The Washington times., 1901-10-19

when he had asked a similar question of
| Lieutenant Sears.
| Admiral Dewey-According to the au-
tho1ity which has been read. your ques-
ton should define the time place and cir
| cumstances of such conversation.
| Captain Iemly-NCIl then, did you not
J on August G. in Portsmouth, n. H, tell
| Lieutenant Ward that there was con-
versation at that time in which you
! heard the word Texas uscd2
Witness-Am 1 to answer that question
! by YES or no?
Captain Iemly-Give us the whole cir
| culnStances.
A-Lieutenant Ward asked me what l
| could testify to. and asked me about this
convors. ton. / told him it quite pos
siblc such a conversation had taken place;
| tlsit l had an indistinct recollection Of
some conversation between Commodore
/ SchleS and Lieutenant Commander HOdg-
son. but that it would be impossible for
me to testify to the conversation under
oath or to repeat il.
.Q--Did YOU say anything at that time
! about the Texas
A--No. sir; | have no recollection about
| saying anything about the Texas.
surgeon DeNalin was then excused.
Capt. John L. Hannum. who was the
Bro0klynS chief engineer in the Span
! ish war, told of going aboard the collier
| Merrimac on the morning of May 2, 1898,
during the Flying Squadron's retrograde
! movement and finding that she had suf-
| teTed an accident to her machinery, and
! could only hobble along, having lost one
third of her speed. This machinery was
!
the following evening.
To a question by the Court. Captain
Hanrum said that the Brooklyn could
steam ten knots, her most economical
speed, with seventy Or sevcnty-fiye tons
OF coal day. He sail lie thought some
nt the Brooklyn ilrsS were cold. To
question by Admiral Ramsay, he said he
| thought some of the fires had been laid or
made ready for lighting, but he wasn't
| positive.
Lieut. Thomas F. Carter, who served on
the Brooklyn In the West Indian cam
paign as passed assistant engineer tes-
titled that he was in charge of the main
| engines in the battle of July ;. The aft
main engines were in use in the engage
ment; the forward main engines were uu-
! coupled, he said, and the fire was on in
| three of the main boilers. The engines
| were certainly not stopped or reversed in
| the battle, and he had no recollection of
| their being slowed. There was a regular
| steady increase in speed.
At Mr.. Rayner request he produced a
| table which Navigator Hodgson had
! asked him TO prepare. showing how fast
| the ship went in the action. This had the
| Brooklyn making ll5e knots at g:35 a. m
when the engagement began, and an av-
| erage speed for the entire period of fight
! ing from 9:35 a. m. to 1:l5 D. M, when the
| Colon went ashore, was l4.3 knots an
| hour, These figures, he explained, were
| based on frequent timings of the revolu-
| tons and on other things.
The total distance Travelled by the
Brooklyn until lis n. m, Mr. Carter said,
was fixed at fifty-two knots. Lieutenant
| Ward, Captain Lemlys Junior assistant,
measured the distance on the chart dur
ing Mr. Carter's testimony. and an
To the Court Mr.. Carter said that two of
the after boilers did not have the fires
| laid when the battle began. and some
boilers had no water in them.
A Youthful Witness
Ensign William p Cronan. fresh from
the Philippines. gave his testimony in a
clear. straightforward manner He was
a naval cadet on the Brooklyn in the
Spanish war. In an exceedingly graphic
way he went over the incidents of the
battle with Cervera's fleet, which. he saw
from the after bridge of the Brooklyn. He
said the leading Spanish ship turned out
toward the Brooklyn the latter vessel
was heading in toward the haTbor en-
trance. When the Brooklyn shifted her
helm to meetsthe enemy this ship turned
back again to the westward Then the |
Brooklyn made the loop. He heard the
range given then as loo yards When
the loop was completed the range given |
was 1000 yards and it was gradually in
creased. The Brooklyn. Mr.. Cronan said. |
kept up fire on the Vizcaya until shot |
struck her on her port bow. The latter |
turned out toward the Brooklyn and then |
turned around and went ashore. This |
was some time after the loop had been !
executed, while the Brooklyn was headed |
west, following the Spanish ships.
To a question in cross-exan ination by |
lIt JuuBt advocate tTOHd.l Sdlu IHdI
at Cienfuegos Schley's ships were in |
perpendicular line to the shore at hight |
and heading off shore.
The Court was evidently impressed with |
Mr.. Cronan's brightness and ability, and |
asked him some questions.
Q.-Were any signals made by either the |
Eagle or the Vixen on the passage from |
Cienfuogos to Santiago requesting the
squadron to slow down?
A.-Not to my knowledge.
Odd you see any signals made 10y |
AT~,au= 4a1Fa.. .T.aV-a
SchIey transferred the p,nndnt 10 that |
vessel, indicating the object Of the bonn
bardment?
A-No; sir
Carpenter George II. Warfold, I. S n,
now stationed at Mare Island, told the
Court thi/t he was the carpenter of the !
Brooklyn in the Spanish war. Just be-
fore the Vizcaya went ashore he said.
Il saw her turn as if to ram Us. Then
she turned back and went ashore He
said also that at one time in the battle
word was passed to stand ready TO ram"
He had made an examination Of the !
BrookIyns injuries, and found that she
had been struck about thirty times. and
there were as many more fragment EoleS
on the inside of the ship. Commodore
Schley's bearing in the battle he said. in
answer to the usual question, was that
the commodore say. Give them h, !
boys" and Well done. bullies.
In his cross-examination by Captain |
Lcmly the witness said a marine duty !
passed the word to stand by to ram. To
Mr.. RaynCr he said that one of the water
tight compartments Of the Brooklyn filled
with water in the battle because some
body opened one of the sea valves
The Court asked this question:
g.-At what time in the battle was the
order given to ram?
Al do not know the exact time. 1t
was shortly after We went TO quarters.
/ should say within twenty minutes.
J. L. Hauley. who served on the Texas |
in the war as a chief machinist. testified
that he was at the throttle watch in the
port engine room in the battle. and that !
he knew Alfred B. Claxton another chief
machinist. Mr. Rayner read the witness
this extract from the testimony Of ClaX- |
ton: 4 was standing at the throttle
watch of the port engine and asked !
MachInist Hanley if this was SO.
No, sir. was the answer.
This testimony related to the statement
Of Machinist CiaXton that the port engine |
was stopped AMI backed in the engage
meHt Othcr witnesses testified that this
was done to keep the Texas from being
run down by the Brooklyn when the last |
named ship made the loon manCuyrc
Can you state whether the port ,n-
Sine Of the Texas was stopped a.d
bacled?" asked Mr.. Rayncr.
No, sir not To nay recollection" an
swered the witness.
Was it slowed GOwn?'
Yes. sir: slowed down"
To Mr.. Hanna. Mschinist llaulry said
that he was at the throttle watch OF Tho
after port engine for the entire period a. |
Tho 5ottlc. Nothing. he said made him
re aember that the engines w.ra backed
OF stopped il Was in his mind. All the
signals he rem. mbcrud. he said. were
SLOW down and FUN speed" again. A.
Ear as he could rc-nCrIhcr, no other sig
nails were made.
Not wanted by The Department..