The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-01

| one Of his junior captains to give him in
! formation about his signals. II was given
/ to me as n piece OF information which
/ Thought every captain in the fleet had.
never thought of Commodore Schley in cou-
ncction with it. If / had supposed for a
moment that Commodore Schley did not
| have it | would have given II to him me
| first thing ON my arrival. dll not intend
to say that Commodore schey had this
AT this point Mr. Roynor produced Ad-
miral Evans book A Sailors Log, and
began to quote n passage from II on the
subject Of the code, when the Judge adyo-
cato interrupted with an objection, which
WAS sustained by the court, Admiral Dewey
| rcmarkng: II would rather you would
gel this statement from the witness here "
Mr.. Raynor then, while reading from the
| book, put the question: Have you eyer
stated tquoting from admiral Evans booll,
commodore understocd those signals as vel
as | did, otherwise | should have Informed
him of their significance.
That is absolutely fact" replied the
MIR. Royucr questioned Admiral Evans at
some length concerning the signals as dis
| played on the coast near Cicnfucgos which
the admiral said the officer OF the deck
| had told him had been seen on May 20 aud
~. hut the witness said he had had no
conversation with Schley about these lights
and had made no report to him of their
| appearance or significance.
Mr.. kaynOr then asked Admiral Evans
| If he had seen the official charts showing
the position of the Brooklyn ana other bat
tlcships ON the day of the battle of san
tiaeo July 3. 1898. The admiral replied
| THAT he had seen the charts, but that they
were wrong
MIR Raynor- When. did you first know
about the turn of the Brooklyn, as you
say, short distance from the Texas
"WhCn | saw her cross the bow of the
Texas
DO you rccollcct the conversation You
had with Commodore Schlcy on July >.
aha second day after the battle, regarding
the loop of the BrookynF
No, sir; / do not"
You do no. recollcct that Commodore
Schley first told you on July ) that 1t was
The Brooklyn aud not the Texas that made
the turnt'
n never imagined anything of the sort
Give briefly the purport OF your conver-
sation on that date with Commodore
Schlcy'
briefly. ms | rrcoIIect the conversation,
he was talking to a person named Graham
lie was sitting Mt his desk writing. =
walked into his cabin 10 make report.
lie put his hand on my shoulder and said;
Bobby. am just writing my report Of the
battle Of the "a Of July. have said OF you
that YOU handled your ship WI consuin-
mwie skill Then he introduced me To Alr,
Graham. TAcu the captain came In and
asked IL | would toll him whether the posi-
ton of certain Spanish ships was CORE t
witch came out first, etc; thHt nc ma
been a little confused III his mind, we
talked q few minutes and then went INTO
Captain Cooks cabin"
Concerning the positions Of the BROOKLYN
the witness said. 'The brooklyn was
dangerously near the Texas, l should say
within loO yards of her
what was your position Just NJ the Tine
when She crossed the course Of the Texas
relative 20 the Brooklyn and the Texas
The Iowa was heading straight IN Tor
TIE Spanish fleet 10 intercept the Nls,ata;
she was heading more to the northWarq
than tho Texas; the Texas was meaning
on more TO the west. When l saw lne
brooklyn the third time, she was across
tho how of the Texas heading south,
When did YOU see her next. n at an.
After the oqucndo went ashore my az
tcnton was called To the Brooklyn by some
one on the bridge, who remarked; me
BROOKLYN is Knocked out She was then
ssSStly eng9ged with her starRSSard battery SrS
OF The Colon, / should say
Admiral Evans then in response to q
question from Mr.. Raynor said he had
evening ~ July by Lieutenant llill, VINO
was the deck officer and who had called
from the entrance TO the hArbor The Lieu
tenant said that " was his opinion thnt
Inc SRanprds were prep9rl9Hg TO S3ms 9mif
thcy were merely shifting thelr herthS, as
they had done ON previous occasions How
ever the signal az that time had been pro
saving the enemy was escaping
Captain Iemly made some interrogntions
on redirect examination. lie asked bn-
der what instructions. written ov verbal or
by signal from the flagship BrooSyn. dli
Non vancouver the Iowa duflnE tue naNh
battle on Santiago July 7. 1S9SG'
81 never saw any signal from her.
did .nt mnncuver In obedience 20 any sig
M from the Brooklyn. did not see any
signals aboard hcr."
"ur any written or verbal mstrutionsf'
None whatever"
"Nhat Instruction oral or written ot
blockade on order OF battle while part
Of the living sdWdroufi
The order Of blockade was TO FORM
column double distance and cruise In that
formatiop.v
WAS there any prescribed order OF bat