions that you
had the opportunity of observing?"
Il always regarded him as an en-
Enthusiastically brave and patriotic Off
GER Never in any other way"
Continuing his statement after the
noon recess, Capt. Cook said he
thought that if the engines of the Texas
had been backed he would have OBJ
served the movement, although" he
SNAN5 NAAN AN-NAo Noo AAllC a las lcbtAIG
from us"
He Did Not Damn the Texas.
He recalled a brief conversation be-
tween Lieut.. Hodgson and himself con-
corning the Texas while the Brooklyn
was making it's famous loop. He said
that on that occasion Hodgson had
called his attention to the Texas, and
that he had replied, saying he saw the
vessel, which Hodgson had afterward
told him had entirely treasured him.
lie had never, himself, used the ex-
preston, Damn the Texas to Hodg-
son. ION the contrary" he said, Il
had every reason to bless her" He
said he had not at the time known of
the change in the Brooklyn's log IN
which the entry had at first been TO
the effect that the helm was put to
starboard, and then changed to helm
aport." He remembered the addenda
to the log, and had consented that it
should be written, but he had given
instructions that there should be no
change in the original log.
In reply to question by the court,
Capt. Cook said that ne did not know
OF any effort that had been made to
md landing place at Cienfuegos
prior to the arrival of the Marblehead.
sampson Thought So, Too.
He also said, in reply to a question
by the court, that when the Flying
Squadron started out from Key West
both Sampson and Schley thought the
Spanish fleet was at Cienfuefios; that
the strange conduct of the Adula in
creased that impression, and that they
had thought the firing of guns there
indicated the presence of the enemy
there. He also said that Commodore
Schley was enthusiastic over being
sent to the southern coast of Cuba.
The court also asked about orders for
attacking the Spaniards and the wit
ness replied that there was no specific
order that he recalled, but that the
general order was to attack whenever
the enemy 81 Id be encountered.
AT Cienfuegos the American fleet
lay out from six to eight miles, being
nearer at night than during the day
me Court: WAS the Brooklyn
using full power during the fight of
July 80"
No. We did not have full power
until the end of the action, until lust
about when the Colon went ashore "
why not?"
THE order requiring us To lxeen
steam for moving eight or nine knots
l think, with some of the engines nm
coupled We used the after engines.
In the early part Of the action we mad
steam enough to make twelve knots.
and we kept on increasing the steam
until we had all the steam we could
use with the two engines. We contin-
ued to get steam with the idea that If
the Colon should go beyond the point
we would lose time in coupling up all
the engines. It. would have taken
twenty-five minutes to couple up. We
had all the steam we could use in the
after engines"
What orders were given by Commo-
dore Schley to the feet or signal or
80"
Many Signals Were Made.
Quite nun1hor of sfopaIs ,,aro