The Monticellonian., 1901-10-11
LIEUT-CoNMANDER HoDGsoN.
The Navigator of the Brooklyn Tells
 of the Battle Off santingo.

The proceedings began with the call of Lieutenant Doyle and Com mander Rodgers, for the purpose of correcting their previous testimony, and when they had been excused, Lieutenant Commander Hodgson, navigator of the Brooklyn during the Santiago campaign, resumed the stand. This was his third sitting, and when he began testimony the judge advocate had not entirely completed his questions. There were still few of the letters constituting the cor respondence between the witness and Admiral Schley to be read, and when they were concluded Capt. Lemly and MT. Hanna proceeded with their ques- tions.
 When the reading of the Schley- Hodg- son correspondence had been concluded, Capt. Lemly asked Mir Hodgson whether his denial of the collouuy between him published entire. Mir Hodgson replied in the negative, saying that the last para graph of his letter of denial had not been printed. This paragraph referred to the inclosure of a newspaper clipping.
 MT Rayner began his cross-eXamination by asking MT. Hodgson whether the Mar blehead had hailed the Brooklyn when the two vessels passed each other as the Brooklyn was on her way to Cienfuegos. The witness replied in the negative. The examination then turned upon events about Cienfuegos, and in reply to Mr. Rayners inquiry, Mir Hodgson detailed these at length.
 these questions that he had seen the lights on the shore at Cienfuegos, which were afterward determined to be signals. but he had supposed they were signals between different branches of the Span ish forces on shore. He added that when Capt. McCalla arrived with information as to the meaning of the signals he was immediately dispatched to the shore to communicate with the insurgents.
 He said that the progress of the squa- dron was impeded between Cienfuegos and Santiago by the heavy weather.
 Mir. Rayner then asked: How far were you off, during this blockade of Santiago, from the Morro, during the day and night of May 2S 29, 30, 3l?'
 In response the witness said; Early Tn the daytime our habitual position was about six miles. In the night I think we steamed up and down in front of the harbor, distance of about six miles,
 He stated that the picket boats, the Marbehead and the Vixen, were inside the line of the fleet, about midway be- tween that line and the shore line. The witness then in response to request from Mir. Rayner continued his description or the naval battle of July g. from the point where he had dropped that description at ' the stand Friday.
 Tn this connection he said: "The Brooklyn did all she could. She got Into action just quick as steam could carry her there. We commenced firing as soon r s the first gun the port bow would bear, and we kept the port battery firing until she turned with port helm through the arc, using she aft guns until we go, all the starboard guns to bear We got around as quickly as we could with port helm, until we almost parallelled the 
 when the helm was eased, and the ship steered a course parallel with Vizcaya, which was then the leading vessel al- though the Maria Teresa probably was farther to the westward than the Viz. caya. She was standing at an angle in 10 the shore. When we got around the smoke was so dense nothing could De seen of anything in the rear of us. Tho threo Spanish vessels we were then and the Oquendo. The Vizcaya was about 100 yards our starboard bow; the Colon probably was little forward of the starboard beam The Oquendo was abaft the starboard beam We continued fin that direction when I remarked to Capt. Cook that 1t seemed rather lonely for us out there.
 He was in the coming tower. He asked 'WhyT I said that we were all alone with the three Spanish vessels. and 1t seemed that it depended upon us to knock them out. At that time the smoke was so dense I could not see anything. and I supposed that the New York, being away, the Brooklyn was steaming aheao of the slower vessels. He stepped out of the coming tower and exclaimed to me:
 ".What's that off starboard quarterr
 T looked fin that direction, and saw the heavy bow of n ship, and said; That must be the Massachu- setts.'
 ssHe snidi No, 1t could not be the Massachusetts; she has gone to Guantanamo.'
 T snId, 1t must be the Oregon