Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-07

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o. ADMIRAL schleys conduct in the
spanish war The crowd in attendance
was as large as at any time previous
'Hll'atlng that the interest In the case
% undated. II had been expected that
'ne navy department would be able to
.olupleIe It's presentation OF the case
" 'ne close Of last week but when the
'oui' opened today Capt Lemly's list
~ witnesses SIN contained almost a
to1eh names. Prominent among these
N'pI chadwick, Who was Admiral
SaHlpsohs chief Of stafl and who was
~ immediate command OF the aagship
paign. ''''''eo '''l-
Ihe program for today included in
auuilioh 10 those recalled for the cor
lecllon Of testimony the names OF tXo
new witnesses and OF two who have
m,uefto been On the stand. The new
SIlnesses and Of two who have hitherto
peeh on the stand. The new witnesses
VINO were present when the court con-
Fehel with the expectation OF being
Ssned 10 the stand during the day were
Napl William Folger, Who commanded
the cruiser New Orleans during the
loomoardment Of the Cristobal Colon on
May 81 m which that vessel participant
cd and Lieut. NJ, l. Bristol, who. as an
ensign was the watch officer on the
baItleshlp Texas during the Santiago
campaign.
Lieut. Commander Dyson was also
present with tn understanding that he
would probably be recalled during the
Gay Tor the purpose OF continuing his
testimony concerning he coal supply OF
the liyng squadron When Il FIRST ar
rived on Santiago ana It's capacity UNI
der varying conditions OF speed
COMMANDER HoDGeoN RESUMES.
The days proceedings began with the
recall Of Lieut., Doyle ana Commander
Rodgers for the purpose OF correcting
their previous testimony, ana when
they had been excused Lieut. Com
mander Hodgson, navigator OF the
Brooklyn during the Santiago cam
palgn, resumed the stand. This was his
third sitting and when he began TO-
days testimony the jUage advocate had
not entirely completed BIS questions,
There were SIN a few OF the letters
constituting the correspondence be-
tween the witness and Admiral Schley
"a be read and when they were con-
Guided Capt Lemly and Mr. Hanna
proceeded with their questions.
When the reading o. the Schey-
Aodgson correspondence had been con
Guided Capt Lenly asked In Bodsspn
whether his dehial oil the o0lloQuy be-
tween himself and Commodore sthley
had ever been published entire. $50.
Hodgson replied In the negative saying
that the last paragraph referred 10 the
enclosure Of newspaper clipping. Mr..
RaynOr began his cross-eXyam nation
By asking Mr. Hodgson whether the
Marblehead had hailed the Brooklyn
when the two vessels passed each other
as the Brooklyn was on her way I,
Clenfuegos The witness replied in the
negative The examination then turned
upon events about ClenfuegOs. and. IN
reply TO Mf. Raynors inquiry Dir
HOdgson detailed this al length.
Commander Hodgson said In reply 10 |
these questions that he had seen the |
lights On the shore ~ Clenfuegos which |
we're afterward determined 20 be sig |
mails but he had supposed they were sig l
mails between different branches ~ he !
Spanish forces on shore. He added |
that when Capt. Mccall arrived with
information as 10 the meaning Of the /
signals ne was Immediately despatched |
10 the shore to communicate with the
insurgents
He said that the progress ~ tho
SQUADRON was lmpeded between Glen
fuecos and Santiago hy the heavy wca-
w weather. the smaller vessels the ViV-
On and Eagle. Mr. Raynor then askod;
How FAR were you N durl~gthis block
ade Of Santiago. " the MORO during
The day and nlfht May q. % % 49,
sQUADRONs HABTTUAL POSITION
The witness replied: EARLY In the
DAYTIME our habitus position was
about six miles In the night ! think we
steamed ~ aud down IN front of the
hsrbor. a distance Of about six miles"
He stated that the picket boats, the
Msrblehead and the Vixen were inside
the lire of the fleet about midway be-
tween that line and the shore line.
The witness then, IN response to a
reouest from Mr. Raynor continued
ne description OF the naval battle Of
rulv from the point where he had
dropped that description at Capt. Lem
Tvs request while he was on the stand
Friday
PRooKLYN DID ALL SHE COULD.
In this connection he said;
'The Brooklyn did an she could She
20, into action just as quick rs steam
could carry her there. We commenced
6ring as soon as the first gun on the
rorl bow would bear and We kept the
rori battery firing until she turned
aim mort helm until We all got the
,,ns IN our starboard 20 bear We
got around as quickly as We could with
h. uort helm until we almost pardi-
'eles The course Of the leading spanish ,
ressel when the helm was eased and ,
he shlp steered a course parallel With :
,bs vlscaya which was then ihe lead /,
me- vessel although the Maria Teresa !
,rohably was farther 10 the westward
'hsn he Viscaya. She was standing 4.
n an angle into the shore. When we :
~, around the smoke was SO dense Z
s,,h,ne could be- seen Of ANYTHING IN !
!. reer of US The three Spanish yes :
.4js we were then engaged With were !,
NJ Visosva. the Colon and The oquen- =
y The Vlscaya was about 200 yards !
y cpr starboard bow he Oquenuo | I,
~ shaft the starbmrd beam We !,
,o,t,nved IN that direction when ] ~.
.,s,ts5 10 Capt Cook that i seemed ! n
The lonely for us out there ne ,
s'. I, he coming tower lie asked ~
w., =" ] said that We were all alone =
IN ,be three Spanish vessels ana u :,
: 'ln MAJ ID 3enendcd upon us 20 !.
"t gem ont At hat time Che y
49, ,s So dense ] could not see !,
.-,'tinr ana 7 supp0 a taat the Ne" u
y, bsinr away th. BROOKLYN "e' u
I. ',,,,-r ahead % De slower N's- "
...'uI ~ gcpad 0gt af De conn'ng
~, IA exclaimed % me WHATS
owe In our starboad quarter ,,
l.,.1 IN that direction ana saw ule -
'oA .... haU of q ship and said. That "
el, ~ he Massachusetts he SAID r.
. la'' D, c,uld not De The Massachlfetts' =
No I. cs1e 10 Guantanamo 4.
w VA. II must BE- the Of s o,. aI,1 =
d. r.aarks5: 'Goi bless the oregon !