The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-17

the Oquendo went ashore we had a run
ming fight with the Vizcaya for some
time, the Colon going ahead of her and
on the inside. The Vizcaya finally, when
we'll forward on the BEAM put her helm
hard starboard. 1t looked as If she was
going to turn and go for us or cross ouI
path, then Immediately shifted to hard
aport. went clear around the circle and
started ashore. After that we had a
chase of some time, with the Colon, in
which, for time, she made better speed
than we did, when gradually we man
aged to overhaul her.
Mr.. Rayner-What time was it when
the Colon ran ashore?
Il took no time. L only know by the
report at the time that it was about
Ills p. M
? What did the Brooklyn do Immediately
after the surrender of the Colon?"
-''She stopped about mile or mile and
half from the Colon, and we started al
once to send officers in to receive her
surrender. We had trouble in getting the
boat out, many of them being disabled. "
After the surrender was accomplished
where did the Brooklyn go?'
when Capt. Cook returned on board
We were sent to the eastward at once by
the commodore to intercept a
SPANISH MAN-oF-WAR
that was reported first by the Resolute
and then by the Vixen
Did you intercept any Spanish Man-of-
warp"
cruiser Maria Teresa
WAS that the vessel you were ordered
to intercept?'
81 imagine it was the vessel, because
we had some difficulty in distinguishing
the difference between the Austrian and
Spanish flags when they were not holding
out straight, SO much SO that the COM
handing officer of the Austrian hoisted
an international signal, we are Aus
trians.'''
On cross-examination Commander Ma
son said he had not made the coal sup
ply his especial concern. He had not dis
cussed the question with the commodore,
nor had he any conversations with him
on any other official matters. He was
quite sure that the Brooklyn was not
particularly short of coal.
after the turn of the Brooklyn, tho
lowest range was 1900 or z,400 yards. The
starboard five-inch guns had been slight
ly deranged by previous engage ment,
making it impossible to raise them, but
this defect had been overcome by the in
genuity of the men, and none Of the
guns were put out of action, although the
rapidity of the fire was, reduced.
Mr.. Hanna asked about the Oregon in
the chase. Witness said that her course
was about 800 yards from that of the
Brooklyn and on the Brooklyns star
board quarter. In reply to Capt Lemly,
witness said he had first seen the Colon
lying in the harbor at Santiago on May
90, the day after the arrival of the flying
squadron. Commander Mason said, In
answer to a question from Capt. Parker:
The muzzles of three of the fve-inch
guns were swelled, but we fired with them
and
KEPT ON FIRING
notwithstanding this trouble
The court asked number of questions
before discharging witness. In reply to
these Commander Mason said that be-
yond sending men alOft and having Capt.
McCalla go ashore no effort had been
made by the flying squadron to determine
whether the Spaniards were in the harbor
at Cienfuegos; that he knew of no Amer
lean ships being between the Brooklyn
and the Spanish ships when the Brook
lyn was turning to starboard July 8; that
when the Spanish fleet came out of the
harbor the Brooklyn was near her regular
blockading position, which was 5000 yaros
from the Moro; that on the voyage from
CienfuegoS to Santiago the fleet had been
delayed by the smaller vessels, especially
the Eagle, and but for these vessels bet
ter speed could have been made; that
he had observed the bombardment of the
Colon from the foretop of the Brooklyn
as she lay coaling several miles away and
had noted that some of the shots from
the American ships fell short, while one
at least of the shots by the Spaniards fell
outside the American vessels; that he had
concluded from this enGa cement that the
guns in the Spanish shore batteries were
of calibre not to exceed or inches.
Commander Mason was then excused
ana the Court took a recess for luncheon.
The first witness at the afternoon ses-
sion was Lieut.. Edward McCauley Jr.,
who as an ensign on the Brooklyn during
the cuban campaign, served as Commo-
dore Schley'sg signal officer He had a
diary in which he had made notes of the
progress of events during the war, and
frequently consulted it to refresh his
memory. He said that on May % the
steamer Adula had reported that the
Spaniards had left Cienfuegos. He also
spoke of the weather on the cruise from
.Cienfuegos to Santiago, saying that the
Vixen made bad weather on that trip.
He gave number of signals made from
and to the Brooklyn on the voyage, most
of them relating to the condition of the
collier Merrimac, which was somewhat
disabled on May &c, also to the slow speed
n,
on that date that the engines and valves
of the Merrimac became incapacitated.
The
SIGNAL BOOK
of the Brooklyn. which the witness con-
suited, showed that both, the Minneapolis
and the Yale had reported short supplies
: OF coal, the Minneapolis saying that she
had just enough to take her to Key West.
Witness then read a list of the signals
to and from the Brooklyn on July 3, the
list being as follows:
July g. 1888, 9 a. m.-Flagship to fleet
Disregard motions of commandments
chief
9l5 a. m.-Brooklyn to Texas, What
is your theory about burning of block
houses on the hill last nights?
9:34 a. m.-Iowa to Brooklyn, Enemy Is
escaping
1886 a. m.-Brooklyn tc fleet, Enemy is
escaping
1886 a. m.-Brooklyn to fleet, Clear for
action
"s:45 a. m.-Brooklyn to fleet, Close up.
11:95 a. m.-Brooklyn to Oregon, Wei
done.
1890 p. m.-Oregon to Brooklyn. Flag
of strange. vessel seen as Italian
l2:35 p m.-Brooklyn to Oregon, She
was built in italy
While chasing the Colon the Oregon
AZ GU q huAiioel VI SHolS. we WlgWagged
her when each one struck and number
Of unimportant messages were ex-
changed
Give us these unimportant messages
as well as you can recollect'
When the Oregon came up on our quar-
ter we wigwagged to her, God bless the
Oregon Later on, during the chase of
the Colon, we
WIGWAGGED THE OREGON
to try her 1S-inch guns or something to
that effect