The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-23


ton in relation to these letters here
which you have before you at the inter-
! view of May 49, in Key West?"
NOT, TO RISK SHIPS.
mo, sir. do not distinguish between
any of them. have given my general
remembrance, which is that the order
was not to risk the ships
In reply to questions by Capt Lemly,
| witness said there had been no written
| or printed order of battle, but that on
! the day before Cienfuegos was reached
some special restrictions were sent to the
ships by the Scorpion. This was, he said,
Order No. 9, relating to signals, in case
the enemy should be sighted. This order
was then read.
Questioned further on this point, wit
ness said: 81 prepared no written orders
and did not know of the existence of any.
| l remember, however, that the COM
handing officers were called on board
| Witness answered several questions put
| by the court, as follows:
"At what period of the battle of July
| did you use range of LOO yards?''
''That was at about the beginning of
what is known as the turn; not the be-
| ginning, but after the turn had begun
| should say
"At what point of the chase did you es-
| innate the Colon to be 10000 yards dis
| tant from the BROOKLYN
When the Yiscaya went ashore"
THE BROoKLYN's LOG.
| Lieut.. Wells was then excused and Al
| bert " Mason called. He was questioned
! by Capt. Parker, and said that he had
| been yeoman of second class on board
the Brooklyn during the Santiago cam
paign and had been the writer of that
! ships log. He had made the entry con-
| 1iY1cr tI1n ha4
produced a copy of the rough log which
he had made for his own use
Witness said that as the log giving an
account of the Brooklyn's turn had been
at first prepared, it read: 1--WE engaged
! with port battery at first, but Just as
! soon as the enemy stood to westward we
! put our helm starboard at first, then hard
| aport, SO as to bring our starboard bat
| terry to bear, and, swinging clear of the
! Texas fire, we stood parallel with and to
| the enemy
This entry had, he said. been changed
| later at the instance of Lieut.. Hodgson
| SO as to make it read as it does in the
permanent copy, as follows:
las soon as the enemy stood to the
westward we put our helm aport, swing
ing clear of the Texas, etc.
Mr.. Mason then retired, and George
Edward Graham, the Associated Press
49, SNHOAANOiil, w oo CdiISu Tie WAS Qu6S-
toned by Mr.. Rayner, and said he was
on the Brooklyn from March 20 to Aug
20, 1898
Mr.. Graham was then questioned about
the conversation between Commodore
Schley and Capt. Sigsbee on the occasion
of the captains visit to the Brooklyn on
May 26 as follows:
Did you see Capt Sigsbee on board
the Brooklyn on May 1852"
Eyes, SIR
did you hear him in conversation with
Commodore Schley?"
Eyes, SIR
Can you give us that Conversations"
sIGsBEE's REPORT.
After we had reached the quarter
deck from the gangway he stopped, and
Commodore Schley said to him, Have we
got them, Sigsbee?' Captain said, No.
they are not here. I have been here for
a week. and they are not here''
rs that the whole of the converse ton
as you recollect?"
No, sir. We went aft. further back
on the quarter deck, and he continued
the conversation. Commodore SchIev
said: Are you sure they are not in
there| He said: 4 have been very close
to the harbor entrance two or three times.
Capt Cotton has been in and cut a ca
ble, ana Iney are not there. -
You heard Sigsbee say that?"
Yes, sir. I took some part in the con-
yersat:on''
Did you record that conversation. and
did Capt. Sigsbee know you recorded it?,
capt. Sigsbee knew I was newspaper
man, and was there looking for informa-
ton, and Capt. Sigsbee later took a dis
patch written by me and revised by Com
mooore Schley. He took it aboard his
ship and he was to deliver it to one of
the small boats or else take it over him
SELF
and Capt. sigsbee took that dis
patch?''
Yes, sir 1t was open. I detailed the
TACT that the fleet was not there
COMMANDMENT OF COLON.
DO you remember the reconnaissance
on May 31?''
YES, sir. I was aboard the Massa-
ehusetts''
Were you present at any conversation
between Commodore SchIey and can't
Higginson in the pilot house of the Mas
SachusettS?
On the Brooklyn I heard that thew
were gong In to lombard and that the
nag should be transferred 10 the Mass,
| chusetts. I asked permission to go .aboard
the Massachusetts with the commodore
He had just given permission TO Mr.. Mo
Cauiey TO go, and turning to me he said.
L do not think you better go. 7 think
you can see it better from the Brook
Iyn. She was then coaiing. He further
said that they did not intend to do anv-
thing except find out what the batteries
consisted of. 1 kept urging MIN to LET mo
go and he finally consented"
NOW tell me regarding the conyersa-
ton between Commodore Scnley and
| Capt. Higginson."
There was some discussion about what
the Spanish fleet had brought with them
A report was current that thew had
brought arms and ammunition for The
defense of Havana, and there also was
discussion as to whether they had had
time TO mount them or wh9ther from any
ships in the harbor prior To the arrival
of the fleet they had taken any large
guns and mounted them. The two off,
GERS
SMOKED THEIR CIGARS
and chatted over it. Commodore Schley
said his idea was to go in about 1000 or
7,5O0 yards and fire simply TO draw their
fire. So far as I remember Capt Higgin-
son acquiesced in that Later Mr.. POTTS
came in.
Were you in the presence of .Commo-
dore Schley during the whole of this re-
connoissance of the Massachusetts,?
only part of the time. At times was
behind the coming tower and he was ON
the other side of it."
Did you see Lieut.. Potts on board the
Massachusetts,"
HE came into the pilot house during.
the conversation and took some part
in it,
At this point Mr. Rayner read to the
witness a portion of the testimony given
by Mr. Potts. wherein he had referred to