The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-08

| pose some seven miles. After nassins
| the Vizcaya we steamed ahead and ceas-
ed firing. The men were allowed 10
| come out of the turrets one at a time.
to get a breathing spelII although. of
| course, all guns We're manned and every
thing ready but the gaining on the Colon
| was very slow, for she gained apparently
on US. This was gsbeutf1;15 when the
| Vizcaya stood in for ,Acereaderas. the
chase was continued thenlafter the, ool-
| on. I know it must have been six or
seven miles away, nntiIwe gradually
| began to gain. I remember keeping
the stadimeter at work on her, although
the $4,000 yards would not register on
| the stad;meter. remember at one
time telling Commodore Schley that it
was within about 1900 yards and my
recollection is he told someone to signal
| the Oregon to try one of her railroad
trains At any rate, shortly afterwards
| the Oregon fired one of her 13-inch shells,
| which fell short Then we tried with
! S-inch shells and they fell short. The
! Oregon was signaling to US to fall off
our shot, and we signaled to her the
| fall of her shot. We continued occa-
| sionally to fire, the Oregon her 13-inch
| and S-inch guns and we our S-inch guns.
1 remember seeing one of the 13-inch
shells of the Oregon fell well ahead of
| the Colon and one of our S-inch shells
| apparently fell in-shore of the Colon. At
| that time the Colon ported helm hard
| aport Previous to this she had ported
| her helm once or twice, apparently seek
| ing a soft spot on shore. She fired her
| lee gun and hauled down her flag. I
| pulled out my watch. 1t was exactly
| lis. We then ceased firing and slowed
| and orders were given to get out boat
The captain was ordered to go on board
to make terms with or tell the terms TO
the commanding officer of the Colon.
On account of steam having been cut
off and there being some trouble with
the boat, we were some little time get
ting the boat out In the meantime
we had slowed out and a crew put in.
Capt Cook went in the boat and board
ed the Colon 1 think he probably had
mile and a half pull. AT any rate
we had our guns trained on the Colon at
this time in case of treachery or any
act of that kind on her part, although
I saw her throwing breech locks over
board, I did not suspect anything Of
that kind
How far was the Oregon from the
Brooklyn?''
From 1000 to 1900 yards on the star
board quarter
The witness in reply to questions, con-
tinued his report of the battle. He said
that at the beginning of the fight he had
given the range at 400 yards, but that
after the loop it was about 2, 400 or $500
yards.
AS A COMMUNICATING CHIEF.
Mr.. Rayner-What was the bearing OF
Commodore Schley during this engage
ment in which you saw him?
His bearing and manner, with respect
to an officer of his rank and st:.tion in
the naval service, were naturally those
of a commander-in-chief. OF a naval
force on that occasion
The witness said that the commodore
had occupied a place on a platform
around the coming tower during
the engagement, This, he said, was
a position Of danger, as the commodore
was there always in full view of the
enemy's ships.
1T has been stated here said Mr..
Rayner, that the Brooklyn ran 1900
yards away from the enemy's ships in
making her loop"
The witness replied: ANY witness who
made that statement, although he may
have stated what he thought had oc-
CURED, was absolutely mistaken
How far did ~he go from the enemy's
vessels?" 49,
She must have gone about 900 yards
to the southwark, as that is about the
tactical diameter Of the Brooklyn at
that speed"
DlO lulS turn interfere Win the BrOOk-
lyns ability to keep up her fire?'
1T did not. She continued to fire from
her aft turrets.''
Did You ever see the Indiana during
the engagem ent?'
Il did not. The smoke was so very
dense in the direction of the Indiana
At this point Mr.. Rayner questioned
the witness at length concerning his re-
ported colloquy with Admiral Scnley
during the battle off Santiago in which
the commodore was reported to have
said: Damn the Texas
Mr.. Rayner asked the witness If 1t
was not Capt. Cook who had given the
order to port helm" The reply was that
Capt Cook might have given the order to
the man at the wheel %
MI. Rayner-Did Commodore Schley
give the order to port the helm?''
He did, was the reply
was the helm already .aporE'
I guess so; Capt. Cook says SOL
objection was made by Capt Lemly
to the use of the word guess by wit
ness, but Admiral Dewey said the form
OF expression was immaterial, and asked
that counsel should not interrupt
Continuing his statement in response to
Mr.. Rayners question: witness said that
In the conversation with Commodore
Schley which occurred on the Brooklyn
the commodore was standing on the plat
IolH around the coming tower and two
or three feet from himself (the witness)
and that Capt Cook, a part of the time
stood in the door of the coming tower
four or five feet distant
He said that Capt Cook had taken
part in the conversation.
MI. Rayner then questioned the wit
ness very close in regard to the language
IN which this colloquy was reported by
the newspapers and the language used
by Mr.. Hodgson in his correspondence
with Admiral Schley. He read the news
paper version of Commodore Hodgson's
statement OF the colloquy as follows:
Schley-Hard s2ort
Hodgson-You mean starboard.
Schley-No L don't. We are near to
them (the Spaniards) already.
DAMN THE TEXAS"
Hodgson-But we will cut down the
Texas
Schley-Damn the Texas Let her look
out for herself
MT. Rayner then had the witness scru-
tlllze the letter which he had written
10 Admiral Schley on June and drew
from him the statement that he had
not then informed the witness that he
had used the expression Damn the
IeXas. The witness was asked if he
thought there was any suggestion of
such an expression, he replied: when
suggested to Commodore Schley that
there was danger of collidIng with the
Iexas, he said, Damn the Texas He
used the expression as not in any way