The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-10-07
Fresh Investigation May Result From the Ma
levoence Toward SchIey Exhibited
by Navy Department
Judge Advocate LemIy Has Apparently Lent
Himself to QuibbIe Over an
Obvious Fact

the flying squadron when 1t first arrived
of Santiago and its varying conditions
of speed.
HOdgsOn Goes On.
The days proceedings began with the
recall Of Lieutenant Doyle and Com
mander Rodgers for the purpose OF cor
recting 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 to-day's testi-
mony the judge advocate had not entirely
completed his questions. There were still
Few OF the letters constituting the cor
respondence between the witness and Ad-
mlral Schley to be read and when they
were concluded Captain Lemly and Mr.,
hanna proceeded with their questions.
Wnen the reading of the Schley-Hodg-
son correspondence had been concluded.
captain Lemly asked Mr.. Hodgson
whether his denial of the colloquy be-
tween himself and Commodore Schley
| mad ever been published Hodgson re-
piled in the negative, saving that the Iast
! paragraph of the letter Of denial had
| not been printed. This paragraph re-
terred to the enclosure of a neWspaper
| clipping.
MT. Rayner began his cross s-examina-
tlon by asking Mr.. Hodgson whether the
Maroiehead had hailed the Brooklyn when
Tue Tue Two vessels passed each other as the
ITtsooKiyn It was on her way to Cienfuegos.
Inc witness replied in the negative. The
examination then turned upon the events
ABOUT Clenfuegos and in reply to Mr.. Ray
ner inquiry Mr.. Hodgson detailed il az
| length The witness, in response tn a
request from Mr.. Rayner, continued his
| description of the naval battle of .JuIy
.. from the point. where he had dropped
tnat description at Captain Lemly's re-
| quest while he was on the stand Friday.
| In this connection he said:
Brooklyn Did Her Rest.
The Brooklyn did all she could. She pot
into action just as quick as steam oonId
carry her there. We commenced firing aa
soon as the first gun on the port bow would
bear, and we kept the port battery firing nm
III. she turned With port helm though the arc.
using tne AT guns until we got all the star
Doaro guns to bear. We got around as quickly
as we could with port helm until we almost
paralieied the course Of the leading Spanish
vessel when the helm was eased and +ha
snip steered course parallel with the Wis.
caya, which was then the leading vessel al
though the Maria Theresa was probehIv
further to the westward than the Viscava.
one was standing at an angle into the shore.
When we got around the smoke was so dense
nothing could be seen of anything in the
rear OF u.s. The three Spanish vessels wa
then engaged were the Viscaya the Colon ana
Oquendo. The Viscaya was about 2 500 Yards
on our starboard boat the Colon was prob-
aDIe a little forward Of the starboard beam,
the oquendo was abaft the starboard beam.
we continued in that direction. when I re-
marked to Captain Cook that 1t seemed rather
nc ont
tower He asked: "Why?" I said wa we're
all alone with the three Spanish vessels and
tnat It seemed that it depended upon us 10
knock them out. At that time the smoke
was SO dense / could not see ANYTHING ana
supposed that, the New York being awav.
| the Brooklyn was steaming ahead of the
slower vessels. He stepped out of the con-
ming tower and exclaimed to me: What's
that of our starboard quarter?" / looked In
that direction and saw the heavy bow Of a
| ship and said: THAT must be the Massa,
chusetts." He said: mo, it cannot be the
Massachusetts. She had gone to Guatanamo.
1t must be the Oregon, and he remarked.
! God bless the Oregon! 1 said: well.
| am very glad to see her." The Oregon was
| at that time about four or five hundred wards
on our starboard quarter at full speed We
continued In that position until the Brook
lyn began to get up steam. She was never
that close to us again as I remember Tha
OQuendo very shortly fell out and went
ashore, The Colon gradually drew ahead ana
also went ashore.
Chased Ashore.
| remember very we'll the time that the Wis.
caya blanketed her from our fire. This
chase was continued in that direction until.
when off Acereadoras, the Viscaya ported her
helm and ran in shore. The Colon at this
| time had gained speed and was in shore
I, some seven miles. After passing the Wis.
caya we steamed ahead and ceased firing.
The men were allowed to come out OF tha
turrets one at time to get breathing spell.
although Of course, all guns were manned
and everything ready, but the gaining upon
Colon was very slow. in fact, she gained ap-
parently on us. This was about lib. when
the Viscaya stood In for Acereadoras The
chase was continued then after the Colon.
knew It must be six or seven miles away
until we gradually began to gain. remem-
Der at one time telling Commodore SchIey
that 1t was within about 1900 yards ana
my recollection is he told someone to signal
the Oregon to try one OF her railroad
trains"
At any rate, shortly afterward the Oregon
fred one Of her 13-inch shells, which fell
short. Then we tried with S-Inch shells ana
they fell short. The Oregon was signalling to
US the fall Of our shot and we signaIed to her
the fall Of her shot. We continued OCCASION
ally to fire, the Oregon her Is and S-inch