The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1901-10-08

tnree Spanish vessels and !, seomaa
that II depended upon nc n snaa,.
.ne,h OUT. AT that time the smoke was
"e"se ! could not see anything and
supposed that the New York heinz
away: the Brooklyn was steaminp
ahead OF the slower vessels.
6attleship Oregon Assists.
lie stepped out of the coming
so"er ana exclaimed to me. 'What's
mat on our starboard auartoro'
looked IN that direction and saw the
h'aNv bows OF ship and said .Tha,
must be the Massachusetts, He said
40, X could not be the Massac hnse,ts
she mas gone to Guantanamo .aia
~ must be the Oregon. and he r..
marked. God bless the Oregon | said
Wen, am very glad TO see her The
oregon was at that time about
Should say. four or five hundred wards
OH our starEoard quarter at full speed
We continued in that position until
taa B.ooklyn's speed began TO IN.
crease as We got up steam and prob
D'- ~ I" - itlti' IdI tIItl dEtdV OF i0e
oregon She never was that close to
Us again as ! remember The Oqnen-
90 very shortly fell out and went
ashore. The Colon gradually drew
ahead and also went in shore. re-
member very we'll the time that the
Nlscaya blanketed her from our fire.
MS chas" was continued in that di-
r"ction until when off Acereaderas,
'he NlScaya ported her helm and ran
IN shore. The Colon AT this time had
gained speed and was in shore. sup
pose. some seven miles After pass
ins the Niscaya We steamed ahead and
ceased firing. The men were allowed
- come out cf the tnrre,s. one at a
time 70 get breathing spell. although
q course, all guns were manned ana
everything ready. but the gaining on
"" Colon was very slow for she
gained apparently on Us. This was
about ll.lo when the Nisraya stood
in for Acercaderas. the chas. was CON
;lnned then after the Colon knew il
must have been six o. seven miles
away until We gradually began TO
gain. ! remember keeping the stadi-
| meter al work on ho7. although the
$1,000 yards would not register on the
stadimcter.
Sohley Signals the Oregon.
Il remember at one time telling
Commodore Schley that il vas within
about 1000 yards and my recollection
IS he told some one TO signal the Ore
gon 10 try one OF her railroad trains
Al any rate shortly afterwards. the
Oregon fired one Of her l3-inch shells
which fell short. Then We tried with
s-inch shells and they fell short. The
Oregon was signalling to us the fall OF
our shot and We signalled TO her the
fall ~ her shot We continued Occa
sionally To fire. the Oregon her u
inch and s-inch guns and We our S-inch
guns remember seeing one OF the
l3insh shells OF the Oregon fall vel
ahead OF the Colon and one Of our )
inch shells apparently fell inshore OF
the Colon Al that time the Colon
ported helm hard aport. Previously u
this she had ported her helm once or
twice. apparently seeking a soft spot
on shore. She fired her lee gun and
hauled down her flag. pulled my
WAItN. II " dS 'NtN ~ ~ " -.
ceased firing and slowed down and or
ders We're given 10 get out boat
The captain was ordered TO go on
board Ia make terms with or tell ths
terms TO the commanding officer oil the
Colon. On account OF steam navlne
been cut on and there being some
trouble with the boat, We were some
little time getting the boat out. In th'
meantime we had slowed and as rap
| idly as could be accomplished one OF
the cutters was gotten ont and ere"
nut In. Captain Cook went in the poa'
and boarded the Colon. | think Il.
n,,bably had a mile and hair pun
A. any rate We had our guns trained
IN thn Colon at this time in case o'
frcacherv or any act OF that klha on
her part. :.
How far was the Oregon from 'h'
Brooklyn" ~.
| Sarboard quarter.
Admiral SchIey's Behavior.
Tho witness. in reply to questions
continued his report Of the battle. ns
s,ja that at the beginning OF the ngh'
he had given the range AT l'4'' sa' VS.
I'm, that after the loop it was anou'
. 400 or $500 yards. u,,,
Mr. What was the hearlhs
=, commodore Schlcy during this en-
raeement or any engagement IN whie'
lyou saw him .;,h 70
"uis bearing and manner. WIN -
Ierec, 10 an officer Of his RANK a'''
station IN the naval service. We're nav
lurally those Of n commahdel,''l.'..' !.
ar !, naval force on that occasion.
The witness said that the eon,',o
,ore had occupied place on a p,a'
form around the coming low, u"a -,
line engagement. This, ne salu. mas
nsi,ion ~ danger, as the commoa"'
vas there a'ways in full view OF '"'
cnemy's ships. .o" said Nr
lparror that the brooklyn ran -.'o' @
r,rds away from the enemy sup
liz making her loop. ,,s
The witness replied-"Any VIII .n \,
,.,o made that statement althousn -
,nav mn have stated what he though. nav II
Occurred. was absolutely m's''ns"' ,s =,
"uow far did she go from 'n' ~
louv's vessels" =. en-