Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-11

c"art that appears TO be 40 ,,,;e.,u..
wrong as this chart appears to h..
NO. 1t would not have haa,,
in my mind" "e''er'
The court put a numha, of
to the witness. H''ioiis
How did you determine tha
of the Iowa from the shore ~
blockading Cienfuegos?" ""i'e
I'VE did not determine +bo
at an except simply by bearings oc-
casionally There was not any repu-
lar eHort made to maintain any mar
ticular position
were the vessels nearer to or f,,r.
ther from shore at night at Sant;agoo,.
ABOUT the same distance night and
DAY is my recollection, about aipht
miles" e"'
The court then took recess for
luncheon. Ava
After luncheon, Lieut.. Commanded
ScheutZe continued his testimonv IA
said that he had determined tho nosi-
ton of the Iowa at 74O o'clocL AZ
May IS. and that it's distance out was
seven miles. He also said that ,ha
bombardment of May 81 had develoned
mat the Spanish shore batteries were
extremely weak. He had seen no evi.
uence OF a disposition on the part of
any of Cervera's ships to ram anv of
the American vessels.
Inc court-WaS your position during
the battle of July 8 such as to enable
You to observe clearly the relative no.
sltlons and movements of the different
ships?''
No, sir l never observed the re,a-
tive positions of all the ships on ac-
count of the smoke and the attention
we were paying to our own ship in the
fight
When you say that the Iowa was
seven miles from the entrance to San
tlaso. at '.40. May %. was that the dis
tance at daylight or had the ships
steamed off shore after daylight?''
My impression is we had headed a
direct course for that position during
the night or early morning."
Lieut. Commander Albert w. Grant.
who was senior watch officer on the
Massachusetts during the war with
Spain. was called.
Asked by Capt. Lemly concerning the
blockade of Cienfuegos. Commander
Grant said there We're no directions
giving an order of battle there. but
that there was upOn arrival signal
from the flagship that Cienfuegos was
to be blockaded. He had on the occa-
sion of the meneuvre off Cienfuegos
seen the Spanish earthworks there and
the mastS of one vessel lying in the
harbor. but nothing to his knowledge
had been done to destroy the works He
said that he remembered a signal from
the brooklyn before starting from
CienfuegoS, saying the fleet was bound
for Santiago and would rendezvous at
GonaiVes bay. The progress on that
cruise was. he said. slow because the
lighter vessels We're affected by the
weather. None of the fighting ships
had detained the squadron. He said
that on the first night out from Glen
fuegos suspicious vessel which had
enormously been supposed to belong to
the enemy had been sighted The
Brooklyn. which had been steaminG
just in front of the Massachusetts,
changed its course and turned to port.
AS soon as he observed this maneuvre
he turned the Massachusetts so as to
protect the ship following.
Then as l knew l was going to clear
the Brooklyn. l went ahead with port
engine fuI spaad and shifted rho helm
-.
ana gave the Wnlstle signal
Were the ships in formation of col
umno" Cant. Lemly asked
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lney were not tnere was a thiNup-
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retroprada movement of the nyinr squad
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lance of the blockading fleet from the
mouth of the harbor at from six to nine
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day and night
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