Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-03


the Bsookl- n, during the Spanish
war. There was much interest In his
appearanCt. as he Is the first Of the
Brooklyn's officers TO be called since
The inquiry began. He was called by
the department, but when Capt. Lemly
had concluded his examination, Mr..
Raynor announced that It had been
Admiral Schley's intention to have
Lieut., DOYLE summoned as witness
IN HIS behalf He THEREFORE, with the
consent of the court, questioned The
witness as II his examination had beer.
In chief and did not coniine himself to
cross-eAaminatlon.
In RESPONSE 20 questions by Capt.
I.enly. Lieut.. Doyle said that durlnh
the battle of Santiago, he had had
charge OF the two waist turrets. He
had, he said, written the log giving
the account Of the battle, as there re-
corded but afterward an addendum had
been made bv the navigator Whei,
the Brooklyn steamed westward wit
ness was first In the port turret and
then In the starboard turret.
"Dld you have an opportunity Of OBJ
serving which way the vessel turned"
Capt Lemly asked.
Witness responded IN the affirmative.
He said. foweNCf. that he did not heal
orders given &c the man at the wheel
What die you Observer
WHAT HE OBSERVED.
~ observed while in the port turret
thai SIC had an opportunity OF nring
at the Spanish ships. and the turret
was trained nearly ahead The Span
ish ships were a little BIT then on our
port bow, and we lost sight of them by
our ship turning with a starboard helm.
Then II was that the order was given
10 man the starboard battery. and as !
crossed from one turret TO the other |
observed the Spanish ships a little hn
on our starboard bow. As soon as | got
In that turret ! swung the gun sharp
on the starboard bow. In the meantime
some ct our own guns had fired, prob
ably IN the forward elght-inch turret,
so | could see nothing at all for the
dense smoke"
while in that position, and while
the turret was being trained, Mr.. Ma
SON the executive officer, passed down
the starhoard gangway, calling Sharp
on the starboard quarter and ! ac-
cordingly trained the turret around
and picked the Spanish up on our star
board quarter and from then on II was
a constant train of the turret until we
had the Spanish ships about abeam'
What do you mean, exactly, when
YOU say the vessel turned the starboard
helm"
she was then turning with a star
board helm, because that is the reason
we lost SIGHT Of the Spanish ships.
But you do not mean, as | UNDER
stand YOU, she made the full turn with
starboard heinz?
"Oh, no: at that time was under the
impression that II had. yes,
How did you come TO enter In the
shlp's log that the vessel turned with
a starboard helm? DO you recognize
that Logo" (handng him the log OF the
Brooklyn.)
The witness then, In response to
question. read to the court that part
OF the log book which relates to the
turning Of the port helm, as follows
"At $3.50 went to quarters for muster
and inspection and Immediately after
ward the Spanish squadron was noticed
coming out of the harbor The leading
ship, the Marie Teresa, flagship,
opened fire at once. This ship (the
BROOKLYN and the other vessels,
namely, Texas. Oregon, Indiana, Iowa,
Vixen, and Gloucester, engaged the en-
envy at once. The enemy stood toward
me- as first then nut helm ABORT and
stood olong shore close into the west
ward We engaged with port battery at
S,s, standine In for the Maria Teresa,
the colon and the Vizcaya, all three of
which we engaged. but lust as soon as
,ha anemv stood 10 the westward nut
holm "a nort swinging "a little Inter-
i,na heyai cIear Of The Texas. so as 10
h,,,g ne starhoard battery TO bear
a,S s,ood narallel Ia the enemy."
""'
WHY LOG WAS cHANGhp'
tho Witness then stated that the
ins , nn,ry ,n he loo had made il
o,an. ,hat ne, helm was mt ia star
s splsS ,ns,aoa ~ IN mort es II an
,oars 4, tho nermanent log. The
49, ,a ss,l nod bean made ON
NJ ~, ~ InIy two DAYS after the
a Nv"
.St.a ,,hy ha ohanead ~ Mr. DOYLE
IL
,.I ,hor,od !, after had n discuss
.,o,, ,,ith eharn had been under the
in,n,ess,ou as I have stated. that we
Ia ,nrned with a starboard helm.
s , r,es ahoard the Brooklyn ON
1,,iv 20 luncheon with us and /
Ma discussion with him that day
~. s,,btaot 7 ,hink that 10 the time
~ ahan,oJ /, -
"Do you Tnow whether the navigator
had ,hen signed the log as correct"
81 do not. sir"
why were 'ne iii'ei'i"eu Virus p''
They were put In, think-in fact, ]
know~-at the suggestion OF some per-
son-probably the navigator. They
were put in evidently after the log
was written up, because they are in
terlined."
About how was the ship heading at
that time-within the quadrant Of a
circle southwark to westward, north
v.o 81 20 aost,vord9D