The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-09
Undnunted by OTciaI Reports.

| Al DO not tlink the New NIN N'NItA
| have paid much attention TO them She
| never did pay much attention 90 them
Undaunted by OfBciuI Reports.
| MI Rayuer then read from the report
of Secretary Long showing that on July 3
as the New York passed the batteries,
following up the chase. she sustained tho
direct fire Of the batteries at range of
5000 yards He placed this statement
against tho testimony of the witness on
the stand
As ro the position of the Indiana when
the Spanish ships came out of the harhor,
Mr.. Bayugr read from Captain Taylor $
report showing that the Indiana was +-& 20
yards from the Morru- iie compared IN s.
/ with the estimate given HE the witness
I yesterday the she was 800 yards off,
] Lieutenant Bristol said h~ could not see
any reason for correcting his position. He
/ said he had not seen Captain Taylor re-
port when ne made his chart
r Raynyr then asked the witness to
measure the distance ON his chart that the
Brooklyn was from the Moro ON the
morning of july g. and To- show her initial
position. Lieutenant Bristol measured
from his own chart and said the distance
was 200 yards. Mr.. Rayner then com
pared this with Lieutenant Doyle's csti-
mate. which was $500 yards. and Lieuten-
ant Commander HoCgson's measurement
which was 6.0p0 yards.
! The witness said in explanation of these
discrepancies between the official meas
urements and his own, that ne had put
down upon his chart az that time what
he believed TO Dee correct. He did not
eviuce an inclination 20 change his opin-
ion
BY Mr.. Rayner:
/ Q--NOw J ask YOU TO measure the dis
tanCe on your chart between the Brook
lyn and the Maria Teresa and the Oquen-
do. at the time the Brooklyn started 20
make her turn and the time the Marie
/ Teresa and the Dqucndo ran ashore GIVE
me the maximum and the minimum dis
tances.
A tAfter neasuring)-Th distance Of
the OqueHdO from the Brooklyn, taken
Z from the chart just before the turn. is A.
coo yards the Maria Teresa 3.IUO yards,
taken from the chart when the Maria Te-
I reSa and the OqueudO were about TO run
ashore. which Is practically the nearest
point. the OqUendo was 2,SV" yards from
the Brooklyn and the Maria Teresa 5000
yards
No Attempt 40 Reconcile Guesses.
Mr. Rayner read from Lieutenant Com
mandcr HoGgson's testimony showing
that the minimum distance between the
Brooklyn and the Maria Teresa and
Oquendo was L 900 yards and the maxi
mum distance 2,4o0 or $500 yards. lie then
asked.
Q.-How can you reconcile your state
ment with the fact that the Brooklyn was
firing her 5-inCh shells at these ships at
ranges varying from LOO TO 2,Jn0 yards
and that these shots managed 10 strike
the Maria TeTt sa and the OQuendO, when
YOU say the distance was much greater
A.-As I have stated, what / put down
on that chart / believe 10 be correct as
far as my observation Of the battle would
allow me TO judge. 1 do not know what
/ other people fired at ] never attempted
10 reconcile It,
/ Q-Is il not absolutely certain that you
D. "a err rnfT a.
A-WeH. the Maria Teresa and Oquen-
DO could have been hit by a great deal
longer range than that given by Lieuten-
ant Commander HOdgsOn by nrlng with
I the 5-inch shell.
OFF YOU were correct as to these dis
/ tances. then the Brooklyn. IL she was FIR
/ ing al ranges varying from 100 TO 800
I yards. could not have hit these ships
am stating this upon the assumption, dS
/ YOU have stated before, that 5-Inch shells
3 were found upon the hulls OF these SnlpS.
A--Yes. she could do it. / have seen
I some pretty wild firing that struck pretty
I well.
BristoTs Naval Experience.
Captain Lemly then took the witEe
. under redirect examination, and iu an-
syTer to questions Lieutenant Bristol said
that ne was thirty-thrce years old, had
been in the service for eighteen years,
and on sea duty twelve years of this
time lie also said he had about eight
y r
which enabled him 10 measure distances
: To "a considerable degree of accuracy.
/ BY Mr.. Rayner:
] C-Yuu said yesterday that the ranges
F on the Brooklyn We're taken by an en-
listed man Did YOU refer 10 Ellis2
A.-NO. not particularly / understood
. al the time that an enlisted man had
made the estimate, whereas on our
! ship the navigator always observed the
Q.-Did you know Ellis?
| Al did not.
Odd you know that he was proficient
/ in this line OF work.
/ Al did not.
The CienfuegOs Batteries.
/ In answer 10 further questions As 10
what the witness had seen of Cienfuegos.
! the witness said he had looked through
/ q glass al the foruGcauOus and had seen
/ what he believed TO be fresh earth thrown
l up and his recollection was that there
/ were also some worEmen engaged there.
! Here Mr Rayner read from the report
| Of Captain McCaIa in which ne sai1 that
4 the fortihcations were in the sam. condi-
/ tion when he returned 10 Cieufu~gos on
| May a as they were when he left there
! some time before. Nothing had been done
/ % them
| By the Court.
Odd YOU hear any firing AZ or near
/ CIcufueEos on the day the Flying squad
| ron arrived OF that port2
| Al did not
! Q-While ON the passage 20 Santiago
I from ticUfUeEUS were any signals mad.
/ by the Vixen or the Eagle requesting tho
/ CCmmauder-Iu-chlef % decrease the speed
| Of the squadron
/ A.-Not that / know uf II may be in
/ tho log. but DO not romemh-r 81 now
| Did you know that amy orders were
| sieualed 90 the heet by the brooklyn dur
/ ing tho battle OF July 52
H.H.r ..F.. .r~.
I I did not know Of any.
| The witness was then excused.
Admiral Taylor Called
! Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor who
commanded the Indiana during the san
tiago campaign. was next called.
| After a Few preliminary questions Cap
tain Lemly brought tho witness up 20 the
battle Of Santiago. and Admiral Taylor
stated .hat the Indiana was stationed ol
! the most easterlV position of the blockade
With the exception that the Gloucester
was a little casJ or hor- The Brooklyn
was posted ue7lt co the Nov York. and
when that vessel. WiIhdrsU io go 10 81
honey the Indiana assumed thC latt.r'e
position on the line Cput.uuiUg Captain
| Taylor said
THE battle mad been Uu about Je1 or
fifteen minutes Wleu Ul attention was
called 90 the Brooklyn hy my signal otii-
GER who was on the mort side Of th,
bridge / was on the ~tarioagd side. ily
said a. Ia. that the Brooklyn must bc lI-
iuIou as she was dropping ont Cd: Jh'
mast to the port side and observed thr
Brooklyn heading practically south or on
shore She was th,u on nay port bow.
and -bCu. 20 quarter ul - lHlle "hl-lo" ui