New-York tribune., 1901-10-16

The second ship passed in the wake of the first
Il the second one was going to try to ram us He.
l think. assented. At any rate. the Brooklyn was
held toward her. and she appeared 10 me TO be un-
certain In her course. Inc Brooklyn was handled
sbe bad nsssed - 4,ba Soitty,ard of The Tereeas
wake and followed her and then it was generally
10 try to escape &c the westward. Just about the
aned Iae oSseTgr @ & Mn9 WaS o
on the platform and said that his stadimeter
took an especial look at the Vizcaya with that in
mind and my judgment confirmed the stadmeter.
our tactical diameter from that ship now" and he
replied: Il think So too" or. we are
THINKS sCHLEY ORDERED LOOP
Then the order was. Hard aport.' am not posi-
said. HARD aporf!'' and Captain Cook said 1T is
hard aport.' The helm was kept hard aport and
the order was given Hard la G aport looked at f the
ment' we were completely clear Of her, and as we
turned passed well clear of her. After the turn
haps little abaft the beam Of the leading Spanish
snip with slowly converging course toward the
dense but there were two ships in plain sight and
Shortly afterward the smoke lifted to the rear and
saw the Oregon coming toward us and also got a
and whole Of the spanish eet saw az Tr the oT toT
pego boats, and ! sent one of the Commodore's
might look out. Al that time l saw the Vixen on
our port side, which gave feeling of satisfac-
attacks.
lines with varying distances. II is my impression
that we held very straight course The navi-
gator was trying to maintain this course to keep
our guns TO bear TO the best range. After about
ten TO twenty minutes we were very hotIy engaged
with those three vessels The oregon was astern
or us, and the Texas astern of her. The Vizcaya
and she turned in toward shore. shortly previous
To- 10 Ihis she had made what appeared to us a
a1t, me BrookIyn. II was taken by US 10 mean an
handled to give the ship sheer toward her. This
she did, think. twice. The Vizcaya then resumed
The commodore, spoke Of the advisa bility of sig
by the Vizcaya when she turned in, and insure
her surrender, but after moments thought he
that" and then we proceeded While we were en-
gaged on the eeam Of the Nizcaya the Colon had
drawing away We We're increasing our speed as
Tizcaya had gone in we continued to chase after
the Colon The forcing OF the fires told presently.
10 the Colon 10 he fully twelve thousand i IarGs
meter
After After we began to gain upon the Colon tie
~ her Then the Oregon and the Brooklyn fred
TO wayer in toward the shore Her course was
She had enough OF It and was looking for a soft
spot TO lie upon, which proved be the case
and then it became weaker She was close into
npre n az mar time and at 10 o'clock hauled down
sent on board the Colon to receive the surrender
Mr. Rayner asked Mr. Sears If Commodore schlev
had given him dispatch be sent TO the Navy
Department making a report Of the battle He
replied in the affirmative. Admiral Dewey then
asked II this dispatch had been sent and was In
formed by Mr. Rayner that IT had not been for
warded 10 the department. although It had been
taken to the cable office. The court decided that
as the dispatch had not reached the department 1t
could not appear
Mr.. Rayner then asked as to the distance he
tween the Brooklyn and the Texas when the
former MADE her turn The witness replied that
ne had only given sufficient attention to see that
ehefe was no oanger OF collision between the
two vessels, and did not feel able 70 give exac,
hgures He was sure there was wide gan OF
water-possiby about six hundred yards
MI Rayner questioned the witness concerntpp
his association with acknowledgements Potts
on the Massachusetts, and asked II he had heard
the Commodore say on the occasion of the Colon
reconnaissance. anything in the presence of Mr.
MI Potts concerning the conspicuousness of the
uniforms of officers as they stood on the turret
The witness replied in the negative.
WAS the Commodore behind the coming .ovv.r
on that occasion?"
HE was both behind ana IN front of II: he was
moving about"
PRAISES ScHLEY's CONDUCT UNDER FIRE.
Commander Sears said he had been with Commo-
dore Schley IN five engagements all told He was
then asked TO the bearing OF that officer under
fire, and replied: His bearing 10 me was a model
ior anybody, worthy OF emulation at all times
Under fire his faculties. If 1t was possible seemed
TO be clearer, and he in possession OF
them than at any other time"
Was he in any state OF exctcment?"
mot the slightest"
WAS he cool and calm?"
Absolutely"
How about points OF danger2 Would he get
away from them did he expose himself 10
them2'
He was always putting himself IN exposed Do
sitions. requested him many times not TO expose
himself, but II was useless 10 do So"
Judge Advocate Lemly conducted the cross-exam-
ination Of the witness, who said that he had
reached the understanding that Cienfuegos was a
Spanish stronghold early IN the war Beyond the
standing IN OF the American fleet at Cienfuegos
and the sending IN OF the Adula no effort had been
made before Captain McCalla's arrival TO discover
whether the Spaniards were in the harbor there.
He could not admit the possibility OF the receipt
OF the McCalla memorandum by any other vessel
than the Hawk any date before May q. Com
modore Schley had discussed the coal situation
freely with him, and when the retrograde
ment begun the Texas had only little more
than enough coal to carry her to the coal
ing station. He had been to the westward
movement. He had probably had many half
a dozen conversations with the Commodore con-
corning the return but he could not give the par
ticulars OF those talks. He had. at Commodore
Schley's instance made the signal for tho
westward So far as he knew there was no gen
eral circular order OF battle.
Asked about the range given for the firing of the
American guns on May 81 Mr. Sears said he had
given II at 1000 yards under direction OF Commo-
dore Schley. Asked il he had had any conversation
with Commodore Schley concerning that range. he
replied in the negative.
did you not state otherwise IN the wardroom of
the Massachusetts? Mr.. Lemly asked.
That question is inadmissible." said Admiral
Dewey. before the witness could reply. unless Ad-
miral Schley was present
Captain Lemly and Mr Hanna contended for the
admissibility OF the question and Mr.. Rayner con-