The sun., 1901-10-10

tilstl sliithY Dut Sbt was utut III tht
water, as / understand Therefore, |
should say she would make about 900
yards the first five minutes. That
would mean that she was close in to
5000 yards from the Moro The ships
when | first sighted them were ut Cay
Smith. believe that to the best OF my
recollection to be 1000 yards inside the
Moro. These ships came out OF there
at about ten to twelve knots. AT
twelve knots they would 20 one-twelfth
of one knot in five minutes. That ID
1000 yards. But they turned to the
westward, 50 they did not go 1000
yards. But call it 1000 yards. Then
1000 and 1000 subtracted from 1000
plus 1000, which makes 5000, would
make them 5000 yards off at the first
shot"
The court asked, "Did you hear any
firing at or near Cienfuegos on the day
the flying squadron arrived off that
porti'
II did not"
BY the Court-While on the passage
| TO Santiago from Cienfuegos were any
| signals made by either the Vixen or
Eagle requesting the commander I'M
| chief to decrease the speed of the
| squadronf
Not that | know Of"
BY the Court-Do you know that any
orders were signaled to the fleet by the
Brooklyn during the battle Of July 81
From my own personal observation,
| do not know"
| Admiral Taylor Called.
Lieutenant Bristol was then excused,
and Rear Admiral Taylor was called,
He stated that when the battle Off San.
tiago on July 3 began the Indiana, OF
which he was in command, had occu.
pied the casternmost post of the line
Of blockade, having taken the place OF
the flagship New York when it left fol-
Siboney.
In reply to question from the judge
advocate as to whether he had OBJ
served the position of the Brooklyn at
the time Of the beginning of the battle
the witness said, "Iust before the be
ginning of the battle did, and on two
; occasions thereafter"
. after the beginning of the battle
please state where you observed the
brooklyn, whether you noticed he1
proximity to the Texas and what II
, WAS"
: .'When the battle had been on about
ten or fifteen minutes, my attention
was attracted to the Brooklyn by m,
signal officer, Captain Dawson. III
said to me that the Brooklyn must b.
injured, or words to that effect, as sh
WAS dropping out of action. / observed
, The brooklyn heading apparently abou
south or ofshore,'
], The Itrooi>Iyn's Position.
/ "She was then on my port bow, hal
!, mile perhaps ahead of me, and a
! flat time il quarter of a mile outside 0
! the line Of our column. She was no
: turning. as far as | could see. Th
4 Texas was apparently lying still in til
!, water. l did not see whether she wa
:, backing or not. The distance betwee
, those two ships was impossible for IN
to see, as they We're too nearly In
line for me to Judge of the distance b'
tween them. | simply observed this
there was Il bunch of ships ahead {
lllp. 4NOl ilplt llldll Al ltN "a
: rr my attention was again turned
~ the Brooklyn. She had then proceede
- n distance not over two miles and n,
!, under one mile from the time | ha
~ seen her first ana the second time
saw her, as near as l could figure on
u one and half miles to seawnrd to oa
- column of battle. Immediately afte
- ward she passed into thick smol
= which was lying in patches about.
- took no further notice of her. On tho
:. occasions, however, my recollection
y. very plain, and the distance very ne
- to what stated"
~ Judge Adyocate-Can you state &c
- orally in what direction the Brook.
was headed when you last saw her?
~ Not more than two points differen
~ from when first saw her, apparent
~ not any difference, but l can say
could not have been more than ty
points and that if she was headed as
- believe, south by east when first SO
- her across the bows of the Texas S
was not headed more than south
~ west when last saw her.
81 "Did you see Ceryera's vessels VIII
~ ~. they came out of Santiago harborY'
- Eyes, SIR
! '.What direction did they take Fl
= after getting out and how far outs
!, - the mouth of the harbor were til
- ~ when they changed their directionE
80 "Their change appeared gradu
" VI porting their helms as they cleared
~ mouth of the harbor and proceeds
perhaps with changes of course of {
80 !, or two points at a time until they W
in line parallel with the shore"
in' "Did you observe whether there v
u. any attempt on the part of any
,',s these vessels to ram any of the vess
i,is of the American squadronW
~, II observed that there was no $,
~ attempt"
ply The court at the conclusion of Adj
luo raj Taylor's account of the battle te
ny ny an adjournment.
IDS LIPTON's REQUEST REFUSED.
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