The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-24

stationary blockade the noon signal
was to go 70 twenty-five or thirty tons
a day.
Assuming il. then. to be thirty to
forty tons, how iolsx could tsie Massa-
ehusetts have remai- ec on blockade p"
At sorty tons = das, of course She
would remain about twenty d4ys if
there was a coal supply at hand 50 we
would not have to go and get some,
and there was coal there at the time
on che Merrirlac.@
Memory is Uncertin.
"steaming at ten knots. about how
much coal would the Massachusetts,
consume on a day s -un2"
THAT / 10 not remember
Assuming that IL was fifty tons a
day, that would give her a steaming
radius Of what2"
My recolIections are that we could
make four and a half miles per ton of
coal Sc that would be about 200 miles
day on fifty tons, and l think this
probably not far from what was the
case"
Allowing. then, sufficient coal on the
Massachuscsts with an equipment OF
500 tons TO Key West. how long could
she have remained on blockade. steam
ing back and forth as she did from
May % TO June II"
IF she used forty tons day she
could have remained twenty days"
He then stated that she could have
remained sixteen days and would have
had sufficient coal left to reach Key
West.
Assuming the distance to Key West
to be zoo miles, what coal would have
been necessary asked Captain
Lemly.
Commander Schroeder: 81 should
think $50 70 Us tons would probably
have taken us there. We can always
rely upon that. because as a rule the
engineers keep little ahead rather
than behind their coal account"
When Commander Schroeder left the
stand he was requested to return to-
morrow morning and correct the official
copy Of testimony of today, il neces-
sary- He said he would do so, and
asked II he could then be excused
I desire to make my preparations
FOR returning to Guam" he said. He
was told that he could do so.
Navigator of Texas Called.
Lieutenant Commander l. G He'll
ner. who was navigator of the Texas
during the Spanish war. was next
calle1. He said he had heard no guns
fired when the squadron approached
Cienfuegos. To his knowledge no eff
fort was made to ascertain whether
the Spanish feet was in the harbor at
that point, or t. destroy Spanish works
there Nor had there been any effort
To communicate with CuDans on shore
until Captain McCalla arrived on the
Marblehead. He told how IL fleet had
proceeded from Cienfuegos D within
twenty miles of Santiago.
We had good weather" said he; "a
fresh wind and a sea that was noder-
ate to rough"
None of the fighting ships had de-
layed the feet. he said, but some of
the smaller vessels had. The feet was
signaled that the rendezvous would be
twenty-five miles soush of San iagO.
Commander Heilner said that while the
Texas was not in the engagement with
the Colon on May 81. he had seen 3ome
of the shots from the enemy, which
had fallen short.
Describes Battle of Santiago,
The witness was then asked to de-
scribe the battle of July 5. and said:
The Texas had been heading about
east when the enemy was seen coming,
out Of Santiago. Lieutenant Bristol
who was officer of the deck at the
time, rang to so ahead full speed and
turn When / got on deck he informed
me Of what had happened. and 1 sent
him below and assumed charge of the
deck. The captain told me that he had
eas'ed their helm until they could find
which way the ships were going, and
he also rang half speed I suggested
fun speed. He Said the battery was
not ready l told him it would be ready
before the ship was in position to fire
and then he said, All right and rang
the enamy's ships followed the first to
the westward he put the helm hard to
starboard. made several reports to
him about the Brooklyn regarding her
signals. He said, Never mind
Praises Conduct of Brooklyn.
Il also referred to the way i thought
the Brooklyn was standing up to fight
very nicely. The captain said. oh,
Crackie-never the Brooklyn. You look
out for this ship
The Brooklyn then was about on
her port beam, so I said, All right,
no more, and 1 turned my back.
looking on the starboard beam at the
ships getting out. After we sheeued
around and got to the westward / sEg-
gested to give her little port helm TO
get closer in. and he die. Right after
he gave her this helm he sang out
through the sight hole 10 the men ct
the wheel and the, engine room indi-
Gator to slow, then stop, and l said,
Captain, they will all get away from
"E5e did not answer me but imme-
6dately stepped back and then / said,
My Lord captain. we are out of the
fight He said. Look at the Brook
lyn-' turned around and right ahead
of us this big gray ship loomea out
of the smoke. For a second 1 thought
my heart was in my mouth We were
steamin5 with heavy helm and she
kNteEEQ Dy US. w lSn L saw ner she
was practically ahead OF US. That
is the first 1 saw. She sheersd off AMI
went 70 sea, I should sa.-. about 1000
yards and then on to westward. AS
soon as the Brooklyn cleared US we
rang to go ahead. and started up
forced draught again. After that we
simply followed them as fast as we
could on a line that was just inside
the line where the Oregon was engag-
ing the ships. Just before this turn
of the Brooklyn. the Iowa and the Or
exon were both close to as on our star
board helm We continued the chase
until the Colon hauled down her flag
when the captain gave the order TO
stop forced draught."
Tells OF Distance From Brooklyn.
Captain Lemly: How near was the
Brooklyn to the Texas at the time you
say you saw her loom up out of the
smOke2"
Il did not make any estimate at that
time, but I came 20 the conclusion
later that she was between 100 and $50
yards from. US. which was a much long
er distance from US than Captain Phil
ip thought it was"
Captain Lemly. Perhaps l should
have asked you in the first place the
position Of the Brooklyn relative to the
Texas just before going into battle.
She was almost astern of US. That
is because we We're headed almost east