The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-16

MIN when / should fire. tie replied Fire
as soon as you are ready" I Immediately
gave the order To Lieutenant simpson. the
senior ofhctr Of the forward turret tC
llre as soon as he could. giving him the
range OF $500 yards. This shot was fired
ON lhe pert BOW Of the Brooklyn. / think
this gun was fired close 20 five minutes
after the ncSJ alarm. The rest Of the bat
teTles took up the firing ut once and
ranges began to get down TO lNuJ
and then 10 Ito yards. I then asked
captain Cook which way he was going
~ round / said II was necessary for me
O.. know IN order 10 change the firing Of
the batteries He answered me thai ne
was going with his helm put 10 port. 7
went below 7 arrived in the aft cabin
ana The 5-lDch guns were fired for the
Iasl une on the port side. The starhoard
KUN tnen took mp the fire Immediately
The starhOard battery was then engaged
lpE lht rest Of the action. The range at
VIC tIile We turned, as Tar as remember,
was about LfH yards. although 1 have
~ I'CoHtcuon OF a range of l-lo yards
sent to me once. After a swinging around
the range went from 2 go 20 900 and 800
yards As 20 the positions of the ves-
ing OF them after the first signal
tIsILI. ar1ll A. 10 the position Of the
bow coming out Of the harbor when We
made the turn with the port helm. At
the end OF the turn they were on our
siarpoard beam with one OF them a little
shortly after this or about the end
OF the turn dropped astern and steered
Tor the shore. The OQuendO followed
along some time later and then tn. Viz
caya and the Colon. II was Just abOus
this time 1 saw the oregon coming Up
out OF the smoke After the OquendO
went ashore we had running fight with
the Nlzcaya for some time. with the Co
lon going ahead Of her and on the inside
i ne NlZcaya went well forward Of our
beam. put her helm hard TO StarbOard and
4 he inc
and 20 for us or cross our path. Then
she shifted 70 hard apOrt and went 20
the shore After that we had a chase
after the Colon for some time. For a
time she made better speed than We did,
but gradually we managed to overhaul
her
Pursuing n Strange Vessel.
Q--Vyhat time was it when the Colon
Al took na time. / only know by re-
ports az the time that IL was about 1:I5.
Q--What did the Brooklyn do after the
surrender Of the Colon
A.-lmmediately after2
Q.-Gcs. Immediately after
A-lmmCdiately after the Brooklyn
stopped one and One-han miles from the
Colon. We started 70 send and Jake pos
session and receive the surrender. We
had trouble In getting boat out. First
Captain Cook tried 10 get lady a whale
boat, but IL had been so badly disabled
ay our own guns that IL was impossible
and be tried another. nut the hOistiug
boat and Captain Cook went to the
Colon.
Q.-Aftor the surrender was accomplish
ed and Captain Cook returned on board.
what was done theE2
Ave were sent to the eastward at
once 4 understand the orders TO the com
mOd0re were TO intercept "A Spanish man
of-war reported by the ResOlute and
then reported by the Vixen later.
Odd you intercept Spanish man-of-
war;
t-ir.lr,. .1,-,+ ,r,--l- 40 .- +t
Austrian cruiser Maria Teresa.
Q-Nas that the vessel you were or
Gered 10 intercept
Al ina giue IL was the vessel. because
We ourselves had considerable dirfiCulty
IN distinguishing between the Austrian
and the Spanish flags II was hard 10
tell, 50 much SO that the commanding
officer Of Tho ship hoisted signal, We
at, AIstriaus-T
The Witness CrOss-Questioned.
Mr. Rayner-That is all
CIoss-cSa mination by Captain Lemly.
ON making that passage from Santi-
ago, N yOU wanted TO know about the
weather, what source of information
Al would go TO the log and 10 notes
] had iu my UCSSessiCG.
EE Mr. Hanna
Q--Dld the Brooklyn undertake 90 take
any coal from IN. collier before the lst
OF july
Al remember she did. but I cannot
Q.-Was anything the matter with the
batteries on the &G ot Juiy2
Alt was difficult 10 elevate three Of
the guns after going into action.
Q--N ere any guns pat out Of action for
any length Of timeT
A--FraCticaIly, no.
. " hen you saw tho Oregon during the
chase how was she was situated with re-
gard 10 the Brooklyn
A-There was a distance Of about so
yards between them.
BY Captain Lcmly.
O. want 90 know If n any time YOU
had coaEeIsa zion with Admiral Schley re-
EaTGluE this rtuograle movement that Cc-
CURED Aiay IS.
Al did not.
Odd You know the distance Of the
Brooklyn from the Moro when the Span
ish squadron came oUty
About 6.uIg yards
Q,-Why did YOU give the distance as
A-That Information came from the
Q,-Did amy Of the shots appear to
strike the COlou2
A--None that I saw.
BY Mr.. Rayuer:
Q.-You say that some Of the shots fell
snort; where did the others co2
Al did not see those that passed by.
BY Captain /. mly-
Q.-I Understood that you said the
5iockadinE boats moved closer in in the
morning. did YOU say that2
Al did. The hI0ckadiug feet was
closer iu the Gay than at night.
At this point = recess was taken until
2 o'clock
The Afternoon Session.
After the recess Lieut. Edward McCau-
ley. who was signal officer aboard the
Brooklyn. was called. Tie prompted him
self with notes which ne said n had writ
ten at the time the incidents To which
they referred bad taken place.
Q.-What accidents do YOU recolIect in
front Of Cienfuesos. when you were
bIockading on May %?
A. Ueadius from uotes)-Dupout and
Iowa arrived Iowa began c0aling- Sight
ed strange sail. sent CaStiuc 10 over
haul her. tn ned out To- be the British
steamer Adula- She wanted pcrmissiou
70 pass the blockade and go into Glen
futEOs. She said Spanish feet had lefr
Santiago last Friday.
E'he witness read "A number Of siruaIs
which had passed to and from the Brook
iyn to the fleet and fleet to BROOKLYN on
the day of the battle
Q--What was the conduct and bearing
OF the COmmOdOre2
Ale was perfectly calm and steady
Q--WhaJ was his position2
Ale was on the platform outside the
coming tower.
Schley's ''EncOurHEing Remarks,
Odd he make any encouraging re-
heard2
A--Yes sir
Q--Cau YOU give me the words he uscd2
Ale said. Give them h b0ys -
daughter, in which Schlty Joined The
members OF the Court smiIedD
Q--Did he say that more than once2
A--les. several times Continued
laughter
The Death of Ellis.