The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-08
THE CONDUCT OF SCHLEY.
(continued Irom lis Pace


tactical diameter Of the Brooklyn at that
| speed"
Ibid this turn interfere with the Brook
| lyn's ability to keep up her fire.
1T did not; she continued TO hre from
her after turrcts."
Did you ever SEQ the Indiana during
the engagement
4 II did not. The smoke was very dense
In the direction Of the Indiana
AT This point Mr. Raynor questioned the
witness at length concerning his reported
coloquy with Admiral scbley during the
battle OF Santiago In which the commodore
was reported to have said Damn the
Texas"
Mr.. Raynor asked the witness If It was
not Captain Cook who had given the order
10 port helm
have given the order 20 the man at the
wheel
MIR. Raynor then asked: 'Did commo
dore Schley give the order TO port tn,
lie did," was the reply
Was the helm already apouT'
guess SO; Captain Cook says So
objection made hy Captain Lemiy 10 ia,
but Admiral Dewey said the former cN
preston was immaterial and asked thai
coallsei should not interrupt
Continuing his statement In his respons,
to Mr.. Raynors question the witness sal,
that when his conversation with Comma
dore Schey had occurred on the Brooklyl
the commodore was standing on the plat
| form around the coming tower and two nj
| three feet from himself Uhe witnessj, an,
that captain Cook q part Of the time stOo,
IN the door Of the coming tower, four o
i've feet distant.
ne sald ihat captain Cook had taken par
~ tn' ,,S"nVrrA. tloh' A..
NJ hhyhor theu questioned he witnoS
/ very closely IN regard to the language il
| newspapers and the language used by Mr.
lodgson in his correspondence wlth AL
u'iIu SchleY. he READ the newspaper yer
| si"u OF tommauder ll"dgSohs stdiemau
OF the colloquy ms follows:
SrhieN-l iard npot
Hudeson--You mean starhoard
Schlry- No, ! d0u't; we are near enough
70 them tthe Spaumdsj already
uodgson-But we VIII cut down tn
Texas
Sehiey Damn the Texas let her look on
| for herself.
| Mr.. liaynor then had the witness scrutiu
ize the letter which he had written l.
him the statrmcnt that he had not the
( Informed tine admiral that he had used IA
| WSan The ,"i w., .AaN' ,, 20 ,
| Thought there was any suggcstlnn Of sue
/ an expression, he replied: ''Whcu { sul
. 1ipyar AZ n'iii,i,,n" 5,'tgN llal rhep' wa
| Damn the TcNns,7 Ilr' usnJ th,. nvnrns.i o
/ as not iu any way condemniug the TcXn
/ Tor beiug there, but as il boz were irrltatc
. as one might be about anything"
I Mr.. Rayu0r asked then about the erure,
4 sion attributed 10 the witness: "She wi
/ cut down the Texas"
! Commander Ilodrson repllnd TINT thor
1 was no such expression I'm tho Ieftor nn,
4 that De never had suid thnt the Broolylyl
/ would cut down the Texas
there Is good deal IN that reportc
! eolluquy that | aid not say" he said "Ima
/ statement was never made" he went an
but the commodore did say, damn IN
! Texas"
Continuing. he said that the Dialogue a
| reported was fictitious and tlyt ne had dt
Med It's verbal accuracy while NOT dcuvIn
the truth Of pnrt of It, lie said that IA
had told Admiral Schley that he could pu
repudiate tho entire statement aud thn
he had not understood him to request ina
ne should do more than deny lla verbal a,
his explicit denial told Tho admiral tina
ne could not deny the whole story; II
originally to uu"tn Kin az apth"rIty =,
the gst OF the statement.
,,,',onco ~ p, "t' '."S 'os '"','uureu .
,,,',,,,, ''''''' ''''''' 'i"'' ny '"i'"'
NhaoNlck OF MS examination of the wltne'
with regard 10 this collouuy for the M
posc ns no qetd or sh,,,-i,,,. ,,i.,.,,,o,,,.,.
bot,yoon t,o s,at,,,,., ,'"5 u,s''.t'"''''
"o'Nern 'ne statement made IN that e'
animation and the statement made nov
The Introduction of this renort oougch 40,
tain Iruily Ia oOcr a siatnn,cnf nodo n
fieutcnnnt Commnnder U"iInrr ~, III" so,
snbIecf bnt NJ Rayna. alcc %n cue S4 th
Statement as NOT ncrtins,t gnd "a, !" "
after consultation sustaiued tho CHE
ton
other statements wpre nut In ma c,yi5nn,
without obisction ana CoUtaIn Ic,nIy "
frrel a letter from Cgntain ChadN,iSl,
. fhe secretary Of the navy in REGARD In !
2
U6tl,rson which had inst been road AMI N
ferrd as evidence, Mr.. ppvuor called n
IGNITION ia tho fnct Tint This lctter co
tanned nm ovprcssion az oninlons Xyhcr
mon Admiral Dewey said. eve don't wa,