The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-26

rendered. He mentioned the fact that there
Was MAS difficulty to get boat ;6t out TO 63aTa
1 should say. of a thousand yards. L re-
member distinctly Captain Cook asking
me II he should slow up. L said: NO, con-
tinue in At the time the Colon hauled
down her flag L think she was about four
miles from us. We were running then IN
the neighbOrhood of fifteen knots. / think
ii was about 100 D. n. When the surren-
der occurred / looked for the other vessels
of our fleet. L saw three vessels astern. L
could see the masts of two. | could see
only the smoke of the third one. When
Captain Cook started for the Colon after
the surrender he said to me: Commodore,
what are the terms of surrender l said
to him: Unconditional. These are matters
the commander-in-chief must arrange
About 2:23 o'clock the New York came up.
L made signals 10 her. When she came
up / made the signal TO her that II was
glorious day for our country. AS soon as
possible 1 went on board to pay my re-
spectS to the cOmmander-in-chief. L re-
ported substantially what had occurred.
while talking with the officers of the
New York the chaplain of the ship came
| up to me and said: Commodore, your
work is not over yet. The ReSOlute has
just arrived and reports Spanish battle
| ship on the coast, and the admiral wants
to see you 1 found Captain Clark with
the commander-in-chief. L made some sug-
gestiOn to him that L was prepared, If he
| had not come ND, TO have sent force or
| fifty or sixty men on board 10 take pos
| session and avoid anything like monkey
| ing with her When he mentioned to me
| to take the Oregon and go eastward to
meet this ship / must say l felt some little
delight because L thought that, after the
! admirable work of the squadron on that
| day and the part the Oregon and the
| Brooklyn had in it, there was not any
| thing. that carried the Spanish colors that
we should have heiStated TO meet
After this story of the battle, told by the
| senior officer who had participated in it,
the vast audience. which had listened for
| an hour in almost GREATNESS quiet, ap-
| peared to shift about slightly and then TO
| settle down for the remainder of the mar
! rative. The admiral told of the pursuit of
| the strange vessel how he had met the
| Vixen and been informed it was the battle
| ship Pelayo, and how when Il was ulti-
mately run down it proved TO be the Aus
| trian cruiser Maria Teresa. which was
| bound for Santiago to carry away neutrals
| before the city was attacked by the Amer
| lean forces.
INTERVIEW WITH CERVERA.
Returning from this chase Admiral
Schley told of passing the Iowa, when he
was hailed by Captain Evans, who in
formed him that Admiral Cervera was on
! board and would like very much to see
| him. Admiral Schley said that he went on
board the Iowa, having in the meantime
| directed his men not to cheer, as he did not
J think it would be proper to exult over a
/ foe who had fought and behaved so gal
81 found the Spanish admiral greatly de-
| jected, said the witness. Il said 10 him
| knew he had lost everything clothing as
| well as money, and informed him that my
| wardrobe as well as my purse as far as
| that would go, was at his service"
| Admiral CerVera, the witness said,
| thanked him for his courtesy saying ne
| had never met a sailor who was not a gen
| tleman, but declined the prOffer, only ask
| ing to be allowed to send a dispatch TO his
| government announcing the fate OF his
| squadron. Il told him there would be no
| objection TO that whatever said the wit
| ness.
And that" the admiral said. closing his
| narrative impressively, ended the battle
! OF the Sd day of July 1898. l wish TO add, "
| he continued, that l was very much inn
| pressed on that day with the fact that the
| officers and the men who were engaged in
| that struggle fulfilled in the very highest
| and in the very noblest degree the tradi-
| tons OF the American navy
| Admiral Schley next referred to the tes-
| tmOny given before the court by Admiral
| Taylor, who, during the Santiago cam
| paign, commanded the battleship Indiana.
| Admiral Taylor" he said, has testified
! here that he saw the Brooklyn pass a
| mile and half south of the line that day.
| captain Taylor position was distant frcm
| that of the Brooklyn possibly four miles.
| In the Senate executive document, which
| Is before the court the statement is made
| that the movement Of the Brooklyn, in
! making the loop, separated her 500 yards
| from the enemy. Captain Taylor was q
| member of the board which made that
| declaration. His evidence of 5000 yards,
| as testified to here, does not agree with
| that fact Furthermore, the log book of
| the Iowa for July >, as printed in the re-
| that the Indiana soon dropped hopelessly
| behind. So that / do not think Admiral
| Taylor was in a position to have been cog
| infant Of the fact. / do not think the
! Brooklyn passed even within her tactical
| diameter when she made the loop. When
she made that turn do not think she sep
| arated herself beyond 600 yards, because
| when she turned from the Viscaya her dis
| lance was a little less than LOO yards.
After that range was given We had adj
| Vanced a little, and when she turned
around the leading ship of the Spanish
| fleet, at least the ship of that fleet west
! of US, was not over 800 yards away That
was my reason for that conclusion"
GLORY ENOUGH FOR ALL"
The admiral said he was unable to recall
call a conversation with Captain McCalla
on July when the latter had said to Ad-
miral Schley. according to Captain Nc
Calais statement on the witness stand,
that there was glory enough for all" Adj
miral Schley said he had first seen this
sentiment as formulated accredited to Sen
ator Hale Senator Hale" he said, EEK
| pressed my feeling at the time and that
| feeling | still hold Speaking further on
| this subject Admiral Schley said: My re-
| port had been practically written. L do
| not think L added any material fact to il,
| as | wrote ii on the way down to Guanta-
| namo l cannot recOllect Captain Nc
| Calais observation at all. In fact, a con-
| troversy was not thought of at that time. E"
| Here Mr.. Rayner reminded Admiral Schley
| that he had stated that at the beginning Of
| the battle the ships charged in accordance
| to the original plan. NOW he asked,
with whom did that plan originator
| THAT was the general order of the COM
| mander-in-chief during the time of the
| blockade, but that failed because the en-
| envy succeeded really in passing the baLule
| line" replied Admiral Schey.
| Mr.. Rayner next asked his client concern
| ing the reported cOllOquy between himself
| and Lieutenant Commander HOdgsOn dur
| ing the BroOklyn's turn on July 3. Did
| YOU" he asked, at any time within the
| hearing or presence Of Mr.. Hodgson, use
| the words attributed to you al one time by
| Mr.. HOdgsOnY"
Responding, the admiral said: mo; / have
| not the slightest remembrance or recOliCc-
| ton of using any such words. l have so
| stated to Mr. HodgsOn. l think it Is a
| simple matter of recollection with him.
| Mr. Hodgson is a very honorable officer,
| and l think the fault lies with his memory
| rather than otherwise
| In response to a request from Mr.. Ray
| ner, Admiral Schley detailed the partlcu-
| lars of his correspondence with Lieutenant
| Commander HOdgsOn regarding the publ
| cation of this alleged cOlloquy, saying that
! because of the original publication he had
| thought proper to ask Mr. HOdgson for an
| explanation. Mr.. HOdgson, he said,
| wrote me quite d long letter IN relation 10
| this matter concerning terms Lhat appeared
| to me so Incorporate, so denunciatOry OF
| this article, that l felt il should not be pub
| lished. as il would provoke upon him prob
| ably a severe and unnecessary assault.
! wrote him then that this was disqUstion
| uDon the subject OF the prOprieties or i'm
| proprieties from his point of view. L also
| wrote him that this was a distinct col