The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-04
to The movements of the Iowa OF Glen

t.. .f.. ''.l .l.Hl ENEI on the
/ ITS CT May - he was on the bridge and
s'i" some vessels approaching. This was
Z reported t1 the flagship he was of the
. opinion that they were the vessels coming
- JOIN the SQUADRON IUmediateIv after
. l"t vessels had been reported tEc Tag
. Si-iH A+ae The signal Co steam at twelve
'-.'t~r ana they went ont about mile
. OF TWO when il was diScov. red that tEsv
"'Fe ta- Aariishead and others OF oar
vessels Again. sbaut O'Clock. he said
r'a-F vessels were siEIred. which he be-
Ar''a 60 ur 'lc Yale. tine ST Paul. and
Jae Harvard The signal was made. he
S'ld- 20 clear for acIlou and 90 speed az
Twelve Knots The ships discontinued
" Zen iH'y So" what the approaching ves-
sells Were
ia speaking of the Colon as she Iav ~
the mouJh OK Santiago Harb0r on MAY
Il, the witness said he thought be saw
another vessel lying further inside the
har''r. ana also what ho supposed TO be
a third one further up But he was not
lvSiJEr- 80 other witness has Yet .esti-
l.'b 20 seeing amy other vessel BhaU the
'o-'h l- l-T--st the mouth OF the haruor-
Q-N as thtr- amy effort made Co de-
Sllo] inc colon and. II So. WHAT
a. -AHHHi u COCK the flagship made
Sl3Lal trat We would 90 iu coward the
L-.'- ''I alLrt -lLlieT and engage the Colon
ana tne range was given al ..Hfu Yards
-tl' ta- Iowa 50 IN to that raugc2
A-Ate followed the AIa=-ferr.sarr- and
the NtW Orleans FouGU-lrar tho r4-ag-a-
mrHts OF the flagship We steamed by the
entrance oI tEe harDOr and fired
~ ny Jd you ioIo" The 1Iassachu-
Ave were in the formation. and fol-
lowed her as the flagship
Eject of shots at the Colon.
,Q-Did you see the effect Of any Of the
A--The shots fen short At first the
Z ,l-S pi me Iowa were fred az "a range
OF N'i. yards They feI short al rH4r
next turn 60 lu5 Yards
G--flG you note the effect of those
A--Ay recollection is that those shots
lF.l-t ~ -t l4 lhe har'2r-that is. in The
C--bld they 90 up as far as the Colon
was lying
A-WeH. pretty near The Colon was
yang ABOUT 1909 yards inside Of the Nor
To- sAHH.a say they fell within 500
the MORO
Q--Did they reach the CoIoue
Al think not
Q---Where w.re the other vessels dur
lHS the engagement
A-Ihey were lying two or three miles
outside OF where We were engaging the
Q--Give some Of the characteristics Of
inc tlocFace maintained by the Flying
ron do2
Al do not know what took place on
the night Of the -sth. ON the -gth We
steamed up ana down and. my recollection
Is opposite the narbor mouth seven or
eiS4-t miles The Marblehead was lu the
west and the Vixen on the east or SUD
posed 90 he. or known to he-WeI. ] viii
say SlFpoSec-lEzile the line. i --ruernber
the ElNeu was on the east side cannot
say whether the distance was greater by
day than night.
Tn, hour Of o'clock having arrived.
recess was taken until O'Clock.
The Afternoon Session.
Captain Rodgers was cross-e,4,i-a5 b,-
Air- Rayner after the recess. Counsel
save the witness a statement showing the
character of the shells which had inflicted
the damage upon the Spanish feet Cap
tain Rodgers was president Of the board
appointed 10 ascertain the number and th..
size Of the shells which had struck the
Spanish ships
The judge advocate objected on the
ground that the witness had NOT been
questioned on that point IN his direct ex-
animation After some argument he fin
ally Withdrew his objection 20 expedite
matters and avoid the necessity Of having
the witness called again I'm regular pro-
cedUre.
M Rayuer-I want to show the num-
Der OF 5-Iuch shots POUNDS on the -neulv-s
ships. these 5-iuch shots being peculiar
90 the Brooklyn What percentage do the
. 5-lnch Shots make To the whole number
Of shells above f-pOUlderS2
The BroOLIyn's Many shots.
The witness read the paper over care
fully. a2d while he was doing so Captain
I.emly continued to protest against rhs
character Of the evidence. It was evident
that ne did not want 10 have tho dana .-.