The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-25

tioning it as a senior. and was rather
approving in his manner
Captain Clark's examination in chief
occupied fifteen minutes and at ten
minutes to 1 O'Clock Mr. Hanna began
4e cross examinat ton.
Did you" he asked, '.see the Iowa
during the earlier portion of the en-
5agement2''
Yes" replied the witness, y saw
the Iowa standing in toward the en-
trance of the harbor, and her position
was a little to westward of the Oregon.
At first she seemed to be steaming
faster than we were, and thought
she was gaining ground and would
get in ahead of US. Then the smoke
became so dense that 1 lost sight of
her, but I could see the Spanish shios
as they came out. Later I saw her
again, so near that 1 was fearful that
the two ships would collide Conse-
quently l gave the order, Hard to star
board and cleared her. never saw
the Iowa again during the action"
How Spanish Came Out.
Responding to a request from Mr..
/ Hanna, Captain Clark described the
/ manner in which the Spanish ships
/ came out of the harbor.
/ In response to another question, he
| said that the order under which he
closed in was a standing order, as was
/ the order to attack at once in case the
enemy appeared.
I remember" he said, that 1 had a
/ ceiling of satisfaction at that time
| that there was a standing order to
/ Sc IN, because of a possibility of ac-
| cident in executing that movement"
| The witness also said, in response
to another question from Mr.. Hanna,
at while he had seen the Texas, he
| had not noticed which way she was
heading, as it was his especial con-
| Germ to clear her.
|
engagement, he said that they
/ changed so rapidly he could not I'M
/ dertake to give them, and he at last
told the officers to decide the range for
| themselves.
Captain Clark was also questioned
regarding his statement in chief that
the Brooklyn had at one time during
! the engagement engaged four different
vessels, and confirmed his previous
testimony, saying that she was along
side all four of the enemy's ships, and
| in response to d question from Mr..
Hanna as to whether there were not
other American vessels engaged at the
| same time, he replied:
The Oregon was firing as fast as
she could with her bow guns
Used the Big Guns.
Proceeding with the description, he
SAID that Tor some time after the Wis
caya went ashore, and when the Colon
| CAAS was lSAN OF the enemy 5 SHIPS, the
oregon did not fire, and when she did
resume the work only the 13-inch guns
/ were used, with the exception of ono
I or two shots from the S-inch guns i'm
the forward turret.
! Did you fire the 13-inch guns in
pursuance of a signal from the Brook
/ lyn?" Mr.. Hanna asked, and the wit
ness replied
| No; the 13-inch guns were fired af-
ter a conference with officers on board
| the Oregon. 1 had feared damage To
the gun mechanism and hesitated to
J use the guns, but decided to do so. II
I any signal was made from the Brook
| lyn l did not see it, and it was not re-
ported to me-
Mr.. RaynOr-Were any of the Span
lSh vessels run ashore or DESTROYED in
the channel, as provided in the stand
ing squadron orders to close in and
destroy the enemy in the channel?
mo, sir
Was the battle Of July completed
IN accordance with any squadron or
| ders previously issued?"
| No, sir
DO you know anything about a sig
nal to close up and follow flag made
| by Commodore Schley from the Brook
] lyn?''
I remember a signal Follow flag
| being made, because 1 ordered it re-
peated. We did close up
Captain Clark was then excused. and
Rear Admiral Schley was called to the
stand at 2:06 d. m