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aged to strike the Marie Teresa? A. AS
have stated, what l put on that chart at
the time 1 believed to be correct as far as
my observation of the battle would allow
me to judge. l do not know what other
people fired at did not know until you read
1t to me- or until l read 1t in the report.
l never attempted to reconcile these diff
ferences. 1 put down what believed to be
correct.
Q. Is 1t not certain that you are not cor
rect, If at these ranges the guns of the
Brooklyn reached the Maria Teresa and
the Oquendo? A. Yes, she could do it.
have seen some very wild firing when a
snip has some motion on.
The judge advocate then questioned the
witness to learn If his experience fitted him
for taking the measurements such as he
off Santiago. He drew out the information
that the Witness was thrty-three years of
age, had beeneieighteen years in the SER
vice, had served twelve years at sea, and
three months df which he had devoted to
taking sextant Measurements. On the
morning of the. battle of Santiago he was
deck officer, ana from II o'clock during the
on duty.
Q. By the Judge advocate)-You have
said that the Brooklyn was about 1900
yaras yards from ths2 Motro when in her first
of this? A. I Was at the time and am now.
When the Spanish Came Out
@. You said the first shot was fired from
the Brooklyn within five minutes. How far
would the BROOKLYN then be from the lead
ing Spanish vessel just emerging from San
tiago provided She was Immediately under
headway at twelve knots? A Twelve knots
speed would allow her to go In five minutes
one knot or 1900 yards, If going at that
speed. But she was dead in the water,
therefore, l would say she would make
M 1r1Gc c1voa t,ok
would be 5000 yards from Morro The ships
when 1 first sighted them were at Cay
Smith and I believed that to be 1000 yards
inside Of Moro. These ships came out at
twelve knots. That means 1t would give
them one knot in Ave minutes, which Is
1000 yards. But they turned to the west
ward and did not go 2.00o yards, but we
and 1000 to be subtracted from 1000 plus
1000. which would make them 5000 yards
off at the first shot
The witness was questioned in regard to
the movement of the flying squadron while
off Genfuegos, where they arrived on the
I'D. He was examined very closely In re-
gard to distances from shore,
The judge advocate questioned him after
submitting the chart of Santiago harbor
showing the Socapa and Moro batteries.
to bring out the information that these
batteries showed a height Of 220 and 30
feet. but that those heights were the ex-
tremes at certain places. The 220 feet
height was about 500 yards to the west Of
Socapa battery proper and the 23O feet
height was the height OF the lighthouse
not the height Of the land
The witness when questioned on cross
examination was not positive that he had
seen workmen on the Notifications at CT
enfuegos. He saw through his glass evil
dences Of fresh earthworks and he saw men
there
In reply to questions by the court. he
said that he had not heard any firing upon
approaching Cienfuegos, and he did NOT
remember that the Vixen or Eagle had
signaled to decrease speed on the voyage
from Cienfuegos to Santiago.
From his personal observation he did not
know of any orders having been signaled
from the Brooklyn TO the fleet July g.
Admiral Taylor on the Stand.
Admiral Henry c. Taylor. the command
ing officer OF the Indiana during the Span
ish war; went on the stand and was first
examined by the Judge advocate. He de-
scribed the position of the Indiana before
the commencement of the battle as at the
extreme east Of the line Of American ships
with the exception. Of the Gloucester, which
was beyond.
O. (by the Judge adyocate) Did you OBJ
serve any attempt to ram vessels Of the
American squadron when the Spanish fleet
came out Of Santiago? A. I observed that
there was no such attempt
@ (by Mr. Rayner) On the day Of the bat
tie did you receive any signals from ships of
"A.
book will be the best testimony. I received
signals undoubtedly do not remember
The The Judge aavocate objected to the pro-
duction of this, signal book. as it went be-
yond the scope OF the precept. It was. in
fact, to show hftgnafs ft that occurred just be-
"A A long lon arsahens5, was entered into be-
tween Mr. Rayner And the Judge advocate
and 1t was finally agreed that this question
would be abandoned, for the time and would
be renewed at some otner day.
Q. (by the Judge advacate) Were the
movements ofthe Indiana controlled July
8 by orders written or oral or by signals
from the Brooklyna "a. Not at all.
In reply to questdl9nsss d9,,ss by Mr. Rayner he
times during the day, the smoke was
very heavy.
The signal book OF the Indiana was placed
before the withess, tput he did not find any
record Of signals from the Brooklyn IN that
book. which he thought would have been
there had they bean received by him
A recess was then taken until O'Clock
In reply to q Qnestion from the judHe ad-
vocate as to whether he had pbserva3 .eh.
position Of the Prooatirn &C the time Of the
sJust before the bsginnins Of the battle /
did, and on two occasions thsreafter.''
AFTER the be9innine, Of tho battle please
state where you. observed the Brooklyn.
whsther you noticed her proximity to the
Texas and what 1t was"
when the battle bad been on about Tan
or fifteen minutes my attention was attrant-
cd to the Brooklyn by my signal ofIcsr
Captain Dawson. He said to mo that ths
Brooklyn must bs injured. or words TO that
observed the Brooklyn heading apparently
about south or on shore.
.'She was then on my port bow half a