Evening star., 1901-09-23
THE BROOKLYN LOOP
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Brooklyn, that is. about the signals, and
also the way I thought the Brooklyn was
standing up to the attack, and said she
Crackey; never mind the Brooklyn. You
look out for this ship" The Brooklyn was
then about on our port beam, and turned
my back on it. and 1 said: 'All right. cap
tain, I'll look at the Brooklyn more.
After going to the westward l suggested
we give the port helm to get closer in.
Right after he gave that helm he sang out
to the man at the wheel, or rather to the
man at the engine room Indicator, to slow
and then to stop. l said: Captain. they
will all get away from U.s." He did not
answer me Immediately. / said: My lord,
captain, we are out of the fight" He said:
Look at the Brooklyn" 1 turned around
and this b,g gray ship was looming out OF
the smoke. l should say steaming. She
sheered off and went to sea, / should say,
about 1880 yards, and then to the west
, ward AS soon as the Brooklyn cleared us
we rang again to go ahead and started up
forced draft again After that We simply
followed on as fast as we could on the line
just inside the line the Oregon was taking.
Just before this turn Of the Brooklyn the
Oregon and Iowa were both close to her on
our starboard side. We continued the
chase until the Colon hauled down her flag,
when the captain gave orders to stop forced
draft, and i'm a few minutes, at the sug
gestion of some one. he started 1t again.
Distance From the Brooklyn.
Q. How near was the Brooklyn to the
Texas at the time when you saw her loom
up out of the smoke during the chase Of the
Colon? A. I made no estimate at the
time, but 1 came to the conclusion later
that it was between 100 and $50 yards from
us. a much longer distance than Captain
Philip said.
O. How was the Brooklyn heading as near
as you could see? A. She appeared to be
heading very close to the north.
q. Had the Brooklyn given any steam
signal to indicate her change of course?
A. did not hear any. / would not have
heard it.
The Time of Greatest Danger.
Q. At what time during the battle of Sam
tiago do you regard the Texas as having
been in the greatest danger?
Before the witness could reply to this
question counsel for Admiral Schley entered
an objection on the ground that the facts
were before the court and a reply to the
question would be merely giving the opin-
ion of the witness. The judge advocate in
sisting upon the question, formal objection
was made, and it was argued on both
Sides
The court then retired and in a few min
Utes returned, Admiral Dewey announcing
that the objection was not sustained The
question was then repeated ana captain
Helner replied:
Looking back upon 1t the time of the
greatest danger 1 know Of was when the
Brooklyn loomed out of the smoke right
ahead of u.s.
In reply to questions, the witness said
that Captain Philip was extremely capable
in handling ship. No man had quicker
eye.
Q. I understand when the Brooklyn loom
ed out of the smoke a signal to stop and
back was given. A. 1t was, and We backed
.. What time was lost in slowing up? A.
1t took perhaps from two to three minutes
from the time we began to stop the ship
! until it was started at full speed.
The witness said that the result Of this
backing was the loss of about three miles
for the Texas in the chase after the Colon.
fault in the forced draft, which did not get
started readily when the signal to go ahead
was given. If this difficulty in resuming
the forced draft a second time had not
been met the witness did not know what
the loss of time by seeing the Brooklyn
bearing on them would have been.
The blockade OFF Santiago.
The witness was asked to describe the
blockade that had been maintained off San
tiago Immediately upon the arrival of the
fleet there from CienfuegoS. He said the
first blockade was perhaps five or six miles
on shore, and as they turned after making
the length of their run beyond the harbor
the tarn was off shore, that they grad
ual!y Increased their distance from the
mouth of the harbor. Whether any change
was made in this gradual increasing of dis
tance aa time went on and gas the vessels
were making the turns the witness could
not say. He could not say how far to the
east and west of the mouth of the harbor
the blockade extended but officers of the
deck had told him that it varied. 1t was
dark during the first night and even they
could not say what the distance was with
hoy cot off
Santiago the moon, he thought, was in it's
first quarter, or perhaps the beginning of
the second quarter at the mid-watch. After
that 1T was dark. .
In reply to a question as to the danger
of the vessels in the harbor "sneakng OUT
during the blockade, he said, referring to
the period after the mid-watch:
After that 1t was dark, and any dis
tance off they could have sneaked out"
The witness had read to him by Mr.. Ray
ner report by Admiral Schley. made after
arriving at Cienfuegos. stating that guns
were heard He said that neither he nor
any one on his ship with whom he had
talked had heard any guns fired at that
time. although they had been signaled
from the flagship that there were such
guns heard. -.-as-:s Be-
The witness was questioned in regard to
signals given after the fleet left Cienfue-
gos for Santiago arranging for meeting.
He declared that he had received a signal
saying the rendezvous would be twenty
five miles east of Santiago, which signal
Mr.. Rayner declared could not be found in
the signal book.
Signals on Day of Battle.
Commander Heilner had, he said in re-
sponse to Mr.. Rayner's questions. seen the
Brooklyn make signals to the Texas on the
day of the battle.
Mr.. Rayner-"What were they?"
Il do not know what they were First, I
reported one-fiag hoist which / supposed
was clear ship for action That was i'm
mediately after going on deck"
How many of those signals do you rec
olleot being made to the Texas?'
Il saw that one. Then shortly after I
saw second signal which was a three flag
hoist and that is the time reported to
Captain Philip he said, 1 stated before
that l was not to look after the Brooklyn
but the Texas"
How many signals did the New York
make to the Texas on the day of battIe?"
asked Mr.. Rayner.
Il do not know" was the response
Did she make any signals to the Texas?''
Il saw signals from the New York, I
think, but not at o'clock or $50"
How late?"
THAT / don't know. Twelve o'clock or
around there. 1t may have been half-past