The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1901-10-10

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8, 1898, as compared with the total en-
gine and boiler power of the vessel"
The reply was: "The Brooklyn has
four main engines, two to each shaft.
connected together by coupling. She
has seven boilers, five main and two
auxiliaries. On the morning of July
3 both forward engines were un-
coupled; there were banked fires un-
der three of the main boilers. The
other boilers were what we call dead, ,
no steam in them. Judging from the
time it took to start fires in these
boilers after the Spanish feet came
out of the harbor I should say the
furnaces were not even primed, and
two of the boilers had to be run up to
the sea steaming level. It took from
9:35 to 10 to start fires."
In response to other questions, wit
ness detailed from the log of the
Brooklyn all that was done on that
vessel to get up speed. .,t
Mr.. Rayner asked if It was neces-
sary to stop the ship to couple the un-
coupled engines and witness replied
that the ship could have been kept 60
ing with one engine while the other
was coupled The engines were de-
signed, he said, to be kept coupled
during war. Discussing the speed of
the various vessels of the fleet on
July witness said that the Oregon
got up a speed about equal to the
Brooklyn on that day, Notwithstanding
that on her trial trip the Brooklyn
made over 81 knots to the Oregon's II
knots. He called attention to the fact
that the New York had made 16 or II
knots speed on the day of the battle.
In response to questions from Captain
Parker he said that the New York had
not her engines coupled on the day Of
battle and that the Brooklyn had made
all the speed necessary. >'
After Lieutenant Dyson was excused
Commander Hodgson was recalled for
the purpose of correcting errors in his
testimony as printed in the official rec
ord. He took occasion to change some
of the language of his previous tes-
timony. One of these changes was
made in response to questions asked
as to why he had designated as "a
liar and blackguard" the editor of q
newspaper which had originally print.
ed the alleged colloquy between him.
self and Commodore Schley.
Commander Wainwright Called.
Lieutenant Commander Hodgson be.
ing excused Commander Wainwright
was called. Captain Lemly began his
examination by drawing from the wit.
ness the fact that he had been a mem
ber and latterly senior meYber Of the
board which had officially acted in
making the chart which showed the
positions Of the American and Span.
ish ships at Santiago. The witness
told how conclusions were reached by
that board. He said: H..
When reported as senior member
of the board the board Of navigators
had sketched chart before them with
the number of the positions sketched
on 1t which had been determined by
them, starting at different periods,
first when the ships came out and at
terwards when they went ashore.
Each navigator, as near as possible,
would put the position Of his ship at
that time. Even then there was a
great deal of difference as to positions.
OF course it was impossible to get any
position by bearings and there was
notning known ABOUT the reiative posi-
tions. we knew tnat the distances
VI ene cnart were somewhat 1ncorrect
ana tne hnai accession on the Doaro was
BILE, but. none of the positions were con-
sidered exact positions. The impossi-
olnay Oh setths bearings even we
;. ad corFect cnaft was apparent, Dut
II gave genera idea OF tne posleions
oI the vessels curing the oinerent Pc
rioas OF the Dattie.
mr.. Hayner asked - IL was true' as
nau Deen omcialiy stated IN tne report,
1nat tne posillons were assigned Irom
known nc bearings.
Inc Witness repneu tnat one state'
ment was lncoIIect; tnat tney were es.
oaDiisneo Dy estlmateo bearings; MOS.
OF tne positlons were ne salu' nxeu
oy discussion among tne navigaIors
conselruting the ooaro, aitnousn Gap
tam M Cnauwick was Deiole tne poaru.
Inc navleatoTs nau oone tne oest tney