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ed vessel was en- route to Cienfuegos?"
None that recall"
What reasons did Commodore Schley
give you for his belief that Cervera'S
squadron was in Cienfuegos?''
In the first place, upon leaving Key
West he was
QUITE ENTHUSIASTIC
at having been given the command of the
south side of Cuba, and he said he ex
pected to catch that fleet; that both he
and Communicated Chief Sampson believ-
ed Cienfuegos was the objective point I
think / have already stated that he be-
heved he would find them there. On Sat-
urday night he had heard, or some Of
hcers had reported to him, what sounded
like salute in the afternoon. I never
have known what that was. Certainly,
something of the kind occurred, and he
said it sounded as if they were having
at CienfuegoS there were the signal lights
that misled us all. We thought they had
something to do with the Spanish squad
ron either coming or being there And
again, the arrival of the Adula and her
strange action. [ believed at that time
they We're there, and l thought this was
a ruse to get some communication to
them. That is all 1 can recollect.''
Did the Brooklyn have fleet night
order book?'
I am not able to answer that question.
On the Brooklyn I received my instruc-
tons, of course, direct from the flag Of
flcer. | had my own night order book
and what orders [ received l put in
that sst' :. ~, o.,,. s...4,
for information regarding the possibility
of eoaling ship near Cape Cruz?'
yes"
What orders were given by commo-
dore Schley to the ships of the flying
squadron for their guidance in the event
of Cervera's squadron arriving at the
harbor of Cienfuegos, in the event or
gCervera's squadron being sighted at sea,
and in the event of its coming out of the
harbor at Santa go?''
I know of
NO WRITTEN ORDER
that would cover the case, but in CONSUL
tation with the commanding officers 1t
was understood that at night time we
would be in column and ready At the
day time we had our assigned positions;
that we should attack wherever we found
them. and I presume be governed by
circumstances.
COS prior to the time when Commodore
Schley discussed the supply of coal with
Commander McCalla ~
Il do not know. [ think not
AT what distance from the entrance
to Cienfuegos did the large ships lie while
blockading, both by day and by nght?''
From four to six miles, should judge.
Closer at night
Does the chart show that there is an
anchorage at Cape Cruz where large
ships would be protected from easterly
or southerly winds while coaling?"
My impression is 1t does not. That
was my observation at the time.''
do you know why the squadron was
headed for a point twenty or thirty miles
from the entrance to Santiago instead of
near the shore?"
Because, as I understood at the time,
If the weather conditions We're such that
we could not coal off Santiago we should
rival off Santiago, If the conditions were
so that We could coal from the collier, we
would go UP off the entrance
ee,,Wgs We're you you. ordered I'D by Commodore
Yes
what was the direction of the pre-
vailing wind from May % to June 1?
sit was southeast and southwest, I
think. I think the wind on the 25th was
northeast. 1t is all matter of log. The
fresh winds were from the northeast.
The other winds were from the south
east to southwest
WAS the Brooklyn using full power
during the fight of July 3?
NO. we ulu HOI nave Iull power uDCll
the end of the action. until just about
when the Colon went ashore"
why not?"
1.-THE order required us to keep steam
for moving eight or nine knots, think,
with some of the
ENGINES UNCOUPLED.
We used the after engines In the early
part of the action we had 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 en-
giues. We continued to get steam with
the idea that If the Colon should go be-
yond the point we would lose time in
coupling up all the engines 1t 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 fleet by signal or
otherwise during the battle of July 32,
"Quite a number of signals We're made.
but / only recollect few of them. The
first signal made was the formulated
signal to close in. Afterward there were
signals made; great many wig-wags
We're made to the Oregon. There is a
record, believe, in the log book. did
not pay any attention to the signals dur
ing the action except such as affected
me. -
Admiral Dewey-The witness has spoS-
en- of the order requiring them to keep
steam UP for moving with some of the
engines uncoupled. Was that order by
Commodore Schley?
1t was the order of the commander 4