The sun., 1901-10-11


under ordinary circumstances, l be-
lieve that observations taken In the
heat of battle. with all the smoke OF
battle. are still more inaccurate"
Lieutenant Commander William IL.
Schuctzc, who as lieutenant was the
navigator of the battleship Iowa dur
ing the summer of 1893 and who IL
now superintendent of compasses IN
the navy department, was the next
witness. He was member of the
board of nayigators which prepared
the official chart of the positions OF tho
vessels engaged on both sides in the
hattie Of July 3, and Judge Advocate
I.emly asked him concerning the re-
port made by that board, which ac-
companied the chart The witness salu
he had not been satisfied with the re-
port.
Protested Against Chart.
T protestcd." he said, against sign. |
ing the report as being inaccurate, Du'
| was finally persuaded to do so by the |
senior member Of the board, Com
mander Wainwright, who thought that
was the best we could do even II we
stayed there until doOmsday, ana
| signed II under protest. My first oD-
| lection was that the chart was inac-
curate; that the position of the Iowa
as plotted on his chart gave her too
much speed. In order to keep the
Iowa in relative position to the other
ships for certain distances she ap-
proximately appeared to be making
eighteen knots when she was making
nine and ten. Another objection ! had
was the initial position OF the Brook
lyn when the Spaninrds first left the
harbor. contendcd that the Brook
lyn's position was too close to the
mouth of the harbor; that she was not
III her regular position. She was south
of It. | based that opinion on the fact
that when | first discovered the Span
iarls coming out of the harbor ! look
: cd over toward the other ships on our
left. and the Brooklyn was very near
IL abpam Of the Iowa. The Iowa was
hcading north, directly into the har'
bor."
Commander SchuetZe was asked IL
regard to his observations OF the
Brooklyn in the battle of July 3. liz
: replied:
81 saw the Brooklyn at the beginning
7. Of the action about port abeam OF TN
= iowa. saw her some minutes after
II ward. when she appeared to be headed
Il little to the eastward of north. 1t !
F" difficult to tell because she was yer,
' nearly broadside on. Soon afterwaf
. saw her headed to the eastward
7 about due east | should say. That
T. the last | saw of her"
y Captain Lemly--l want you to stat
~ whether YOU saw the Texas about I'M
Is timpY How was she located relative
ie the Rrooklyn? Did you notice an!
y thing particularly as to the speed
Ill mancuvrring of the Texas?
Position of the Texas.
.sNhen | first saw the Texas, she WI
or heading to the eastward of north. SOC
10 aftcrward noticed her again, ana 81
ho was headed to the westward ana Il
N. parently lying dead in the water.
ho called Captain Evans attention to q
Il. fact that she was in our way; that 81
M was living dead in the water and ca
N. toned the captain that we would pro
90 ably run into her If we kept OH
nj way we were heading. She was I'll
rc. on our port bow. We We're trying
ret Get close into the harbor and steam
,T. nj first directly for the mouth OF
-ba harbor. As the Spaniards turned to
Ihp westward we turned in the same dir
!, a tion. and in this maneuver we We
rot hindcred by the Texas
nk. On cross examination Mr.. Rayr
questioned the witness in reference
,ye the official chart of the positions Of
m various ships in the battle off Santa
wo "Why did you not state, This ch
is wrong. and won't sign itT
thn II did"
ans "Then why did you signg
.nu "Because | was persuaded by
,ass other members of the board that t
was the best we could do, and Il
10. wanted to come 10 an agreement. I
. Of was a compromise"
IN The court put number of questi
to the witness.
,on. "How did you determine the
con- tance of the Iowa from the shore W
olon blockading Cienfuegos?
do 1--WE did not determine the dista
= of at all except simply by bearings o.
,lied sionally. There was not any reg
cess effort made to maintain any partic'
not position"
that "Were the vessels nearer to or
@ of ther from shore at night at Santias
,und "About the same distance day
was night is my recollecton-about e
terry, miles"
o or William II. Stayton, the New
iber, attorney who some time ago aske
-orro he allowed to represent Rear Adm
guns Sampson before the Schley cour
noke inquiry and whose request was de
d to by the court, before adjournment
than sentcd a letter to the court reneN
his request on the ground that
n re- miral Sampson had been accused
eipei fore the court of dereliction in dut
.kad- Admiral Schloy's counsel
San A reply was sent Mr.. Stayton tt
ps at effect that Admiral Sampson was
ID at a party to the inquiry, and tina
would be notified when the court
sidersd him as Interested.
Four Men Killed.
: 49, Lombard. ILL.,, Oct. 10.-Four
men were killed and three others
!, IA slightly injured in collision of fl
ltAi'h tl,, ftb;ooo.a Epnat NEa