The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-03
Lieut.. James j. Doyle, Watch Off
Ger of the Brooklyn, on
the Stand.
The FAMOUS LOOP is ExpL LAINEO
Brooklyn Started Directly for the
Spaniards Instantly They Sailed
From the HarbOr.

try in the log had made it appear that
the helm was put to starboard instead
! OF to port, as it appears in the permanent
log. The change, he said, had been made
on the 5th of July, two days after the ac
ton.
Asked why he changed it, Doyie said:
Il changed it after 1 had had a discus
| sion with Sharp. L had been under the
impression, as [ have stated that we had
turned with starboard helm. Sharp
was aboard the Brooklyn on July to
luncheon with us, and had discussion
with him that day on that subject
think that is the time 1 changed it,
DO you know whether the navigator
had then signed the log as correct?''
Il do not, sir
why were the interlined words put
in?"
They We're put in, I think, in fact L
Know, at the suggestion of some person,
probably the navigator They were put
In evidently after the log was written
up, because they are interlined"
About how was the ship heading at
that time-within the quadrant of cir
Gle southwark to westward northward
OF to eastward?"
STARTED FOR THE sPANIARDs.
I'VE were headed at the beginning OF
the battle in-shore, that is to say. the
head of our ship was probably about
north, and as soon as the Spanish ships
came out, and 1 got on top of the port
turret, the ship was then moving ahead
and turning with port hahn because the
Spanish ships Were a little on our star
board bow, but we were manning the MORT
battery, and started to swing first and
brought the port battery into action.
Now then we must have continued
around there, as / know now. but when
/ was in the starboard turret we lost
sight of the ships because they were-on
our port bow
I The effect, then, of putting the helm
a-port, emitting the interlined words. in
order to bring the starboard battery to
bear, would be to send the vessel through
more than $50 degrees, would it not. in
turning?''
Certainly, yes. We were headed about
northeast, and that would mean more
than $50 degrees"
The cheaper way would have ben to
put the helm to starboard, would it rot?a'
l am not prepared to say"
If the ship was headed northeast. and
the case was going nearly west or. on a
westward course? ?''
Yes, you could make the turn that
way"
DO you of your own knowledge know
OF anything to prevent your turning?"
When l was on top of the starboard
turret it looked very much to me as
though we were going to have a general
melee or mix-up with the Spanish Ships
How far were they from you at that
time"'
THREE-QUARTERs OF A MILE.
When we took them up on the STAR
board quarter after we made part of the
tufn as l remember the range, it was
1,400 yards.'
How do you verify the range?"
nave no way of verifying that We
had to take the range given to Us"
What L mean by verification is as to
whether or not shots We're fired at that
range and how they feII?'
Il did not see the shots. I fired at that
range. L fired one, 1 know"
Mr.. Rayner then took the witness and
asked him if it were not true that the
change in the log was not due to an error
on the part of the witness, and to no
desire upon the part of anybody to
falsify the facts.
Absolutely was the response. s
And the error" continued Mr. RAY
ner, occurred, as 1 understood you to
say, IN this way: That during the action
you could not see on account of the
smoke, and that the ship did turn with
starboard helm and was so entered"
Yes, was the reply. "On account of
the smoke, 1 thought the ship did turn
With starboard helm and entered
it so in the log We lost track
of the enemy in the first instance with
the port battery by our own bow, shut
ting the enemy out and showing that
at that time we must have had our
helm little starboard or that the enemy
was going with starboard helm".
And then when you learned You had
been mistaken you made the change"
Il changed the entry, and 1 think il
you had the rough copy here you would
find it was changed in my own hand
writing"
QUESTIONED BY RAYNER.
Mr.. Rayner then stated to the court
that it was his desire to treat Lieut..
Doyle as witness for Admiral Schley.
To this the court assented and Mr. Ray
ner asked the witness a series of cues
tions calculated to bring out brief his
tory of the Brooklyn's part in the Santi-
ago campaign and a full statement of his
observations while an officer on board
that vessel.
Mr.. Doyle said in response to these
questions that while at Key West which
port-th Brooklyn had left at the head
of the flying squadron May 10, 1885, he had
heard nothing of the Spanish fleet. nor
had he then been informed of a secret
code of signals arranged by Capt Nc
Gala for communicating with the Cuban
insurgents.
Relating the particulars of the blockade
of Cienfuegos by the flying squadron
from the 21st to the 24th of May, Lieut.
Doyle said he recalled the arrival of the
Iowa and the Dupont off Cienfuegos on
May % of the Hawk on the %, and of the
Marblehead on the 24th. He said he had
observed three lights which looked like
bonfires on the shore each night that the
squadron lay off Cienfuegos, but that
neither he nor anyone else on board
so far as he knew understood their pur-
pose. He also told of a reconnaissance
of the harbor at Cienfuegos on the even
ing of the 22nd of May; of the conversa-
ton with the officers of the British ship
Adula, and of the arrival of the Marble
Continued ON Third Pnce.