The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-17

Cienfuegos. He thought the distance
out at night was seven or eight miles
with picket boats inside the line.
The sea was moderate, he said. be-
tween Cienfuegos and Santiago on the
occasion of the flying squadron's voy-
age, making bad weather for the
smaller vessels.
The custom at Santiago was to lie off
from the port four or five miles during
| the day. The vessels steamed back and
forth at night about the same distance
! out.
Asked il he had seen any suspicious
movements on shore at Santiago during
the eve of July 2, the witness replied:
| Il remember being on deck on July
| and seeing columns of smoke rising
| and apparently moving, as though YES
| sells were steaming in the harbor. Also
in my watch I remember the burning
of block houses to the westward of
Santiago, which I reported to the COM
manding officer
What was the conduct and bearing
of Commodore Schley in the different
engagements and on July 3rd?"
Il never saw Commodore Schley dur
ing the engagement. 7 saw him imme-
diately after the battle of July and
he was perfectly cool and collected"
Lieutenant Webster gave brief &C
count Of the battle of July 8. He said
that when the signal was given to clear
ship for action he had run forward,
having charge of the forward gun deck
battery. He had then seen the Texas
and the Iowa little abaft of the
Brooklyn's beam. When the engines
were started the Brooklyn had headed
directly towards the harbor, the helm
being changed frequently until after
firing was begun when the helm was
put hard aport. He estimated that the
enemy's vessels We're 400 to 1000 yards
distant. When the Brooklyn began it's
turn, and that after the loop was COM
pleted it was 1900 yards, increasing to
$500 yards when the Viscaya turned
in.
Speaking OF the bombardment of the
Colon May 81 the witness said he had
observed it from the Brooklyn and
that while he had noticed that the first
shots fell short, he had seen one later
which he thought had fallen under the
Colon's counter.
He had gotten the impression from
this engagement that the shore bat
teries were stronger than they had
been previously supposed to be. He
thought after that time that those bat
teries were manned with eight inch
guns.
On cross examination Captain Lemly
had the witness read from the log of
the Brooklyn an entry to the effect that I
the Brooklyn had steamed out at night. |.
The judge advocate asked only few
questions on his own account, but put !
two or three at the instance of the |
court, as follows:
When the flying squadron was
Cienfuegos did the column
If vessels at night keep on line near !
" perpendicular to the shore line or on I
4 line nearly parallel to the shore
ine?"
my recollection is that the line was
to the shore line"
"How did the Spanish ships bear
rom the Brooklyn when the Brooklyn's
lelm was put hard aport July 80"
ut seems to me the Teresa was very
nearly broad on the port bow, the Wis
ava perhaps three points on the port
DOW. The helm had been eased aport
,efore that so it had changed their
bearing somewhat. 1t was hard to tell
It the very beginning of the turn how
hey bore
What were the relative positions of
he Brooklyn and the Colon when the
yolon passed the Viscaya? How was
he Brooklyn heading at this timer
THE Colon passed inside the Viscaya
t distance of about 1000 yards,
hlnk So that at that time her range
would probably have been $500 yards.
he bore the same bearing as the
'olon at that time forward of the star
oard beam about two points. The
BROOKLYN was heading probably nearly
yest."
The court then adjourned for the day. {