Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-03

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ret.
Did you have an opportunity OF o. n
serving which way the vessei tu'"e"'
Capt. Lemly asked.
Witness responded in the anlrhia.''e'
He said. however. that he did not near
orders given to the man at the WHEEL
What did you observer?
| Il observed while in the port tu're' "a"
we had an opportu,itv of firing az the
Spanish ships and the turret was 'ra'''e"
nearly ahead. The Spanish ships were a
little bit then on our port DOW an" W
lost sight of them by our snip 'u'n,nh
with a starboard helm. Then IL was '''a
the order was given to man ,"s '''
board battery and as crossed from ""'
turret to the other. | observed INC 'P''i'
ish ships little Bit on oar sta'p'"'
bows. AS soon I got in tha' ''iis'
| swung the gun sharp on the sia'o"''"
bow. In the meantime some Oh our gum
| had fired. probably in the forward o-ihch
| turret, 50 ! could see nothing NJ an i.pii
| tho dense smoke. While in thit poai'io
| and while the turret was, bcihS tih'i' '"
| Mr.. Mason. the executive olhctr' pH u9a. :
down the starboard gahGWaN .ai,'if
| Sharp on the StarbOard quarter anu
accordingly turned the tuTret atuuil t an,
picked the Spanish upon our s'hrp"dri
| quarter, and from then on IL wa con,
| slant train of the turrct anu we Hdd
| the Spanish ships about abtam.
| What do you mean. exactly, Whcil YOU
say the vessel turned with s''tp""'u
| helm
| she vas then turning with a starhoard
| helm, because that Is the reason we lost
sight Of the Spanish ships
But you do not mean. II understood
! you. she made the fun turn WIN star
board helm
oh no; at that time was under the
impression that it had, yes,
How did you come To enter IN thf
starboara helm? DO you recognize thai
log" thandng him the log OF the Brook
lynn.
Il do
The witness then in response to q re-
quest, read To the court that part 81 IN
log book which relates To the turning
OF the port helm. follows:
and inspection and Immediately after
wards the Spanish squadron was noticed
coming ont Of the harbor. The leading
ship. the Maria Teresa. flagship. oprne
ire at once. This ship thc BruoklNnj
and the other vessels. namely. Texas
oregon Indiana. Iowa. Vixen ANA Glnu-
ceStcr, engaged the enemy AT one" IN"
enemy stood towards us rs first then
put hell aport and stood along shorr.
close IN to the westward. We engaged
with port battery at first. standing IN
for the Maria Teresa. the Colon and the
Niscaya. All thrc" OF which Ne Engaged.
but Just soon as the enemy stood I"
the westward. put helm to port. swing
"a little interliuC alton hcrCt clear ut thr
iiT" of the Texas 80 as to bring the star
board battery to bear and stood rarJlit!
to the .EsmN.
The witness then stated that the oriei-
nal entry In the log had made II appear
that the helm Was pat e. StarhGard in
stead Of to port, aS IL appears ~ tn
p, rman.nt log. The change. he said. had
been made on the 5th Of JLiy. two days
after the action
Asked why tie changed 1t. Mr.. Doyle
said: Il changed ii after had hraru "a
discussion with Sharp, ! had been under
the impression. az | have stated. that
We had turned with i starbpIrd hriu.
Sharp WAS aboard the Brooklyn. july :.
to luncheon with US ana had Il discus
sion with him that day ON that subject.
| think that Is the time | changed it
DO you know whether the navigator
had then signed the log a. correct?
Il do not. sir.
The effect of putting the helm a?or,
emitting the inteTllntL words, IN order
to bring the staThoard battery to bear.
would be To send he vessel through moIr
than lN' degrees. would il not tn tu:n-
ing
Certainly. yes. We were headed abou:
northeast and that wou4L mean NOR.
than lS1 degrees,
The cheapest way would have been to
pat the helm 10 starboard. would it not
II am not prepared To- Say.
IF the ship was headed northeast afI
tie chase was going nearly west ~ ~
Il westward course
Yes. you could make the turn that
way"
DO you. Of your own knowledge know
Of anything to prevent Your turning
When ! was IN top Of the starboard
turret IL looked very much To me IS
though We were going To have 4 general
melee or mix-up with the Spanish ships
How far were they from Hou at that
time?
When We took them up on the star
board quarter after We made part OF tn
turn. a. ! remember the rang> II wa
li00 yards
Mir. Kayncr then took the witness ana
asked him If II was not true that the
change IN the log was not due to an eTro:
on the Fart Of tn" witness and To no de
TIRE upon the part NJ anybody t. falsif>
the facts.
ABSOLUTELY" was the response.
Ann me error. continued MI Pay
ner occurred. as understood you to
say. in this way: That during the action
You could not see on account Of IT,.
smoke and that the ship did tIrn with
s; ..yS helm and was 50 entered?
eS, was the reply. "Nc lost track
Of the enemy in the first instance with
the port battery by our own bow shut
ting the enemy ont ana showing that al
that time We must have had our helm
little starboard Or that the enemy was
going with StarbCard helm.
And then when YOU learned YOU had
been mistaken, you made the change
had the rough copy here YOU would iind
it was changed in my own handwriting
Mr.. Rayner then stated to the court
that it was his desire to treat Lieut.
Doyle as witness for ADMIRAL Schlev.
To this the court asstntcd.
Mr.. Doyle said that while at Key West
which port the Brooklyn left at the head
OF the flying squadron, May 70, 1895 he
had heard nothing Of the Spanish fleet
nor had he then been informed Of a Sc
cret code of signals arranged by Can't.
McCalla for communica ting with the Gu
Ian insurgents.
Relating the particulars Of the block
AIDE OF Cienfuegos by the flying SQUAD
ron from the 21st of May. Lieut. DoyIc
said he recalled the arrival Of the Iowa
and the Dupont OF Cienfuegos. NAV 20
of the Hawk. May % and of the Marble
head, May n. lie said that he had on
served three lights which looked like
bonfires on the shore each night that the
squadron lay of Cienfuegos. but that
neither he nor anyone else on board 50
far as he knew. understood their purport
He also told of Il reconnaissance of the
harbor at Cienfuegos on the evening of
May q. of the conversation with the OIL
GERS of the British ship Adula and of the
arrival of the Marblehead and the de-
parture of the entire squadron for San
tiago after the last named vessel had
made communication with the Cubans
ashore.
Then he said on the night of Nav q
ships formed in squadron and slater
eastward, the speed at first nine knot.