The Washington times., 1901-10-09

when. similarly, an enemys neet was
within q fortified harbor. He had said
to the commodore that the adoption of
the tactics Of the Japanese-forming in
circle directly in front Of the hafbor-
would In his opinion, be preferable as
then the enemy would be unable to get
out
"Whst was the commodores reriy
asked Judge Advocate LeHly.
He did not accept my suggestion was
the reply.
Lieut. Charles w. Dyson, Of the Steam
F-ngineoring Bureau Of the Navy Depart
ment. who had previously furnished some
interesting and important tables for the
court. was again called to the witness
chair. and asked about the readiness OF
the Brooklyn for battle, as far as her ma
chincry was concerned. on the morning
Of July 3 This testimony was interest
Ing in view Of the intimation Of Mr. Ray
ner that Commodore Schley thought on
the evening of July that the Spanish
fest was pre- pairing to come out and had
sdi informed Admiral Sampson. Iteu'eo-
ant Dyson said that on the morning Of
JlIy = at the beginning cf the battle, the
two forward engines of the Brooklyn
werc uucouped and the fires banked,
and. considering the time that it took the
BROOKLYN to get M steam he should say
that two of the furnaces were not even
prinsd. II took from sa5 10 10 o'clock 50
start the hres These data. said Lieu
tenant Dyson, were taken from the
Erookiyn's log
Sfoss-eNauiued by Mt. Rayuer Lieut.
enant Dyson said that ii would moi have
been necessary for the Brooklyn to stop
to couple up her engines "I have never
1-H
remarked but other engineer of9ctrs who
have been have told me that ii took GroTn
fffeen TO twenty minutes 60 couple them "
Speed OF the BrookI.r.
N-ua all her boilers going the Brooklyn,
Re said. could have made from seventeen
10 e{shteen knots on her trial trip she
sns Sc E.S knots Lieutenant DySoR eX-
plsfncd that the Oregon. which made a
speed ~ lS- knots ,n her trial "trip. de-
velored speed 81 about Has knots in the
chase after the Colon, and the Brooklyn
made about the same speed,
The Judge Advocate-Do l understand
your answer to be that the Brooklyn de-
vcloped ;he best power on that day with
the boilers in use and the engines not
coupled?
A.-That is a pretty hard question to
answer unless you could work out the
power developed She did not get up the
speed she could have got up. She only
so up liik knots with her five boilers.
Mr.. Rayner-How about the other YES
sels. Did they get up all the speed they
could get up?
A.-The New York got up 1614 to II
knots. She coupled in her last two boilers
at l2:51 The Oregon was making l41i
knots when the Colon got aground. The
Texas got up about IA knots.
Lieutenant Commander Hodgson was
then called to the stand for the fourth
time. HIS appearance created the stir
that had greeted him on the three pre-
vious occasions. Mr.. Hodgson was more
al his ease than he had been while on the
stand before. He was recalled mainly to
perform the usually perfunctory task of
making verbal corrections in his testi-
mony and in the course Of the routine
proceedings he made an interesting state
ment in regard to his reference to the
Sun in a letter to Admiral SchIey. He
said:
Il would like to make statement in
regard to a question (by MIR. RayneD
on page CPS. The question was: Those
words in the colloquy were all right
Then what made the editor of the Sun
such liar and a blackguard'' in put
ting this colloquy in his paper if Schley
did say Damn the Texas?" If he did
say that. why did you stigmatize the edi-
tor of the Sun" as 'blackguard and
liar if that was the truth?'
II. of course, am very sorry that l so
far lost my temper as 10 write letter in
such Incorporate language as that 1t
was not written for publication, but it
was written under very great provoca-
tion at the time. In that letter ! did not
accuse the Sun Of lying in publi.hing
that colloquy. IL fact, it was to absolve
the Sun from the charge Of lying that
l gave the Sun authority to use my
name The lying was not in that state
ment- The lying was in the matter Of the
suggestion that Commodore Schley, in
that battle, took the Brooklyn away from
the tight That detracted from the credit
ana lame Of the Ct mmodore, ana also de-
tracted from the credit of the officers of
the Brooklyn, and it was under that prov
0cation that / characterized the cOlioquy
as he. There was no lying in the col
loquy unless man stuck to -erbal cor
rectness- So l did not characterize the
sun as a liar for printing the colIoquy''
When Mr.. HodgsOn had completed cor
rectlng MS testimony the judge advocate
asked Of Mr.. Rayner: DO you wish The
witness held?"
NO, captain" said Mr. Rayner.
Captain Lerniy discharged Mr.. Hodgson
when Admiral Dewey called him back and
asked him to plot the positions of the
Brooklyn in the battle of July 3. 1t was
agreed that he should do this later.
Commander Richard Wainwright, Su-
perintendent of the Naval Academy who
commanded the Gloucester in the Spanish
American war. followed Mr.. Hodgsou. He
was examined with reference to the man
ner in which the Board of Navigators. of
which he was senior member for a while,
had plotted the positions of the American
and the Spanish ships in the battle of
July 3
The NavigatOr's Chart.
Lieutenant Commander Heilner, the
navigator Of the Texas, had testified that
when the Texas backed her engines to
avoid collision with the Brooklyn, she
was not more than l5G ards from Schley's
flagship. The navigator's chart, signed
by Commander Wainwright and the navi-
gators, including Mr.. Heilner, was pro-
duced. and it was shown that this placed
the Brooklyn and the Texas half a mile
apart at that time Mr.. Heilner insisted
that his estimate was correct despite the
chart, and he explained that the positions
on the chart were Indicated as the result
of a compromise, as the members could
not agree. II was then conceded bv the
judge advocate that the chart had never
been considered correct and Commander
Wainwright was called TO tell why the
compromise had been necessary.
Captain Lemly examined him.
Please tell how the various positions
of these vessels were determined and
plotted and how differences were recon-
ciled?" was his first question.
when ] reported as senior member Of
the Board Of Nayigators.' said Com
mander Wainwright, the board had
sketch chart before it, with the positions
OF the ships upon it, beginning with the
positions when the Spanish ships came
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