The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-11
LIEUT.CoMMANDER HoDGsON.
The Navigator of the Brooklyn Tells
of the Battle on Santiago.

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of the Battle on Santiago.
The proceedings began with the
call of Lieutenant Doyle and Com
mander Rodgers, for the purpose OF
correcting their previous testimony,
and when they had been excused,
Lieutenant Commander Hodgson,
navigator of the Brooklyn during the
Santiago campaign, resumed the
stand. This was his third sitting, and
when he began testimony the judge
advocate had not entirely completed
his questions. There were still few
of the letters constituting the cor
respopdence between the witness and
Admiral Schley to be read, and when
they were concluded Capt. Lemly and
Mr.. Hanna proceeded with their ques-
tons.
When the reading of the Schley-Hodg-
son correspondence had been concluded,
Capt. Lemly asked Mr.. Hodgson whether
his denial of the colloquy between him
self and Commodore Schley had ever been
published entire. Mr.. Hodgson replied in
taa negative. saving that the last para
printed. This paragraph referred to the
inclosure of newspaper clipping.
Mr.. Rayner began his cross-examination
by asking Mr.. HodgSon whether the Mar
blehead had hailed the Brooklyn when
the two vessels passed each other as the
Brooklyn was on her way to Cienfuegos.
The witness replied in the negative. The
examination then turned upon events
about Cienfuegos, and in reply to Mr.:
Rayner's inquiry, Mr.. Hodgson detailed
these at length.
Commander Hodgson said in reply to
these questions that he had seen the
lights on the shore at Cienfuegos, which
were afterward determined to be signals.
between different branches of the Span
ish forces on shore. He added that when
Capt. McCalla arrived with information
Immediately dispatched to the shore to
communicate with the insurgents.
He said that the progress of the squa-
dron was impeded between Cienfuegos
and Santiago by the heavy weather.
Mr. Rayner then asked: How far were
you off, during this blockade of Santiago,
from the MORO c during II In, the day and night
In response the witness said: Early IN
the daytime our habitual position was
about six miles. In the night l think
harbor. a distance of about six miles"
Marblehead and and the he Vixen. We're 9 inside ie
| the line of the fleet, about midway be-
witness then in response to a request from
| Mr.. Rayner continued his description or
the naval battle of July 3, from the point
where he had dropped that description at
Capt. Lemly's request while he was on
| the stand Friday.
I'm this connection he said: ''The
Brooklyn did all she could. She got into
| action just as quick as steam could carry
| her there. We commenced firing as soon
es the first gun on the port bow would
bear, and we kept the port battery firing
| until she turned with port helm through
ali the starboard guns to bear we got
| around as quickly as we could with port
helm. until we almost paralielied the
| when the helm was eased, and the ship
| steered a course parallel with Vizcaya,
| though the Maria Teresa probably was
| farther to the westward than the VIZ
| caya. She was standing at an angle in 70
| the shore. When we> got around the
| smoke was so dense nothing could pc
| seen of anything in the rear of us. Tho
engaged with We're the vizcaya, the Colon
| and the Oquendo. The Vizcaya was
about 100 yards on our sta it3Ss fd DOW
| of the starboard beam. The Oquendo wa:
abaft the starboard beam, We CONTINUED
Capt. Cook that it seemed rather lonely
| for us out there.
He was in the coming tower. He asked
| why? 1 said that we were all aion,
| with the three Spanish vessels, and y
| seemed that it depended upon US tt
knock them out At that time the smoks
| was so dense 1 could not see anything
away, the Brooklyn was steaming aheat
| of the slower vessels He stepped out o
| the coming tower and excialneo 70 ine
whats that on our starboare
quarterp
81 looked i'm that direction, AM
saw the heavy bow of ship, ant
said. THAT must be the Massachu
| sets
"He said: NO, it could not be th'
massachusetts; she has gone t.
Guantanamo
81 said: 1T must be the Oregon,