Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-11
IN THE SCHLEY CASE.
THE MAKERS OF THE
BATTLE CHART TESTIFY

Fight july /,
Corrects Errors In HIS Test'mo"y-L's".
Bristol says the Ewing squa"'"" !
Not blockade Cienfusgos.
Tbere were two new witnesses De- I
fora tho Scbley court of inquiry tues
dav at Washington. They we're Comdr I
R;chard Wainwright who command-
ad the gloucester during the war l
9th Snain. and Lieut. M l. Bristol,
Ohio. as ensign, was a watch DIVISION
otiicer on the battle ship Texas during I
that period The greater part Oh
Lieut. Bristol's testimony turning
nnon a chart he had made, eho"lne'
largely according to his memory, .he
positions of the various shlps Vi aho ,
american fleet at different times uul
ing the engagement of July .. Comur
Waiuwright's testimony dealt lsIseiy
| with chart making. he was iol
time senior member OF me poa.u -
navigators which prepared tue oiiicisi
chart showing the position Oh 'ps
American ships during the natlie un
Santiago, ard hc gave aetails Vi VIZ
mathon Of its preparation. lie SAID
ba did not consider the positions as,
signed in that drawing accuraate put
that thew were given as the result OF
lcomnromise of the views OF the mem
bers of the board. There was special
ictprest in Commander Wainwrignts
Testimony because of the fact that ne
ia now SUPERINTENDENT OF the haVai
academy at Annapolis:
Lieut. Dyson of the bureau OF steam
enpiueering of the navy department.
was questioned by Capt Lemly con
earning the steaming condition OF the
Rroollyn on July 3. He said: rhe
Rrooklvn has four main engines TWO
to each shaft, connected together D!
counlirp. She has seven boilers, hVe
, main and two auxiliaries On the
,, morning of July 3 both forward en-
zines we're uncoupled; there were
marked fires under three of the nam
) hoilers The other boilers were wnat
ave- cali dead, no steam 10 them
! Judging from the time 1t took TO start
fires in these boilers after the span,
@ ion fleet came out of the harpof' l
r should say the furnaces we're NOV e'eu
= rrimed. and two of the boilers nau 70
a he run up to the sea steaming lever. /.
: took from :35 to 10 o'clock TO Stal'
p fires. The witness said that tne oie
gon got up a speed about equsi 10 !ne
II BROOKLYN on that day, notwitns
n that on her trial trip the brouh y u
J. made over q knots to the oregon
g knots. The Rbsurdity OF TINS .est'o
u mouy is evident from the tact 1hsC 'lie
u Brooklyn led throughout the ligne a. -,
IN the ioon made to give the other yes
1 saIs n chance. ! He called attention 70
r. tho fact that the New York had maoe
- 16 mr. II knots on the day OF the bat
Nc tle In response to questions iton
y Cant Parker he said that the Ne"
~ York had not had her engines coio OF
% tho dav of the battle and that I'M
% Rrooslvn had made all the speed nee
er essary o,,so,
he After Lieut. Dyson was eAcuse'
hit Lieut. Commander Hodgson was re
called for the purpose OF correc.iul
lerrrors in his testimony. One corfec
Gu t;on was made in response 10 III
10 questions asked Monday as to why
he, rad designated as a liar and black
[er gnard the editor of newspape,
ch which had originally printed the a.
eu legged colloquv between himseli an
~ Commodo,e Schley. He said he Of
oie sired to alter the reply that ne ma
'iu piyen Monday to this interrcga1or.
'ns He then ssid Il OF course, am vel
JIG sorry that | ever so far forgot msse
as to write letter containing SUI
RED incorporate language, IL was ~
r written exactly for puhlicatlon' W
1na under great provocatlon at the Iin
Pa In that letter | did not accuse Il'
be newspaper of |! ing for pruning ~
10 statement In fact, 1t was TO Hpsoi
lu- it from lying that L gave lue p'l
ans authority to use my name for the co
au- rsctress of the gist of that Statement
are The living was ia the matter OF ia
The that the commodore displayed sue
trenidation and cowardice on u
,rn- BROOKLYN the day of that bnttle tn
es- he ran from the Spaniards and to'
Rev the Brooklyn to the south" ard q,
ION away from the fight, 10 ORDER TO q
een tract from the credit of the tane
few the commodore 10 that bsttle' TN
to they wished also to detract from .
lies credit of all the officers of the broo
vice lyn on account of the glorious part $
snt, took in that days fight. 1t was
ley, words to that intent that l charact'
nail lied as lying. , .
rec Lieut. Bristol testified ABOUT !
blockade of Cienfuegos that durl
am the dav they ware from to III MI
Sa- from the shore, and at night eol
nes- farther out and returning nearer at
n az break, He also described the nloe
then gde off Santiago, saving tnat IL
ain. maintained by steamng bacR
,ses forth in front of the mouth OF
rao. harbor at as slow rate of speed
ram the ships could travel lat sou var
have or double distance apart. Inc
wo- was about liz miles long. The vess
z,er. generally steamed from 312 to II
N' TO either side of the harbor, go
and coming practically over the sa
oun line. Mr. Hanna asked the >wltne
lenIS "If the vessels of the Span
.uie' souadron had suddenly appeared vi
laia orders had you to meet such G
naue tinoepcyP' mo orders we're turi
Iious over to me in regard to coLtlngel
are OF that kind" replied the wltnt
inBsi .'As watch officer should you d
n s'n, such orders?" . shoulo nave ns'
SUN He stated that the feet lay outside
aai N MORO from six to eight miles our
WI the day. He spoke of the span
pun shore batteries, saying: l person.
evamined them the day we arr
duet there and satisfied myself tnat
drlch batteries amounted to nothing.
lifted witness described the engagen en- :
oman july 3, saying that the Spa9lsn
titled had come out only sutficl eutly ia
wells, clear the shoal near the mouth OF
ntlng harbor before turning to the westw'
hecks lie did not think this was 10 exc
argos 1900 wards out from Cay Smith. WI
as ;s inside the harbor. He then
g, ex- tailed the part the Texas played IN
who -, :r;ac, tho "details of the cf