Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-10-25
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cGlcluQeI [LlHC II WAS given " IuS dso .
a warning ( iii case she did haul out ::
that would be prepared to look out
ror / the sohase alone Tand mot, to pay
any attention to her and that she
woulds look out for herself '@'"sts S@@s< \
Ayt'tI lso Femembe a signal because
L did not understand it at first: THE
enemY's ship appears. to. have been
built in italy to which I told the sig I
nal officer to answer: She will end
on the coast Of Cuba.a I also remem-e
ber "a signal a Con gratu ations over
the grandS victor IA i'd 5th anks for oir. 4
splendid assistance There were
other signals made. have seen the
list of them, but these are all that i y
recollect that made impression upon
me at the time. Upon my own recol-
lection cannot recall any others"
What distance was it that you were
engaged in the chase of the Colon
after the Viscaya ran ashore? How
many miles do you suppose the Ore
gon and Brooklyn ran in the chase OF
the Colon, before she surrendered?
As.I5 cannot tell M. you that IsShaves
heard the chart has limited the dis.
tance to a certain number of miles and
the speed Of the ships has been called
into question. presume, SO or 30
miles, ,s.'z% ~
>,ass'Can~ you tellsame with how many
Bhips the Brooklyn was engaged when
ihes smoke lifted and; you saw her on.
her westward course?'' tY$s ~ "
'fshe must. have been engaged with
all four ''7 '7"' '> > " '''-'~ ~ ' %''
Did Not See the Brooklyn's Loop.
s'Did you see the turn of the Brook.
lyn?" ..,.-.,..
]"No, sir. never saw the Brooklyn
until III came out of the smoke" n
HI 81 ows did the Brooklyn's fire appear
to you at that time?" v. &ts%s5;s a G@ ,ssf
ST remember nothing about that. II
remember seeing her. 1t made deep
impression upon me to find her there
and felt that we should mutually
support and sustain each other, I felt
T that a battleship was needed and that
we were to be there together, -'.--.-.~-,
s'Did you see the commodore on the
Fday Of the battle of July 3?''
Eyes, SIR, ,a;.., ,.:j.t
''tWill you kindly state where and
when you saw him?" '
After the New York came up; af-
ter the. surrender Of the Colon" a5 i.
"Was any conversation held be-
tween you and the commodore on
board the New York? ?"H3N.; i ~
| IA Spanish battleslip was, reported
by, Captain Eaton of the Resolute. She
had arrived Off Santiago and think
he said he had been pursued by her.
The admiral did not seem to be i'm
pressed by, THAT. He, semed: incredu-
/ lous,. but / remarked that 1t must be
Camara's feet; that they had arrived
there Ito form a conjunction with Ger
vera's fleet, but they had arrived too
late, The admiral did not assent.
Finally he said: We'll, Clark, you
will have to go after that ship and be-
heying, as Isdid that there was really
Ia Spanish vessel there, l. said: 'Ad-
miral, in war we ought to overpower
an en- envy If possible. Why could not
the Brooklyn go along?'t He turned
land said Certainly ! Schley, you go
also I: then felt that | had perhaps
assumed too much in speaking to an
Iadmira1 and suggest that a commodore
also accompany me. turned to the
commodore and said: Commodore,
we have knocked out several vessels
Iithis morning, we, can another, cans
we?''fS.He said, :, Certainly we can
come on He then started over the
side and I started after him for my
4 Boat on the other side. What i'm.
( pressed me was his CHEEKY manner
of approving of my having suggested
i having him: go and that he had NO
!! feeling against me for mentioning It
Il as senior and was rather approving
4 in his manner" II a = = - -
1 / $;@t5 35s i j Under cross-Examination. =
4 Captain Clark's examination in CHIEF
occupied j 5 minutes and at 12:5t
o'clock Mr.; Hanna began the cross
examination. 81 ~ Gy.
4 ,aDid you,"" he. asked as. his, first
a question, see the Iowa during the
d Iearlier portion of the, engagement z" {
Yes, & replied the witness. 5a *'I saw
i the Iowa standing in towards the en-
trance OF the harbor and her position
5 was little to the westward of tbs
y Oregon s.a At first she seemed to he
4 steaming faster than We We're and {
|. thought she was gaining ground ant INT
4 would get in ahead Of U.s.. Then thee
Il smoke became so dense. that los
n aasigilt of her, but l. could see the Span
ii ish ships as they came out. Later
j saw her again and was fearful thai
I. the two ships would collide. Conse
!. quently III gave the order hard as astaz
/. board and cleared her. III never saw
d the Iowa again during the action. =,
I Responding to a question sfrena ~ T
&! Hanna. Captain Clark said thaHS panlsi
1 ships were moving alta very high rats
/ of speed and seemed from his dlstal,e g
from them, which was three TO: fou
i miles, to turn sharply tot aa WestWart
j land to cling to the shore They Wer' We \
], heading he said, SIS they anne ol
/ south By west or south soilthW est:
! The witness also said ia resp pandin!
j Ito another questio from M u a,nni
j THAT while he had seen eg Texas II
I shad not mol iced WI ichs saY she va
B heading as it was his especial cancer
& to clear her. .2 s8
y Gaptain Clark was also questions
.E regarding his staten ent in chic tfas
4 the Brooklyn b ad at one time turin
IA .he engagement engaged four d fferen
vessels, ana conf ir1ned his preyfou
test ying that she was alons
u side all four ef the enemy ship
Captain Iselnlg hen an s1tnced tfla
Il Il. he had no furthe questions and Ml
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