The Forrest City times., 1901-10-18
Admiral Sohley's Witnesses VIII be
0nly Ofhoers Of the Brook
Ign and Oregon.
CAPT. cock cOHHtcTs HIS TESTIMONY.
r. $3.50 That the Brooklyn'. For
s Engine. Were Incoup1ed
Inder n Circular order i..uea ny
the mander-ia-tb ief WINE
on Blockade


unopv given on she previous day. the
witnesses xumme ned for this purpose
being Capt Cook and Leufens'-t on
uanaer ~esrS. - no testified Tuesday.
When they had left The stand. Com
rnsndrr Newton T.. Mason. who was
executive officer on The Brooklyn dur
ing the war with Spain was called 10
relate his observation 81 The conduct
Of the santiago campaign. II = the
purpose of Mr.. Eayner TO first ex-
anime officers Of the Brooklyn and
TO follow these with a number Of
thos.- Who were on the Oregon during
the battle off Santiago II y under
stood that his entire list ~ witnesses
l. practically confined 10 persons who
we're on hoard fhoSe two vessels.
While Capt. Cook occupied the wit
ness stand for the purpose OF correct
ing his testimony Mr.. Hanna asked
him: referring 10 your statement
IN regard o the steam required 10 be
kept M in connection with the m
coupling Of the Brooklyn's engines
that il was 4he order of the eoTnman-
der-in-chief while lying of Santiago
g. the blockade. Was that q written
order
My recollection i that i was
bulletin. The exact words do not re-
member
The particular point was with r.
specs "a the uncoupling Of the en-
sines- VAS there ANYTHING in that
order On this subject. and in Pursu-
snce Of which that was done
i, i my impression that there VA.
They al. a. | understand i. had their
engines ancoupled.
1T i a general recollection q il
only
Yes. that NE should have cur for
ward engines nncoupled al TIE t5rne-~
Can you aid - IN am va. 70
ssentifyin~ the bulletins from year
Impression -
NO. Ne could not have moved he
four engines with the steam Ne ear
red. know that we had IN order
about the speed. and II was circular
bulletin. I think
Commander Mason vas called as
the first new witness Of the day.
Commander Mason detailed the
siege of Cienfuegos and also referred
10 the blockade of Santiago.
Mr.. Rayner then asked the witness
how many times he had seen Com
modore Schley under fire. 10 which
he replied: During all the engage
ments'
What was his general conduct.
manner and bearing on these occa-
sions?" Mr.. Rayner asked
Excellent. in every particular He
was calm, collected and brave
Asked TO give a brief account Of the
battle of July ,. Commander Mason,
after giving the preliminaries. said:
AS soon as reported the battery
20 Capt. Cook. in the coming tour. /
asked him II We should commence fir-
ing lie replied: Fire as soon as you
are ready. | Immediately gave the
order TO Lieut.. Simpson 10 fire a.
soon as he could, giving him range
of $500 yards. ! think the first gun
was fired within five minutes, or very
close TO five minutes. after the first
alarm The rest of the battery took
Up the fire al once and continued 10
IRE on the port Bow until the -anges
commenced TO get down TO ! SEQ and
200 yards | asked Capt. Cook as TO
which way he was going round, il he
ing necessary for me TO know on ac-
count Of changing the battery below,
shifting from one side to the other.
He answered that he was going with
port helm. | gave the necessary or
aers on deck and went below.
As | arrived in the after cabin the
after five-ineh gun Was fred for the
last time on the port side and the
starboard Gun took up the FIRE imme-
eiately. The starboard battery then
was engaged for tie rest of the ac-
fion. The range al the time we
turned. as far as ! remember. was
about 400 yards. although I have a
recollection 81 LOO yards being sent
10 me once -As 10 the position of the
enemy. they were on the port bow
outside Of the harhor when we made
the turn with the port helm. At the
end 81 the turn they were on our
starboard lseam and quarter with one
a them a little ahead =
Mr. Rsyner-What time vas il
when The Colon ran ashore -
Il took TO time. only know az The
report Al the time that il was abou,
lis p m
After The surrender was accom-
Plished. Were did the BROOKLYN go?~
When Capt Cook returned on
board Ne we're sent 10 The eastward
a. once b. tie commodore 10 inter
sePt a Spanish man-of-wa- that was
reported trst by the Resolute and
then by the Vixen.
Did you intercept any Spanish
Esan-0f-warg'
About dusk we met The Austrian
cruiser Maria Teresa
Good Peach Year.
Morris City. ~. Oct i7.-Freighr