The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-09

| On redirect examination, Commander
a slow rate of speed as the ships could
travel cat 5000 yards or double dis
| lance apart.) The line was about l
IL miles long The vessels generally
steamed from IL to 5 miles to either
| side of the harbor, going and coming
practically over the same line. The
| Marblehead and Vixen were on the in
side but could only be seen at certain
| times even when the weather conditions
were favorable. Frequently, in fact
only the vessel next ahead could be
| seen.
Mr.. Hanna here asked the witness:
IF the vessels of the Spanish squar-
dron had suddenly appeared, what or
ders had you to meet such a cOntin-
gency?"
mo orders were turned over to me
in regard to contingency of that kind"
replied the Witness
las watch officer should you have
had such orders?"
Il should have had"
Lieut.. Bristol stated that the fleet
lay outside of Moro from six to eight
miles during the day. He spoke of the
Spanish shore batteries, saying" l per
sonally examined them the day we ar
rived there and satisfied myself that
| the batteries amounted to nothing
From the various bombardments we
took part in we discovered just what
guns were there. We went as a feint
| to the westward to draw the attention
of the Spanish from the real landing
of the army to the eastward. We were
not to fire on the Scopia battery unless
they fired upon us. We had been there
some little time when they fired on us.
We returned the fire with our six and
I u inch guns. We fired several shots
in answer to theirs; the last shot they
fired struck the Texas. We kept the
glasses on them and whenever we saw
any one appear on the battery we open
ed fire with one six inch she'll That
would drive them away, when we had
orders to withdraw. We steamed out
slowly, making a turn toward the MORO
which brought us even nearer the bat
teries than we wkere before but they
| did not fire on us nor did they appear
to be able to use their guns"
Lieut.. Bristol said that on the morn
ing Of July he had fixed the position
of the Texas and also generally of the
other ships of the fleet and had pre-
pared chart showing these positions.
He considered the initial positions as
signed to the Texas, the Brooklyn and
the Iowa as accurate. The witness des-
cribed the engagement of July 8, saying
that the Spanish fleet had come out
/ only sufficiently far TO clear the shoal
near the mouth of the harbOr before
| turning to the westward. He did not
| think this was to exceed 1900 yards
out from Cayasmith which is inside the
| harbOr.
! Lieut.. Bristol said that after the en-
| gagement began he went below and
! fired three shots from the II inch guns.
| When he came on deck the first of the
| Spanish ships was going ashore.
| We were then" he said, headed to
| the westward with the enemy's ships
running close along point seven miles
west of Santiago"
Mr. Hanna: Did you see the Brook
| Ign when you came on deck?"
+ Il did"
Where was she at that time?"
"She was about as far out on our
port bow, relatively speaking, as the
| Spanish ships were on our starboard
bow
Had she completed the turn at that
time?"
Il do not know. She did not make
c turn after that and always ketHT
any turn after that and always kept
on the westward. After that time ]
| did not know anything about a turn. -
Did you see what is known as the
loop?"
81 did not"
Lieut.. Bristol then detailed the part
the Texas played in the battle. giving
the details Of the chase up the Cuban
| Coast.
Describing the close of that pursuit
he said: I'VE continued on with the
chase of the Colon. which was then
ahead of the Viscaya, in the same rel
alive positions, the Brooklyn, Oregon