The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04

"ae sney hni"s ~ Sou' oeheu ai' Hanna.
 "They were certainly firing in our oi- rection," was the response.
 The witness said that after that the firing was from both sides of the bows of the enemy's vessels.
 How sure,' asked Mir. Hanna. do you feel of your recollection as to the way they were headed at that timer
 That is one of the things that most firmly impressed itself on my mind. re- piled the witness.
 Lieutenant Doyle said that he had made his observations of the battle through the peep hole of the sliding head and again related how the enemy had been cut on from his vision by the smoke of one or the Brooklyn's big guns.
 The eross-examination upon these mel dents was in progress when the court took it's midday recess for luncheon.
 The wigwag Signals.
 'The afternoon session of the Schley court began with inquiries concerning the wiewag signal to the Oregon from the Brooklyn to fire her 1S-inch gun
 The witness said that he was sure that he had seen the signal made. but he was unable to find an entry of the signal m the ships log. Reading the log. he found a notation of several signals and then note saying that 'other unimportant ss- nals had been made"
 MT. Hanna inquired whether the witness thought the signal to the Oregon was in- cluded in that list. Lieutenant Doyle re- piled that 1t might be. that he could not say how the log writer had regaroeo the matter. In testifying concerning the events Of July 8, Lieutenant Doyle stated that at s:so a. m., of that date the Brooklyn had been 6,3O) yards from Morro, 300 yards fur ther out than the position assigned. He thought the Brooklyn's first shot had been fired five minutes after she begun to move into action.
 Mir. Hanna--You have spoken of the ap- pearance of smoke in the harbor ana with action taken by the Brooklyn with rosnect thereto. Was any mention made in the log of the eioccurrence? q find none. The only thing l ma Tn relation to an entry here is about several block houses being visible to the west ward,
 DO you think that relates to the ap- pearance of smoker
 ..No, that had nothing to do with 1t be- cause the block houses were away oh V" the westward"
 Captain Lemly asked what efforts had been made by the flying squadron to dis cover the whereabouts of the Spanish fleet while the squadron lay on CienIue- EOS before the arrival of Captain Mc- Gala The witness replied that there had been no effort except in making inquiries of the captain of the British vessel Aduia: Captain Lemley then asked a number or questions. The first of these called for an explanation of what the witness meant vesterday when he said he though that just after the beginning of the battle Of July 8, there was a prospect of a melee q thought" he said, that the snipe were coming tight towards us. thought A~h< t1tn fl and Il thought We would have a mix-up as they were oniy about 1,40o yards distant. fudge Advocate: DO you mean that the course of the Brooklyn LOOK ner acros the Spanish line and that sne necessarily manouvered so as to make turn to avoid thst?"
 "That Is what mean "Whst orders were given by signal from the Brooklyn to the fleet during the action of July S?"
 "I do not know except what have already testified as to the wig was | signals" .. on top of the starboard turret 1t looked very much as though there was going to he a general melee or mix up with the l Spanish ships. I want you to give as l nearly as possible. the relative positions of the vessels Spanish and American to the Brooklyn at the time you refer to- Positions of Vessels.
 "At the time I referred to the Spanish ships were in column standing right to- l ward us and about a point on our star board bow" | Ry the court: What direction did ths Spanish ships take immediateiy a,'e' | clearing the entrance to the haroorF
 ."The direction must have been south They steamed right toward us; that Is when I first saw them they were on oui | starboard bow"
 Rv the court: Was there a squadron night or day book on board or the Brooklyn?"
 NO. There was captains night ordei book"
 Rv the court: How did Captain Sharr | convince you that the entry you made 1T the log book of the Brooklyn regardins the helm of the Brooklyn while turning | was wrong?" ,
 we engaged in discussion at th' luncheon table, my impression being a that time that we turned with starpoart helm. During this discussion 1t occurred to me the way I picked up the ships or the starboard quarter did not quite ht 1T | with the turning with the starboaro helm 1 It might have done 50, but It olo no seem likely and Captain Sharp being al | observer and being away from where | was in the sense that he hao pettei | observation of what we did, l concluoeS he was perfectly right. l reasoned out II
 my own mind that if we turned with star
 board helm we unquestionably would
 have picked up the Spanish ships on ou sterboard beam, and not on our starboart l quarter"
 Lieutenant Doyle was then excused ant Commander Clifford Boush. who nat made some of the large charts of posi-
 tions of vessels of American squadroi off Santiago. was called to identity tnos' charts and to state the date upon whici also gave informa ton concerning thu
 phases of the moon durin gthe Santiago
 campaign.
 Captain Dawson Testifies.
 Captain William c. Dawson of tn
 United States Marine Corps was the mex
 witness. He was the signal ofi1cer o
 board the battleship Indiana during tn
 battle of Santiago and said that he hal
 noticed the Brooklyn when that vesse
 turned to the southward. He had sup
 posed the ship was injured and had gon
 out of action.
 He thought she went 2,OOO yards or nor
 to the south. Captain Dawson said tha
 during the battle he had had place o the bridge beside Captain Taylor an
 had been able to see well. : In reply to question from Cabtai , l Lelnley the witness said that he had seq
 no signals from the Brooklyn directin ,, the movements of the fleet during tn bartle.
 Continuing his narrative he said "A
 the beginning all the ships turned in to
 ward the Spanish fleet, which was emers
 ing from the harbor The Spanish vessel came out in a southwesterly direction an I ported helm, continuing to the westwar
 practically parallel to the coast line. Gu ships then not having as great speed a } fine enemy's began to fall behind so tha