The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-05


putation to rest without summoning
the authJr of that request"
Judge Advocate have told you
once before you can summon anyone
you please.
sir. Raynor-weiL then. summon
Admiral Sampson.
With this remark the colloquy in re-
gard TO the Admiral Sampson dispatch
closed for the time and Commander
H1dSzon took the oath.
re said &c had been the naviga tor
OF Commodore SCnley's flagship. the
Brooklyn. during the war with Spain.
and was Oh the bridge on the day of
the battle Of July 3. Detailing the par
ticul1rs Of the engagement he said;
4 heard the executive officer. Lieu
/ tenant Commander Mason. sing out:
/ Clear ship for acti0n.,and the crew
INN ediateiy dispersed to quarters.
having sounded the general alarm pre-
Viously. The commodore shortly aP-
2eared on the bridge. We were at that
time headed about west northwest I
and lac said. Go ahead 1 rang six
| bells and asked if he had not better
| mold her head steady, to see what
] course the Spaniards proposed to pur-
| SIZE. / dc not remember his reply eX-
a"tly to that, because Immediately af-
| terward I told him t'ley We're evidently
| making for US, and he said:
schley Said Go For Spaniards.
| Go for them. and 1 rang four
bells and put the helm aport.
/ Captain Cook appeared on the
/ bridge at this time and ] told him
/ that everything was connected up az
| tne coming tower. and that we were
ready to go ahead, and. in fact. we
/ were going ahead. The commodore
( took his position on a platform he had
/ quit around he coming tower. where
ne could be in easy communication
/ o ~
and l remained on the bridge.
| me executive officer had given pre-
| Vlously the order to man the starboard
! pstterles- 1 sang out TO him we were
1 gong into action with port helm, and
| be shifted over TO the port battery. We
| We're then standing steady and as the
| guns were brought to bear. Lieutenant
simpson fired little off the port bow
| the first gun from the forward eight
| men turret. From that time on we
Went considerably in towards them.
I went down to where the cOmmo-
dore was standing to get into the con-
ning tower, when heard him sing out.
Look out. Cook; they are going to
| ram you
Captain Cook said he would look
after that and starboarded the helm a
little to parallel the course of the lead
ing vessel. the Maria Teresa, which
had made a broad sheer to port.
He had hardly made that sheer.
however. to port before he fell off
again. for the reason. apparently. that
a shot was fired from the Brooklyn S
etght-inch gun. The Teresa got abaft
our port beam, and helm was ported
on the Brooklyn Immediately after
that. We were sailing with port helm
| when I heard the Commodore sing out
| Hard aport,' or words to that effect
and Captain Cook sang out, Helm is
aport.' I saw at that time the cru
Cial moment had come in making the
| turn. and I suggested to the COmmO-
dcre that that turn would run us into
J the Texas or close to her"
Schley Said Damn the Texas"
What did you say. and what was
the reply?'
AS near as can recall said. Com
modore, if you go to starboard you
will run into the Texas and he said
| Damn the Texas / can't help that
She must look out for herself He
will take care of that And he also
said. I don't propose TO go in any
closer and subject myself to a torpedo
attack
Il suggested then that we back tn,
| starbOard end and he wanted to know
why. and I said. Because 1 would give
the Texas a wider berth and shorter
our turning circle Captain Cook oh
jected to this and so did the commO
dore. but there was a moments dis
cussion as 30 whether 1t would be bet
ter to turn ii smaller circle with lesi
speed or take the larger tactical di
ameter with faster speed. It was di
rected that IL was very essential Il
get around quickly. as the leading
Spanish ship was then standing west
ward and if the Brooklyn did not stol
her she had a good chance of escaping
So the helm was put hard apcrt.
Il said I would run up on top of tn
bridge and look out for the Texas. Al
was going up I asked the chief quar-
termaster If he had seen torped
boat and he said he had seen on
blown up by large shell away in tn
rear. 7 said / had not seen any. as
{ told the commodore previously. Tn
helm. however, was kept hard apOrt.
} The Brooklyn swung clear of tn
Texas and brought around with helm