The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-04
SCHLEY COURT
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lity to do so. He always struck me as
being just about as

| nifty to do so. He always struck me as
| being just about as
SELF POSSESSED
! as it was possible for anybody to be I'M
| der those circumstances"
| Mr.. Rayner then asked the witness
| whether on July 2, 1885, he had observ-
| ed smoke coming from Santiago harbor
| over Zocapa hill. Capt. Lemly objected
| and Mr.. Rayner said that his purpose
| was to prove that it was believed at
| that time that the Spaniards were pre-
pairing to withdraw from the harpor
and that Commodore Schley had commu-
nicated the facts to the squadron. 1t
was competent, he said, to prove the con-
| duct of the commodore under the de-
partment's precept.
Capt. Lemly and Mr.. Hanna contended
that the certain effect of such questions
would be to open the gates for intermin-
able inquiry, and that If one side should
enter upon such questions, the other
must also be allowed to do So They did
not object except for the effect of the
time involved.
Capt. Parker announced his willing
! ness to "open the door wide. He want
ed the entire matter investigated and
would have the searchlight turned upon
every individual from the commander-i in
chief to the lowest officer under him.
Mr.. Rayner was then permitted to ask
his question, which he did in the follow
ing words:
WAS the fact that smoke was observed
on July by Commodore Schley COM
mrnicated to the squadron"
SAMPSON WAS NOTIFIED.
The reply was: Smoke was observed
rising in the harbor on July and my i'm
preston now is and always has been
since that night that that information
was conveyed to the commander-in-
chief.
The witness was then requested to give
brief account of the part taken by the
Brooklyn in the battle of July 3, which
he did, repeating much that he had said
| yesterday.
| After stating the preliminaries, Lieut..
Boyle returned to his observations of the
| battle in the following language:
| II fired the left gun first and Halligan
| shortly afterward fired the right one.
| Then we began to loau the guns again.
1t was necessary then after loading the
| guns second time to- turn the turret
directly ahead, as our ship was apparent
| ly shutting the enemy out by turning
| with starboard helm. Immediately
after firing that left gun the second time,
| the order was to man the starboard bat
! terry. l got out of the turret through the
| roof, that being the most convenient way
| OI getting Out, anu CTOSSSQ tON0T 10 the
| starboard turret. AS I was going into the
| starboard turret had an opportunity to
| see the Spanishs ships. They were then a
| little on our starboard bow. AS soon as
| 1 had chargse of the controller, which
| up to this time had been in charge OF
| Mr.. Woodward, I swung the turret
| around on to the starboard bow. In the
meantime some of our forward guns had
| fired. The
|
VOLUME OF SMOKE
was so great that it must have come
| from one of the eight-inch guns OF the
| forward turret, so that was entirely shut
| out from seeing the enemy While the
| guns were in this position Mr.. Mason, our
executive officer, passed down the star
! board gangway, calling sharp on the
starboard quarter The interval of time
from the time the guns were on the star
| board bow and starboard quarter, L think
must have been two minutes. swung the
guns around to the starboard quarter
and then We picked up the enemy. The
range at which 1 fired, to the best of my
memory, was about 1,400 yards and from
| then on 1T was a constant fire, training
| the guns until we finally got them on the
! starboard beam. The range Increased up
| to 2G0O yards and during the run
! parallel with the Spanish ships the
| range varied from about 1900 to l,S0O. L
think when the Vizcaya went in shore the
| range was about 1900 yards. Just imme-
! diately before she turned in she made a
| sheer with her starboard helm apparent
| ly coming toward US and then imme-
| diately put helm around the other way
! and went in shore. From then on it was
| a chase after the Colon. After the Viz
| caya went ashore the Colon by working
| up inside of the other Spanish ships, had
| secured a very long lead. / should say
she was at least five or six miles, per-
| haps more, on our starboard bow we'll
in shore The order was given to cease
| firing and to come out of the turrets and
| take a spell during the chase of the
| Colon.
''The Oregon during the Schase and
| while we were on the top of the turret
| was directed to try her n3-inch guns on
| the chase, which she did and the shots
| all fell short In little while they were
| tried again and came little closer"
| Admiral Dewey: Directed by whom?''
by Commodore Schley, sir, by wig
| wag signal as 1 remember it,
Admiral Dewey: You saw that sig
nal?''
Yes, sir. saw the signal being
made
Admiral Benham: did you read the
signal?"
SIGNALED THE OREGON.
Il did not, but l understood what IL
| was and If 1 am not mistaken 1t was
| McCauley, an ensign we had. on board,
who made the signal himself. Shortly
after this the forward turret and star
| beard turret of the Brooklyn were di-
| rected to load the guns with armor-pierc-
ing shells. The forward turret was d.
rected to fire first two shots, which 1t
did. The shots fell short. Then l was
directed to fire and I fired at a range as
now recall, of $500 yards. We tried