The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-03

aport and stood alongshore, close into thu westward. We engaged with port batter! | at first. standing Tn for the Mari Te' resa. the Colon and the Vizcaya. al
 three of which we engaged. just as sool %. helm to port swinging Ca little intcrlinea- | ton here) clear of the fire of the Texas | 90 as to bring the starboard battery tt bear and stood parallel to the enemy. The witness then stated that.the orig inal entry in the log had made 1t appear that the helm was put to starboard in- stead of to port. as 1t appears in the per been made on the 9th of July. two days after the actien.
 Asked why he changed 1t. Mir. Doyle said :'I changed it atter l had had a der the impression. as have stated, that we had turned with a starboard helm. Sharp was aboard the Brooklyn on July , to luncheon with us. and l had a discus sion with him that day on that subject. think that is the time I changed it."
 Do you know whether the navigator had then signed the log as corrected!"
 'why were the interiined words put in?''
 They were put in. think. in fact know, at the suggestions of some persons, probably the navigator. They were put in evidently after the log was written up. because they are interlined."
 About how was the ship heading at that timer
 we were headed at the beginning of the battle. inshore; that is to say, the head os our ship was probably about north and az soon as the Spanish ships came. came out and md I got on top of the port oS and turning with port helm. because the Spanish ships were a little on our star board bow. but v& were running the port brought the port battery into action. Now then we must have continued around there. as know now. but when was in the starbeard turret we lost sight of the shins because they were on our port bow
 ''The effort of putting the helm port, emitting the irterlined words. in orier ,T to nTipg m m the % ntatSoard .s battery t s1 bear than 1S0 degrees, was 1t not. in turningF'
 Certainly, yes. We were headed about east. and that would mean more than 1sS
 '"The cheaper way would have been to put the helm to starboard. would 1t not?'
 am not prepared to say"
 "If the ship was headed northeast and the chase was going nearly west. or on
 Ives. you could make the turn that way.'
 ., "Do ,,,,, you, of your - own @ knowlsdgs: know
 When I was on to of the starboard turret 1t looked very much to me as though we were going to have a general Hieiec UT fTtlN up Wttn the spanish STUDS
 No Desire to Falsify.
 Mir. Rayaor asked if it were not true that the change in the log was due to an error on the part of the witness and to no desire on the part of anybody to fai- sify the facts.
 And the error," continued Mir. Raynor.
 occurred, as l understood you to say, in this way: On account of the smoke and thought the ship did turn with star hrao o~A halr tf.f
 Yes was the reply. We lost track of the enemy in the first instance with the port battery by our own Low shutting the enemy out and showing that at that time we must have had our helm a little stnrboard, or that the enemy was going with starboard helm."
 And then. when you learned you had been mistaken you made the changer
 MT. Raynor then said it was his desire to treat Lieutenant Doyle as a witness for Admiral Schley. Mr. Raynor asked lated to bring out a brief history of the Brooklyn's part in the Santiago campaign and full statement of his observations while an offlcer on board that vessel.
 Doyle said that while at Key West. which port the Brooklyn had left at the head of the flying squadron oi May 19. 1898. he had heard nothing of the Spanish secret code of signals arranged by Cap tain McCalla for communicating with the Cuban insurgents.
 Blockade of Cienfuegos.
 Speaking of the bOmbardment of the Colon on the 3fst of May, he and Mir. Raynor designating it as a reconnois- sance. Lieutenant Doyle said that its ef- feet had tended to develop the fact that the Spaniards had new guns in their land batteries.
 Here Mir. Raynor asked: When was the circular form of blocade commen- ced"
 While no mention was made of the name of Admiral Sampson, this question was evidently regarded as an attempt to bring his blockade into the case for pur- poses of comparison. and Captain Lem ley was prompt in noting a sharp and vigorous obieoaion.
 Without waiting for any argument on the point the court immediately amour ced brief recess. The members retired for a minute or two and when they re- turned Admiral Dewey said:" The couurt decides that all questions relating to the blockade off Santiago must be confined to the time prior to the arrival of the | comma nder in chief"
 The court then adjourned for the day.