Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-10-17

terry. below, shifting from one Slqe 10
che other. He answered that he was
going with port helm. gave the ncc-
essary orders on deck and went be-
low. $$$ fy ..@
No Time Lost in Turning.
GAS l arrived in the after cabin the
5-inch gun was fired for the last time
on the port side and the starboard gun
took up the fire imme ediately. The.
starboard battery then was engaged
for the rest Of the action. The range
at the time we turned. as far as I re-
member, was about 1,40O yards, al
though I have a recollection of 1,100
yards being sent to me once. I will
say here, by way of explanation, that
the ranges were sent to me- il I was
near at hand; if not the ere sent
direct to the officers of tAa divisions.
After swinging around, the range went
from 2,4OO to $500 and 5000 yards.
l saw none of our vessels after the
first signal alarm. AS to the position
of the enemy, they were on the port
made the turn with the port helm. At
the end Of the turn they were on our
Starboard beam and quarter, with one
u. L
resa very shortly after this, or about
the end of the turn, dropped astern
and sheered in for the shore, the
Oquendo following on along some time
later, leaving the VAscaya alone.
made the statement a moment ago,
about not seeing any Of the vessels Of
the squadron. 1t was just about this
time saw the Oregon coming out of
the smoke. After the Opendo went
ashore we had running fight with the
Viscaya for some time, the Colon 60
ing ahead of her and on the inside.
The Viscaya finally, when well for
ward on the beam, put her helm hard
starboard. It looked as if she was
going to turn and go for us Or cross
our path, then Immediately shifted to
hard aport, went clear around the cir
Gle and started ashore. After that we
had a chase of some time, with the
Colon, in which, for a time, she made
better speed than we did, when grad
ually we managed to overhaul her"
"After, the surrender was accom-
plished where did the Brooklyn go?"
when Captain Cook returned on
board we were sent to the eastward
at once by the commodore to intercept
Spanish man-of-war that was report
ed first by the Resolute and then by
the Vixen"
"Did you intercept any man-of-war?"
'sAbout dusk we met the Austrian
cruiser Maria Teresa"
S'Was that the vessel you were cr-
dered to intercept?"
II imagine it was the vessel because
we had some. difficulty in distinguish
ing the difference between the Aus
tnian and Spanish flags when they
were not holding out straight, so much
SO that the commanding officer of the
Austrian hoisted an international sig
nal, We are Austrians.'"
On cross-examination Commander
Mason said he had not made thre coal
supply his especial concern. He had
not discussed the question with the
commodore, nor had any conversation
with him On any other official matters
y = Questioned by the Court.
The court asked a. number of ques-,
.tions before discharging witness. In
reply to these Commander Mason said
that beyond sending men aloft and
having Captain McCalla go ashore no
efforts had been made by the flying
squadron to determine whether the
}Spaniards were in the harbor at Glen
fuegOs; that he knew of no Am erican
ships being between the Brooklyn and
the Spanish ships when the Brooklyn
was turning to starboard July 3; that
when the Spanish fleet came out Of the
harbor the Brooklyn was near her reg
ular bl0ckading position which was
5000 yards from the MORO; that on
the voyage from Cienfuegos to San
tiago, the fleet had been delayed by
the smaller vessels, especially the
Eagle, and but for these vessels better
speed could have been made; that he
had observed the bombaTdme ent of the
Colon from the foretop Of the Brook
lym as she lay coaling several miles
away and had noted that some Of the
shots from the American ships fell.
short while one at least of the shots
by the Spaniards fellS outside the h
American vessels; that he had con
cluded from this engagement that the
guns In the Spanish shore batteries
were Of calibre not to exceed six to
eight inches. n s :.4s sg5s,,.
s Commander Mason was then ex-
.cused sss5 4 ~
llCF IISsIs 7WlLICoS Cl1C&
session was Lieutenant Edward Nc
Cauley, JF., who, as an ensign on the /
Brooklyn during the Cuban campaign 4
served as Commodore Schley's sig
nal officer He had a diary in which I
he had made notes OF the progress OF
events during the war and frequently
consulted it to refresh his memory
He said that ON May % the steamer
5Adula had reported that the Spaniards
had left Santiago. He also spoke Of
the weather on the cruise from San
4tiago to Cienfuegos, saying that the
Vixen made N bad weather. on that
trip. $555s s$
The signal book OF the Brooklyn.
which the witness consulted /. showed
that both the Minneapolis and the
Yale had reported short supplies of
coal the Minneapolis saying that she
had Just enough to take her to Key
West.
.@ Witness then read q list of the si 81
mails to and from the Brookl July 8 3.
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