The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-09
THE CHART
 WAS WRONG
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(Continusd from Page one) i it dangerous to put the collier between the Texas and Iowa. meaning by that that 1t was dangerous to collier to put it between two battleships, regardless of weather. He also told of the injury to the Texas in coaling while off Santiago, but said 1t was not due to weather.
 The witness also described the blockade of the Santiago harbor, saying it was maintained by steaming back and forth in front of the mouth of the harbor at slow rate of speed as the ships could travel Cat 800 yards or double the dis tance apart). The line was about l l-2 miles long. The vessels generally steam ed from 1-2 to miles to either side of the harbor going and coming practi- caIly over the same line The Marble head and vixen were on the inside but could only be seen at certain times, even when the winds were favorable.
 "Frequently the only vessel next to her could be seen."
 MT. Hanna: eff the vessels of the Spanish squadron had suddenly appeared what orders had you to meet such con- tingencyf'
 regard to a contingency or that kino' replied the witness"
 .'As watch officer should you have had such orders?"
 'T should have had"
 Lieutenant Bristol stated that the fleet lay outside of Moro from six to eight miles during the day. He spoke of the Spanish shore batteries. saying:
 q personally examined them the day we arrived there, and satisfied myself that the batteries amounted to nothing. From the various bombardments we took ;n xx,n diaanvarad inst what guns
 were there. We went as feint to the westward to draw the attention of the Spanish from the real landing of the army to the eastward. We were not to fire on the Zocopa battery unless they fired upon us. We had been there some little time, when they fired on us. We returned the fire with our six and 12-inch guns. We fired several shots in answer to theirs; the last shot they fired struck the Texas. We kept the glasses on them and whenever we saw any one appear on the battery we opened fire with one six | inch shell. That would drive them away | then we had orders to withdraw. We steamed out slowly, making a turn to- ward the Moro which brought us even nearer the batteries than we were before | but they did not fire on us nor did they | appear to be able to use their guns" The Engagement Described. Lieutenant Bristol said that on the | morning of July he had fixed the posi- | ton of theTexas and also generally of the other ships of the fleet and had prepared a chart showing these positions. He | considered the initial positions assigned
 to the Texas, the Brooklyn and the Iowa | as accurate.
 The witness described the engagement of July 3, saying that the Spanish fleet l had come out only sufficiently far to | clear the shoa1 near the mouth of the harbor before turning to the westward He did not think this was to exceed 1.50C yards from Cay Smith, which is inside | the harbor.
 | Lieutenant Bristol said that after the | engagement began he went below and | fired three shots from the 12-inch guns. When he came on deck the first of the | Spanish ships was going ashore. We were then" he said, headed to l the westward. with the enemy's ships
 running close along point seven miles l west of Santiago"
 MT. Hanna: 'Did you see the Brooklyn
 when you came on deck?" q did"
 "Where was she at that timer"
 '''She was about as far out on our port
 bow. relatively speaking, as the Spanish | ships were on our starboard bow" 1 Had she completed the turn at that
 timer
 T do not know. She did not make any
 turn after that, and always kept on to | the westward. At that time l did not
 know anything about turn. You did not see what is known as the
 Ioop?'
 T did not"
 Lieutenant Bristol then detailed the part the Texas played in the battle giv- | ing the details of the chase up the Cuban coast.
 Describing the close of that pursuit,
 we continued on the chase of the Co., | lon which was then ahead of the Vizcaya into the same relative positions that the Brooklyn, Oregon and Texas were and af- | terward at the end of the chase the New | York joined in it. l forgot to mention | that the Vixen was outside the Brooklyn
 during this time and along, at the time Vizcaya sheered inside and kept about abreast of us until we overhauled her and went ahead until the Colon finally turned inshore and hauled down her flag. Tho
 Texas then joined the rest Of the ships | at the prize and remained there that ! night"
 Brooklyn Was Leading. Mir. Hanna inquired: From the posi-
 tion you occupied during the chase. could
 you you or not determine which of our ves-
 The witness replied: q could. That | was by observation of ships the distinct | ness with which you could see the ships, | not from positions"
 What did you estimate as to their | relative positions?'
 That was obtained comparatively. The distance to the Colon ranged from about three and half or four miles up to five | or six miles at the end of the chase. The Brooklyn and Oregon were considerably closer to us than the Colon. The oregon was closer than the Brooklyn. so that the Brooklyn was leading as regards the distance from us that she was out on her bow"
 There was discussion between the witness and Mir Raynor over the fact | that Lieutenant Bristol had estimated the distance of the nearest Spanish ship from
 the Brooklyn at the beginning of the San | tiago fight at 33O0 yards. while Lieuten- ant Hodgson had estimated the distance at l, 100 yards Lieutenant Bristol
 thought the Brooklyn's stadimeter inac-
 curate for so long range as $500 yards. Mir. Raynor then questioned the witness as to the stay of the flying squadron at | Cienfuegos. The latter said he had not | Ccl .sdered that they maintained a block 1 ade there. We were merely lying off | the port he said, and at night any | thing could have passed in so far as we l were concerned without being seen.'' | He admitted that the Dupont and the l Castine had been kept inside the line at
 night, but that he had not been able to
 see them.
 MT. Raynor then undertook to compare | the estimate of the distance which Com | n1odore Schley's fleet went to the east