Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-10-08
THIRD WEEK BEGINS
OF SCHLEY inquiry
Brooklyn's Part IL Battle
Told by Hodgson.
CHASE OF THE VIsCAYA

1t Had Been Expected That Depart
ment Would Complete Its Presenta.
tion of Case This Week, but LemIey
Still Has Many More Witnesses.
WASHINGTON, Oct. = The Schley
court of inquiry today entered upon the
third straight week of the investigation
of Admiral Schley's conduct in the
Spanish war. The crowd in attendance
was as large as at any previous time.
indicating that the interest in the case
is unabated,
1t had been expected that the navy
department. would be able to complete
Its presentation of the case by the close
Of last week, but when the court opened
today Captain Lenley' list of witnesses
still contained almost a dozen names.
Prominent among them is Captain
Chadwick, who was Admiral Simpsons
chief of staff, and was in immediate
command of the flagship New York
during the Santiago campaign.
The program for the day included, IN
addition to those recalled for correction
Of testimony, the names of two new
witnesses and Of two who have hitherto
been on the stand. The new witnesses
who were present when the court con.
vened, with the expectation of being
called to the stand during the day, were
Captain w. M. FOlger, who commanded
the cruiser New Orleans during the
bOmbardment of the Cristobol Colon on
May 81, in which that vessel particl.
pated, and Lieutenant M. L. Bristol,
who was an ensign and the watch off.
Ger on the baUtleship Texas in the San
tlago campaign.
HodgsOn Again Called.
Today's proceedings begun with the
recall of Lieutenant Doyle and Com
mander Rodgers for the purpose of cor
reCting their previous testimony, and
when they had been excused Lieutenant
Commander Hodgson, naval commander
Of the Brooklyn during the Santiago
campaign, resumed the stand. This
was his third sitting and when he be-
gan today's testimony the judge advo-
cate had not entirely completed his
questions. There were still few Of the
letters constituting the correspondence
to be read, and when they were con-
cluded Captain Lemley and Mr.. Hanna
proceeded with their questions.
When the reading of the Schley-
Hodgson correspondence had been con-
oluded Captain Lemley asked Mr..
HOdgson whether his denial of the col
lOquy between himself and Commodore
Schley had ever been published entire.
Mr.. Hodgson replied in the negative,
saying that the last paragraph of his
letter Of denial had not been printed.
This paragraph referred to the enclos-
ure of newspaper clipping.
Mr. Raynor began his cross -examina
ton by asking Mr.. Hodgson whether
the Marblehead had hailed the Brook
lyn when the two vessels passed each
other as the Brooklyn was on her way
to Oienfuegos.
The witness replied in the negative.
The examination then turned upon
events about Cienfuegos and in reply to
Mr. Raynor's inquiry Hodgson detailed
these at length.
Saw Lights on Shore.
Commander Hodgson said in reply to
questions that he had seen the lights on
the shore at Cienfuegos, which were af-
terward determined to be signals, but
he had supposed they were signals be.
tween different branches of the Spanish
forces On shore.
He added that when Captain McCalla
arrived with information as to the
meaning of the signals he was immedi-
aCely dispatched TO the shore to commu.
cate with the insurgents.
Mr.. Raynor then asked: 'How far
were you off during the blockade OF
Santiago, from the MORO, during the
day and night of May 2S, 80, 80, 31?''
In response the witness said: early
in the day time our habitual position
was about miles. In the night think
we steamed up and down in front of the
harbor, distance of about 6 miles"
He stated that the picket boats the
Marblehead and the Vixen. were inside
the line of the fleet about midway be.
tween that line and the shore lines. The
witness then, in response to a request
from Mr.. RaynOr, continued his. Uesti-
mony describing the naval battle of
July g.
Brooklyn Did all She Could.
In this connection he said:
''The Brooklyn did all she could. She
got into action just as soon as the first
gun on the port bow would bear and we
kept the port battery firing until she
turned with port helm through the arc,
using the aft guns until we got all the
steamboat guns to bear. We got around
as quickly as we could with port helm
until we almost paralleled the course of
the leading Spanish vessel, when the
helm was eased and the ship steered a
course parallel with the Visoaya, which
was then the leading vessel, although
the Maria Teresa probably was farther
TO the westard than the Viscaya She
was standing ar an angle into the
shore.
when we got around the smoke was
so very dense nothing could be seen of
anything in the rear of u.s. The three
Spanish vessels we were then engaged
with were the Viscaya, the Colon and
the Oquendo. The Viscaya was about
$500 yards on our starboard bows; the |
Colon probably was little forward of |
the starboard beam. The Oquendo was
abaft the starboard beam. We contiued
in that direction, when ] remarked to