The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-04

tain Parker announced his willingness
 to "open the door wide" He wanted
 the entire matter Investigated, and
 said that he would have the search
 light turned upon every individual,
 from the commander-in- chief to the lowest officer under him.
 Mir. Rayner was then permitted to
 ask his question, which he did in the
 following words Was the smoke ob-
 served on July 2 by Commodore schley
 communicated to the squadron?"
 The reply was: Smoke was observ-
 ed rising in the harbor on July 3, and
 my impression now is, and always has been since that night, that that infor-
 nation was conveyed to the command
 erin chief"
 The witness was then requested to
 give brief account of the part taken
 by the Brooklyn in the battle of July
 B. which he did, repeating much that
 he had said yesterday.
 ! After stating the preliminaries Lieu l tenant Doyle related his observations of the battle In the following language:
 q fired the left gun first, and Hall- gan shortly afterWard fired the right one. Then we began to load the guns again. It was necessary that after loading the guns a second time to turn l the turret directly ahead as our ship was apparently shutting the enemy out by turning with a starboard helm. I'm mediately after firing that left gun the second time, the order was to man the staboard battery. I got out of the turret through the roof, that being the l most convenient way of getting out and crossed over to tfe starboard turret.
 'As I was going into the starboard turrat I had an opportunity to see the Spanish ships. They were then a little on our starboard bow. As soon as I had charge of the controller, which up to this time had been in charge of MT. Woodward, I swung the turret around on to the starboard bow. In the mean time some of our forward guns had fired. The volume of some was so great that it must have come from one of the S-inch guns of the forward turrat so I was entirely shut out from seeing the enemy.
 While the guns were in this position MT. Mason, our executive officer pass ed down the starboard gangway, calling 1 sharp on the starboard quarter The interval of time from the time the guns were on the starboard bow or star board quarter, I think must have been two minutes. I swung the guns around to the starboard quarter and then we picked up the enemy. The range at which I fred to the best of my memory, was about 400 yards and from then on it was a constant fire, training the guns until we finally got them on the starboard beam. The range increased up to 2,000 yards, and during the run after being parallel with the Spanish ships the range varied from 2,300 to 1,S00 I think when the Viscaya went in shore the range was then about 1,S00 yards. Just before she turned in she made a sheer with her starboard helm, apparently coming to- ward us, and then immediately put helm around the other way and went In shore.
 "The Oregon during that chase and while we were on the top of the turret was directed to try her 13-inch guns on the chase, which she did, and the shots fell short. In little while they were tried again and came little closer"
 Admiral Dewey Directed by whom?"
 Lieutenant Doyle -- By Commodore schley, sir; by wig-wag signals, as I remember it.
 Admiral Dewey-"You saw that sig nal?"
 Lieutenant Doyle-"Yes, sir; I saw 1 the signal being made"
 Admiral Benham-"Did you read the 1 signal "
 Lieutenant Doyle-"I did not: but I | understood what it was, and if am not 1 mistaken it was McCauley. an ensign | we had on board, who made the signal | himself. Shortly after this the forward | turret and starboard turret of the Brooklyn were directed to lead the guns with armor-piercing shells. The for ward turret was directed to fire first two shots, which it did. The shots fell 1 short Then I was directed to fire, and | I fired at range, as I now recall of $500 yards
 We tried both guns at that range Those shots fell short We loaded again in the starboard turret and I increased the range to 6,7o0 yards and fired. the right gun. It went little to the right
  but the range was very good, The Colon very soon after that went ashore We steamed up to her and proceeded to get out a cutter for Captain Cook to go over and receive her surrender"
 MT. Hanna then cross examined the witness regarding his testimony bear ing upon the battle off Santiago, ask Ing him first as to the direction in which the Spanish ships were headed as they came out of the mouth of the harbor
 They were coming right toward us," the witness replied, in column of ves- sal, almost in line, a little on our star board bow They had not then begun .o turnss' Were they firing at you ?' asked MT | Hanna. They were certainly firing in our di- was the response. The wit ness said that, after that, the firing was rom both sides of the bows of the ene- 1 nys vessels. How sure" asked MT. Hanna, do 1 you feel of your recollection as to the way they were headed at that time?"
 That is one of the things that most ! irmly impressed itself on my mind" 'epled the witness. Lieutenant Doyle said that he had made his observations of the ba tile through the peephole from the sliding ,aad an6 aoai,, resIo+ad bouy tba a,,o,,,,y | Z