The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-19
BROOKLYN WAS HIT
BY THIRTY SHELLS
Continued From First Page.

| sells came Out!
THE Iowa was due south, the Texas
on her port hand and the Brooklyn
! further off to the westward. The Ore
! gon was to the right of the Iowa, and
the Indiana in shore to the eastward the
| right of the Iowa and the Indiana in
| shore to the eastward, with the New
| York in the distance. I remember i'm
| mediately looking for the flagship and
| saw her off seven or eight miles toward
| Siboney.''
did the Oregon at any time pass the
| Brooklyn and the Spanish ships?"
mot when they were offering any &C.
tive resistance. She did as the Spanish
vessels turned to go ashore
when the Oregon changed her direc-
ton toward the Brooklyn had the Brook
| Ign completed her turn?"
| 81 am under the impression that she
! had; she must have done So"
What was the position of the Oregon
| when she turned with starboard helm
! during the battle of Santiago?"
"She was lying still in the water, and
we turned to head off the Spanish fleet
| We overlook all but the Colon very
| quickly
! DR.. Charles NJ. Devalin followed Com
! mander Nicholson. He said that he had
been medical officer on the Brooklyn and
had observed the battle of July from
the forecastle. He gave a brief de-
! scription of the battle, saying he had
been present when Yeoman Ellis was
killed and that he had observed Com
| mander Schley during the entire engage
ment.
His conduct and bearing said the
witness, was all that could be expected
He seemed to know what he was about
| and to be doing all that he wished to
do. He was in perfect control of the
situation"
LEMLY TURNED DOWN.
| In response to questions from Capt.
Lemly witness said that he had heard
Commodore Schley give the order: Helm
hard aport'' And had heard no one
else give it.
| In response to a question, he said he
| had at that time heard no colloquy or
conversation concerning this order.
Haven't you stated heretofore that
! you did hear such a conversation
| 81 may have so stated, but I do not
remember and cannot repeat any con-
| versation of the kind"
Have you not heretofore repeated
! At this point Mr.. Rayner interrupted
Capt. Lemly's examination with a pro-
| test against the putting of his question
| without giving the names of persons with
! whom witness was supposed to have had
| the conversation in question, but Capt.
| Lenaly objected to this interruption and
| insisted upon the regularity of the pro-
i ceedings. Capt. Parker quoted prece-
| dents to sustain Mr.. Rayner's objec-
tons, to which Capt. Lemly replied that
| a question similarly put had been allow
| ed on a previous occasion.
| Speaking for the court, Admiral Dewey
| sustained Mr.. Rayner's point, saying:
I'VE know more law now than we did
| before. Time, place and names of indivi-
| duals should be given. I would not like
| myself to have such question put to
! me; no one would like it."
| Capt. Lemly then asked: did you tell
Lieut.. Ward, in Portsmouth, on Aug. 6,
| that you had heard a conversation in
| which the word Texas was used?"
| Witness said that on that date Mr..
| Ward had asked him what he would
| testify to in the case and he had said
| it was possible that there had been a
| conversation about the order for porting
! the helm of the Brooklyn during the
battle between Commodore Schley and
| Commander Hodgson, but witness said
that he was unable to repeat it under
oath. He had no recollection of saying
anything at that time about the Texas
BRooKLYN's ENGINEER.
DR.. Devalin was then excused, and
| Capt. John l.. Hannum was called. He
was the chief engineer on board the
! Brooklyn and of the flying squadron
| during the Cuban campaign.
Capt. Hannum's testimony aside from
| replies to questions by the court related
| entirely to the condition of the collier
Merrimac, May q and %. He said that
on the forenoon of the former date Com
modore Schley had ordered him to go
aboard the collier; that having done so
| he found her intermediate valve gear
! entirely disabled. He said that he had
| taken the whole of this part of the ma
| chinery of the vessel aboard the Brook
Ign and that he had not been able to
complete the repairs until the evening
of the next day. the 18th. He also said
that while the Merrimac was not entirely
helpless, her horse power was reduced
one-third and that she was able to hob
Bile along only at the rate of four or five
! knots an hour.
The court asked Capt Hannum the
following questions:
What was the Brooklyns most eco
| nomical speed and how much coal per
| day did she burn while you were her
! chief engineer?''
81 never had an opportunity to test the
| vessel in order to arrive at that but her
| economical speed was, think, about ten
knots, burning from 70 to Is tons of coal
| a day."
Were the fires laid ready for lighting
under all boilers not in use by the Brook
lyn July 2? If not, why not?''
Il think the furnaces were coaled. [
am pretty sure they WERE ready to throw
! shovelfu1 of coal on them and start
Them
Capt. Hannum was then excused and
Lieut.. Thomas F. Carter, past assist. mt
engineer, who was in charge of the ma
obi v1f4 L,
Ign during the Santiago campaign was
called. In reply to request from Mr..
Rayner he gave statement concerning
| the condition of the engines of the Brook
| lyn on the morning of the battle, July J.,
saying:
ENGINES DISCONNECTED
THE after main engines were not used.
The forward main engines were discon-
nected from the forward ones and steam
| was on three boilers'
Mr.. Rayner-Can you tell me what went
on in the engine rooms during the ac-
ton with respect to increasing the speed
| of the ship?''
| Every effort was made to economic
| steam and get the most power out of it.
| the most turns of the engine. The fires
were started in the other boilers as soon
! as possible. Forced draught was put on.
| Then, of course, it was a question of how
| many turns we could get. The steam
was working to the best advantage. so
as to increase the turns of the engines.
| There was steady increase in the num-
Der of turns of the engines from the be-
! ginning to the end''
Were the engines at any time stopped,
reversed or slowed?''
''The engines were not at any time
| during the battle stopped or reversed. |
| nave no recollection of their ever hav-
| ing been slowed. They certainly were nor