The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-09

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That is correct.
On redirect examination Commander
Wainwright said that in making the
chart ali the members of the board
were at liberty 10 contribute whatever
data they had or make whatever argu-
ments they might desire. He also said
that the chart was a compromise Of
opinions In response 20 further ques-
tons the witness said he did not see
the Brooklyn on the day of the battle
OF Santiago. Questions were put by
the court and answered as follows:
Questions by the Court.
Were the positions of the ships as
Shown on the chart in question OBJ
tanned from testimony taken by the
board or from a general discussion by
the members of tie board?'
Almost entirely by general discus
sion by the members of The board
Captain Chadwick and Captain Cook
appeared and discussed the matter with
the board"
From the position OF the Gloucester
at the commencement of the battle of
July 3. could you see both the Brooklyn
and the Texas2'
I do not remember seeing the
Brooklyn and Texas at the commence
llent OF the battle
'WhsE orders. If any. were signaIed
by the Brooklyn to the fleet during the
engagement OF July 80"
Il saw none"
Mr.. Raynor-This does not mean that
no signals were displayed does it?
NO, it does not
BY the court-Did any one of the
Spanish vessels change her course to
the southwark as if intending to ram
one of the fleet?
Il saw no signs of it."
Commander Wainwright was then
a. sod and ferr
former watch and division officer of
the Texas, was called. He had only
related the arrival of the Texas at
Cienfuegos and detailed conditions
there when the court took a recess for
luncheon.
Lieutenant Bristol continued his tes-
timony at the afternoon session of the
court. Speaking of the blockade of
CienfuegoS, he said he had observed the
signal lights on the shore near Cieafue-
SOS, but had not understood their sig
nificance. The witness also described
the blockade off Santiago.
Mr.. Hanna here asked the witness:
If the vessels of the Spanish squad
ron had suddenly appeared. what or
ders had you to meet such a contin-
gency?"
mo orders were turned over to me
in regard to a contingency of that
kind" replied the witness
AS watch officer. should you have
had such orders?'
Il should have had"
Lieutenant Bristol then spoke OF the
Spanish shore batteries saying: Il
personally examined them the day we
arrived there. and satisfied myself that
the batteries amounted to nothing"
Lieutenant Bristol said that on the
morning of July 3 he had fixed the
position of the Texas and also generally
of the other ships Of the fleet and had
prepared chart showing these posi-
TONS He considered the initial posi-
tons assigned to the Texas, the Brook
Ign and the Iowa as accurate.
Battle of July 8.
The Witness described the engage
ment of July 3, saying that the Span
ish fleet had come out only sufficiently
far to clear the shosl near the mouth
of the harbor before turning to the
westward He did not think this was to
evceed 1.500 yards out from Caysmith
which is inside the harbor.
Lieutenant Bristol said that after the
engagement began he went below and
fred three shots from the 12-inch guns
When he came on deck the first of the
Spanish ships was going ashore.
we were then" he said, headed to
the westward with the enemy's ships
running close along a point seven miles
west Of Santiago"
Did you see the Brooklyn when you
came on deck?"
II did"
Where was she at that timer"
She was about as far out on our
port bow. relatively speaking. as the
Spanish ships were on our starboard
bow"
Had she completed the turn at that
timer"
I do not know. She did not make
any turn after that, and always kept on
to the westward. At that time I did
not know anything about a turn.
You did not see what is known as
the lOop?"
i did not
Lieutenant Bristol then detailed the
part the Texas played in the batrie
giving the details of the chase up the