The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-24

the way the Brooklyn was standing up tc
fght-very nicely. The captain said: oh
crackie-never mind the Brooklyn. You
look out for this ship The Brooklyn
then was about on her port beam, 50 !
said: All right. Captain. VIII look at
the Brooklyn no more and ] turned nay
back. looking on the starboard beam at
the ships getting out. After we shared
around and got to the westward, ] sug-
eested to give her a little port helm to
get closer in, and he did. Right after he
gave her this nelm he sang out through
the sight hole TO the men at the wheel
and the engine room indicator to slow,
then stop. and said: Captain, they viii
all get away from US. He ,ddi not answer
me. but Immediately stepped back, and
then / said: Ny Lord, Captain, We are
out of the night. He said: Look at the
Brooklyn / turned around ana right
ahead of US this big gray ship loomed
uD out of the smoke. For a second I
thought my heart was in my moutht- We
were steaming with a heavy helm and
she steered by US. When / saw her she
was practically ahead Of as. That is the
first 1 saw. She sheered off and went
to sea, I should say about 10000 yards
and then on to westward. As soon as the
Brooklyn cleared Us, we rang 10 go ahead
and started up forced draft again. After
that we simply followed as fast as we
could on q inc that was just inside the
line where the Oregon was engaging the
ships Just before this turn OF the
Brooklyn. The Iowa and the Oregon were
both close 10 Us on our starboard helm.
We continued the chase until the Colon
hauled down her flag, when the captain
gave the order to stop forced draft"
Captain Lemley: How near was the
Brooklyn to the Texas at the time you
say you saw her loom up ont of the
smoker"
II did not make any estimate at the
time, but ] come to the conclusion later
thar she was between 100 and $50 yards
from us. which was a much longer dis
tance than Captain Philip thought it
was
Captain Lemloy: Perhaps should have
asked you in the first place the position
OF the Brooklyn relative to the Texas just
before going into battle?'
she was almost astern Of Us. That was /
because we We're headed almost east. She |
should have borne west ny northwest. She /
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she was standing pretty nearly on her /
north course I did NOT see At first any /
Indications Of turning and thought she /
was going right in"
Did Jhe Brooklyn give any steam whis- /
tie signal to Indicate her change of /
course2'
THAT I don't know"
did you hear any?'
Il did not hear any"
DO you think YOU would have heard |
it if there had been a steam signal2"
mo, sir. We could never have heard /
it,"
at what time during the battle Of San
tiago DO you consider that the Texas was
IN the greatest danger?'' asked CAPTAIN
Lcmley.
Mr Raynor objected, contending that
such opinions were shut out by previous
ruling Of the court. Mr.. Hanna said there /
We're many minor points on which the
court must from time TO time ask the
opinion OF witness. The pont was also az
gued on the one sde by Captain Lemley
ley and on the other by Judge wilson.
Looking back" responded the witness,
4 know that the time of the greatest
danger of the Texas was when the
Brooklyn loomed up ouC of the smoke
right ahead of US"
lie said in response to questions that
he had never sailed with man who
had quicker sight or who had handled his
ship to better advantage than Captain
Phillips. He added that the captain had
on this occasion given successive orders
anG that the Texas had backed until it
was dead in the woter' He said shat on
account cf this incident two or three min
utes had been lost and that fully three
miles were lost on the ship A part of
this delay had. however he said been
caused on account Of the fault of the
ship IS blowers, rendering the vessel slow
In getting up steam.
When tha court convened at O'Clock
Mr. Rayner continued mis- cross-exami-
nation OF Commander Henner. He asked
him especially concerning the Official
chart ana of the battle off Santiago. cx-
hibiung the chart. The witness said that
lac had been one of the board of naviEa-
tors who had prepared the chart He had
testified that the Brooklyn was only 159
yards distant W-aen she crossed the course
of tho Texas bur he stated that accord
Ing To tie cnart the distance was about
1850 feet when the Brooklyn was making
her famous loop
"Huy" he said. we are going through
q lot Of matter here. which is worthless.
~oh. it is worthless, is it?' questioned
AIR. Raynor. According to the map. the
two vessels were never nearer than 400
feet of each other"
The witness replied that he considered
the map Inaccurate, Air. Raynor then
commented quite vigorously upon the
fact that the chart was an Official docu-
ment After a carefui inspection of tho
map. Commander Hei,ner revised bis
statement saying that tbe distance was
about haif mile AS shoun bv the chart.
Commander Heilner also said that the
chart made the Brooklyn SO half mile
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