Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-10-15

theory was that the Spanish feet
would come out of the harbo
Thy was the circular blockade not
adopt ted z" M r. II Hanna asked. sss 81
N $E5 here are many forms Of blockade,
and dsI have nothing but praise for the
circular lockade, = replied the Wit
ness, but the idea was to get the
sSpaniards to come out to have our
ships moving. and ready for action. : 5$
25s The Battle Of July 8.
General interest was manifested
throughout the courtroom when Mr.
Hanna began his inquiries about the
hattie of July 3. He asked: @
g ere you on deck when the fleet
came out Of Santiago harbor on July
When were they first sighted
The reply was in the negative. Cap
.ain Cook said he had at that time
been in the cabin. The first question
was: ssS}5: 4 81. # Al 2S A5
Iow did you first learn the fleet.
was coming out ?'' 2S f. C, & ri: Re
.5535s3'.I heard the. executive officer call
out, Clear ship for action, and as n
had given directions to have the ship
ready for inspection at 8 clock, uri-
less something happened, went son
deck. " 81. =z5.v @5
!, When you came on deck where
were the Spanish vessels? What were
they doing?" 5 rs. {. {. :. .z "
when I first arrived on the forecas-
tie there were two in sight. The third
one was just outside the entrance and
the fourth appeared immed lately
afterWard.' 2 /, HE.
What did they do when they came
out? Which way did they head g +. #
I'VE were to the westward Of the
entrance. The fleet came out south and
turned as they left the entrance to
four points southwest so that they
turned in our direction. When I first
got on deck the helm had been star
boarded, heading little to the north
ward when 4 saw the feet were
heading southwest and seemed to be
coming straight for the interval be
tween the Texas and the Brooklyn,
went in the coming tower and direct
ed the helmsman. i told him what /.
wanted to do was to keep straight for
the fleet. They eWaVered 8 a M little.
Som etimes they turned one way and
then another. We shifted helm once.
or twice, but very little, indeed, and
finally when we were getting up fair
$ly close, say between q 500 and 1000
yards, 1t seemed to me clear that they
wanted to pass between the Texas and
Brooklyn. The Texas was well on our
starboards hand and she was headed
to the northward and westward. n;
Describes the Famous : Loop II
All ships were carrying out the In
sstructions of the command erin-chief
and that was to head in for the en-
trance. We were well to the westward
and headed to the northeast. When Z
saw that I ported the helm perhaps
half way over. She was swinging star
board very rapidly. The Spanish fleet
was coming straight for this interval.
4 stepped out Of the tower on the port
side to get "a good look at this fleet,
to see just what they were going to do
as to our relative positions, and saw
they evidently put helms hard 4aport
and were turning to the westward.
We were then turning very rapidly TO
starboard with port helm and we had
turned, II think, almost to the east.
The Texas was well on our starboard
side. then gave the order, Hard
aport' to the helmsman, ran through
the opening between the shield and
thee onning tower to the other side on
purpose to see our own feet and our
relative positions. Quicker chan !
could tell it the commodore called to
me-, Cook, hard aport,' or is your helm
-aport. replied, The helm is hard
aport, turning as rapidly as possible,
As I watched the Texas, the bow of
1.-The BROOKLYN seemed first to point to
her port bow. i never saw the star
board bow Of the Texas and, changing
her bearings very rapidly the bow Of
the Brooklyn passed along the port
Isfde of the Texas until there was clear
opening between us and the stern of
the Texas. We made a complete turn,
d very quick turn with helm hard
taport until we came around and par
| alleled the fleet on the other side. As
1--WE paraH He1ed he Spanish feet the
/ iViscay 80 ''
Admiral Dewey s fay interrupt
How near did you pass to the Texas g
stasI never thou ght p9 q collision. II
never entered my head never fora
moment had one idea Of q vicissitude
| in that respec N & passed, + Judge,
about 400 yard had handled the
ship under all circumstances and got
So could iudg BE pretty correctly and
Imy impression as s that we We're
about the ii stance we sailed ii squad
ron But col llision never thought
LOT She turned perfectly Y lear of the
Texas, came around and there we had
1 the Viscay q on our sta rboard bow and
about abean sWa the Oquendo and
| then the Color. S. hat was about the
hottest time of the action. It was a
critical time. There was not any time
| for ind discretion and do not ink
1 there was any. n have always felt In
| my mind studying the positions
/ that the chances would have been for
d disaster had We shif fted helm at such
! q time. However, we got around and
1 We had those three vessels.
The Oregon con,es q View.
81 looked and could see nothing but
lssrnoke astern and vessels seemed en-
sYeloped I'M this smoke. could not un-
4 dergtand IL. They were all three If
j / ing on lie Brookl IN, hen almost i'm
! mediately, faster I'll an could tell 1T,
y \ sew s large white bone in the water
and through fh Is smoke saw The bow
7 az iii Naggpl .Ss 4 SaycIai raed at the time,