The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-31

would have been placed in greater dan
ger.
This" he added, rs Ike many ar
engagements which we might make that
We do not make. The question Of coal
Ing was so important and had been so
strongly urged by the commander in chief
felt we should lose no time IN placing
the ships In the highest condition Of eff
cheney"
why did you not steam more slowly
as you passed the mouth OF the harbor?"
The witness replied IN deliberate man.
ner: Wei. that is a case Of technical
error that might have been remedied II
someone else had been in command. Pos
sibly the firing would have been more eff
fective II we had gone IN closer, but If
we had. and steamed more slowly, there
would have been no gain. as the range
would have been narrower. It was a
case Of tweedle dee on the one hand and
of twedle dun on the other" Captain
Lemley at this point passed to the battle
OF July 3. stopping TO ask one or two IN
cidental questions about the circumstan-
ces Of the evening Of July 2
On July when the suspicious move
ments we're seen IN the har6or Of santi-
ago, the witness said he talked with
Captain Cook about the advisability Of
coupling up the engines. It was decided
not to do so. He supposed the ship was
always ready for a cortie. Admiral
Sehleys attention was called to Captain
Cooks testimony that on the night Of
July he turned in with no intimation
that the feet would come out The wit
ness said that Captain Cooks statement
was not IN any sense Inconsistent with
his. He rad no intimation that the feet
would come out
The cross examination of Admiral
Schley on the battle Of Santiago began
with a question as TO what the first
move Of the BrOoklyn's helm was after
the enemy's ships were sighted coming
out
1--WE were heading west by north" he
replied. 1.-The first helm was to port"
Captain Cook gave the order for the
turn?"
Yes"
You regard that turn as very import
ant do YOU not?"
I think it was the movement that de-
cided the events OF that day"
The admiral said in response TO ques-
tons that he had not mentioned the
loop in his report OF the battle. It was
an incident of the battle which he had no
idea would ever come into controversy.
Captain Cook had given the order with
out orders from him except under his
general Instructions to close n and keep
somewhere about l 900 yards away, out
side the broadside torpedo range. When
Cooks conception OF the movement CO.
incided with his own. Although Captain
Cook gave theorder, he would have done
so in a moment had the captain OF the
Brooklyn failed TO do 50.
DO you assume fun responsibility for
the turn?"
Absolutely. II did not give the order
7 approved it replied the admiral
Asked where he had heretofore. before |
the beginning Of this inquiry. mentioned /
that he had during the battle given the !
signal Follow the fag' Admiral Schley |
replied:
Il think have kept my moth pretty /
close on all these subjects. and do not re- /
call speaking Of this incident distinct
~ recollect giving the signal, and that I
It was flying for % minutes"
Did the Brooklyn stand IL and at
tempt 70 sink the Spanish feet in the 1
chaaneI2"
Il started II at first 10 help the ether I
vessels and 10 have TEN help me- felt I
II we could stop the Spaaiards the bat /
teships could so n and sink them. !
never had any idea that they would get I
away"
Continuing. he sa;d. in reply 70 cues /
tions. that he estimated that the Brook /
lvn had gene In % within from a mile 70 /
a mile and q half OF the mouth OF the /
harbor and vas within range Of the /
shore batteries. He thought that for I
from = % = minutes the flagship had /
been within range of less than 2.ooo I
Yards from the Spanish ships.
They looked very close" he said. /
when the Spanish ships succeeded IN I
getting OUT Of the harbor without being
sunk. in accordance with orders What 4
alternative vss there. but 20 chase them ? z
There was no alternarlve-no other course +
was open. but much depended upon the F.
character q the chase; whether IL was
made in the proper way and was eject .
i've was one. while a poorly conducted +
and ineffective blockade would have been /
another thing
AZ Sos p. n. Admiral Schiey was eT- +
cused and n 2-lo e. N the court &C 4
50Grnad until tomorrow