The Washington times., 1901-10-03

lieutenant Doyle paused again. DO
Sou want me to go any furtherg"
| O9ptaih LemIy-When was this change
| made and state the circumstances under
Whlch the change was made in the en-
| ny, from starboard" to port as you
| Lieutenant Doyle: l think the change
| IN the log was made on the 5th of July.
Iaplalh Lemly-Why did you change 1t !?
Lieutenant Doyle-I changed it after l
haq a discussion with Sharp | had been
under the impression. as i have stated,
,hdt we mad turned with a starboard
heim, ana | remember Sharp being on
noaTd the brooklyn on the 5th of July to
lunSheon with US and l had discussion
Win MN that day on that subject. and
, l Shlhk that is the time | changed it.
|. Q-Do you know whether the navigator
Al do not, sir.
o.-Yop will notice the interlined words
'here. Why We're they put in?
\. A.-They were put in. / think-in fact
khowTat the suggestion of some person,
probably the navigator. They We're put
in evidently after the smooth log was
written up because they were interiined
there in the smpoth log
Q.--Read that part of the log. omitting
the interlineatioh, please.
A-Lieutenantl Doyle [readingl Put the
helm apoft, swinging so as to bring the
lstarboard battery to bear"
time?
A.-At The beginning of the battle we
the head of the ship was about north;
and as soon as the Spanish ships came
out got on top of the port turret before
entering it The ship was then moving
ahead and turning with a port helm. be-
cause the Spanish ships were a little on
our starboaro bow: but we manned the
port battery and started to swing, aisd
first brought the port battery into action.
Now, we must have continued around. as
1 now know. but as l was In the turret,
We lost sight Of those ships on account
of losing sight of that port bow;
Q.-The effect of putting the helm aport,
omitting the interlined words, in order to
bring the starboard battery to bear. would
be to send the vessel through more than
lSe degrees, would 1t not, in turning?
A-.Why, certainly; yes. We were
heading about northeast, SO those ships
were In a line Of bearing on about north
east: Now to bring them around where
We nnally got them. on the starboard side
of the ship would mean more than lSO
degrees.
Q.-Had you personally, any knowledge
OF anything to prevent their turning in
that way?
A.-When / was on top of the starboard
turret it looked very much to me as IL
we were about to have melee or
general mix-up.
"a general mix-up with what?
A.-With the Spanish ships.
Q.-How far distant were they from you
at that time?
A.-When we picked them up on the
starboard quarter which was after we
made part of the turn, as l remember,
the range was J, 100 yards. That was the
range given.
In answer to further questions the wit
ness said that he could not state how
accurate that range was. He said also
that the log writer on the Brooklyn was
a man named Mason. and the interlinea-
ton looked to him to be in the same
handwriting as the body of the log.
When Lieutenant Doyle was turned
over to Admiral Schleys counsel for
examination tfaDtain I.emly
sented that he should be considered as
one of the witnesses for Admiral Schley.
as the latter had intended to summon
him To Mr.. Rayner Lieutenant Doyle
conHrmed Admiral Schley's statement
that firing had been heard as the Flying
Squadron approached CienfuegoS. He
said that the sea was bad on May 25 and
that he thought the Eagle and the Vixen
delayed the squadron in going to Santi-
ago. Schley's order for blockading Sam
tiago, he said, provided that the ships
should steam two and half miles from
the harbor entrance and then turn about
three or four miles off shore. This Sys-
TEN. he said, was continued two days
never farther of than four or five miles
in the day and were closer at night.
The questions to the witness about the
continuance Of the blockade after Samp-
son arrived were followed by the with
drawal OF the Court. When the three
admirais returned Admiral Dewey an
nounced that '-all Questions relating to
the blockade off Santiago must be con-
fined to the time prior to the arrival OF
the commander7in-chief lSampsonl."
The Court then adjourned for the day.