The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-04

sells. almost on q line with our starboard
Y. were they firing AZ our squadrcni
A. They were certainly firing In our direc-
ton. The guns Of the Colon were firing on
both sides After that ] could not se th"
spanish vessels on account of tho greh,
volume Of smoke from one or more OF them.
In reply to questions Lieut.. Doyle said
that Of the two shots fired from his port
turret a; the beginning q the battle the
the second 200 yards. The ~Brooklyni,s
position from the MORO when tho Spanish
ships came out was northeast o.vop yards.
On the night Of the 2sth when Schleys
blockade was established the American
ships were. the witneS- thought, Elk. seven
or eight miles from the mouth % santiago.
He then looked NJ the log Of the BROOKLYN
ard said that the distance there gwen W@s
seven miles.
GUNS HEARD 81 MILES AWAY.
After recees the crOss-eNamlnailon OF
Lieut.. Doyle was continuei hy Mr. Hanna,
who Developed by tho witness with The
Brooklyn's log before him hat the squadron
was Is miles from Genfuegos when tho hrinx
wa heard aS the squadron wa approach
ing that port The witness said that Just
I+iorc The Spanish fleet came out Of Santi-
ago hsIbor on July ; he had taken the dts
lance by stadimeter ami " wa 6.5O yards
or a little more than : l2 miles from tho
MORO al the harbOr entrance. The witness
thll ne itl NfFl no NV NJ N.A'.
.he night before Ccrvcra came out. Asked
u he saw them himself ho answered Oh
my; YES
Under cruss examination by Judg" Adj
vocate Drmly. the witness was asked.
What efforts were made ,hy the FLYING
Squadron. from MAY % To -. at tl"nfu"gos.
tn disco yer the Whereabouts q! CcTvera =
feet
The witness said AZ first that lie didn't
remember any, but then reierrvu u NO
- u.It.I la toll NsafaFIAg
ntNcan Commodore Srhl"y and the Cap
tain Of the British steamer Adua, 10y which
ilps steamer was To 60 into Clenfuegos Ahi
come uut tho next day.
= Other than that we're any ehorts
made! A. None, that was all
IN THE BArTLE or q l. 3
To a question as to whA orders were
given by signal from the BROOKLYN 20 the
other American ships In tho battle OF july
,. tho witness siid he did not know Ne be-
was NJ, IL a position Ia know The only
one he knew ANYTHING about vas Tor the
Oregon to FIRE on the Colon.
Y What did YOU mean whcn YOU stated
In Vuur Testimony yesterday that YOU
thought there was going To Is" q me -" on
the ~ - July9 4 ] meant that III" spanish
ships were coming toward W at that mo-
m"Ht and ! thought that "" were guing
into each other and To have IA mlx-up They
weru very clos aIprt ~ u
Y How close we're they' A When We
turned around | thought they were about
.4o yards away. and they must have been
closer At some time during the turn.
y DO YOU mean that from IN" course
Of the Brooklyn across tho spanish ships
the movement wa necessary t. AVOID
them? 4 That l. what | mean. ] think
that that las the case
o Mat orders were given bv signal
from tho Brouklyn t. the ii~ot during the
action 81 july 81 A | io not know other
than the signal have mentioned
Y Nhll" yuu were "a t"poi The stafb"ard
urIpt what Werr the relative positions
Of tho spanish and the American Vessels
g. the Brpuklyu' \ The Spanish rhiIS
were ~ column standing night toward
~, ! should LAY about a point on "uT star
board bow
q And where wera the ships II the FLYING
Suuadron' 4. / dat not pay any attention
t. them ia fact | nd not $50 them al all
10 Capt Parker Lieut. Doyle aid that
the word -~-tarhoard" was crg-'~t from the
Brooklyn log for July \, and the witness
made T. port t. correspond With ia"
Information he had obtained from Lou
t-tuIumand"i SHARP Two day. after
IA. battle a. To- the direction ia which the
Brooklyn turned
QUESTIONS ny rU COURT
These questions. 20 witch Li.ut Dovlr'-
answers arr appended. were asked hy
tlc Court
q What direction did the Spanish ships
take after leaving tho harbur Of S~anttagp'
A They took a --outhN"sterlv dIr-ction
y Did Won take cross hearings early IN
the morning 81 either IA" ?sth Path or Ath, |
or aI-t Il Nay 10 establish th" position -
the RrouklVut \ W crus- boaringS. We
used the compass with MORN Castle a. on"
~ tho objects
q Wa. there a squadron night-orier book
on board the Brooklyn 4 Not 50 TAR a. !
know
q How did IIcu'cuan, Commander
sharp convince you that the entry you
hal made iu ~. log II the brooklyn lu
regard to the holm Will" turning wa
wrong 4 We engaged ~ a discussion,
nv iiuprnssiru being At the time that tho
Brooklyn hal turned 10y the -tarhuari helm, /
a. acknowledgements sharp HAD
had a ta'i"r position for observation ] ron.
cluded that he Wa perfectly right. and !
rravuncd In my own mill that u ! had bs-n
night W. should not hay" had IA" spanish
-hips on our stRrbnsrd quarter
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS clifford J Buush, \
now attached to the Naval Hydrugraphic
Onicc. testified Co having measured dr-
tRnces ON charts produced To show tho
shortest navigahle routes letwoen GER /
ain lyoints in the West Indies and the po-
siiion ~ the BROOKLYN In m" haiti" Il July
3 "" ~tc-iitisi also to IA" cO~rrrctncss
~ certain Information prepared hy, him
srl' showing ia. time 81 -uUfi-" and sun-
st the duration Of twilight and The phases
~ the moon Capt Parker announced
fur Admiral Schl.y that he ecCeItet the
charts ~ correct. tut reserved the right
to make certain corrections ~ tho positions
81 ves-cls plotted on Thorn
rHE RATTLE A. sEES ny cArr Dawson.
Cap William & lawson ~ the Marin"
Ccry~. who was signal officer on the Ia
diana ia the war with spain, followed lAcI-
tenant. Commander B1ush He l. now
duty IN the oTCc - the Judg" Advocate
General ~ 'hc Navy In tho hattie uf
July \ he vas on the diving bridge uf the
Indiana In charge II signals. with taI'.
noN Rear Admiral Taylor. Inc BROOK
lyn Waz lying AT th" western extremity
~ the circular ~hlo,kaiiug lin" a. th" -
ginning ~ the action and the Indiana was
~ the eastern cytrewitv rs IN" action
began. the Texas and the klyr h"nds~i
In tuc sane general diustIou, nutihwafu
and eastward Tn" witness Saii ~" had
a clear yi"v ~ these and other vessels
81 the dee, bon the action
What sisusb. Il any, directory OF th"
movement ~ the different wees "a 81 the
suuHdrun wcrc nod 10y IN" BROOKLYN
70 Ne. f,-iy- asked m" Judg" Advucat"
None 20 my knowledge. was n" answer
Describing the RDilun Capt lBw-,u
said that the American Ns-s@"z not having
secured a. great rI,-si a. M" Spaniards
az first. wore In danger ~ tcing left l~hiud
lie first saw the Brooklyn. -" thought.