The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-08

| discrepancies between the Statement
made in that examination and the state
ment made now. The Introduction VI
| this report caused Capt Lemlv to Offer
a statement made by Lieutenant Com
mander Heilner on the same cub1ect
| but Mr.. Rayner objected to this state.
| ment as not pertinent and the court
after consultation, sustained the OBJ
| lection. Other statements were put II
as evidence without objection, and Capt
Lemly offered a letter from Capt Chad.
wick to the secretary of the navy in re-
| gard to an explanation contained in q
| letter from Commander Hodgson which
had just been read and offered as evil
| dence. Mr.. Rayner called attention tc
| the fact that this letter contained an
expression of opinion, whereupon Ad-
miral Dewey said:
DEWEY WANTS FACTS.
1--WE don't want it, We have not taken
opinions here
Capt. Lemly said that he had only Of
fered these documents for the purpose
of making the record complete.
The court at this point adjourned for
luncheon.
The afternoon session of the court be-
gan with question put to Lieutenant
d.
asked why he had written his categori-
cal denial of the newspaper report of the
colloquy between himself and Commo-
dore Schley. The question was objected
to and Admiral Dewey said
1--WE have the facts. The letters were
written. That is all the court wants.
We want facts-facts. People are in
f1uenced by different kinds of things. We
want the facts. Draw out the facts
Mr. Hon T Mt tn find ont l..
the occasion for writing this letter.
Admiral Dewey-The court don't want
that information. We. don't need that
Mr.. Hanna then changed his question
and the witness said he had written his
explicit denial in response to a request
from Admiral Schley.
HE wanted me to write a denial of the
controversy he continued. 81 had pre-
viously written that I could not deny
the statement A letter followed L
gave him this, at the same time ex-
planning that had admitted to the
gist of the report
Have you anywhere denied the SUBJ
stantial accuracy of the facts as set
forth in the report of the colloquy?'
ION the contrary, 1 have admitted it. >
Continuing, witness said that Commo-
dore Schley had not said, as reported,
that the Brooklyn was toe near the
Spaniards. Commander Hodgson said that
he objected to the tone of the newspaper
report which had put him, a junior Of
ficer, in tht absurd position of holding a
controversy with the commodore.
THE FAMOUS LOOP.
Changing the line of examination, Mr..
Hanna then asked: when the Brooklyn
turned with port helm did she blanket the
fire of the Texas? Did she go between
the Texas and the enemy?''
kk,s, 49, ia
however, she was going to do it,
Had she turned the other way, was
there space enough for her to have made
such turn without endangering the
Texas?''
Perfectly, perfectly clear enough
space"
How much would she have gained to
the northward and westward had she
turned with starboard heinz
"She would have gained a position of
600 or 700 yards nearer the Spanish line. -
would that distance have been reduc-
ed by reversing the port engines"
IF you turned the port engine, the tao
teal diameter would have been shortened,
but the speed of turning would have been
reduced"
81 understood you to say you suggested
the reversal of the starboard engine at
the time this turn was made, but that
that was rejected by Commodore Schley
after consideration and discussion. Were
you sure that the starboard engine was
not reVerSed?'
81 am very clear on that fact. No sig
nal was made
Capt. LemIy-Are you clear that the
colloquy or, as you call it, dialogue, as
given by you today, was between you and
Commodore Schley, and not between you
and some other person on board the
BROOKLYN
There was no dialogue. There were
three people interested in that conversa-
ton, Commodore Schley, Capt. Cook and
myself participating in it,
Mr.. Hanna then asked about the cruise
from Cienfuegos to Santiago, and inquir-
ed how the fleet had gotten twenty-five
or thirty miles south of Santiago. The
reply was that the captain of the Brook
Ign had given him (the witness) the
course, and that he had supposed that
it was because of the supposition that the
fleet might fall in with Cervera. He said
the course pursued would not have taken
the squadron to Santiago
Speaking of the blockade of Santiago,
witness said that at night the blockad-
ing fleet steamed in column in front of
: the mouth of the harbor and about 400
yards apart.
A number of questions were then asked
by the court, as follows:
What was the distance Of the Brook
Ign from the nearest Spanish vessel when
Commodore Schley said to Capt. Cook,
Look out Cook, they are going to ram
you?"
1T should say the distance was about
1000 or $500 yards
did you observe the whole movement
of the Brooklyn from the time Commo-
dore Schley gave the order, Hard aport,
Cook until the Brooklyn was steadied on
her course to the westward parallel to the
Vizcaya?"
ST did,
did you hear any order given while