The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-11

eighteen knots when she was making
nine to ten.
Another objection I had was the
initial position Of the Brooklyn when
the Spaniards first left the harbor-
, commended that the Brookiyns position
was too close to the mouth OF the har-
laor. thai she was not ia her regular
position. She was south Of IL Z based
that opinion upoii the fact that when
nfSt discovered the Spaniards coming
cut OF the harDor ! looked over toward
tie other ships on our left and the
ErociSlyn was very nearly abeam Of the
iowa he Iowa was heading north.
directly into the harls2r.'
Commander Schuetze was asked in
regard TO his observations of the
Brooklyn III the battle of July 3. lie
replied. II saw the Brooklyn at the
beginning Of the actor about port
abeam Of the Iowa. 7 saw her some
minutes afterward. wber she appeared
To be headed a little to the eastward
Of north L is 1imcult to tell. because
she was very nearly broadside on. Soon
atterward I saw her headed Is the east
ward, about due east. 1 should say.
Jhat Is the last I saw of her
Brooklyn and the Texas.
Captain, Lemly-I want you to state
whether you say thS Texas about this
timer How was she located relative
to the Brooklyn Did you notice any
maneuvering of the Texas?
|WneI. ! first saw the Texas she was
headed to the eastward of north. Soon
afterwaTd I noticed her again and she
was headed to the westward and ap-
parently lying dead in the water
called Captain Evans attention to the
1act that she was in our way: that she
was lying dead in the water. and eau
uored the captain that we would prob
ably run into her If we kept on the
way we were heading. She was then
on our port bow. We were trying to
get close into the larboi, and steamed
at first directly for the mouth Of the
harboT. As the Spanisrds turned to the
westward we turned in the same di-
rection and in this maneuvering we
We're hindered by the Texas
captain Lenily-It is in evidence here
that the Brooklyn crossed the bow of
the TEXAS. Have you any personal
knowledge Of that?
On REORGANIZATION Mr.. Raynor
questioned the witness in reference to
the official chart of the position of the
Various ships in the battle off Santi-
Why did not you state This chart is
wToag end 1 won't sign@ "
It did"
Then why did you sign?"
Compromise Was Made.
Because L was persuaded by the
other members of the board that that
was the best we could do, ard they
wanted to come to an agreement. That
was a compromise.
Then. really, this chart was signed
for the purpose of coming to an agree
ment, and not for the purpose of show
ing any accurate results. was it2''
II he board was ordered to show ac-
curate results, but 1t was an absolute
impossibihty TO make q chart of that
kind showing accurate results. It was
the lest we could do so long after the
battle.
The court put number of questions
to the witness
How did you determine the distances
or the Iowa from the shore while block
aiding Cienfuegos2"
We did not determine the distance
at ali except simply by bearings oc-
casionafly- There was not any regular
effort made to maintain any particular
position"
Were the vessels nearer to or fur
Their from shore at night at Santiago p
AT what time of the blockade %
Captain Lemly-Prior to the LIST of
About the same distance dav and
night, is my recollection. about eight
The court then took recess for
luncheon.
Shore Batteries Weak.
When the court reconvened after
luncheon, Lieutenant Commander
Schuetze continued his testimony. In
response to a question by the court. he
said that he had determined the posi-
ton of the Iowa at 4:1O a. m. on May
2S, and that its distance was cat seven
miles He also said that the lombard
ment of May 81 had developed that the
Spanish shore batteries were extremely
weak He had seen no evidence of a
disposition on the part of any of Ger
vera's ships to ram any of the Ameri-
can vessels.
BY the court-Vyas your position dur
ing the battle OF July such as to en-
able you tc observe clearly the relative
positions and movements of the differ
ent ships2
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