The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-15

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ordered it, IL obedience to an order from
the Commodore ~
NO QUESTION
IT gave the order on my; own reSpon-
siblity. No question about that. 1t was
not after. having heard the Commodore.
He called out to me, as l have stated,
which. now, think, was simply to con-
firm himself in the idea that she was
turning with a hard aport helm.
AT that time did you hear any con-
versation between tie Commodore and
the NAVIGATOR
L did not
did you see any torpedo soats?'
II did not
'.Were yo,: afraid OF being rammed at
the time the turn was being nader
No; there was something said about,
it, but / did not give it a second thought
from the fact that knew they could not
ram unless they got within my turning
circle"
Were you afraid OF blanketing the fire
Of our fleet by turning one way or the
other?''
I'VE would have done it by turning
the other way"
Had YOU turned with starboard in
stead of a port helm, would such action
have advanced you so far as to bring
you within the line of movement of the
enemy's ships?''
Provided they had taken advantage
of it; that is to say. il they had continued
on their course southwest straight for us
and we had turned so as to bring them
within our turning circle, it would have
made ranr,ning possibly, certainly"
How We're they heading when this
order hard aport was given?
They We're heading southwest
ALL CONJECTURE.
''WoulG they have headed so had you
gone. the other way?'
And they discovered the movements?
Yes, l think they W ould. The chart Gis ance
given at the time was LOO yads. l es-
timated 1900 yards, and so made it in my
report In the first place, we must nave
lost by shifting helm at such tins.
Then if we had turned the other way we
must have gone Nv yaros They would
not have had much distance to run to
get entirely within our turning circle.
That is all conjecture
Mr. Hanna-"What was the conduct and
bearing of Commodore Schley while IN
der fire on such occasions that you had
the opportunity of observing?'
II always regarded him as an enthusi-
asticalIy brave and patriotic officer. New
er in any other way"
Continuing his statement. after the noon
recess, Captain Cook sa d he thought that
if the engines of the Texas had been ba ok
ed he would have observed the move
ment although he saiG, s'the Texas
was quite a distance from u.s.
He recalled a brief controversy be-
/, tween Lieutenant Hodgson and himself
concerning the Texas while the Brook
lyn was making its famous loop. He
said that on this occasion Hodgson had
called his attention to the Texas. anti
that he had replied, saying he saw the
vessel, which Hodgson had afterward told
him entirely treasured him. He hac new
er himself used the expression damn the
Texas to Hodgson. On the contrary, he
said, II had every reason to bless her:
He said he had not a the time known
of the change in the Brooklyn's log. in
which the entry had at first been to the
effect that the helm was put to sarboard
and then changed to helm a port He re-
mennbered the acdenda. to the log. and
had consented that it should be written,
but he had given instructions that there
should be no change in the original log.
SCHLEY ENTHUSIASTIC
In reply to j. questions by the court,
Captain Cook said that he did not know
of any efforts that had been made to find
a landing place at Cienfuegos prior to
the arrival OF the Marblehead. He also
said in reply to a. question by the court
that when the Flying Squadron started
out from Key West both Sampson and
Schley thought the Spanish fleet was at
Cienfuegos; that the strange conduct of
the 4Adula increased that impression and
that they had thought that the firing of
guns there indicated the presence OF the
enemy there. He also said that Commo-
dore Schley was enthusiastic over being
sent to the southern coast of Cuba.
The court also asked about orders for
attacking the Spaniards. and the witness
replied that there was no specific order,
that he recalled, but that the general or
der was to attack wherever the enemy
should be encountered. At Cienfuegos
the fleet lay out from six to eight miles,
being nearer at night than during the
day.
The court: WAS the Brooklyn using
full power during the fight of July 3d?"
mo, we did not have full power until
the end of the action, until just about
when the Colon went ashore
..Why nct?"
PLENTY OF STEAM
THE order requiring US to keep steam
for moving eight or nine knots, 1 think,
with sCme of the engines uncoupied. We
used the after engines In the early part
of the action we had steam enough to
make Il knots. and we kept on increasing
the steam until we had all the steam we
could use with the two engines. We con-
tinued to get steam with the lea that
if the Colon should so beyond the point
we would lose time in coupling up all the
engines. It would have taken % minutes
to couple up We had all the steam we
could use in the after engines
What orders We're given by Commo-
dore Schlev to the fleet by signal or
otherwise during the battle OF July 3d?"
"Qute a number of signals were made,
but I only recollect few of them. The
first signal made was the formulated, sig