The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-03

ed orders to coal, would have tried
to do SO, though 1t would have been an
uncomfortable job, because the Vixen
was very small ship"
Commander Sharp said that notw,th.
standing he had been on the Brooklvn
several times, Commodore Schley had
never discussed with him the ,retrograde
movement toward Key West. begun on
May &C.
Describing the service of the Vixen
during the siege of Santiago under Com.
modore Schley, Commander Sharp said
that he was placed on picket duty at
the eastern end of the line on the night
of May go, and continued this duty af
forwards. He was about two miles from
| the shore, he said, and probably three
| miles from the mouth of the4 harbor.
He said that the entire fleet could not
be discerned at night and that the shore
| line could only be discerned as a black
mass in the distance.
Mr.. Hanna-Could you have seen a
vessel undertaking to pass out near the
| shore under those conditions?
Commander Sharp-If she had shown 10
| lights and made no noise 1 do not believe
we could. II
Did you at any time suppose yourself
| to have discovered a torpedo boat at
| tempting to escape?''
THOUGHT IT A TORPEDO BOAT. Y
Zone night we sighted light running
| apparently along shore with a good deal
| of speed and signaled that it was tor
| pedo boat escaping. 1t turned out to be
locomotive headlight on the railroad
Under these circumstances could you
not have seen the train had no, light been
displayed?"
81 think not All we saw was the
light
Commander Sharp said that the Vixen
had carried Commodore Schley from the
Brooklyn to the Massachusetts on May
81, before the beginning of the lombard
| ment Of the Cristobal Colon, and that
when he asked what course he should
pursue in the approaching action, Lieut..
Sears replied for the commodore that
the latter had directed him to keep his
craft clear, as she was vulnerable and
should not assume any risks. He thought
the commodore afterwards spoke to him
to the same effect.
Mr.. Hanna-Passing on to the battle
of July 8, did you see any portion of the
loop made by the Brooklyn?
when I first saw the Brooklyn l think
she was headed about south and swing
ing very rapidly under her port helm. -
Did you at any time have any con-
ence of Commodore Schley VITA respect
to the direction in which the Brooklyn
turned on that occaSion?"
DISCUSSED THE BROOKLYN LOOP.
yes, sir
State the circumstances of that con-
versation.''
81 took on board the Brooklyn-a copy
of the photos taken by Lieut.. HaTow,
the executive officer of the Vixen during
the engagement, and showed them to the
commodore. He was seated at his desk,
as [ now remember it, and at various
times different officers came into his cab
in. Capt. Cook, I think was .nere at
one te>e. The navigator of the Brook
lyn, Lieut.. Hodgson. came in also. I
think Commander Eaton was in at one
time, and if 1 am not mistaken Capt.
Barker was there. I was talking to the
commodore about those notes, and at
one part of the conversation, of the way
that the helm of the Brooklyn was put
to form the so-called loop. L stated that
the helm was put to port; Lieuta Hodg-
son spoke up and said: You are mis-
taken, helm was put to starboard.'
said no, no, you put your helm to port
He said, I can prove it to You. Look
at this chart 1 said, I don't want to
see the chart. You swung with the port
helm"
WAS it conceded finally" asked Capt.
Lemly. that the helm had been put to
port to make the turn %
Il am not positive" was the reply,
'but it is my impression that it was
by whom was the concession made?"
81 do not remember"
'Were there any Instructions at that
time to the navigator in regard to the
entries in the Logo
mot that l remember. as-ajs
Did you see the Texas during the bat
tie off Santiago?" asked Mr.. Hanna.
TEXAS STANDING STILL.
81 saw the Texas about the time I
first saw the Brooklyn responded the
witness. "She was southwark to west
ward of the Brooklyn. The Texas was
then apparently lying dead in the water.
l remarked to some officer standing near,
1.-THE ship will never start and those
fellows will get away. The Brooklyn
was then swinging round toward the
Spanish feet
How near was she to the Texas?''
81 couldn't give an estimate of the dis
lance" al4g 3as
On cross-examination Mr.. Sharp was
questioned in great detail by Capt.
Parker in regard to the entries in the log
of the Brooklyn for the period cover
ing the Cuban campaign. He referred to
the entries concerning the Vixen's firing
upon a locomotive engine on shore near
Santiago, taking it for a gunboat. He
elected from the witness the statement
that at that time the Vixen must have
been very near the shore. ) st
Capt Parker then questioned Com
mander Sharp concerning the notes made
from the battle of July 3, by Lieut. Har-
rd no J,o q
occasioned no little controversy, it being
claimed by some of Amiral Schley' S
friends that after a copy of the notes was
delivered to the admiral Ghen command
err by Commander Sharp they were
changed somewhat. The witness, said he
had taken a carbon copy to the COM
modore after the battle.
20 these notes state the truth of the
battle as you saw it?" askd Capt. Parker
and the witness replied:
LIEUT.. HARLOW's NOTES.
"These are Lieut.. Harlow's notes He
took them and I am not prepared to
say yes or no whether they are abso-
lutely correct in every particular or not
Haven't you read them over several
times?'
81 have
Now are you not prepared to say to
the best of your knowledge and belief
they contain a true statement of what
Lieut.. Harlow saw"
81 cannot tell what Lieut.. Harlow
saw"
You do not know whether they the
notes. are true or not from having read
them over several times and from your
own knowledge of the battle?''
I'm the main essentials, should say
that they are true, but there may be
mistakes and probably are mistakes in
them