The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

The Witness. in describing the battle
of lnly ;. said that he had had charge
q the port battery On the main deck
forward ana 'aat when the spanish
vessels first came out IF the haFaag he
coal not train his guns en- taem b..
cause of tn distance l.ater r.,
opened fre AMI h. observed ,aat tho
leading Spanish snip held stvaay IN
the Broohlyn's port bow for some tinlo
and then turned 20 the westward His
range was then .0a wards ant the
| lowest range al which ae fired daring
| he day was loo yards
Tho court asked What we've he rel
! ative positions Of The NiScava. the
, Colon ana The BROOKLYN when the
! s.arhoari guns Of the BROOKLYN were
| fired by the witness al range OF 100
! yards he replied that the two Span
| iSh ships We're well aaafI the star
| hoard helm Of the BROOKLYN, the N.s-
/ caya being ahead of the Colon. This.
| he said. was after the turn OF the
| brooklyn
! Ensign Aheie then retired and the
i court took a recess for luncheon.
Ensign John Halligan. Jr. who serv-
ci on The Brooklyn during the war.
WAS The first witness of the afternoon
session - the court. He said that on
approat hing Cienfuegos. May Il. he
/ bad heard the firing of guns. Coming
10 'h, blockade Of Santiago he said
he know that the Marhlehead and the
! Vixen aad been inside the blockadine
! line there. When the battle Of Jul.
| (? occurred he was in the port tnrret
| The shortest range used by him dur
ing fhat engagement Was. he sad
.9oa yards
no vou know what vessels We're IN
! sight al the beennin., Of the battle?
asked Mr. Rayner.
Hold on there" exclaimed Captain
4 Iemlv before witness could r'piy,
/ object" Captain l.emly stated tha'
The precept did not call for the poN
.ion of ships except 10 show whether
they endangered the Brooklyn re
rlving. Mr.. Raynor said that the cues
tion was similar 10 other questions
which had been admitted.
Il II believe that il IS an invasion o.
! mo decision Of the court already rem
derea with regard 10 going into TINS
: matter of the position OF vessels
said Captain Lemly.
lemIy's Reason for Objecting.
"Eow with regard to the relative
!. rositions at the beginning Oh .ne o"'
no 7 have excepted from my objection
so much as relates 10 the posslpih''
+. of collision which is distinct pa'
of the precept. The position OF VI.
Rrooklyn al the beginning OF 'he pa'
2 ,lc Is called for distinctly nut Iha'
l M other vessel Except as ! nav
stated in so far as il involves the pos
!, s,hility Of collision. this. think. Is OF
iectionable. and submit the ma''e
10 the court. . !.
NJ Rayner-"Of course | want Z
: s,,,e IN my friend that ! will not pres
D ,h;s ,ucstion now. but there Is stag
!. ~. case where will have to brlh
It up .u, ,.;,, have I
"n his ON the record as anothe
! reconnaissance.
4 Mr. Rayner-'It has been = ~
successful reconnaissance III de'''''
Ing yon. o;,t reouestc
S or,n;ssion TO withdraw for nIs ''ill
,,os for consultation with Aa'i'''
e Schlev. which the court si."';, ,,at;o
while proceeding to the cofsni'a''.
ranm the Judge advocate s'atte" =,
r. address the court. whereupon ,n,
it nayner informed him that ne M NJ
g sneak while they were sohs ~, a,
h Rayner. after his coh'''en'' w., cou,
r n,;r,l mis schley. announced to the eo"' 'a
n that they would wl,n'''" "
/ ,inn Ian for the time being. 49, oo,,
T. In IN rcnlv 10 questions ny lnr ~ "" vi
vr y,alligan said that when ,.',. ,n' .th =,
raya turned toward the 'ro"N.M S,arhoar
Snanish aya ship bore on our ,,s sIn,ooir I heaSe
r. an Sp" (, little forward. and was lea,, q nr
y toward ~ Us. distant from -'o'' 70 ''''
'" yards, ,a,,;o,, retired he Wa
k s,ecnedcd nv Ensign T. ;. Ma.s, !n,Iv, M
). was naval cadet on tns p. - Cie
Al Wa MaS said he had heard no guns sna, a ,sh n
,ncros but had seen the sigma ''
u ashore c..;.r, the feet ha
+ ,,,noss said. been comPe'le,, ,oavv Z,
q ,he W. vixen and the Eagle