Morris tribune., 1901-10-26

did not understand Il at nrsr: Inc
enemy's ship appears to have beer
built In Italy to which told the sig
nal officer to answer: She Win end
on the coast OF Cuba also. reMsm
Der signal: Congratulations eyer
the grand victory and thanks for your
splendid assistance There were
other signals made. have seen the
list OF them, but these are all that !
recollect that made impression upon
me at the time. Upon my own recol-
lection cannot recall any others"
what distance was 1t that you were
engaged in the chase OF the Colon
after the Viscaya ran ashore? How
many miles do you suppose the Ore
gon and Brooklyn ran in the chase OF
the Colon, before she surrendered?"
81 cannot tell you that. have
heard the chart has limited the dis
lance to certain number OF miles and
the speed OF the ships has been called
into question. presume 80 OF IS
miles"
"Can you tell me with how many
ships the Brooklyn was engaged when
the smoke lifted and you saw her on
her westward course"
"She must have been engaged with
all four"
Did Not See the Brooklyn's Loop.
did you see the turn Of the Brook.
lyn?'
''No, sir. never saw the Brooklyn
until came out of the smoke"
How did the Brooklyn's fire appear
to you at that timer"
II remember nothing about that. !
remember seeing her. It made deep
impression upon me to find her there
and 1 felt that we should mutually
support and sustain each other. l felt
that battleship was needed and that
we were to be there together"
did you see the commodore on the
day of the battle of July 3?'
eyes, sir"
'tWi11 you kindly state where and
when you saw him?"
"After the New York came up; at
ter the surrender of the Colon"
"Was any conversation held be-
tween you and the commodore on
board the New York;"
"a Spanish battleship was reported
by Captain Eaton of the Resolute. She
had arrived off Santiago and think
he said he had been pursued by her.
The admiral did not seem to be i'm
pressed by that. He seemed incredu-
lous, but I remarked that it must be
Camara's feet; that they had arrived
there to form conjunction with Ger
vera's fleet, but they had arrived too
late. The admiral did not assent.
Finally ne said: Well, Clark, you
will have to go after that ship and be-
heving, as I did, that there was really
a Spanish vessel there, said: 'Ad-
miral, in war we ought to overpoWer
an enemy if possible. Why could not
the Brooklyn go along? He turned
and said: Certainly, Schley, you go
also.' / then felt that / had perhaps
assumed too much in speaking to an
admiral and suggest that a commodore
also accompany me. I turned to the
commodore and said: Commodore, |
we have knocked out several vessels
this morning, we can another, can't |
we?' He said, Certainly we can.
come on He then started over the
side and I started after him for my
boat on the other side. What I'M
pressed me was his CHEEKY manner |
Of approving OF my having suggested |
having him go and that he had NO
feeling against me for mentioning it |
rs a senior and was rather approving |
n his manner"
Under cross-Examination.
Captain C1ark's examination in chief
occupied Is minutes and at 1880 |
o'clock Mr.. Hanna began the cross
"Did YOU" he asked as his first
question, "see the Iowa during the
earlier portion of the engagement?
yes replied the witness, 81 saw
he Iowa standing in towards the en-
rance of the harbor and her position
vas little to the westward of the
)regon's. At first she seemed to be
teaming faster than we were and
bought she was gaining ground and
would get in ahead of us. Then the
moke became so dense that I lost
light Of her, but could see the Span
sh ships as they came out. Later
aW her again and was fearful that
he two ships would collide. Conse-
Iuently I gave the order hard astar-
'oard' and cleared her. ! never saw
he Iowa again during the action"
Responding to question from Mr..
lama Captain Clark said the Spanish
hips were moving at a very high rate
f speed and seemed from his distance
rom them, which was three to four
niles, to turn sharply to the westward
nd to cling to the shore. They were
eading, he said, as they came out
outh by west or south-southwest.
The witness also said In responding
D another question from Mr.. Hanna
nat while he had seen the Texas he
ad not noticed which way she was
eading as it was his especial concern
. clear her.
Captain Clark was also questioned
egarding his statement in chief that
ae Brooklyn had at one time during
ne engagement engaged four different
essels, and confirmed his previous
estimony, saying that she was along
Idle all four OF the enemy's ships.
Captain Lem1y then announced that
e had no further questions and Mr..
ayner asked the witness:
Were any Of the Spanish vessels
IN ashore or destroyed in the channel
) provided In the standing squadron
rders to close In and destroy the