The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-26
THE SCHLEY INQUIRY.
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! ing out. That was some time after the mer
had been called to quarters. about 9:33;;
o'clock. The ship was lying at that time
with her head in toward the land in the
direction of Cabanas. little cove to the
westward. and one Of the marking points
We used in maintaining our position. !
looked over the starboard side and saw the
enemy coming out of the entrance to the
harbor. i looked eastward to see the order
of the ships. 1 saw the Texas apparently q
point or more abaft the starboard beam
The Texas appeared to me to be heading or
some one Of the easterly courses. To the
left of her was the Iowa. The Oregon was
to the eastward of the Iowa. The Indiana
was to the eastward of that position. and
the Gloucester was lying in under the land
The New York was out of sight and out
OF signal distance with glasses 1 looked
for her, in order to determine what my po-
sition in the action was to be. OF course.
II the New York had not been out of dis
tance / would not have given or made sig
nal. had, in the meantime. gone forward
on a little platform that / had had con-
structed around the battle tower as my po-
sition in the fight. I had only been there
a moment or two when Captain Cook Joined
me.
I'm the meantime. Mr.. Hodgson. who was
on the upper bridge. sang out something to
the Captain about being connected up, and
all ready. He at the same time, said to
me. Commodore, they are coming right at
US Well / said, go right for Them
and the helm was put a-port. The ship
was started ahead first at half-speed.
remember that. 1t took her away very
quickly. and ! said to Cook. Here's the
signal; close in for action Then followed
"a s(loSo nd fh.,p proolrlyr
well as all the other ships charged in for
the entrance. according TO the original plan.
We all moved directly for the head of the
column. the idea being to arrest and knock
them to pieces as they came on.
I'VE continued on our course for ten or
twelve minutes" he said. ''and / saw all
the ships OF our fleet closinT in. One thou
sand yards is the limit Of effective torp,do
range, and We were approaching about
that distance 1 mentioned something Of that
sort to Captain Cook. at the same time Tay-
ing to him, Much will depend upon this
ship to-day Cook replied that We would
soon be within the crossfire Of the ships 1
saw Lieutenant Simpsons first shot, and
then / saw the first vessel In the Spanish
line take rank sheer to the westward,
leaving the yiscaya coming straight on.
Then the latter also turned to the vest
ward. 1t was now apparent that the orig
inal plan of the Spaniards had failed and
they were entering upon the second phase,
and that their new disposition would con-
troll their subsequent course. Captain Cook
now gave the order to port the helm. II he
had not done SO should in a minute, and
said to him. is your helm a-port?' and he
replied. 1t is a-port.' or Hard a-port,' 1
think the latter"
ADMIRAL DESCRIBES
THE FAMOUS LOOP.
Coming to the turn Of the Brooklyn, Ad-
msai schley speaking steadily rd and dc, clearly ,sa
he had never seen a ship turn more steadi-
ly. 1.-The turn he said. was absolutely
continuous: there was no easing Of the the
helm and l never saw the starboard side
of the Texas. I am sure we were never
nearer that vessel than 600 yards. We were
SO distant that / never had any thought
of danger in connection with the Texas.
He said the closest range given was 1,100
yards. I'VE were so close" he went on.
that remember ! could see men on the
Spanish ships running between the super
structure; l could even see the daylight
between their legs.
HODGSON'S STATEMENT
PRONOUNCED As "FICTION."
During the turn Lieutenant Commander
Hodeson very properly. made the observa-
ton that We should look out for the
Texas but there was never any colloquy
between bet ps.nevsr s,s aay.o any eolioaly Of any
first because he was too good an officer to
have SO transgressed. and. second, because.
II he had undertaken to do SO. should
have reprimanded him. That incident is
fiction; It never occurred"
At this point the Admiral said the leading
one Of the Spanish ships was on the Brook.
the enemys ships but the forts as well.
were firing apparently at the BROOKLYN at
that moment MOI and drn the next ne +, few moments
said. and he told how jets of water were
seen on all sides and how deafening the
noise Of the guns: THE roar of our projec-
nc hn 90 IrNt, al, kNal
heard once. and once heard. can never be
forgotten. All four Of the Spanish vessels
were firing on the Brooklyn and none OF the |
Spanish vessels at that time showed any
injury. Than the thought passed through |
my mind that they might get away. and |
feared We should have most of the fight.
as / had not thought up to that time that !
the battleships would be effective in a
chase ! said to Cook that we would stay !
with this crowd"
during the chase. Admiral schley said he !!
had never before realized that such rapid |
two vessels. Both looked to him, he said. |
like sheets of flame. When the Maria |
Teresa went ashore. the Admiral said, he |
a1d G9ok to the
the progress of events. They can't see !;
what is being DONE" he said to Cook. ':and
obeyed this injunction and the messages |
were received with cheers from below.
Describing the going ashore OF the Span |
ASH SnIpS IN SucceSslOn, ne SalQ ne knew /
the following American ships would take |
care OF them and protect the Spaniafds |
against the insurgents and the fire on their |
own ships.
As the battle proceeded at this time. the |
Admiral said, he was very anxious about |
the range. as he did not want the Teresa
and the Viscaya to get beyond range. II |
feared the ships were gaining, and asked
Ellis, who was very expert with the stadi-
meter. and he replied, after use of the
ing our own. thought differently at the
ADMIRAL scHLEY,s TRIBUTE
TO ELLIS AND PHILIr.
At this point the Admiral paid his trib-
cent performance of his duty, had lost his !,
life.
The Admirars voice lowered as he spoke l
or was decapitated by a shell which snlat.