The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-01
TELLS Of
SANTIAGO BATTLE
CONTINUED from Psge J.

on account Of the weather as it was
the presence of "A battleship on each
side"
'How was the sea at that time?
L did not feel the sea very much
! because my ship was peculiarly a
How was it as far as the other ships
are concerned?''
"Battleships nearly always have mo-
zion: that is my experience. As far as
] am personally concerned 1 could have
ccaied."
wei. how about the other vessels -
THAT is not for me to Judge"
Then. when you spoke Of your ca
4 naclty TO coal you spoke about your
4 ..''Yes: that was ready for delivery.
am giving no opinion regarding other
ships"
Continuing. the witness said that he
always hated to go alOngsi "a the bat
1lcshins. The Merrimac." NJ went on,
''wes always steady. but the battle
ships were continually rolling"
''Especially in rough sea- suggest
ed AR. Raynor.
'In any sea- responded the witness.
as not that especially true when the
warship has prOtrudtng sponsors. as
had the Texas"
They were always nasty" the wit
ness responded.
MT. Raynor questioned Captain Mil
, ler closely concerning the state Of the
As.S..Laer. and Of the sea on May rs.
- rom Admiral Cervera-s state
49,. hat subject. but The witness
,,-o,lld 49, say that his log vas silent
ss 40 the <Apndition Of the sea at that
time.
RenovAl From Merrimac.
In this c,nneNtion Captain Miller re-
ferred to his ra&noval from the COM
fnand Of the MerAmac in order to turn
the vessel over ~ Lieutenant Hobson.
He said on that PAint: 80, -,,-,-,a-,,,.
from the Merrimad nearly everything I
had was lost and 1.-THE only thing I can
Iemcmbe now With the few notes 1
have here is in this log
The court asked: Was there any
point near Cienfuegos where vessels
could have found protection. from the
sea IN May 242"
The witness replied: IT do not think
that unless we rad, gone up probably
20 the Isle Of Pines there was any
place. so far as can remember now.
there would have been found smoother
weather than we found Oft Cienfuegos
unless going very FAR to the eastward. -
The court also asked, Gould you
have coaled any Of the vessels on May
- had you been ordered to do so?'
To this the reply was: I should
Judge so. TO the best OF my knowledge
and belief / say could coal yes, I
CcSld coal at any time. but. then. I
could not have coaled comfortably For
the Other ships II was what we call a
nasty STA and squaliy. rainy weather.
and il ! had my choice 7 would not
have coaled on that day"
Az he left the stand Captain Miller
asked that he might be excused if he
had shown any temper. 81 feel little
hit touchy about the Merrimac," he
said.
Admiral Dewey assured him that he
had displayed no temper.
Carfefr, Jov-aI1 ~, The Cad
Captain Miller was succeeded on the
witness stand by Captain Theodore J.
jewel. who commanded the cruiser
MINI apoiis during the Spanish war.
Captain Jewell said he had FIRST fallen
in with the flying SQUADRON uu6er the
command Of Commodore Schley on the
evening Of May %. Captain Lemly
quoted from Admiral Schley's letter 10
TIE senate committee on naval affairs.
dated Feb. IS. 1899. saying:
- fter haN ing been informed by the
scouts commanded by such ,tficere as
Sigsbee Jewell and Wise that. although
they had been OF Santiago for a week
they had seen nothing Of Cervera' s
n ct since e left Curacao" and asked
whether he had given 20 Admiral
!. SC ley this information or any other
IN orl1ation concerning the Spanish
Geet the witness replied;
IT gave him no Information with ref
rce to The subject whatever"
"a Judge advocate asked. AT ths
you were within signaling dis
~ the flying squadron OF san
tere you at any time asked any
by Commodore Schley as e
Ne of the Spanish squadron In
recollection.
spllect whether ycU went
gship Brooklyn at this
boar5 that day"
FRld that when ~
ssssySchley's- stat
ton NJ. rdight
erverafs fleet
n the depart