The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-03

order to bring the starboard battery to
bcar would be 10 send the vessel through
morn than 100 degrees, would u not, III
"teriainiy yes. We were headed about
northeast and that would mean more than
.rh. cheaper way wonl have been to
put the helm to starboard, would II notr'
II am mt prepared to say.
III the ship was headed northeast AMI
tue chase MAS going nearly west or on a
westward c1urscT
Yes II you could make the turn that
"Do you. Of your own knowledge, know
Of anything 10 prevent your turnlngf
when / vas on top ~ the starbonrd
turrct It looked very much To- me ne though
We were going 60 nave = general niece
or niN-up with the Spanish ships
Mr. Rayuor asked Il " were NOT true
that the change In the log was due To am
error un the part 81 the witness aud 10 90
desire upon the part Of anybody TO falSliy
Absolutely" was the Response.
And the error confined Nr. Itaydor,
occurred as ! understood you 20 say, ~
this way, that during the action you c"iii
no. src on account nf tie smoke anl
thought the snip d,d turn with staibhfh
helm and was 50 cDieredT
Yes" was the reply We lost trItk
~ the enemy In the first Instance win
port battery by ouf own bow shntu z ne
enemy ont and showing thnt AT that tine
We must have had our helm little stLi
hoard or that the enemy was going WIN
EiNTlturU ueliu,
And tben when you learned YOU had
been mistaken. you made tne changer
Mr. Ra,nor then said It WINS his desire
10 treat lieutenant DOYLE as u witness for
Admiral Srhcy SIR Raynor asked the
witness a series Of questions CALCULATED 10
hring ont a brief history OF thr bt9'NIyn nj
part IN the Santiago cnmpngu ana Il tull
statement OF HIS observations while an of.
fcpr nu board that vessel
Mr. Doyle said that while nt Key West
Wst
head ui the dying SQUADRON gu May ~,
lSgS ho had heard nothing Of the spanish
ipet nor had he then Soon Informed Of a
secret rode of signals hy Captain McCalla
for communicating with the Cuban insnr'
gents
Relating the particulars ~ the blockade
Of ticufucgos 10y tho dying squadron from
the list TO the 2ith Of May, Lieutenant
Doyle said hc had observed three nights
which looked like huntircs on the shore
each night while the squadron was laying
u1 tiyufucgos, hut that neither be nor ANY
one else on board so far as he Know, IN.
dcrst"od their purpose. lie also t"ld or me
arrival Of the MarhlchCad and the depart
uro Of the entire squadron for Santiago
after the last named vessel had nude com
municatIuu with the Cubuus ashore
lhuu ne said ON the night OF the 2llh
ships formed Ia squadron ana started west
ward. There was quite SURF ~ InnE
swell ot the sea. aud on me 10TH tAe
weather Wns still worse. making II very
difficult for the yachts TO keep NJ. Lieu
tcunut DOYLE placed the distance of the
American hcct on Santiago from the mouth
of the harhor AT from three to four mil S
aud said there were picket boats on the
inside Of the line
Speaking of the hombardment Of the
| Colon ON the 3lst IT May be aud Mr. Ray.
/ nor Designating II as reconnaissance.
/ Lieutenant DOYLE snid that ITS enect bad
( tended 10 develop the fact that the Span
/ inrdS had new guns In their land batter
/ .lcrc Nir. Rnynor asked. "Wuen was tho
circulr form of blockade commemorate
I While no mention was made Of tho nam,