The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-17

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his position when you saw MIN!
"On the platform outside the coming TOW
er"
Ibid he make any encouraging remark
on that day to the officers Of the ship tina
you heard?"
"He said. Give them hell, bullies.'"
did he say that more than once?'
"Yes, sir: several times"
can you give us any incident 10 shoV
that ne was not laboring under great men
tai excitement on that day."
when Ellis was killed, another ofhcel
and myself picked up his body and started
to throw 1t overheard The Commodore saw
us and said. Don't throw him overheard
Cover him up with something?
Were you present when Ellis wa:
killed."
"Yes. SIR"
How near was Ellis to the Commodore
when he was killed. and to you?"
He was standing right next to me. Ht
was about fifteen feet from the Commodore
should think"
Lieutenant McCauley described the Incl
dents of the battle of July 5. saying tina
he had ION his own hook hoisted the signal
Clear ship for action" and that when he
had reported this action to the Commo'
dore. the latter had told him to hoist, "Cioss
up"
The cross-cxamlnatlon was conducted by
detail concerning the signal to the Oregon
to use her 13-inch guns. asking the witness
why he remembered 1t especially.
Because l sent 1t myself" was the re-
ply.
Ibid you also send the others on which
you have refreshed your memory by re-
ferring to your book?'
The witness said that he had made them
BROOkLYN'S WATCH OFFICER
REVIEWS THE CAMPAIGN
Lieutenant Charles Webster was the last
witness OF the day. He said he had been
eeeF Of 1s he during the
by describing the blockade of Cienfuegos.
He thought the distance out at night was
seven ss or or eight miles. with picket boats in
said, between Cienfuegos and Santiago on
the occasion of the Flying Squadron's
voyage. making bad weather for the
was to lie Off from the port four or five
miles during the day. The vessels steamed
back and forth at midnight at about the
same distance out.
Asked If he had seen any suspicious move
ments on shore at Santiago on the evening
of July 2. the witness replied:
seein seeper neI, oel9e on Geek s; on 1usy anu anu
parently moving. as though vessels were
steaming in the harbor. Also, In my watch
l., remember - the burning Of to
to the commanding officer"
What was the conduct and bearing Of
Gommodo5e ng schlsy in the different engage
81 never saw Commodore schley during
the engagement ! saw him Immediately
sfts the 1a,ts title Of July and he was per-
Lieutenant Webster gave brief account
of the battle of July 3. He said that when
the signal was given to clear ship for ac-
tion he had run forward, having charge
Of the forward gun deck battery. He had
then seen the Texas and the Iowa little
abaft of the Brooklyn's beam. When the
headed directly toward the harbor. the helm
being changed frequently until after firing
was begun. when the helm was put hard
aport. He estimated that the enemys yes
sells were 400 to 1.6OO yards distant. When
the Brooklyn began Its turn and after
the loop was completed 1t was 2.3O0 yards.
Increasing to $500 yards when the viscaya
turned in.
Speaking of the bombardment of the
G9Sn 81 the said and he sba, had S
he had noticed that the first shots fel! short
he had seen one later which he thought had
fallen under the Colon's counter. He had
that the shore batteries were stronger than
they had previously showed to be. He
thought at the time that those batteries were
manned by 8-inch guns.
On cross-examination. Captain Lemly had
the witness read from the log Of the Brook
lyn lIIn an an entry to the effect that the Brook
Advocate asked only few questions on
his own account, but put two or three at
the instance Of the Court, as follows:
When the Flying Squadron was blockad-
Ing Cienfuegos did the column of vessels
a'.r at night 81 keep on line nearly RsrpendS
parallel to the shore line?'
My recollection vas that the line was
perpendicular to the shore line"
the Brooklyn when the Brooklyn's helm
was put hard aport July So
'It seems to me the Teresa was nearly
broad on the port bow: the yiscaya per
haps three points on the port bow. The
helm had been eased aport before that. so
1t had changed their bearing somewhat. 1t
was hard to tell at the beginning of the
turn how they bore"
what were the relative positions of the
Brooklyn and the Colon when the Colon
passed the viscaya? How was the vessel
heading at this time?"
The Colon passed inside the yiscaya. at
a distance Of about 1000 yards. think. So
that at that time her range would probably
have been 4.500 yards. She bore the same
bearing as the Colon at that time. forward
of the starboard beam: about two points.
The Brooklyn was heading probably near
ly west"