The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-01
EVANS ALSO HITS SCALEY
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 'There was nothing done so far as know"
 "What, if anything, within your knowledge, was done towards destroy ing or preventing the further compe- tion of the enemy's batteries in the vl- cinity of Cienfuegos?"
 "On Sunday afternoon, l am quite sure it was, Commodore Schley formed his squadron in columns, and stood in to range of about a mile and half from shore, made turn, and stood out again. That is the only thing l know"
 Was any attack made upon the en- emy or by the enemy at that timer"
 No. They all got up and stood on the breastworks and looked at us. We steamed out again. There was no fir ing on either side"
 Were you then within range of the batteries in the vicinity of Cienfuegos with the heavier guns of your ship"
 sI did not see any batteries. There was work they were completing there"
 .'Were you within range of this?' X "Quite easy range, yes"
 "The battery of the Iowa consisted of what?'
 x -Four twelve-inch, eight eight-inch, and twelve four-inch guns"
 Were there embryo batteries within range of your eightinch guns when you steamer in?'
 "They were within easy range"
 Were they within range of the four Inch guns?"
 II should think so, yes.'
 sDid the Iowa coal ship while in Cienfuegos, and, if so. how much did she take?'
 i've took in 25O tons of coal on the 23d We began about seven in the morning, and stopped at six in the af- ternoon. We took coal from collier alongside, the MerTimac, I think" & Rear Admiral Evans said that he had acoaled the Iowa from the Merirmac on May 23, while off Cienfuegos, and that he had had no difficulty in doing so.
 Speaking of the condition of the weather made by the Iowa on May "A and 25. the witness said that on the evening of the 24th it was squally; that on the morning of the 18th the sky was overacts, and that the weather was again squally; on the afternoon it was worse, there being a good deal of rain, with long sea. $ He said that after leaving Cienfuegos, the vessel had steamed to point about thirty miles south of Santiago, arriving there on the evening of the 18th, and that at that time the squadron was heading to the east. The weather at that time, he said, was not such as to prevent the coaling of ships at that date. The Iowa at that time had about S25 tons of coal aboard, or sufficient for eteaming 5000 miles. < On blockade the ship used about thir- 1ty or forty tons of coal day.
 "Why was the retrograde movement n1ade?', asked Judge Advocate Lemly. II do not know" was the reply.
 The witness said he could have coal ed at sea on the 27tb, as the sea was smooth.
 was any effort made by the flying squadron on May 28, 29 or 30 to com municate with the insurgents on shore | near Santiago?"
 sNone to my knowledge"
 Tsstifying that he had first seen the CSlon on May 29, Admiral Evans said l that vessel was not inside the harbor at all, but was about 1,50O yards inside the Morro.
 He then detailed the particulars of ] the bOmbardment of the Colon on May | 31. saying that on the forenoon of that | day Commodore Schley had signalled to transfer the flag to the Massachusetts; that she was going in to engage the Co., ! Ion. Describing that engagement, the witness said:
 ssAbout five minutes to one I saw the first shot from the Massachusetts fall | short a long distance. and, supposing she was firing at 1000 yards, l gave the 1 range to my guns 5000 yards. I saw these shots fall short and increased the i range to 5000 yards. After the Massa- 1 chusetts had passed the entrance to the | harbor she turned with port helm and | back, the New Orleans and the 1 Iowa following.
 "On the run back across the harbor l 1 again fired at 10000 yards. The shots still fell short and the Massachusetts [ and New Orleans slowed down and stopped after they got across. l slowed my engines then increased the range to il ,000 yards and fired two shots from the forward twelve-inch turret. The first one was fired by Lieutenant Van deuser at 11,000 yards.