The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-19

them" .na Captain Hannum was then excused. and Lieutenant Thomas F. Carter, passed as sistant engineer, who was in charse' was called. .S rIe cave a statement concerning the condition of the engines of the Brooklyn m the morning of the battle or Juiy D. saying: saThe after main engines were not used. The forward main engines were olscoh- nected from the forward ones ana steam was on in three boilers"
 MT. Raynor: Can you tell what went on in the engine rooms during the acuon with respect to increasing the speed or the ship?"
 ssIcvery effort was made to economize steam and get the most power out or It. the most turns of the engines. The hres were started in the other boilers as sooh as possible. Forced draught was put on. Then of course it was question or now many turns we could get. The steam was working to the best advantage so as to increase the turns of the engines There was a steady increase in the num- Der of turns in the engines from the De- ginning to the end"
 The Brooklyn's Speed.
 sswere the engines at any time stopped, reversed or slowed?"
 sI have no recollection of either having been done"
 The witness had written a memorandum which he had prepared. showing the speed of the Brooklyn during the day or the battle and indicating gradual increase from II to 14 knots per hour. The memo randum was based on the pasls or the revolution on the propeller.
 In response to questions by Captain I.emIy, the witness stated that he estima- ted the entire distance traversed between e:35 a. m and 2:50 p. m at hfty-two Knots. Being asked whether he had received any encouragement during the battle. ne re- piled that he had. saying:
 sThey were all of general purpose in- forming us as to what stage of the action had taken place. for instance that a ship had been sunk, had turned in shore or two ships were on fire. etc. Of course they were all enthusiastically received Some of the messages were from Commo- dore Schiey, others from Captain Cook and still others from Engineer Ryan" The court asked the following ques- tions:
 .swhen were the fires laid in the boilers that were not in use when the battle be- gan on the morning of July 3?'
 "The two aft boilers had no water on them. Those fires were not laid after the battle call was sounded. but the other boilers not in use had been fired. When they were laid I do not know. but the boilers that had water in them had their furnaces charged and those without wa ter were kept uncharged.
 Lieutenant Carter was then excused and w P Cronan, an ensign, who served as signal officer on the Brooklyn during the Cuban campaign was called.
 MT. Raynor asked him whether he re- membered a message from the Scorpion to the Brooklyn on May 18th as he was
 Az HfAW, f1YArr t1n witness replied:
 .'Yes. sir. That morning was on watch on the after bridge of the Brooklyn. We sighted three ships bound for Key West, one of which was converted yacht. The Scorpion left column and went over toward the yacht and communicated with her The Scorpion came back and con- veyed a megaphone message to the Brook lyn The substance of this message was that the Nashville was returning to Key West broken down, that the Cincinnati and Vesuvius were patrolling Yucatar channel and Captain McCalla reported that he had seen nothing of the Span iards at Cienfuegos."
 .who received the message?" asked MT Raynor. Commodore and flag lieutenant were ol the bridge beside myself"
 Relating his experiences during the voy ages from Cienfuegos to Santiago, he sait the weather was dark and lowering.
 'It was," he said, "the toughest weath CT we had since had been on the Brook lyn It was a short heavy head sea-"
 The witness placed the distance of tn blockade squadron at Santiago at iron three to five miles from shore.
 There were picket boats on tho insid of the line. At this point, the court tool a recess for luncheon.
 MT. Cronon continued his testimony a the afternoon session, relating the details of the battle of July 3d.
 He described the turn of the Brooklyn saying that after it began he observed that the first ship appeared to be heading directly toward the Brooklyn, creating the impression that either she meant tt ram the Brooklyn or the Brooklyn to ran her.
 This contingency, however, was averteC by both the Brooklyn and the Spanish ships putting the helm to port. He sait that the Zocapa land battery also freS at the Brooklyn at that time. He als, the Viscaya had made a sudden turn to ward the Brooklyn.
 Lieutenant Wells.
 When Lieutenant Ryan had conclude Lieutenant B. w. Wells. Jr., who wa Commodore Schley's flag lieutenant dul ing the Cuban campaign, was called Lieutenant Wells gave a detailed accour of the Cuban campaign beginning wit the departure from Hampton Roads, tn stay at Cienfuegos, the cruise to Santiag the retrograde movement. the blockade Santiago the bombardment of the Colo and the battle off Santiago.
 He gave a brief description of that CT gagement. He said he had heard order given to the New Orleans to fire on tn shore batteries. Continuing, he said: q saw during this action number of dis charges of smokeless powder from tn slope to the westward of the entrance Several shells passed over us and drop ped near us. The Commodore at tha time made number of joking remark about some of us lodging. I do no think he lodged. He seemed to me a that time thoroughly self possessed. saw no perturbation at any time durinj that action'
 Was he laboring under any mental ex citement at that time?"
 None at all that I could see. He wa in a very natural frame of mind"
 Mir. Raynor questioned the witness con cerning the visits of Admiral (then can tain) Cotton to the Brooklyn on May , and 30 Admiral Cotton was then in com mand of the Harvard and the dispatc which he had taken aboard the flagshi was read. This dispatch was from Ad miral Sampson and was directed to Car tain Cotton. Another dispatch which wa presented while Admiral Cotton was 0 the stand also was read by MT. Rayno It likewise was from Sampson to Cotto and was as follows:
 ''The Spanish squadron at Santiago. previous to May 19, scout off Santiag,