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OFT our Starboard quarter at full speed.
We continued in that position until the
Brooklyn's speed began to increase, as we
got up steam, and probably drew little
farther ahead from the Oregon. She new
er was that close to us again, as l re-
member The Oquendo very shortly fell
out and went ashore. The Colon grad
ually drew ahead, and also went in snore.
l remember very well the time that the
Vizcaya blanketed her from our fire. This
chase was continued in that direction un-
til, when off Acerraderos, the Vizcaya
Colon at this time had gained speed, ana
was in shore, l suppose, some seven
miles. After passing the Vizcaya, we
steamed ahead and ceased firing.
The men were allowed to come out Of
the turrets, one at a time, to get breath
ing spell, although, of course, all guns
were manned and everything ready, but
the gaining upon the Colon was very slow.
in fact, she gained apparently ON us. This
was about 1l:15, when the Vtzcaya stood
in for Acerraderos. The chase was con-
tinued then after the Colon. / knew 1t
must be six or seven miles away, untn
we gradually began to gain. remem-
ber keeping the stadimeter at work on
her, although the 1S, 900 yards would not
register on the s.aditneI 9r. remember a.
one time telling Commodore Schley that
1t was within about 1S, 900 yards, and my
recollection is ne told SOMEONE TO signal
the Oregon to try one of her RAILROAD
trains At any rate shortly afterward
the Oregon fired one of her 13-inch shells,
which fell short. Then We tried with g.
inch shells and they fell short. The Orc
gon was signaling to us the fall of our
shot, and we signalled to her the fau or
her shot. We continued occasionally to
fire, the Oregon her 10 and S-inch guns
and we our S-inch guns.
Il remember seeing one of the 13-tneA
shells of the Oregon fall well ahead in
shore of the Colon, and one of our S-incn
shells apparently fell in-shore of the
Colon. At that time the Colon ported
helm hard-a-port. Previously to this she
had ported her helm once or twice, ap
pl,aareatly pare seeking q soft Iz s25t on @ shore. Pre-
flag. l pulled out my watch. It was exS=
actly 1:15. We then ceased firing, and
slowed down. and orders were given TO
get out boat. The captain was ordered
to go on board to make terms with or
of the Colon"
From 1000 to $500 yards on the star
The witness. in reply to questions. con-
tinued his report of the battle. lie SAID
that at the beginning of the fight he had
given the range at 1,4OO yards, but that
after the loop it was about 2,4oO or 2'5OO
Mr.. Rayner: what was the bearing OF
Commodore Schley during this engage
ment or any engagement IN which you
saw him?"
Ellis bearing and manner, with respect
to an officer of his rank and station in
of a commander-in-c chief of naval force
on that occasion The witness said tine
commodore had occupied a place on a
platform around the coming tower dur
ing the engaganf 1t This. he said, was
a position of danger, as the commodore
was there always in full view of the enc
my's ships.
'.It has been stated here" said Mr..
Rayner that the Brooklyn ran 2,O0v
yards away from the enemy's ships in
The witness replied: ANY witness who
made that statement, although he may
have stated what he thought had oe-
CURED, was absolutely mistaken"
How far did she go from the enemy's
she nv have gons ,st % RS g
fsasam fhe- lsreeklsn " that
Sas+zssfs.A- III
sae ccntinasd 90 ftre tlS1l
ibid you ever see tbs Indiana during
u II ei ala not. The smoke was very dense
in the direction of the Indiana"
whness At Length CONCERNING his report
ed colloouy with Admiral Schley during
the battle off Santiago in which the COM
modore was reported to have said:
Mr' Ravner asked the witness IL 1t was
not Capt. Cook who had given the order @
Cant. q p95o Cook era might have given the order
to the man at the wheel
Mr. Rayner then asked: did Commo-
dore Schley give the order to port tns
'He did" was the reply.
WAS the helm already a-port?
II guess so; Capt. Cook says so"
Objection was made by Capt. Lemly. to
the use of the word of guess" by the
witness, but Admiral Dewey said the form
asked that counsel should not interrupt.
Continuing his statement IN response 70
Mr.. Rayner's question, the witness said
that when his conversation with Commo-
dore Schley had occurred on the Brook
lyn, the commodore was standing on the
platform around the coming tower, ana
two or three feet from himself (the Wit
ness), and that Capt. Cook, part of the
time stood in the door of the coming
tower four or five feet distant;
He said that Capt. Cook had taken part
in the conversati3 IN. Mr.. Rayner. theH
questioned the witness very closely IN re-
gard to the language in which TINS cor
loquy was reported by the newspapers,
and the language used by Mr.. Hodgson in
his correspondence with Admiral Scnley-
He read the newspaper version of Com
mander HodssSon statement VI me COZ
loquy as follows:
"SchleE-sHard port
"Hodsson-'You mean stnrboRrd.'
"schIey-'NO, 1 don't. We are nenr
enough to them 0he Spaninrds) al
ready"
"Hodgson-sBut 1T will cut down the
Texas"
"schIey-sDamn the Texas; let her
look out for herself"
Mr.. Rayner then had tho witness
scrutinize the letter which he had wris-
ten to Admiral schley on June :, ana ana
not then informed the admiral that ne
had used the expression Damn the
Texas" -. -
thought there was any suggestion Of such
an expression. he replied: 'When L sug-
gested to Commodore Scnisy 1,1s taat 1r-r tile,e
he said Damn the Texas He used the
expression as not in any way condemn.
ing the Texas for being there, put as Y
anything. -. A.,
preston attributed s to the wieneSs GnmnandeS e
Hodgson replied that there was no suen
expression in the letter, and that ne never
had said that the Sepe SeGekyn s gooa sai
in that reported colloauy that l did not
saw" he added. THE statement was
NSGra nsysT msae, siS sag ne DxN Mfaf IN The @ TEXAs
Continuing, he said that the dialogue as
reported was fictitious, and tnat ne mac
denied its verbal accuracy, Whlle not oe.
WING the truth of a part of it. He said
that he had told Admiral Schiey that ne
could not repudiate the entire statement
and that he had not understood MIN tc
renuest him to do more than deny its
verbal accuracy. He already nad DeLors
writing his explicit denial TOLD T5h TIE
~ 5RHT THE | 5ss11S WHOLE STORY. He had giver
the newspaper reporter 1t aptn91rity oriSs 4b,
| gist Of the statement.
An Unburied Talent.
Knoxville, Tenn, Oct. flames Tai
lent, aged 81 years, has just married
a second time, here. He has rs gran'
and 79 great-grandchildren living, ant
81 grand and great-grandchildrel
dead.