The sun., 1901-10-05


FIRE of tho Tcxa-"-is That rtghif You
have ia" book beforc you, Swinging clear
81 tho fire 81 the Texas A Yes, rir' ma
T. right, because that was the point ina,
Impressed me most forciby, that We g"l
around without having one of the heavy
guus Of the Texas FIRE over ~
q The Wor,ls 'clcsr of the hrc ot ~"
lcXH~ arr the words that afc interilhed' e
are they not. A They are.
q Did you give auv specific tn-trucu -
~ make any sIectiir suggestions 10 ll'
"hic'r who wrote ia" log with r"gafd w.
putting tu thos' words A l think u q"
very pu--ihlt ttBt ! dd think q T. NOR"
than pruhabl. that did, brcau-e thai was
th" fac ths, imprr-,'d inr as the r'-ult ot
swinging with tie port helm, that wa- very
lirnk'Dl ih't ~" cleared thc lrNa- ahd hef
hrr.
q When did {, 80 impress ypu when
Nutt gaVr him the points ou which So writ"
the log "r when the iui"rlinoatinn "a-
made A When w. goi arusud clear oi
the TrNas, from thu hrsi moment thai W"
! got around clear Of 10" IeXa-. aud all Va"
: timy
q Whoa wore those words pu' IA rr!a
! tive to the change IN the log book nom
! '-tathoari' 30 sp0rtp- 4 | can't say.
! was not a. that time contemplating any
such sedroll.C Investigation a. this ani
| cuuse.I .IIeaity | thogglt that the log waS
written with 'ho idea Of giving general
account and a fair account II the battle.
| without bring brought up 10 any snch
Z searching scrutiny, or ! might have been
much more particular az to the exact time
/ and date
II was nearly O'Clock whom tho witness
. had gone thi- far. and Judge Advocate
Lcmly suggested that a. he next step would
be- "A matter which should H. consecutive
I the court adjourn Admiral Dewey and his
| colleagues agreed and the court was de-
clarcd Adjourned until II O'clock to-mor-
! now morning
SUPPLY or coat oN sciLEYs sHIrs
The first witness bcfor' the court TODAY
| wa- Lieut. 4. W Dyson. Ia charge of steam
! logs AMI records iu thr Naval Bureau oi
Steam Engineering wh" ~vorc ." the
/ accuracy ut chart prepared bv himself
onc of which showed thn' tho Brpuhlyn
| could h1N" r,ua .o1 oU blockade a.
| Santiago - DAYS auA -itll hsN" lad
| coal enough to return TO he" Nc,t. 'h"
! MaS~l lchu-etts l. duv-. the Iowa II day,
/ the Texas DAYS. and the Marblehcad,
day from May "a. the date on which the
| FLYING squadron started for hey Wcs'
/ aud the day before the Texas and Marble
! head We're coaled on the rc'rpgradc move
! mcnt
When Lieut. Dyson wa- on the stand
Yesterday Mr Rayucr asked him 10 pre-
| par" tables showing how long Schleys
| ships could chase terNera'S squadron from
| Sautiagu, under forced drauglt. and still
! have coal enough lri' tu return tu IA Cpaling
base. NJ Rayurr announced thcn that
/ On" ~ the tmI. rtHui CuuteI tiun~ In Admiral
/ SCI lcys dei"rcc would l." fhai hr was
| Obliged tu keep his N"~~"l- supplied win
| enough coal to ell isc the spanish ship tu
| certain ports ~ the Wet lndies tu Mar
| Unique for eNamp. and lin have coat
! enough ~ get 70 q cualiug base in Thy niisi
| Stste~ Lieut. Dyson produced ~" table
requested, whi'h showed that under furcei
draugh'. H a -ysd "i 10 knots. the
( Brooklyn could cha-" q dav~ aud s'ill
/ have coal enough to return to Key West
VIA Santiago. he Iowa. p DAYS the Texas.
| .. of day. aud the Nartlchead, 2-io ut "A
/ dav Tho figure for the Ma -achus.f-
vrr. not given barausc. ~ Lieut.. U'spn
! explained. -h" could make 'Uly - knots
| a, furc,si draugI' II" had tle figure ior
| the Nas-achu,e'ts al II knott. but they
/ wcr" not read
sCHLEY coNTRADiCTFp.
Commander Raymond = Rodgers. Who
| was executive officer of the iowa during
| the spanish war testified that Admiral !
sampson had g."en him dispatches a. Kew
We-t On NAV 2O isps. to be deliN erred To
/ Commo,lorc SchIey at Cenfuegos, and that
| thoy mad hern delivered tn tim there on
| NAV % He said he thought ono of these
! dt-p,x che- was cipher message from Sec
! retary Long advising sampson to send word
/ immediately to SChley 10 go 10 Saniiagu.
| He was not sur un this point, az he had
! not rad tho me-ssge, although he ha q
! heard II Discussed In Sampson ,lbiu lha
I message was onClu=s.l With the Dear
| Scllcy letter from Samp,on, telling SChlcy
/ to remain AZ tieutu'ru- Schl"y said IN
h., defenc" to the S'nat" that he did not
g. the Dear Schley- lctter un'il MAY -,
! aud ~ ~ came with other dc-pa Ch''- from
! Sampson telling him to 60 to santiago, II
/ ~at i-fied Ceryera vas not a. tisnfu"gos. 81
confused the -ituHtion and threw grave
/ doubts over the location of the Spanish
/ h.-'t The testimony 81 Commander Rod
gers was intended Ia indicate that Schl"y
/ received the Dear Schey" letter. which
! he has admitted came ~ IA" same eu Vrlup-
/ with th" cipher despatch me1tiOncd. on
/ NAV -, and could therefor" not have CON
! fused him IN reading the orders received
on MAY - To- gu 10 Sautiagu.
1HE ATTACK oN THE CoLoN
Describing the attack on tho Colon May
| ST. Commander Rodgers confirmed Adj
miral F,ans- statement hat the Iowa,
/ following SChleN's flagship. waS uhhg, q
| 20 increase the range ui h"r guns to 1000
| yards or O., miles
! Daring his cross-eNaniination by Mr.
| kaNupr II was shown tl.at a board, Of which
! Commander Rodgers waS the senior mem
/ Ter. had reported that thirty-tivr of the
/ hits made on CcrNera'- ships wcr by shells
/ ot large calihrr aud that twclN" of three
were bv 5-iuoh shells The Brooklvn wa-
! the only American ship having 5-iuch guns.
| II was during this cru-~-' Naminat'uu that
| the dispute arusa. bstWeru Mr. RaVncr and
Judge Advocate b.mly over the punc'un
. ton ~ thr Dear Schlrv leuct ard At
/ mural Sampson 'Idputly meant trrtrr guS
when ne had -aid santiago. and which re-
! suited ~ Mr Eayucr'- demand on tie
/ Judg" Advocat" That Admiral sampson l..
summoned as one ~ admiral Schl"y'> vii
I ne-sc- Ia answer g. = question bN Capt
7 l.my. the wi'urss named Admiral Namp-
sons flagship. the New York, ~ one ut Tho
vcsseis hat participated IN tho taiil" WIN
/ Ccryora's Zee
The Court asked Commando EodgcrS
! number ~ questions H. ansv"r o." said
that ne further attempt 20 destroy 'h"
Colon vas made by Admiral Schl"N, that
the Iowa w firing ~ thu Colon pa--"d Sar-
tiagu harbur, vh"p' the Spanish vot-'l
Was living. ~ 'wClvc-kuut -pH Ho, and that
the Iowa was IN rflioiout condition for any
service that might have br.r Required "t
her on MAY 20. when tl' tlNlug squadron
started hack for Kew N"-i
Gives Model oi Cclumtuiss flagship.
pirTsBUEG. Pa. oc' Th" tar"gi"