The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-04


both guns at that range. Those shots fen
short. We loaded again in the starboard
turret and I increased the range to 6.7Uo
yards and fired the right gun. 1t went a
little to the right of the Colon, as near
as 1 could judge, but the range was very
good. The Colon very shortly after that
went ashore. We steamed up to her and
proceeded to get out a cutter for Cant.
Cook to go over and receive her sur
render"
Capt. Lemly began his cross-examina-
ton by asking the witness whether he
was as sure of the position and actions
of the Brooklyn as he had been OF the
way the Brooklyn had been turned on
the day of the Santiago battle.
The witness replied that he was more
certain. He repeated his statement
made yesterday that he had made the
entry in the log that the vessel had
turned with starboard helm when in
fact it had turned with a port helm.
He said he had not consulted with any
one except Commander Sharp before
he changed the entry. The question was
then asked by Mr.. Hanna and traversed
much the same ground gone over yes
terday by Capt. Lemly in the examina-
tion-in-chief. The witness again tes-
titled to the circumstance that he had
HEARD GUNS FIRED
Upon approaching Cienfuegos. He was
sure that there were several guns, al
though the log book which he had writ
ten for that day had record of only
two guns. He admitted that in that
respect the log did not respect the en-
tire facts. The witness also told of the
lying squadrons reconnaissance of the
barbor at Cienfuegos, but declared that
he had observed no earthWorks on
H.a olc hot
he had seen the shore lights at night
at Cienfugos, he had never suspected
that they were signals. He told of see
ing three horsenten OH the shore during
the day time.
1--WE regarded them as Spanish caval-
ry," he said, ''and they were so brazen
that someone suggested that we should
stir them up a bit, but we did not fire
at Them
In response to Mr.. Aanna's questions
Lieut.. Doyle said that upon approach
ing Santiago the evening of May %, the
squadron lay to for the night about
seven miles off Santiago, but he thought
that the Marblehead and the Vixen were
placed on picket duty. The log, how
ever, showed no record OF this latter
fact.
Mr.. Hanna then cross-eXamined the
witness regarding his testimony bearing
upon the battle off Santiago, asking
him first as to the direction in which the
Spanish ships were headed as they came
out of the mouth of the harbor.
FRIGHT TOWARD U.s."
"They were coming right toward US"
the witness replied, ''in column of YES
sci, almost in line, little On our star
board bow. They had not then begun
TO turn
Were they firing at your asked Mr..
Hanna
'They were certainly firing in our d.
rection," was the response. The wit
ness said that after that the firing was
from both sides of the bows Of the
eneny's vessels.
''IIow sure?" asked Mr.. Hanna, do
you feel of your recollection of the way
they were headed at that time?"
That is one of the things that most
firmly impressed itself on my mind,'' re-
Piled the witness.
Lieut.. Doyle said that he had made
his observations of the battle through
the peephole from the sliding head, and
again related how the enemy had been
cut off from his vision by the smoke of
one of the Brooklyns big guns.
The cross examination upon these incl
delts was in progress when the court
took it's midday recess for luncheon.
When the afternoon session of the
Schley court began, Mr.. Hanna con-
Gnued inquiries concerning the wig-wag
signal to the Oregon from the Brooklyn
to fire her thirteen inch gum The wit
ness said he was sure he had seen the
signal made, but that he was unable
to find an entry of the signal in the
ships log. Reading the log he found
notation of several signals and then
note, saying that "other unimportant
SIGNALS had been made
Mr.. Hanna inquired whether the wit
ness thought the signal to the Oregon
was included i'll that list. Lieut.. Doyle
replied that it might be; that he could
not say how the log writer had re-
garded the matter. Testifying concern
ing the events of July 8, Lieut.. Doyle
stated that at $3.50 a. nj. of that date
the Brooklyn had been $500 yards from
the Moro, 300 yards further out than
the position assigned. He thought that
the Brooklyns first shot had been fired
four or five minutes after she began to
move into action.
NOT IN THE LOG.
Mr.. Hanna-You have spoken of the
appearance of smoke in the harbor and
of the action taken by the Brooklyn
w.-n respect thereto. Was any entry
made in the log of the occurrence?
find none. The only thing I find
in relation to that is an entry here about
several burning block houses being viSi-
BILE on the high point to the westward"
do you think that relates to the ap-
pearance of smoker?
mo, that had nothing to do with It, be-
cause the block houses were away off to
the westward"
Capt. Lemly asked what efforts had
been made by the flying squadron to dis
41,o ,.-l,o Of ici,
fleet while the squadron lay off Glen
fuegos before the arrival of Capt. Nc
Gala. The witness replied that there
had been no effort except in making in
quiries of the captain of the British
vessel Adula
Capt. Lemly then asked number of
questions. The first of these called for
an explanation of what the witness
meant yesterday when he said he
thought that just after the beginning of
the battle of July there was prospect
of melee
81 thought" responded the witness,
"that the ships were coming towards US.
1 thought they would get into us and I
thought we would have a mix-up, as
they were only about 1,4O0 yards dis
tant''
Judge Advocate-Do you mean that the
course of the Brooklyn took her
ACROSS THE SPANISH LINE
and that she necessarily Unanswered so
as to make a turn to avoid?''
That is what I mean
'fWhat orders were given by the Brook
lyn to the fleet during the action Of
July 3?''
81 do not know, except what already
have testified to about the wigwag."
"You have stated that while you were