The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-01

He then detailed the particulars of
the bOmbardment Of the Colon on May
81, saying that on the forenoon of tina Z
day Commodore Schley had signaled
to transfer the flag to the Massachu-
sets: that he was going in TO engage
the Colon. Describ bling that engagement,
the witness said:
About five minutes to 1 I saw the
first shot from the Massachusetts AL
short a long distance, and, supposing
she was firing at 1000 yards, l gave
the range TO my guns 5000 yards saw
these shots fall short. and increased
the range TO 5000 yards. After the
Massachusetts. had passed the en-
trance to the harbor she turned with
port helm and steamed back. the New
Orleans and Iowa following On the
run back across the harbor / again
fired al 10000 yards. The shots again
fell short, and as the Massachusetts
and New Orleans slowed down and
= stopped after they got across, 1 slowed
my engines, then increased the range
to 11.000 yards and fired two shots from
( the forward 12-inch turret-
The first one was fired by Lieuten-
ant Van Deuser at 1000 yards. l saw
/ that it fell short. Lieutenant Hill had
/ the other gun in that turret. 1 gave
\ him the range at 800 yards and he
/ fired. ana that shot struck very near
( the stern Of the Colon Both 12-inch
guns were disa bled by the fire from
I that extreme elevation. After that we
stood a mile and a half. possibly two
miles. to our blockading station again.
/ That was all 1 saw done to injure the
/ Colon"
Blockade OF Santiago.
/ The witness was then asked about
the blockade off Santiago under Com
modore Schley. he said the squadron
stood seven or eight miles out during
L . h.. n md Fuf-fh ont az
night, with the Vixen and the Marble
/ head on the inside at night. The judge
advocate asked the witness concerning
a statement by a lieutenant of the
Spanish navy printed by the navy de-
J partment, to the effect that at dark
the American ships withdrew to the
southwark, disappearing. The introduce
ton of this book was objected to, and
Admiral Dewey said:
The witness has already told what
distance was maintained by the fleet.
We don't care for that KIND of informa-
| ton. Admiral Evans was there ana
can answer for himself: we want factsy
not newspaper articles"
Describing the battle off Santiago,
Admiral Evans said:
When Cervera's fleet came out of
Santiago harbor the Iowa was at the
center. with the RRCoklyn to the left
and the Texas between them"
Captain Lemly-Do you remember
what vessels were between them?
The only vessel between the Iowa
and the Brooklyn was the Texas"
Did you have an opportunity of OBJ
serving the movements of the Brooklyn
on this occasiOn2"
You mean during the battle?"
L mean the beginning of the battle"
Tells of Naval Battle
Il saw the Brooklyn when the fight
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the Iowa the Brooklyn was still off to
the westward. headed. I should say.
northwest. That was just as the fight
began. l saw her again. possibly FIVE
minutes afterward when she was
Steaming westward very fast, firing her
port battery. headed northwest toward
the head of the Spanish column. I did
not see the Brooklyn again until nv
attention was directed to her by the
navigator calling to me. Look out. cap
tam. for the Texas I went on the port
bridge, where the navigator was stand
ing. ana l said. Where the devil is the
lTeXas2' The navigator said. Here she
is. sir; in the smoke I said 10 myself.
Captain Philip will look after the Tex
as and went below.
In few minutes the navigator
called out again, Look out, captain;
you Will run into the Texas I walked
over to the port side Of the bridge and
military masts. She was lying directly
across the bows Of the Texas. The
Texas was apparently backing and dan
gerously close to the Iowa The Brook
lyn seemed to be 500 yards directly in
'front.' Of the Texas. I eased the helm of
the Iowa a little. ported her helm
little, and just at that moment the Ore
son came through my lee and passed
between me and the Texas, and the
three boats were punched together.
At the time the Brooklyn was shut
out in the smoke and saw no more
OF her until the Colon had passed well
10 the westward of me. when someone
on the bridge said. The BROOKLYN is
knocked out I went on the bridge to
see what had happened and she was
then about mile and half forward
OF the port beam of the Iowa, with the
Coion seven or eight miles ahead and
on her starboard bow.
From that time on the firing was
hght. and l could see the Brooklyn oc-
casion8lly. The Brooklyn was on orr
starboard bow on the port quarter Of
the Colon. Well astern of her was the
oregon, with the Vixen off shore of the
Brooklyn. The Iowa at the time YVES
directly in the wake of the Colon. with
the Vixen a little on her starboard
bow"
Knew of Secret Code.
On his cross-examination by Mr.
Raynor. Admiral Evans said that he
had left Key West with the Iowa for
Cienfuegos on May 20 and that he
knew before leaving that port that a
secret code had been arranged for
communicating with the insurgents on
shore at Cienfuegos, as Captain Chad
wick had given him that information.
He came on board the Iowa" said
the witness. ito deliver dispatches to
me before we got under way To my
best knowledge and belief he gave me
written memorandum containing the
secret code, but Notwithstanding have
made diligent search among my papers
for this document I have failed to find
it."
Mr. Raynor: can you refresh your
memory about this memorandum?
There is no doubt about one thing. and
that is that the Iowa carried dis
patches"
None whatever"
when were those dispatches deliv-
cred to Commodore Schley?"
They were delivered between half
past II o'clock and l o'clock on the az
ternoOn of the 22d.''
Did you read the memorandum
about signals given to you by Captain
Chadwick
Certainly I did. but not the dis
patches to Commodore Schley."
Mr.. RaynOr here exhibited to the
witness two memoranda from the Of
fetal reports. but Admiral Evans said
that neither of these was the document
to which he had reference. That he