The sun., 1901-10-12

OF your division at the Colon or ~ inc pat-
teries7 A. Al the Colon. .....
MIR. Raynsr said he had no questions 90
ask the witness. but Capt. Parker did not
like to let him 20 without putting low
The other day Lisut. BRISTOL aid that one
OF the reasons he thought the ranges taken
by the Brooklyn In the July battle might
not be so accurate was that they were
taken by an enlisted man and not ny an
officer Of experience. With evident IN
ference toward this testimony. Capt Parker
said to Lieut. Althouse:
.You said a bit ago that the total time
consumed In firing shots at the Colon was
taken 10y q yeoman-do you regard that
time a. reliablof-
Yes, sir answered the witness.
@ Was the ycoman an enlisted man'
'That's ali. sir, said Capt Parker with
an air Of triumph
scHLEYs REPoBr -os REcoSSoissAscr'
Capt Lemly took occasion In the interim
, between ths departure Of Lieut.. Althouse
and the next witness TO introduce IN e.i-
maiied MALE '"r report OF commodore schley
In regard 90 the reconnaissance IA
he called IL. Of May 81, when
the Massachusetts, the Iowa ana New
Orleans fred at the Cristobal Colon. The
reconnaissance. he said was made at Nv
yards for the purpose Of destroying the
Colon The first despatch also SAID that
the guns at the east and west Of the entrance
were Of large calibre and OF long range
The second despatch was 70 the same enecl,
hut in greater detail. This despatch also
stated that the Notifications were provided
with long range guns 81 large calbro.
LIEUT.. DEWEY DESCRIBES scHiErs
BLOCKADE.
Lieut.. p. q. Dewey. a nephew of Admiral
Dewey now serving on the Alabama,
was callcd and described the character OF
Schley's blockade OF Santiago while be
was attached to the Massachusetts. The
distance Of the American ships from the
harbor entrance, he said, was from fve
20 eight miles In steaming past the har-
| bor entranc. AZ night. the slips went three
| or four miles on each -ide Of II. The day
| blockade was maintained al about The
same distance ~ the night blockade. lie
did not recall that the squadron main
,sinsd any particular formation Or9 IN, N ,Ss ,Ss
squadron 90 follow in the event that the
enemy came out. Tho Spanish ships could
have gotten out at night
By Capt Iemly Did you have any con-
versation with the commanding officer
! of the Flying Squadron OF with any one
| in his presence on the Sist OF May In ie-
| gard to firing on the Colonl What were
your instructions from him or from any
| one Ia his presence, shortly before
| We started In TO tho entrance ] was told
| that the Commodore wished TO see the
,urres officers IN the pilot house ! went
| 90 the pilot houss and the Commodore
said that he intended TO 60 IN VA few mo.
ments and have q try at th" Colon, and
| that we mus, fire a. the Colon and be hoIsd
we would sink her. ! asked what speed
we were 20 make and was told about 10
| knots I remarked that | thought that
| that was giving us very little chaIce at
| tho CJion a. she would be Va sight between
| IN. headlands only a couple OF minutes,
| and A. the smoke from the guns would
| probably make our fire very slow. To
| the lssi OF my recollection the Comino-
| dore sail We would have 20 do the best
we could. and that the speed would be
| 10 knots.
| RANGES PMProYRp IN YIRISo on rHE COLON.
U What ranges did you employ In airing
| the I9-inch guns from the after turrc,'
| A had only one shot going and one shot
| coming | fired the second shot on the
| run TO the eastward. when ] first had the
| Colon in sight ! was told that that shot
! fell short raised my sight TO =, 500 yards.
| | did not see the fall 81 that shot, either,
| owing 90 the smoke, hut ] was told that
It also fell short. On the return trip my
| sight was $50 yards
| q Did any of the enemy's shots come
| near you2 A None Of the shots from
| the Colon came anyw here near us and only
| a few OF her shots, two ar three shot.. fcll
about the Massachusetts,. and one, ] be-
| heve. went slightly over.
U What did you think about the calibre
| OF the enemy's gunsl A I do not think
they were guns Of large caibfe-aoout
Q inches.
By the Court We're YOU ordered TO di-
rect your fire on the Colon or ON the bat
tenes on Nav si' On rhe '"'on en-
| tirely
| U Bv whom were YOU so orderedl |
| cannot ry-collesf whether th. order was
given by the commanding officer OF the
| ship or by the Commodore, probably 10y
| the commanding officer. A. tho conyer D..
sation la the pilot house nothing vas said
! about che batteries The idea was To 81
In and sink the Colon.
Admiral Schlsy's counsel said they had
no quest ions 10 ask Lieut. Dewey.
LIEUT. BouoHrER's TESTIMONY.
lieut.. Franci. Boughter told tho Court
what he saw from the Marblehead In the
| spanish American War. In maintaining
the Santiago blockade by Schley, the Mar
! blehead, which was one % the inner pi ckets,
was about thrco miles from shore and
| about ak miles to the west OF the Morro.
! Lieut. Boughter was asked some questions
by the Court, a. follows
o Was the Marblehead In such position
of Santiago tha, the enem y's ves-els could
lie seen IN they had attempted 10 leave the
harborp A That would depend upon cir
cunstances. upon the state of tho weather,
upon how close 20 the shoro line they kept
and upon their being able 70 conceal their
fire. II they kept close TO the shore, VI.
werp three miles of and could not $50 them
provided they concealed their fires
Mr. Rayner cros--exsmined the witness
20 get az his understanding as TO the chance
for tho spanish ships To escape from SAINT
iago harbor and Lieut.. Boughter et.
plsin.,d that those on the Marblehead could
not have s.en them they had come out
al might In the manner which he had stated
To the Court
After the rece-- Lieut.. Boughter was
asked another question by the Court
q What orlers, n any. were given YOU
while oficer % the deck, as 90 the distance