Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-10-05

have related their views about this fam
Gus movement He gave the distance
between the Texas and Brooklyn as 100
| yards, and contended that the Iowa as
we'll as the Texas was endangered by
the Brooklyn's turn. He asserted that
the Oregon passed between the Iowa and
the Texas after the Iowa had slowed,
i because the Texas came to sudden halt
to avoid the Brooklyn. The three ships
We're in such close proximity, according
to Rear Admiral Evans testimony, that
it seems incredible that all did not go to
the bottom
Admiral Evans was cross-examined by
Rayner
Did you say to Admiral Schley on
July 4: Did you know that Jack Philip
| started to run away at the beginning of
the battle? and Admiral Schley replied:
! You are mistaken. 1t was the Brooklyn
| that made that turn and you must see
the tactical necessity of it?"
Il don't think l saw Schley on July 4;
and that [ ever said then or any other
time that Jack Philip ran away is pre-
| posterOus on the face of it,
Did you ever say: 1 shot the bow
| off the Pluton and the stern off the
| Furor, then put my helm to starboard,
Knocked out the Theresa and raked the
Viscaya?' Did you say that?"
Il did not"
WAS there a conference of captains
! aboard the Brooklyn, May 29|'
+ Yes"
| Eleventh Day.
Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, who COM
! y i IL l..
was blown up in Havana harbor, and
| who during the war was in command Of
the scout st. Paul, was on the stand for
| upward of an hour. He said that in ODE
| dience to orders from Captain Wise, who
was his commanding officer, he had pro-
| ceeded to the vicinity of Santiago, arriv
ing there ON May 81. He told of taking
aboard the Cuban pilot Nunez and said
| that he did not have much confidence in
him. His instructions were to report to
| Commodore Schley that the Spanish
squadron probably was in Santiago har-
| Dor.
He fell in with the flying squadron on
the evening of May 90 the squadron then
being twenty or twenty-five miles south
of Santiago He had reported to Com
modore Schley that he knew nothing
| positively" about the Spanish fleet. He
was then asked if he had expressed his
belief to Commodore Schley that Ger
yera's fleet was not in the harbor as re-
ported later by Commodore Schley. The
witness replied:
Il stated that we had seen nothing Of
the Spanish fleet. | may have stated
that l knew nothing positively or abso-
lutely about its movements, but l recited
certain events to show that there was
probability of the fleet being in Santiago
at that time
In reply to a question as to the condl-
ton of the weather at the time he was
at Santiago Captain Sigsbee said:
During May "a, % and 26 the wealth
err was unsettled; trade conditions had
been hindered. There was more or less
rain and moderately heavy sea on those
three days. The sea on May 70 was
heavy for boats, but it was moderating
that is to say, more moderate than it
had been on two days before. | should
say, however, it would have been a very
difficult job to have coaled from ships
alongside that night"
did you receive a dispatch from Sec
rotary Long, dated May %, stating The
Spanish fleet arrived at Santiago on May
1922
II am not certain, but my recollection
is that it stated it arrived on the 10Th
or 21st. | received the communication
just as [ have stated. 1t came from the
Secretary of the Navy. 1t was signed
Long but whether l got a copy of it
from Captain Wise or got the original
cannot now recall | think 1 got the
original"
did you show this dispatch to Com
| modore Schley on May 26?"
81 already said 1 cannot recollect the
act of showing it to him. I presume 1
did, but that 1 informed him l remem-
| ber"
Twelfth Day.
The proceedings of the court began
| with the usual recall of former witnesses
for the correction Of their testimony in
the official record Rear Admiral Evans
took the stand with the purpose of effec-
| tually mailing the statement that he made
| a foolish boast as to what he did at the
battle Of Santiago. Schley's counsel ask
| ed him the other day if he did not tell
| Schley that he Gvans) destroyed the
whole Spanish fleet Evans at that time
| denied the report, which in way placed
him in the position of disputing Schley's
word, as the inference was plain that
| Schley asserted that Evans did play the
| braggart Fighting Bob then came with
documentary evidence that he was guilt
| less of blowing his own horn in so often
| sive a way.
Il have here letter from Captain
Cook of the Brooklyn said he, shaking
it at the court, denying that | made the
| boast l would like to- have this letter
added to my testimony regarding the mat
| ter"
1--WE do not claim that you said that
Il Il 1