The San Francisco call., 1901-10-04
PART OF THE CRUISER BROOKLYN
IN DESTROYING THE SPANISH FLEET
Lieutenant Doyle Of the Flagship Of the Flying Squadron Tells Of the Gallant Work
Done by That Vessel IN Annlng Ceveas Ships and Of the Conduct
O Schey During the Memoabl BatleO Santiago.

''They coming right toward u.s." the
witness replied, I'm column, almost in line,
almost on our starboard bow. They had not
then begun to turn
Were they firing at you then?' asked
Hanna
was The response. The witness said that after
that the firing was from both sides Of the bows
of the enemy's vessels.
How sure" asked Hanna, 'do you feel of
headed at that timer
That is one Of the things that most firmly
impressed Itself on my mind
Lieutenant Doyle said he had made his OBJ
servations Of the battle through the peep-hole
from the sliding head and again related how
the enemy had been cut off from his vision
by the % smoke of one of the Brooklyn's big
guns The cross-examination upon these in.
cldents was IN progress when the court took
its day recess for luncheon.
concerning the wig-wag signal to the orego9
from the Brooklyn to fire her 13-inch gun. The
witness said that he was sure he had seen
the signal made, but that he was unable to
find an entry Of the signal in the ships log.
Squadron and Spanish Fleet.
Captain Lemly asked what efforts had been
made .py the flying squadron to discover the
squadron lay off cenfuegos before the arr,vai
of CAPTAIN McCala-
effort except in making inquiries of the cap
tain Of the British vessel Adula.
questions The sa of these called or @ OF
Planaton s5 Of II what hat the witness meant yester
the beginning of the battle Of July there was
a prospect of melee
II thought" responded the witness, ''that
the ships were coming right toward U.S.
thought they would get into us. and I thought
we would have mtx-up as they were about
1400 yards distant"
course & OF the Brooklyn took her across the
neTed Eo a sn1 10 maj she r f ma
That is what I mean"
What orders were given by signal from the
Brooklyn yyI to the fleet during the action of
Il do not know except. what I have already
You have stated that while you were on
top of the starboard turret 1t looked very
erai melee or mix-up % with % the Spanish ships. hips
want you to give as nearly as possible the
American. to the Brooklyn at the time you
At the time referred to the Spanish ships
were in column standing right toward and
about point on our starboard bow"
By the court-What direction did the Span
ish ships take Immediately after clearing the
THE first one must have been southwest.
They steamed right toward us, that is, when
first saw them they were on our starboard
bow.
made for the court the large chart of the
positions of the vessels of the American squad
ron while off Santiago, was called to identify
those charts and to state the date upon which
they were prepared.
Marine Officer Testifies.
Captain w. A. Dawson of the United States
Marine Corps then called as the next wit
He was the signal officer board the
batteship Indiana during the battle off San
tiago and said that during the battle he had
occupied place on the bridge beside Captain
Taylor and had been able to see well. He said
II had a clear view of all the vessels up to
the time the Indiana directed to return
during the chase of the Colon -,
In reply to a question from Captain Lemly
the witness said at this point he had seen no
signals from the Brooklyn directing the move
ments of the fleet during the battle. He then
told of the action of the Brooklyn in running
south shortly after the battle began, saying he
thought that the vessel was disabled and was
retiring from action. Later he said the Brook
lyn steered course parallel. but a mile or a
mile and half to the southwark, skirting
along the column formed by the fleet. By that
time the chase we'll under way and the
relative positions of the vessels were not
changed.
Raynor's cross-exa mination Of Captain Daw-
son was directed toward showing that his testi-
mony based upon recollection and that
consequently he liable to be inaccurate.
When CAPTAIN Dawson was excused Lieuten-
ant c. w. Dyson of the Bureau of Steam
Engineering, Navy Department, introduced
to present a tabulated statement, showing the
amount of coal on board the vessels of the
flying squadron May IS to June 1, 1898, as
compiled from the steam log books from the
various ships but at $3.50 p the court ad-
journed for the day before the tables could be
presented.