The Washington times., 1901-10-08

Lieutenant Dyson was placed upor the
stand for short time before the adjourn
1nent yesterday to explain a table which
he had prepared at the requt st of Mr..
Rayncr showing the coal capacity of the
AUXILIARY cruisers. and the length Of time
they would be able to keep M a chase.
and vet have sufficient coal TO procee ed to
Key West via Santiago.
Interest in the Proceedings.
The spectators chairs were nearly all
occupied when Lieutenant Commander
HOdgson appeared. and the interest in the
proceedings. which had Jagged long while
the two previous Witnesses Commander
j.. p Rodgers and Lieut. J. G. Doyle. had
made verbal corrections in their recorded
testimony, was revived to a marked de-
gree. Mr.. Hodgsou came down to the bar
of the Court looking somewhat frcsh,r
and better than he had in the two pre-
vious occasions when he was on the stand.
When he had taken the witness chair
Captain Leully resumed the r. aiding Of
the correspondence that had passed be
tween Schley and HodgsOn and the Navy
Department and Hodgson in regard to the
publication Of the note from the latter
denying that the noted colloquv on the
bridge of the brooklyn in the battle with
CerYt ra : fleet ever occurred. and the sub
scquent disclosure that this note had been
accompanied by another communication
by llodgSOn. saving that the ColOpuy. as
reported, was substantially correct. and
curacy.
Captain Lemly asked Mr. Hodgson If
the communication which Captain Icmiy
called your emphatic letter of denial
had been printed in fuil, and Mr.. Hodg-
son said that his impression was that the
last paragraph had been omitted. Mr..
RayneT agreed TO the reading of the let
ter as printed. 1t did not contain the
concluding paragraph which indicated
that the denial had been called forth by
prSyious letter from Admiral Schloy.
a pIIf lcl y
the witness any questions about the cor
rcspondcnce ar his reasons for cDnsenting
to deny that the colloquy occurred. while
admitting its substantial accuracy. Cap
tain Lemly turned to AIR. Rayner and
said: Take the witness" Mr.. Rayner
consulted with Admiral Schley for a min
ute, gathered up some papers, and began /
a a-searching examination of the Brook
lyn's navigator. He commenced AZ the |
very beginning Of the Flying Squadron's |
Cuban experience
By Mr.. Rayner:
Q.-Mr. Hodgson can you tell me wheth- |
er the Marblehead signaled or hailed the |
Brooklyn on the way from Cienfuegos to /
Santiago. or whether any vessel spoke to /
the Brooklyn through a megaphone?
Al do not think the Marblehead did |
/ think the Marhlehsad simply exchanged |
signals asking permission to proceed.
That is my recollection. think the Scor-
pion or the Eagle had some communica-
ton with the Brooklyn.
p.-Are you not mistaken Mr.. Hodgson.
about any vessel speaking to the Brooklyn
through a megaphone?
Al may be: but I had an idea that
either the Scorpion or the Eagle had some
communication, though ] may be mis-
taken. ! had nothing to do with them; it
IS only an impression / have.
Q.-HaVe you not stated at times that
you are positive no vessel spoke the
Brooklyn through a megaphOne? Try to
refresh your memory on that point II you
can. Have you not made clear state
ment at different times TO the effect that
no vessel ever spoke the Brooklyn through |
q megaphone?
Lights on the Shore.
Q.-Do you recollect seeing the ;ghts
on the shore at Cienfuegos?
Al do.
Q.-Do you recolrect when you saw
them?
Al saw them in the night, after we
got to Cienfuegos; I think on the two
nights we were there 1 saw them.
Q.-What did you suppose they were?
Al supposed that they were some sig
nails that people along the coast had with
the people in Cienfuegos. OF some means
Of communication between the Spanish
forces on shore
Odd Commodore Schiey act imme-
diately upon the information that Captain
MeCaila impaired to him in reference TO
these signals?
Ale made preparations to act i'm
and l think he left after dark
S.-Nhat | want you to bring out
little more clearly is this: What do you
know about The preparations In regard |
70 sending the Marblehead and the Eagle, |
after the information was communicated
by Captain Mccalla?
A--Oh; As soon as Captain McCalla |
communicated that he understood what | {
hose signals meant, do you mean2 s
Q-Yes; that is what l mean.
Ale Immediately despatched me to ]
communicate with the insurgents TO find J
'ut what they meant
Q.-What / want to know is whether Z
hat was done Immediately as soon as $
he information was conveyed or not
The Judge Advocate-Do you not think [
'ou had better ask him whether he was
present when the information was given e
irst? c
Mr.. Rayner-I will ask him that g
Mr.. Rayner Ito the witness)-I will ask k
'ou whether you Were present or not.
Al was not present when Captain Nc d
,alia came on board-I mean / was not "
resent in the cabin when he was with B
be admiral But l knew as soon as we &
nderstood the purport of Captain Nc a
alias Information, We knew that he | W
'as going in to find out about what | "
lese signals meant. b.
9.-You knew that preparations were
Iade then to send of the Marblehead |
nd Eagle, and that they went off? You u,
now that from your own personal OBJ y
srvation. do you not? on
Al know they went of soon after V
ard as they could. it seemed to me. as II
BON as ! knew what the information a,
hich Captain McCalla conveyed was. :,
Q.-Was the progress of the squadron III
npeded between Cienfuegos and San c;
aSo2 T
At was a.
Q.-What was the cause of the delay? a
A-The heavy weather that the smaller | II
essels, the Vixen and the Eagle, were c.
laking-e especially the Eagle. II
0;;mhow about the Merrimac. Mr.. t.
A.-The Merrimac seemed at times to g
e able to keep up: and then she would ei
AL back Ny own impression was that | N
he Vixen and the Eagle were the draw Il
the Eagle 81
Q--Do you know anything in reference | us
any difficulty about coaling the Texas? az
A--No; except that in general way in
board the Brooklyn whether the Texas h(
iuld coal or not al
Q.-State why 1t was embarrassing and
hat YOU know about II. CT
A--On account Of the rough weather !
lat we had on the 18th and morning os &C
lie 18th 1
The Merrimac Disabled. ~
Q.-Do you know anything about the ST
,llier being disabled on the 26th or 27th? tn
Ayes; knew she was disabled. The -
,llier vas taken in tow by the Yale and IL
le could not have been taken in tow un- hs
SIS she was disabled. 1 remember that OF
e sent the chief engineer of the Brook "a q,
n, or he was 10 go. and 1 think he did fe
}, on board the Merrimac to see IL he US
luld make repairs. and get her IN trim ~
T going under her own steam -
Q.-NOw. / want to ask you about the 60
ockade at Cienfuegos and Santiago, L ar
ant 70 ask you In reference TO the kind
blockade that was maintained at 10th | sh
ese places Can you tell me at What ou