The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-10-17
.AON BROOKLYN FOUGHT


of The Colon
WAsHINGTON October 3-Thc story
! of how the Brooklyn fought in the
! Battle un Santiago was thus NividN
! told today boy Lieut. James j. Doyle
] who was an officer ON the Brooklyn dur
! ing the battle.
! u fired the left gun first and Hallipan
shortly aftcrWard fired the right one.
/ Then We began to load the guns again.
! Il was necessary then after loading the
guns "a second time 90 turn the tuuet'
! directly ahead as our ship was appar-
emily shutting the enemy out by turn
| ing with a starboard helm Immediate
| ly after firing that left gun the second
! time the order was to man the star
| board battery / got out of the turret
through the roof that being the most
convenient way of getting out ana
crossed over the starboard turret.
AS ] was going into the starboard
/ turret ] had an opportunity To see the
/ Spanish ships They were then lit
/ tie on cur starboard helm. As soon as
. had charge of the controller which uT
/ tao this time had been in charge of Mr..
/ Woodward. ] swung the turret around
| ON To- the stlrhoaTd bow. Tn the meau-
/ time some of our forward guns had
fired The volume of smoke was 500
/ great chat 10 must have come from ono
| of the eiEht-inch guns of the forward
turIet. $50 ] was entirely shut out from
/ seeing the enemy While the guns We're
/ Zoo this position Nh Mason. our oNrnu-
/ tive officer passed down the starAoard
/ gaugWay. calling sharp on the star
board quarter The interval Of time
/ from the time the guns We're on the
] starbo3rd quarter / think must have
/ been two minutes.
81 swung the guns around 10 the star
| board quarter and then we picked up
the enemy. The range at which ! fired
to the best Of my memory. was about
| 400 yards and from then on IT was a
| constant fire, training the guns until
| we finally got them on the starboard
| beam. The range increased up to 1000
| yards and during the run. after being
| parallel with the Spanish ships, the
range varied from about 1900 10 1900
yards ! think when the Niscaya went
inshore the range was then about 1900
yards Immediately before she turned
! I'm she made "A sheer with her starbOard
| helm, apparently coming toward us,
and then Immediately put her helm
around the other way and went inshOre.
PURSUIT OF THE COLON.
! From then on it was chase after
! the Colon. At the time the Nlscaya
went ashore the Colon. by working up
! inside Of the other Spanish ships, had
secured "A very long lead. / should say
| she was at least five or six miles per
| haps more, on our starboard bow well
| i'm shore. The order was given to cease
| firing and to come out of the turrets
and take a spell during the chase of
! the Colon. The Oregon, during the
| chase, and while we were on the top Of
! the turret. was directed to ny her thr-
teen-inch guns i'm the chase. which she
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while they were tried again and came a
! little closer"
Admiral Dewey-Dirrcted by whom?
by Commodore Schley, sir, by wig
wag signal. as / RENE mber it,"
Admiral Dewey-You saw that signal?
yes. sir; / saw the signal being
made"
Admiral Benham-Did you read the
signal?
Il did not, but | understood what it
was, and, if | am not mistaken, it wac
! McCauley, an ensign we had on board,
who made the signal himself
| shortly after this the forward turret
! and staTbOard turret of the Brooklyn
were directed to load the guns with ar
mor-piercing shells. The forward tur-
ret was directed to fire the first two
shots, which it did. The shots fell short
! Then / was directed To fire and / fired
/ at a range, as / now recall, Of $500
yards. We tried both guns at that
range Those shots fell short. We
| loaded again in the starboard turret,
! and / increased the range u 600 yards
| and fired the right gun 1t went a little
to the right of the Colon, as near as
/ could judge, but the range was very
| good The Colon very shortly after
! that went ashore. We steamed up to
| her and proceeded to get out cutter
| for Captain Cook to go over and receive
| her surrender
Captain Lemly began his cross-eXam-
nation by asking the witness whether
! he was as sure of the position and ac-
| lions Of the Brooklyn as he had been of
! the way the Brooklyn had been turned
on the day of the Santiago battle.
The witness replied that he was more
| certain. He repeated his statement
made yesterday that he had made the
entry in the log that the vessel had
| turned with a starboard helm when in
fart it had turned with a port helm.
| He said he had not consulted with any
one except Commander Sharp before he
| changed the entry.
| The question was then asked by Han
ma and traversed the same ground gone
! over by Captain Lemly in the eXamina-
| tion I'm chief. Hanna CROSSE examined
! the witness regarding his testimony
| bearing upon the battle off Santiago,
asking him first as to the direction in
| which the Spanish ships were headed as
! they came out of the mouth of the
| haTbOr.
They were coming right toward us"
! the witness replied, In column, almost
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