The San Francisco call., 1901-10-09

reconcilable? ?"
turn of the Brooklyn is absolutely irrecon-
cilable, My idea is that stadimeter at 1000
Is what they state they took the measure
ments with It,; Also in smoke of battle it is al
It was geod dea1 s9 eake @ en
have heard, 1 do not know how true 1t is the
ranges on board the Brooklyn were taken by
an an enlisted man l do not question the en-
listed mans accuracy except that 1 would
think an officers accuracy would be greater
Than that of an enlisted man.
The Inaccurate Stadimeter
Mr.. Raynor-And those the reasons you
give now for accounting for this wide di-
vergence? You do not think the stadimeter
is as accurate as it ought toEbe?
Those are the reasons I have always had
any IN my mind 1dtn for not ree0noiins those two state
right was the speed Of the ship which was
given me as half-speed. Take it at full speed
rive at certain point Which would give i've her her
that range, 14OO yards
Mr.. RaynOr-Then the stadimeter is not to
be relied upon at all in comparison with your
observations as 1 understand it. in this in
THE stadimeter at 1000 yards and over is
well known to be inaccurate for measuring dis
tances. because the gradations are SO close to-
setner that small error in observation makes
large error in the result
rs 1t inaccurate under 1000 yards?''
1t is more accurate under 1900 Yards but
II the instrument has not been corrected re-
Gently it is likely to err &c
Mr.. Raynor-Is it possible for the stadfmeter
to have made mistake Of 1000 yards? Don I
you think If that Is the case you would better
abolish that instrument?
curate observation. 1 don't want to make
that positive statement but do want tosmake
the statement Of what know in regard to
the instrument The instrument as / use II
Is Is; accurate at lower ranges and inaccurate at
Mr.. Raynor then questioned the witness ss
TO the stay OF the flying squadron at Cienfue-
gos. The latter said he had not considered
I'VE We're merely lying Off that bort" he
said. and at night anything could have passed
In SO lar as We were concerned
Mr.. Raynor then undertook to comnarA the
estimate of the distances which Commodore
sshiso sehiess feet went to the east and of
Mr.. Hanna suggested that the practice of otIot.
ing from the testimony of former Witnesses
nii, Wale not not oo1ectiona6le from legal point of
therefore not desirable.
When Mr., Hanna had taken his seat Mr.
Raynor replied. referring to Mr.. Hanna as his
Learned and solemn friend" This charac
terization sti m brought ugh Gaptain Lemly to his feet
these handed compliments thrown around
are unusual" ''N''U
Mr.. Raynor-I withdraw It,
Mr.. Hanna-It did not make me feel solemn
Mr. Raynor-I would not object to your cali
Ing me solemn.
Captain Lemly-You are not solemn, col,
you funny. Q4aughter) 0"ii
Mr.. Raynor-I don't call you at all funny
Admiral Dewey. speaking for the court. then
SAID that as there were no legal obstacles in
the way OF putting the question it could be
asked Lieutenant Bristol said in reply:
I do not agree with Captain Folger as re-
CARDS the facts that the ships were nearer In
at night than they were in the day time. he
cause 1t Is my firm recollection now that they
were farther out at night than they were in
the day time; also 1 read from the log when
L TESTIFIED that the average revolutions of the
Texas by the watch were certain number.
The revolutions, according to that. give the
ship g. certain speed, which would be greater
than the distance given by Captain Folser be-
cause We also stated in that log that we
steamed for two hours and turned first to the
east and then to the west"
The witness had not concluded his testi-
mony when the court, at p. m adjourned
for the day