Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-10-05
2 by Commodore sch1ey communI.

and my impression now is and always
has been since that night that that
Information was conveyed to the COM
mander-in-chief."
The witness was then requested to
lgive brief account of the part taken
by the Brooklyn in the battle Of July
i 3, which he did, repeating much that
he had said previously.
After stating the preliminaries Lieu
tenant Doyle summed up his observar
tons of the battle in the following
language:
Il fired the left gun first and Hal
Hgan shortly afterward fired the right
one. Then we began to load the guns
/ again. 1t was necessary then after
loading the guns second time to
turn the turret directly ahead as our
ship was apparently shutting the en-
envy out by turning with starboard
helm. Immediately after firing that
left gun the second time, the order
was to man the starboard battery.
| got out of the turret through the roof,
that being the most convenient way
| of getting out, and crossed over to the
starboard turret.
Position Of the Spanish Ships.
"As I was going into the starboard
turret had an opportunity to see the
Spanish ships. They were then a lit
tie on our starboard bow. AS soon
as had charge of the controller,
which up to this time had been in
charge of Mr.. Woodward, swung the
turret around on to the starboard bow.
In the meantime some of our forward
guns had fired. The volume of smoke
was so great that I was entirely shut
put from seeing the enemy While the
guns were in this position Mr.. Mason,
our executive officer, passed down the
starboard gangWay, calling sharp on
the starboard quarter The interval
of time from the time the guns were
on the starboard bow and starboard
quarter 7 think must have been two
minutes. 1 swung the guns around to
the starboard quarter and then we
picked up the enemy. The range at
which fired, to the best of my mem
DRY, was about 1,400 yards and from
then on it was a constant fire, training
the guns until we finally got them on
the starboard helm. The range in
creased up to 2,e0O yards and during
the. run varied from about 1900 to
1,800. think when the Viscaya went
in shore the range was about 1900
yards. just Immediately before she
turned in she made a sheer with her
starboard helm, apparently coming
towards us, and then Immediately put
helm around the other way and went
in shore. From then on it was chase
after Ine Colon. After the Vfscaya
went ashore, the Colon, by working up
inside Of the other Spanish ships, had
secured a very long lead. | should say
she was at least five or six miles, per-
haps more, on our starboard bow, well
in shore. The order was given to 4
cease firing and to come out of the
turrets and take a spell during the
chase of the Colon.
"The Oregon, during the chase and
while we were on the top of the tur-
ret, was directed to try Her 13-inch
guns on the chase, which she did, and
the shots all fell short. In a little
while they were tried again and came
a little closer"
Admiral Dewey - Directed by
whom?"
"By Commodore schley, sir, by wig
wag signal, as 1 remember it,"
IS Admiral Dewey You saw that sig
nal?"
eyes, sir, , saw the signal being
made"
Admiral Benham "Did you read
the signal?"
The Chase After the Colon.
81 did not, but I understood what
it was and, if / am not mistaken, it |
was McCau1ey, an ensign we had on
board, who made the signal himself. |
Shortly after this the forward turret |
and starboard turret of the Brooklyn |
we're directed to load the guns with |
armor-piercing shells. The forward |
turret was directed to fire first two |
shots, which it did. The shots fell
short Then I was directed to fire, and !
[ fired at range, as now recall, of
800 yards. We tried both guns at
We loaded again in the starboard tur-
ret and increased the range to $500
yards and fired the right gun. 1t went
! little to the right of the Colon as
lear as could judge, but the range
vas very good. The Colon very short
Y after that went ashore. Wei
steamed up to her and proceeded to
ret out a cutter for Captain Cook to
10 over and receive her surrender"
On cross examination the witness
gain testified to the circumstance
hat he had heard guns fred upon ap-
'roaching Cienfuegos. He was sure
hat there were several guns, although |
he log book, which he had written for
hat day, had record Of only two
.uns. He admitted that in that re-
pect the log did not represent the
ntire facts. The witness also told of
he flying squadron's reconnaissance Of
he harbor at Cienfuegos, but declared | !
hat he. had observed no earthworks
n shore there He also said that !
rhile he had seen, the shore lights sti
light at Cienfuegos he had never suss
ected, that they were signals. He
Did OF seeing three horsemen on the
hore during the day time
Mr.. Hanna then cross examined the
illness regarding his testimony bear.
lg upon the battle OFF Santiago, ask: (
lg him first as to the direction in /
-hich the Spanish ships were, headed j
$ they came out of the harb0f. IL
"They were coming right towards