The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-25

course was perhaps a little divergent from
ours. because the Oregon was attemp.,n,s
lyn and Oregon maintained this relative po-
sition. bow and quarter, approximately, 10
the end of the battle, the Brooklyn steam,
s aaa as nearly anS all of the
Spanish ships. the Oregon endeavoring 70
come to close action with the sternmost
one, and when she was driven out OF ac,
tion and pointed to the beach. and pushed
on for the next one ahead and so on untii
the entire feet was driven ashore. burning
or sinking.
BROOKLYN SENT SIGNALS
WHILE THE FIGHT WAS on.
Mr.. Rayner: Did you get any signals
from the Brooklyn on the day OF the bat
tle?'
"Yes. SIR
''Can you recall what they wereT'
''Of my own knowledge and remembrance.
the signals that impressed themselves upon
me at the time were. Follow the nag. l
had this repeated to the vessels follow
ing, thinking that they might rot see the
Brooklyn. and might see US. l remember
filled with water recolect 1t. because Is
perplexed me a little. l was fearful that
the Brooklyn might have to haul out OF
action and run in shore, and 1 concluded
that it was given to me as a warning. in
case she did haul out, that 1 would be pre-.
pared to look out for the chase alone anu
ilOl 10 any dtteEtlUn HcT, duu ehoe
she would look out for herself. 1 also re-
member a signal. because did not under
stand It at first. The enemys ship appears
to have been built in iI to which Mi t9,d end
on the coast of Cuba I also remember a
signal. Congratulations over the grand VIC
tory. and thanks for your splendid assist
ance.' There were other signals made. l
have seen the list of them, but these are
the ones / recollect that made any impress
sion on me at the time. OF my own recol-
I nfhaYG'
What distance was 1t that you were en-
gagged in the chase of the Colon after the
you suppose the Oregon and the Brooklyn
ran in the chase of the Colon before she
surrendered?"
Il cannot tell you that. have heard the
chart has limited the distance to a certain
number of miles. and the speed of the ships
has been called in question. presume fifty
or fifty-five miles"
Can you tell me with how many ships
the Brooklyn was engaged. when the smoke
lifted and you saw her on her westward
course?"
"She must have been engaged with all
four
"Did YOU see the turn of the Brooklyn?' -,
NO. sir i never saw the Brooklyn, until
I came out of the smoke
How did the Erooklyn's fire appear to
you at that timer
II remember nothing about that. I re-
preston upon me to find her there. and |
felt that We should mutually support and
sustain eaCn ptneE. 1elC lHdt
ship was needed and that We were to be
there together"
did you see the Commodore on the Cay of
the .svsa battle s;r q July a?'
viii YOU kindly state where and when
After the New York came up. 0ftef tne
surrender of the Colon"
BROOKLYN AND OREGON
ORDERED ON A NEW CHASE.
WAS any conversation held between you
and the Commodore on board the New
York;"
"a Spanish battleship was reported by
Captain Eaton Of the ResOlute. She had
arrived off Santiago, and I think he said
he had been pusued by her. The Admiral
seemed incredulous. but l remarked that it
must be Camara's fleet; that they had ar
rived there to form a conjunction with
late. The Admiral did not assent. Finally.
he said: Well. Clark, you will have to so
after that ship, and believing as did that
there was really a Spanish vessel there. l
power an enemy II possible. Why could not
the, the Brooklyn @ go alongT He turned and
then felt that 1 had perhaps assumed too
much in speaking to an Admiral. and. sug-
gesting that a Commodore also accompany
me. 1 turned to the Commodore and said:
Commodore, We have knocked out several
vessels this morning; We can knock out
another. can't We? He said: Certainly. We
can. Come on He then started over the
side; and started after him for my boat
on the other side. What impressed ne was
s Sd o. he
feeling against me for mentioning 1t as
senior and was rather approving in his man
Captain Clark's examinatIon-in-chief oc-
cupied fifteen minutes. and at ten inmates
OF OIL O'clock Mr.. Hanaa began the cross-ex-
Did you," he asked as his first question:
see the Iowa during the earlier portion Of
the engagementT'
Iowa standing in toward the entrance Of
the harbor. and her position was little to
westward of the oregon's. At first she
and I thought she was gaining ground. and
would get In ahead Of US. Then the smoke
became SO dense that lost sight OF her. but
out. Later: ! saw her again SO near that
! was fearful that the two ships would coll
!ide. Consequently. ] gave the order. Hard
the Iowa again during the action" ~
Responding to q request from Mr.. Hanna.
Captain Clark described the manner N
which the Spanish ships came out Of the
witness said the order under which he
closed IN was standing order. as was the
order to attack at once in case the enemy
had a feeling of satisfaction at that time
that there was standing order to close in.
because OF q POSSIBILITY OF accident IN exc.
cutting that movement"
The witness also said. in responding to an
other question from Mr. Hanna. that, while
he had seen the Texas, he had not noticed
which way she was heading, as 1t was his
especial concern to clear her.
Speaking Of the ranges used during the
engagement. & he said that they changed so
them, and he at last told the officers to
decide the range for Themselves.
BROOKLYN HAD ENGAGED
FOUR SPANISH SHIPS.
Captain Clark was also questioned regard
Ing his etatement-in-chief that the Brook
lyn had at one time during the engagement
engaged four different vessels and confirmed
his previous testimony, saying that she was
alongside all four Of the enemy's ships. and,
in response to q question from Mr. Hanna
as to whether there were not other Amer.-
can vessels engaged at the same time. he
replied: THE Oregon was firing as fast as
she could with her bow guns. Proceeding
with the description. he said that for some
when only the Colon was left Of the enemy's
vessels. the Oregon did not fire. and that
when she did resume the work only the
1S-inch guns were used. with the exception
of one or two shots from the S-inch guns
in the forward turret.
did you fire the 1S-inch gun in pursuance
Of a signal from the Brooklyn. MI. Hanna
asked. and the witness replied: mo; the
13-inch guns were fired after q conference
with officers on board the Oregon. had
feared damage to the gun mechanism and
hesitated to use the guns. but decided to do
Brooklyn did not see 1t. and 1t was not re-
ported to me-"
At this point the court took recess for
luncheon. Captain Clark resumed the wit