Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-22

tie SdiQ also tnat the admiral du
miticd tn. receipt Of TWO copies Of No.
s. Admiral Simpsons dispatch. saying
that the Spanish hcet was probably al
Santiago and telling Commodore
Schlc,-: IF satisfied that 1t tthe Span
ISL iieeD is not at Cienfuegos. to pro-
coed with all dispatch to Santiago"
one of these being received by the
Hawk. May %. and the other by the
Marblehead. May "a.
Lieut.. Wells was still on the stand
When the court adjourned for the day.
Captain Cook. who commanded the
Brooklyn during the Spanish war. was
the first new witness of the day. He
was recalled at his own request and
made the following statement:
In my testimony ] stated that the
Oregon on the morning of July was
under all boilers, having shifted her
boilers from forward to aft. I stated
this from hearsay and presumed it to
De correct as accounting for her eX-
traordinary speed. | find that she had
not shifted boilers that morning but
that she had steam on all her boilers at
all times while in the Santiago block
ade"
Capt. Cook was then excused and
former witnesses We're called to correct
their testimony While Captain John
l.. Hannum was On the stand for the
purpose Of correcting his testimony. the
court asked him the following ques-
tons
How soon after YOU went "a board
the Merrimac was she able To use her
own power To make from FIVE to seven
knots?' she was in condition 10 make
five knots when l went on board.
did not give her seven knots
In reply To a question from Mr.. Ray
ner the witness said it took from the
forenoon watch Of the 27th until the
evening of the 18th. working day and
night, to make the repairs on the Mer-
rimac. He did not know how long the
vessel had been totally disabled. Cap
tain Hannum desired to make a state
ment concerning the testimony of an
other witness to the effect that there
was no water in two of the boilers on
the Brooklyn. AS this statement did
not concern his own testimony the
court ruled it out Of order.
Lieut.. Thomas +. Carter, while cor
recting his previous testimony stated
that he desired to change that portion
Of his answer to a question by the
court in which he had said that the
two after boilers Of the Brooklyn had
no water in them when the battle be-
gan on the morning of July 3. AS cor
rected he desired the answer to read:
The two after boilers had little or no
water in them. Their fires We're not
laid until after the battle calls were
Ensign w. p. Cronan. while on the
stand for the purpose of correcting his
testimony. stated that he had measured
the distance from the initial position
of the Brooklyn to Rio Tanquino on
July Sd and found it to be 80 knots.
J. l.. Hunley. the chief machinist on
the Texas. who last week testified that
on July Sd he was at the throttle of the
port engine of the Texas. while correct
ing his testimony was asked by Judge
Advocate Lemly as to what other ma
rhinist was stationed in the port en-
CINE room on the day of the battle.
j
quarters sounded he relieved
Machinist Hill. He stated in reply to
questions by Captain Lemly that ClaX-
ton. who had testified that he was at
the port engine on that day and that
the engine was reversed. was stationed
1t the air pumps. back of the engine.
Hunley said he kept his hand on the
throttle of the engine most of the time
and did not think it possible that the
signal to stop or back could have been
given without his knowledge.
Can't. Lemly asked the witness If he
,ad been on the Texas when that YES
sci ran aground at Newport Mr.. Ray
Ter objected to this line of examination.
ant. Lemlv stated that he desired to
show that the witness had misunder-
stood signals then with disastrous re-
suits and it was possible he might have
been mistaken on the day of the battle.
After a short argument the court de
.ided that the question was not ad-
nissible.
Lieut.. T.. ". Wells. Jr.. who was on
he stand when court adjourned. Fri
lay, was then recalled and testified re-
yarding the battle of July 3. He said
le did not remember the ranges at
which the Brooklyn fired, but thought
100 was the shortest. He described the
urn of the Brooklyn and the chase af-
er the Spanish ships. He said that he
laa received orders to get up guam
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