Evening star., 1901-10-03

Lieut.. j. G. Doyle.
the witness replied: Smoke was observed
on July 2, and my impression now isl do
not recollect diStinctly-that information
was conveyed to the commander-in-cnief.
Q. Were fires observed at night? A. Fires
were observed on the hills near the harbor
We had much talk and comment about
them.
BroOl<lyn's Part in the Battle.
Mr.. Rayner asked the witness to state
briefly the part the Brooklyn took in the
battle of Santiago from the time the bat
tie commenced and to give the ranges used
in firing the guns on his ship.
When the Spanfards Came Out.
The witness: II was in charge of the
turrets and remained in charge of them
until after the retreat sounded after the
surrender OF the Colon. After the call to
quarters 1 proceeded to my station in the
port turret, as the order had gone out to
man the port batteries. AS l was getting
into that turret l could see on our star
board bow a Spanish ship coming out of
the harbor. The leading one out then COM
menced to fire. The ship at that time was
moving ahead and turning with port helm
so that by the time l got into the port tur-
ret and brought the guns around We had
commenced to fire. We fired the left gun
IL
was necessary after loading the gun a sec
ond time to turn the turret almost directly
ahead, as our ship apparently shut the
enemy out by turning the starboard helm.
Immediately after firing that left gun
second time the order was to man the star
board battery. l got out of the turret
through its roof and crossed over to the
starboard turret. As was going into the
starboard turret i had an opportunity to
see Spanish ships a little bit on our star
board bow. AS soon as 1 had charge of the
controller swung the turret around on the
Starboard bow. In the meantime some of
our forward guns had fired. The volume
of smoke was SO great-it must have been
one of the eight-inch guns-I was entirely
shut out from seeing the enemy.
while the guns Were in this position Mr.
Mason, our executive officer passed down
! the starboard gunway, calling: Hard on the
starboard quarter. / swung the guns
around on the starboard quarter, and there
we picked up the enemy. The range at
| which l fired, based on my memory was
| 1,4oO yards. The range increased up to
| about 1000 yards as we fired and during
| the run, after being parallel with the Span
| ish ships, the range varied from 1890 to
800 yards. think when the Viscaya went
| ashore the range was about 1900 yards
| Immediately before turning in she made A
| sheer with her stsrboard helm, apparently
| coming toward us, and, putting her helm
| around the other way, she went inshore
| Then came the chase after the Colon. At
| the time the Viscaya went ashore the Co.
( fOn, py WoIhlnS UP USlQe OF the Spanish
| ships, had gotten long lead I should say
| five or six miles on our starrboard bow
while inshore. An order was given to
| cease firing and come out of turrets and
| take spell and during the chase of the
Colon. up to very few minutes until she
turned, l was there on top of the starboard
| turret. or in it. The Oregon. during that
chase, was directed to try her thirteen-inch
! guns, and her shots fell short"
Q. By Admiral Dewey: The Oregon was
directed by whom? A Directed by Com
| modo~e Schley.
! Q. How was she directed? A. By signal.
Shots at Colon Fell Short.
| Q. Did you see the signal. A 1 saw the
signal being made. 1 did not read the sig
nal. but understood what the signal was.
Shortly after this the forward turret and
! starboard turret were directed to load the
| guns with armor-piercing shells. The for
| ward turret was directed to fire first, two
| shots, which she did. The shots fell short
| Then | was directed TO fire. and fired at a
range, as now recoect it, the first time
| at $500 yards. These shots fell short We
| loaded again in the starbOard turret and
increased the range myself to 6,70O yards,
| and fired the right gun, that I had charge
| of, and II went little to the right Of the
! Colon, but the range was very good; and
| as now recollect was required to explain
! why had fired a third time, and my rea-
| son was | had not heard the call to cease
| firing which had been given. I was told
afterwards that shot was a very good one
] and 1t was about the right range. The
| Colon shortly after that, turned in and
| went ashore. | should say we stopped in
/ the neighborhood of two and half or
| three miles from the Colon and proceeded
to'get out the cutter for Captain Cook to
| go to the Colon and receive her surrender
| The setting out of this cutter proved to be
something of Job.
Q. QBy Mr. Rayner)-How long did 1t take
you to get to the Colon? A. 1t took twenty
| or twenty-five minutes. Capt. Cook in the
| boat went to the Colon and went aboard
| her When that beat returned from the
| Colon the New York arrived, mat is while
| she was coming back
| Q. (By the judge advocate)-That is what
| you want TO reach. is it? tturning to Mr..
! Rayner).
-.r. Rayner-No, i didn't want to reach
| that.
| The witness said that on the morning of
/ the battle Mr.. Hodgson the navigator took
| their distance from the MORO lighthouse
at 6,3o0 yards. and their b,ocHading station
| was 6.0O0 yards.
| @. (By the Judge advocate)-Are you as
| certain about that you are about the
| Brooklyn turning on her starbasrd hem
| when the loop was made? A. am more
! certain.
| The ErOoklyn's Log.
| The judge advocate then questioned the
| witness In regard TO the change he had
made in the log of the Brooklyn, fixing the
record so that it was shown that the
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