New-York tribune., 1901-10-08


THE BROOKLYN IN ACTION.
In describing this fight he said:
,d1 The 1 BROOKLYN did all she could She got into ac-
the norf ho nr1ng ing, as soon as the first gun on
tbro1y HElng until she turned with port helm
al tSa the arc using the aft guns until
as as quickly as we could with port helm until we
ish vessel When the helm was eased. the ship
Steered course parallel with the Vzcaya, which
Teresa probably was further to the westward
in to the shore. When we got around the smoke
, was 50 very dense that nothing could be seen Of
vessels we were then engaged with were the Viz
S Doara DOW the Colon probably a little for
sbaf saFboaPd beam We con2ned 9 thas
IL seemnd when remarked TO Captain Cook that
IN IN the coming tower. He asked Why" 1 said
vessels, and it seemed that it depended upon us
70 % sd knock them out AT that time the smoke
that rin the New,YoTk being the Brooklyn
claimed to me- OUT 6nf off 9 ap6
hseV h e9w of ship H and & said That ooS mps' be
be the. MASSACHUSETTS,; she has gone to Guanta-
remsrke ad dd 1T bsa must S Be the Oregon and he
1 am very glad to her.
say four HUNDRED or Ve h6dTed e yards off ou
sbarooard sb 9Garter at full speed We continued in
increase as got up steam. and probably drew
a little further ahead from the Oregon. She never
Oquendo very shortly fell out and went ashore
inshore U'e" ahe3u anu aiso went
TememPer @ very well the time that the vizcaya
1nued rar tb In that direction until when off Acerreade-
The Colon at this time had gained speed, and was
iinshore suppose some seven miles After pass
ing The men We're allowed to come out of the
aurTeIs, one at time to get breathing spell
everything was ready. but the gaining upon the
emily This was about II rs o'clock when the
Vizcaya stood in for Acerreaderas. The chase was
continued then after the Colon. I knew 1t must
be six or seven miles away. until we gradually
at Work on her atbongb b @ ns eaSds w1d
not register on the stadimeter l remember at one
about about @ 800, yards and my recollection is he told
railroad trans At any rste shortly afterward G
the the Oregon fred one of her 3-inch shells which
they fell short The Oregon was signalling to us
the the G fs OF our shot and we signalled to her the
the Oregon her lS and inch guns and We our
Shells Of the oregon fall we shead OF Of the the cdon
and one OF our sneh shells apparently fell inshore
helm hard aport. Previously to this she had
soft spot on shore She red her lee gSn and
hauled down her flag. | pulled out my watch. 1t
slowed and sen gTen to Tn Fet out
boat The CAPTAIN was & ordered to go on board to
Ianding officer of the Colon on account OF steam
with the boat We were some itts tme getting
the the boat 5 out In the ,I mean n time we had slowed
IN the cutters vas Sas finally got out & and crew put
the Colon. I think he probably. had a mile and
half pull At any rate. We had our guns trained
any act Of that kind on her part sthogFh saw "
suspect anything Of that kind.
How far was the Oregon from the Brooklyn"
From 1000 TO 1.5Oo yards, the starboard quar-
ter"
The witness. in reoly to questions. continued
his report of the battle. He said that at the be-
ginning of the fight he had given the range at
1.40o yards but that after the loop it about
2.iO0 or $50 yards
PRAISES SCHLEY'S CONDUCT
Mr. Rayner-what the bearing of Commo-
dore Schey during this engagement any
gagement In which you him?
His bearing and manner with respect TO a Off
of his rank and station in the naval service.
were naturally those OF a commander-in-chef OF
naval force that occasion
The witness said that the Commodore had occu-
pied a place platform around the coming
tower during the engagement This, he said. was
position of danger, as the Commodore was there
always IN full view of the enemy's ships.
ut has been stated here" said Mr.. Rayner.
that the Brooklyn ran 1000 yards away from the
eneTny's ships in making her loop"
The witness replied ANY witness who made
that statement. although he may have stated what
he thought had occurred, was absolutely mis-
taken"
How far did she go from the enemy's vessels?"
She must have gone about six hundred yards
10 the southwark, that is about the tactical
diameter of the Brooklyn at that speed
Did this turn interfere with the Brooklyn's abIl-
ity to keep up her hre?'
1T did not; she continued to FIRE from her AFT
turrets."
Did you ever see the Indiana during the n
gagement?"
Il did not. The smoke very dense in the
direction Of the Indiana"
THE sCHLEY- -HODGsON COLLOQUY.
At this point Mr Rayner questioned the witness
at length concerning his reported colloquy with
Admiral schley during the battle off Santiago, In
which the Commodore was reported TO have said:
Damn the Texas.
Mr. Rayne ~ asked the witness II II was not Cap
tain Cook who had given the order to port helm"
The reply was that Captain Cook might have
given the order to the man at the wheel
Mr. Rayner then asked: Did Commodore Schley
give the order to port the heinz"
He did" the reply.
WAS the helm already aport?"
II guess So Captain Cook says so
Objection was made by Captain Lemly to the
Of the word guess Dy the witness but Admiral
Dewey said that the form of expression was imma-
terial and asked that counsel should inter-
rupt.
Continuing hts statement in response to MI
Rayner's question. the witness said that when his
conversation with Commodore Schley had occurred
on the BROOKLYN the Commodore standing on
the platform around the ccnnins tower and two
OF three feet from himself (the witness) and that
Captain Cook part of time stood in the door OF
the coming tower. four or five feet distant he
said that Captain Cook had TAX IN part In me con-
versation.
Mr. Rayner then questioned the witness closely
in regard 10 the language in which this colloquy
was reported by the newspapers. and the language
used by Mr.. Hodgson in his correspondence with
Admiral Schley He read the newspaper version
of Commander Hodgson's statement or the coiioquy
as follows