The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-31
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rt way decided not to do 80. He sup
posed the ship was always ready for a
sortie.
Admiral sehley's attention was called
10 Captain Cooks testimony that on
Il the night of July . he turned in with
no intimation that the fleet would
come out. The witness said that Cap
4 tain Cooks excitement was not in any
= sense inconsistent with his. He had no
5 intimation that the fleet would come
4 out The denomination Of the wit
ness on the battle Of Santiago BEGAN
with a question as to what the first
move Of the Brooklyn's helm was after
8 the enemy's ships were sighted coming
out.
I'VE were heading west by north, %
he replied. The first helm was to
3 port
Captain Cook gave the order for the
turn
You regard that turn as very i'm
porfant2''
Il thiak it was the movement that
decided the movements Of that day"
The admiral said IL response to ques-
{ tions that he had not mentioned the
hpOp i'm his report Of the battle It was
an incident Of the bs tile which he had
Ono idea would ever come into cOntro-
versy.
Assumes All Response billty.
; Captain Cook had given the order
with no orders from him except from
his general instructions to close in and
keep somewhere about loo yards
away, outside of the broadside torpedo
range When the time came for the
turn Captain Cooks conception of the
movement cQincided with his own AL
although Captain Cook gave the order.
= 80
had failed TO do so.
do you assume full responsibility
for the IRA %
Absolutely. II Z aid not give the or
= der Z ap2rCtved tt
Asked Were ne had heretofore, be-
fore the begiD aing Of this inquiry. men,
toned that he had during the battle
4 given the signaiA 'FS low the flag" Adj
q miral Schley replied:
y II think I have Rent my mouth pref
lE'ty well close on all these subjects, and
do not recall speaking of this incident
distinctly recoTect giving the signal
and that it was fiyinS twenty min
utes."
Did the Brooklyn stand in and at
tempt to sink the Spanish fleet in the
s channel"
Il started in ct first to help the other
>vessels and to stop them never had
any ides. that they would get away. y
Continuing. he said in reply to a
question. that he estimated the Brook
lyn had gone within from mile to q
mile and a half from the mouth of the
harbor and was within range of tho
shore batteries He thought that fol
Sfrom twelve to fourteen minutes the
flagship had been within a range Of
less than 1000 yards fsem the Spanish
ships. They looked very close" hi
said.
Chase For the Spanish.
q .
Yin gettirg out Of the harbor without
being sunk. in accordance with order
kwhat alternative was there but tC
chase thcm?'
There was no alternative othei
.course was open. but mucf expended
upon the character of e chase
Whether it was made in the proper
way and was effective was one thing
while a poorly conducted and ineffec
i've blockade-Woubd have been anothe
hing"
The admiral said. in reply to cues
ions. that while several Of the vessels
rad fciledSto Join in the chase. leaving
he ~ after the sinking of the TIE
-es- nd the Oquendo to the Brook
L. Ind the oregon. this was becaus
iey could not follow at the pace Sc
- ~ the Spaniards. At this point Cap
tain Lcmly introduced the following
paragraph from admiral Schleys re
port dated Guantanamo. July 13, 1898
Since reaching this place and hoi .
Ing conversation with several of tn
Iraptains. viz: Captain Eulate of IN
tNiscaya. and the second in comman,
IF Colon. Comma nder COntrees. I hav
learned that the Spanish admiral
q scheme was to concentrate all fire 70
2 while on the brooklyn. and the Wis
ava TO ram her in hopes that IL the.
eould destr7y her the chances of escap
would be greater. as ~ as suppose
he was the swiftest ship of the squad
ON
This explains the heavy fire men
Toned. and the Niscaya's action in tn
aFlier move-cents Of the engagement
The execution OF this purpose wa
romptly defeated " the fact that a.
he ships Of the squadron advance
nto close range ard opened an irresist
bic and terrific Gre upon the enemy
squadron as 1t was coming out of tn
harbor-"
Meet Enemy's Rush.
Admiral Schley identified this para
- Iraph as a part Of his report The wit
- ness said that before the helm of tn
BROOKLYN was swung hard port in OF
Ter to make the loop the helm was pu
- iternately to port and TO starboar
In order 70 meet the movements of tn
s1emys ships.
1T WAS dificu't." he said. "at tina
~ lime tc say whether they meant TO z
between the Texas and the ErookIy
"a gf the other Way
You stated in your explanation the
IN making the turn you did not Sc
the starb0ard OF the Texas2''
Il did so, absolutely"
Admiral Schley, in response to
question said he never heard Of n
exas incident until six montns aft.
he battle He had been under the i'm
ression uut.l later that the starboar
engine Of the Brooklyn was backed
facilitate the turn He recoliected di
iincjiy that he warned Captain Coo
The enemy approached that the
were going 70 ram him. He was clos,
y questioned as to the order whic
went below ITO stand by the ram.
In answer to a question. he said !
imposed the captain had given q
lrder ~ was not certain. His a
iet.sion was called TO a letter Of Jur
~ 1900 written from the South A
antic station. In which the admir-
was quoted as saying that the tur
uas mode TO avoid the last attempS
she Niscaya 20 ram. but as the lett.
arnuid not be produced at the time I
nss not questioned upon IT,
Why Turn Was Made.
fis attention was next called to n
- lInffnr +n the earnfa in which he qa