The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-08
BROOKLYN IN
The BATTLE.
COMMANDER HODGsoN TEsTIFIEs
THAT SHE DID DAMAGE
TO SPANIARDS
THE TERESA TRIED 70 RAM,
Apparently, According to Testimony
-sckIey's Conduct All That u
COmmander-in-Chi
Should Re.
CAPT. FoLGER ON THE STAND

WASHINGTON, Oct Lieut.. Com
mander Hodgson today again occupied
the greater part of the time of the Schley
court of inquiry as a witness He was
Icllowed on the stand by Capt w NJ.
tolger, formerly chief of the bureau of
ordinance of the navy department. b;:t
commander of the New Orleans during
the Spanish war Lieut.. Dyson also was
recalled to add some details to his form
er testimony concerning the coal supply
OF the american fleet during the Santiago
blockade.
Commander Hodgson repeated and ex
tended his story of the battle of july 2
giving the opinion that Commander
Schley's conduct on that occasion was
such as that of a commander-in-chief
should have been. He also explained at
some length his correspondence with Ad-
mlraI Schiey, concerning the alleged COL
loquy between them while the Santiago
engagement was in progress. He said he
nad mad no controversy with the commo-
oCre, but he repeated that the commo-
core mad said Damn the Texas" when
told that that vessel was in danger.
capt. Folger sad that the lombard
ment of the Cristobal Colon >on Nav 81
mad been eminently successful in devel
oping the strength of the Spanish shore
batteries, and had shown them to be
very weak. He also said that If the
spanish vessels had attempted to escape
at night they could not have been seen
by the hiockading feet in bad weather.
INTEREST UNABATED.
The Schley court of inquiry TODAY en-
tered upon the third straight week of the
investigation of Admiral Schley's conduct
of the Spanish war. The crowd in at
tendance was as large as at any pre-
Vlous time, indicating that the interest
IN the case is unabated 1t had been ex-
pected that the navy department would
be able to complete its presentation of
the case by the close of last week. but
When the court opened today Capt Lem
ly S list of witnesses still contained al
most dozen names Prominent among
these is Capt. Chadwick, who was Ad-
m1ral SIMPSONS chief of staff and who
was in command of the flagship New
York during the Santiago Campaign.
The program for today included, in ad-
dltlon to those recalled for the correction
OF testimony, names of two new witness
es and of two who have hitherto been
on the stand The, new Witnesses. who
were present when the court convened,
with the expectation of being called to
the stand during the day, were Can't.
w. M. Folger, who commanded the cruis-
er New Orleans during the lombard
ment of the Cristobal Colon on May 81,
in which that vessel participated. and
Lieut.. NJ L. Bristol, who, as an en-
sign, was the watch officer on the bat
tleship Texas during the Santiago cam
paign.
Lieutenant Commander Tyson also was
present, with the understanding that he
probably would be recalled during the
day for the purpose of continuing his
testimony concerning the coal supply Of
the flying squadron when it first arrived
on Santiago, and its capacity under vary
ing conditions of speed.
The days proceedings began with the
recall of Lieut.. Doyle and Commander
Rodgers for the purpose of correcting
their previous testimony, and when they
had been excused Lieut. Commander
Hodgson, navigator of the Brooklyn dur
ing the Santiago campaign, resumed the
stand. This was his third sitting and
when he began today's testimony the
Judge advocate had not entirely COM
pleted his questions. There were still
few of the letters constituting the
correspondence between the witness and
Admiral Sehley. to be read and when
they were concluded Capt Lemly and
MI. Hanna proceeded with their questions.
When the reading of the Schley- -Hodg-
son correspondence had been conclud-
ed, Capt. Lemly asked Mr.. Hodgson
whether his denial of the colloquy be-
tween himself and Commodore Schley
had ever been published entire Mr..
Hodgson replied in the negative. saving
that the last paragraph of his letter of
denial had not been printed This para
graph referred to the enclosure of a
newspaper clipping.
HODGSON OSs-EXAMINED.
Mr.. Rayner began his cross examination
by asking Mr. Hodgson whether the Mar
blehead had hailed the Brooklyn when
the two vessels passed each other as the
Brooklyn was on her way to Cienfuegos
The witness replied in the negative
The examination then turned upon events
about Cienfuegos, and in reply to Mr..
Rayner's inquiry Mr., Hodgson detailed
them at length.
Commander Hodgson said he had seen
the lights on the shore at Cienfuegos
which were afterwards determined to be
signals. but he had supposed they were
signals between different branches of the
Spanish forces on shore. He added that
when Capt. McCalla arrived with infor-
nation as to the meaning of the signals
he was Immediately dispatched TO shore
to communicate with the insurgents The
progress of the squadron between Cien-
fuegos and Santiago was impeded, he
said, by the heavy weather, which re-
tarded the speed of the smaller vessels.
the Vixen and Eagle, especially the
Eagle
Mr. Rayner asked: "How far were
you off, during the blockade of Santiago,
from the Moro during the day and night
of May 2S, 30, 80 and S1?''
EARLY in the day time our habitual po-
sition was about six miles. In the night,
1 think, We steamed up and down in
front of the harbor, a distance of about
six miles,
He stated that the picket boats, the
Marblehead and Vixen, were inside the
line of the fleet, about midway between
that line and the shore line.
The witness then, in response to a re-
quest from Mr.. Rayner, continued his
description of the naval battle of July
from the point where he had dropped
that description at Capt. Lemly,s request
While he was on the stand Friday.
BROOKLYN WAS BUSY.
In this connection, he said: 'The Brook
lyn did all she could. She got into action
just as quick as steam could carry her
there. She commenced firing as soon as
the first gun on the port bow would bore.
and We kept the port battery firing until
she turned with port helm through the
arc using the aft guns until we got all
the starboard guns to bear We got
around as quickly as we could with port
helm until we almost paralleled the course
of the leading Spanish vessel, when the
helm was eaSed and the shin steered a