Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-10-10

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Spanish War. The crowd IN attendance
was as large as at any previous time,
indicating that interest 10 the case IL
undated.
The days proceedings began with
the recall Of Lieutenant Doyle and
Commander Rodgers, for the purpose OF
correcting their previous testimony
and when they had been excused, Lieu
tenant. Commander Hodgson, navigator
of the Brooklyn during the Santiago |
campaign, resumed the stand. This
was his third sitting and when he be-
gan today q. testimony, the Judge advo-
cate had mot entirely completed his
questions. There were still few OF
the letters constituting the corresF on.
dence between the witness ard Admiral
Sohlsy to be read; and when they were
concluded, Cant. Leinly and Mr.. Hanna
proceeded with their questions. When
| the reading Of the Schley 1odgson cor
raspondence had been concluded. Capt
Lemly asked Mr.. Hodason whe her his
denial OF the colloquy between himself
and Commodore Schley had ever beeu
published entire, Mr.. Hodsson replied
10 the negative, ing that the last
pnrapraj b % his letter of debiai had
| NOT tcen printed. Mr.. Rayner began
| bis rrGss aEamination ny asking Mr..
lIctlgsap whether the Marblehead had
/ nailed the lruDklyn when the two YES
! sells PASSED each other az the Brooklyn
Nas ap her way TO CienfueRos. The
, witness replied 10 the usagtige. The
examination then turned upon events
abcat Cionfuegos. and in reply to MIR.
Rayner's inquiry MIR. Hodgson detailed
thege at length
Warrington, Oct. Tho features of
tine aay ut he 5uhley court were
eraphio and thrilling story OF the
Santiago iiaht by Lieut.. Commander
\ Hrdgson and defence II Schley's
bombardment Of the Colon by Capt.
Folger, who was described by the Judge
advocate as an expert 10 ordnance
matttrs.
| All the stories OF the battle told by
witneaseB have been extremely interest
inv, but nGns more so than Hodgson's,
particularly concerninRithe draEaatic ap.
pearance of the Oregon. He told how
a thick wall nf smoke lay behind the
Brooklyn, 80 that not another Ameri-
can ahip wns Visible, md they seemed
alone on the ocean with this three lead.
ing Spanish ships, the Vizcaya, Colon,
and Oguendo. 1t soeins little lonely
for us out here, " said Iiodgson to Capt.
Cook. I'VE are alone with the three
81 anish veese.s, and 1t depends on
Us to knuck them out. Cock stepped
+ out OF the coming tower to take look.
and as he did so o grent wave rolled
out Of the wall OF smoke. They in.
stantly recognized u as the bow wave
OF battleship and a moment Inter the
big how Begin to appear.
For moment Hodgaon, forgetting
that the Massachusetts was at Guanta-
namo, thought IL was that ship. and
then he oritd out, at must he the
/ Oregon. y God bless tie Oregon !"
exclaimed Cock, ferveptly, aud then
! the magnificent batteship cleared the
smoke and came up almost abreast OF
| the Brooklyn. where she remained until
the Brooklyn got up speed and passed
, ohead. He confirmed Lieut.. Doyle't
. story that Schloy signnled to the
! Oregon to use l3.inoh shells
} Admiral Dewey directed Hodgson To
! repeat the exact language Of the looI
colloquy," emitting nothing. He testi.
fed that he never said, ''You will cut
4 down the Texau.n Ms reported, but that
3 he. did suggest that II they turned &c
/ Htarboard- they might come close Ia
D running into her, or e,se that they
/ themselves might be the victim OF shots
Q from some of the Texas' starboard guns.
Q 1t was then that Schley said, "Damr
the Texas rs and Hodgson said his un
: Outstanding Of it was not that 1t wal
{ an expression OF indifference to the
8 Texas, but Of irritation at the sugges
I tlon. s.
4 The court also asked some question:
0 designed to ascertain whether Sohley
/ made the loop to get out OF danger Of
Q endeAvored to get into action again al
{ quickly as POSSIBLE. They ELECTED th,
n fact that the Brooklyn, in making tn,
0 loop, was not longer on aon,e heading
q than others, and that her helm was no
Q eased at any time, but was kept har,
/. down. This seemed to show that tn
Q Brooklyn got into action Just as quickl.
% as che could, and that the turn wa
made so as to bring her right into Oh
/. fight again. Hodgson also denied th
b story Of Capt. Dawson, the marine OIL
Q the Indisna, that the brooklyn RAJ
y south 1900 yards. lie said she ran 20
!, yards, her tactical diameter at tina
speed. lie never saw the Indiana dur
n Ing The whole hattie, and the smok
j. between the Brooklyn and the Indian
10 WAS very dense.
/, Capt William NJ. Folger, who com
II rnauded the New Orleans, was put o
Is the stand to tell about SchIey's recon
le naiasance OF .the Colon and the shor
n batteries, and Capt. lemly said b
{. had been chief of ordnance and was u
q exbert. He testihe that the recon
Id naissance was 'eminently successful.
lie gave an interesting explanation c
rt how an ordnance expert can tell froi
" the fall Of the shot and other matte,
ce the composition and strength of bal
81 terry, and said that nothing was know
ID about the batteries until Schley mad
10 his reconnaissance, which develope
st their composition and strength, Of
a. rather, weakness. He gave new piet
he of testimony which contradicted a
j. previous Witnesses, when he said thu
| some Of the Colon's shots fell near III
be attacking vessels 1t has been testifie
III that the shore batteries fired sho
re which fell near, but the previous wi
nesses have testified that the SHIPS wei
| out of the Colon's range.
be Capt. Folger testified that Schley
ct blockade was near enough TO have see
ID the Spaniards come out II the nigh
d, had hesn clear, but the were RAIN,
n. He and Hodgson both testified thi
Schley'A blockade was closer inshore /
al night than by day.
rs \ Washington, Dot. s.--After the usu
d. preliminaries 10 the Sehley Naval Cou
Ill Of Inquiry today. Lieut. O. W. Dyst
,s- at the Bureau OF Steam Engineering
ID, the Navy Department, was recalled
al continue his testimony regarding ii
ire coal supply OF Admiral Schley's Flyil
| SQUADRON at the time OF its arrival {