The sun., 1901-10-26

beautiful dav. Their" were bflghl Clouu-
~ the sky. the usual morning land br-el"
having perhaps cuntiuutSt lli'I" longer
than usual. although y was tut hgh
bre,-zr After had hal my breakfast cam"
o,,t to make survey q! the ,lhHticn, u"
hook about, and ~" what could l'e ob~eIN we'd.
We were at tha' tim" lying possibly ;hr""
miles or over from tho land ! remember
TO have wondrrcd very much why they
had permitted u- 10 remain ~ close. be-
cause We were Con-t antly uLd"r ire, and
the matter had l--eu much discue~,"i on
hoard ship why the batteries did not hre.
At quarter 90 my ORDERLY rePorteu
,o mo that no sign ~ a movement had been
observed. | looked over the situatlon. !
sat under an awning which "" USUALLY had
in po-ition ~ n shelter IN order that the
officers might culleCt there. think We
also had one for the men. After having
gone below. came back on dech WITH my
glass.
While I was sitting IN this position on
a hatchway. | heard call from ia" for
ward bridge To tell the Commodore that
the fleet vas coming out. That NaS some
time after the men had been called TO quar-
ters, how many minutes ! DO not rcnleiI ser '''I
hut IL was in the vicinity Of s5i. according
Co our time.
POSITIONS or THK sHlPs.
The ship was at that moment with her
head In toward the land. not toward Cahah- .
a. hat westward toward AccerraderOs
which was one Of the marking points ior
obtaining pu~ition | lDpked over va"
starboara sid. and saw the enemy com
ing on, ~ tho entrance OF the harbor Real
izing that IL was a very important moment
| lnoked eas,ward 10 not" ia" order OF the
shilp- a. to how they We're ranged ! "a"
the Texas. apparently. ] should saN
rnint or more ataft the starbnard t@am
That is nv recollection. The Texas Ssemed
To mo 20 ha heading on some one oil W"
L. Il - NAN In
the left Of her. ! saw the Iowa. She "a-'
~ course To the eastward The oregon
was 20 tho eastward Of the Iowa IN"
Indiana was to the eastward of thai Iosi-
tion and the Gloucceter was lying IN
under the land. think In the neighbor-
The New York was ou, Of sight, out ~
signal distance from us l looked al them
In order to deterinlne what my position IN
IN. action was 10 H. ! had in the msai.tinc
gone forward To- the little platform hAd
Rad constructed around the battle tower
q. my position In the bath" ! had heen
,har. ONLY u moment or two when Capt
COX ,oined me Meantime. Mr. Hodg-on,
who was on the upper bridg". sung ow
something to the captain about being CON
nect"d up and all right, and Al the same
time -nid to mo. Commodore, they are com
ing right at Ne.
CHAR sHtP FoR ACTION.
We'll | said. GO r.gh, for them
The helm was put aport The ship was
started ahead. first rerhaps al hall speed
A. To that | do not recall. She took her
way very quickly When We passed around
| said. Capt Cook, e. ahead at full spssd
and hoist the signal 20 clear ship for action.
We generally make that signal hcaus'
around most ship- there IL generally placed
temporarily n ruys' to keep people trum going
overheard. and generally al awning o'
some sort That was followed hy chose
up or Close action
The Brnnklyn, ~ well ~ the other yes
sel- of the squadron, charged Immediately
In toward the entrance in accordance with
tho original plan, and continu~f III
rpCtly TO the head ~ the enefnv's column.
the idea uppermosf In my own mind heing
Ia arrest them hong enough for th" BATH
ship io clos, in and knock them to pi",rs
thai tha, would be our best point ~ at
tack We continued on this course iu the
II siarboari ~ accordance with ~" move
mentS Cf the leading ship. and .upl"s"
that from tho STAR, a. nearly ~ ] can re
call. We were ten 20 twelve minut - turning.
first 90 port helm and then advanr'n's
| saw the shiJr to the ca-'wsri ana west
ward closing In. and ] said 20 iapt '"'h
Close action which when hoi-i~i means
TO keep inside a thousand NafdN So A. 70
he out Of their eNsSrtivo torpedo range.
Much will de,prnd upon this ship TINS DAY
Cant Cook was standing alougsid" oi mo
ue said Yes We viii soon N" Withit 'he
cr,-s- FIRE ~ their ship ! ~aid. h'~
The first gun wa ird. saw their l"adins
ship, which had apparently rtart"I WIN
the intention of rammiug iaking sh'-f
,o the westward. leaving a gap h"'N"-h
her and the ship following he wii.h ral
saqu.ntlv proved 'o b" ih" N'so"Na W"
were advancing M th" tir"Ch"n "' ~"
Nis,aya. whom she ale'. n she hii h'Fh IT,
trudinr 20 ram. ~c"n,~i Ia haN" gwen up
the Intention. and turned als" 60 IN" W"-'-
war,i. folloWing the direction oi IN" l'"'ihg
shin o. then l--au' apla"n'. A. ""
thnugh'. steering q iam"i uoaiN "iirSl'"
,otlr-., ,- sh" wa. 'N'' ~" "'lfl' '' llsh
had failosl and ~" ~ppnleh n'''', ~ oru'i
and nt.f,ar,.'itlv a. ,i.'nTo", had sh'fT%Tleu
IN messing th. l.ai'l.-h'p 'ue.
rE, rpooti'>'S lfN To st.H"oAhn.
=, n.O frl'urr .t 'h" hgh' immrdi-
.t.Iv i-,ramD appa'F'. s'~H.d I,a'r
~. To-, H. MOT th.. rr-' having iaii"d hs-
t,,-i,iur va fhc' rrh" 80 cl"~" ~. TN
,p..istsIN ,o,h gave fr" ori"r 10 l'nH
l.Itp / dot u,r. 'lHlgn ! should have
g,.r,. -. 20. 90 .-H.H4 -1w ih"if ~hit's
,.f, rIps.. ar'ao. aud s~h.t hnn "n"','"r
i,. helm Va hAri sisnr W" r'ni'i That
81 va riihrr AIsnr. 80 hnnt Ap"i
,b,ut br said Nari Epott H. making
,N,t 'ur,. / Uai Nf,'f 7ssen a ship furn
mon. t,l,dlv thar -hr did " Wa ats"
Iy.ry ,,,rfiuuou. r'l"r' ~as M easing