The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-08
The judge advocate asked: What

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does the Brooklyn's steam log show as
to the number of engines coupled UP
and the boilers in use July 8. 1898. as
compared with the total engine and
boiler power of the vessel?"
The reply was: 1.-The Brooklyn has
four main engines, two to each shaft,
connected together by coupling. She has
seven boilers. five main and two auxil-
iaries. On the morning of July
3, both forward engines were un-
coupled: there We're banked fires
under three of the main boilers
The other boilers We're what we call
dead, no steam in them. Judging from
the time it took to start fires in these
boilers after the Spanish fleet came out
of the harbor, should say the furnaces
were not even primed and two of the
boilers had to be run UP to the sea
steaming level. 1t took from 9:35 to 10
o'clock to start the fires
In response to other questions the
witness detailed from the log of the
Brooklyn all that was done on that
vessel to get up speed.
Oregon and Brooklyn.
Mr.. Raynor asked if it was not neces-
sary to stop the ships to couple the un-
coupled engines, and the witness replied
that the ship could have been kept going
with one engine while the other was
being coupled The engines We're de-
signed, he said, to be coupled during
war
Discussing the speed of the various
vessels of the feet on July ), witness
said the Oregon got up speed about
equal to that of the Brooklyn that day.
Notwithstanding on her trial trip the
Brooklyn made over 81 knots to the Ore
CONS II knots.
He called attention to the fact that
the New York had made 16 to II knots
speed on the day of the battle.
In response to questions from Captain
Parker he said the New York had not
her engines coupled on the day of the
battle, and the Brooklyn had made all
the necessary speed.
Hodgson Makes Corrections.
After Lieutenant Dyson was excused,
Lieutenant Commander Hodgson was re-
called for the purpose Of correcting errors
In his testimony as printed in the official
record. He took occasion to change the
language of some OF his previous testi-
mOny. One of these changes was made
in response to the questions asked yes
terday as to why he had designated as
"a liar and blackguard' the editor of a
newspaper which had originally printed
the alleged colloquy between himself and
Commodore Schley.
He said he desired to alter the reply
that he had yesterday given to this in
terrogatory. He then said:
Regrets His Language.
II, Of course, am very sorry that l so
far forgot myself as to write a letter
containing such Incorporate language.
IT was not written exactly for publica-
Ion, but under great prOvocation at the
time. In that letter did not accuse the
of lying for pr;1t that
statement. In fact it was to absolve 1t
from lying that gave the paper authur-
ity to use my name for the correctness
of the gst of that statement.
"The lying was on the matter Of the
fact that the commodore displayed such
trepidat alton and coWardice on the Brook
lyn on the day of that battle that he
ran from the Spaniards and took the
Brooklyn to the southwark and away
from the fight, in order to detract from
the credit and fame of the commodore
in that battle. They wished, also, to de-
tract from the credit of all the officers
of the Brooklyn on account of the glori-
Gus part she took in that days fight 1t
was the words to that extent that
as lying. There was no
lying in that colloquy unless a man
stuck to verbal correctness of the words,
so I did not characterize the paper as a
liar for printing that colloquy."
Wainwright on Stand.
Lieutenant Commander Hodgscn being
excused, Commander Wainwright was
called.
Captain Lemly began his examination
by drawing from the witness the fact
hat he had been member and latte1ly
senior member of the board which had
acted in making the charts
showing the positions of the American
ana Spanish ships at Santiago. The wit
ness told how conclusions were reached ,
by the board.
Wainwright Explains Charts.
He then said: when l reported as |
senior member of the board, the board
If navigatOrs had a sketched chart be-
ore them with the number of the posi- |
ion sketched on it which had been de-
ermned by them, starting at different |
first when the ships came out
and afterwards when they went ashore.
Each navigator, as near as possible,
would put the position of his ship at that
ime.''
Then there was a great deal of discus
SION as to the relative position. OF course
t was impossible to get any position by
)earing and there was nothing known
about the relative positions. We all
snew that the distances in the chart
we're somewhat incorrect and the final
lecision of the board was to reconcile
Zach one as near as possible. but none
# the positions was considered exact
y0sitions."