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negative. saying that the last paragraph
Of his letter of denial had not been print
ed. This parag graph referred to the in
closure Of a newspaper clipping.
Raynor began his denomination by
asking HOdgson whether the Marblehead
had hailed the Brooklyn when the two
vessels passed each other as the Brooklyn
was on her way to Cienfuegos. The wit
ness replied in the negative. The exam
inatiOn then turned upon events about
CienfuegOs, an3 in reply to Raynors in
Quiry Hodgson detailed this at length.
Distance During Blockade.
Commander Hodgson said in reply to
these questions that he had seen the lights
on the shore at Cienfuegos which were
afterward determined TO be signals but
he had supposed they were signals be
tween different branches of the Spanish
service on shore. He added that when
Captain McCalla arrived with infOrma-
tiOn as 10 the meaning of the signals he
was Immediately dispatched to the shore
70 communicate with the insurgents He
said that the progress Of the squadron
was impedeo between Cienfuegos and
santiago by the heavy theR-the
smaller vessels. the Vixen and Eagle.
Raynor then asked:
How far We're you off during this
blockade Of Santiago from the Morro dur
ing the day and night of May IS, %, 80
Early in the daytime our habitual po-
sitiOn was about six miles In the after
noon, I think, We steamed up and down
in front OF the harbor a distance OF about
six miles
He stated that the picket boats, the
Marblehead and the Vixen, We're inside
the line of the fleet about midway be-
tween that line and the short line.
The witness then, in response TO a re-
quest from RaEnOr. continued his deScrip-
ton OF the naval battle of July from
scriptiOn at Captain Lemly's request
while he was on the stand Friday. In this
connection he said:
What the Brooklyn Did.
THE Brooklyn did all she could. She
got into action just as quick as steam
could carry her there We commenced
bow would bear, and we kept the port
battery firing until she turned with port
helm, through the arc, using the aft guns
until We got all our StarDOard guns 20
bear. We got around as quickly as VIC
could with port helm until we ALMOST par
s-eleQ the course OF the leading SPANS n
vessel, when the helm was eased and the
ship steered a course parallel with the
NIscaya, which was then the leading YES
sci. although the Maria Teresa probably
was farther TO the westward than the
Nlscaya- She was standing at an angle
into the shore. When We got around the
smoke was so dense nothing could be seen
Of anything in the rear of US. The three
Spanish ships We were then engaged with
were the Nlscaya, Colon and the
OQuendO. The Niscaya was about z500
yards on our starbOard bow; the Colon
probably was a little forward of the star
board bow. The OQuendO was abaft the
SIarbOarQ beam. We continued in that
Cook that fl seemed rather lonely for Us
out there He was in the coming tower.
ali alone with the three Spanish ships,
and It seemed that it depended on us to
knock them out. At that time the smoke
was so dense could not see anything,
and / supposed that the New York being
away the Brooklyn was steaming ahead
Of the slower vessels. He stepped out Of
the coming tower and exclaimed to me-:
-Whars that on our starboard quarter
I looked in that direction and saw the
heavy bow Of a ship and said 1t must be
the Massachusetts. He said: No, ii can
not be the Massachusetts; she has gone
70 Guantanamo said: 1t must be the
Oregon and he remarked: God bless
glad 10 see her The Oregon was at
that time about, should say, four or five
hundred yards of our starboard quarter,
At full speed. We continued in that posi-
ton until the Brooklyn-s speed. began to
increase as We got up steam and probably
drew a little farther ahead from the Ore
gOn- She never was that close to US
again, as remember. The Oquendo very
shortly fell out and went ashore. The
Colon gradually drew ahead and also
went in shore I remember very well the
time that the Viscaya blanketed her from
our fire This chase was continued in
that direction until when off Acerreadore
the Viscaya ported her helm and ran in
shore.
Chase After the Colon.
The Colon at this time had gained
speed and was inshore, I suppose, some
seven miles. After passing the Viscaya
we steamed ahead and ceased firing. The
men were allowed to come out of the tur-
rets at a time to get a breathing
spell. although Of course all guns were
manned and everything ready, but the
gaining upon the Colon was very slow, in
fact she gained apparently on US. This
was about 11.15 a m. when the ViScaya
stood in for Acerreadores. The chase was
continued then after the Colon. I know
il must have been six or seven miles
until we gradually began to gain I re-
member keeping the stadimeter at work
on her, although the 1900 yards would
not register on the stadimeter. I remem-
Der at one time telling Commodore Schley
that ii was within 1900 yards and my
recollection is he told some one to signal
the Oregon to try one of her railroad
trains At any rate shortly afterward
the Oregon fired one Of her thirteen-inch
shells, which fell short. Then we tried an