The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-01
DETAILS OF BATTLE
OF SANTIAGO BAY
Continued from First Page)

| done to injure the Colon.
| The witness was then asked about the
blockade off Santiago under Commodore
Schley. He said the squadron stood or
| & miles out during the day time and a
little farther out at night with the Vixen
| and the Marblehead on the inside at
night.
| The Judge Advocate asked the witness
concerning a statement by lieutenant
| of the Spanish Navy, printed by the Navy
Department, to the effect that at dark
the American ships withdrew to the
southwark, disappearing The introduc-
! ton of this book was objected to and
Admiral Dewey said: "The witness has
already told what distance was main
tanned by the fleet. We do not care for
that kind of information Admiral
Evans was there and can answer for
himself. We want facts; not newspapr
articles.
| did you have an opportunity of OBJ
serving the movements of the Brooklyn
during the battle of Santiago?"
THE BROOKLYN IN THE BATTLE.
81 saw the Brooklyn when the fight be-
| gan. When l reached the bridge Of the
| Iowa, the Brooklyn was still off to the
|
! west. That was just as the fight be-
| gan. | saw her again possibly five min
utes afterwards when she was steaming
westward very fast firing her port bat
terry, headed northwest toward the head
| of the Spanish column. | did not see
the Brooklyn again until my attention
was directed to her by the navigator
calling to me Look out Captain, for the
| Texas | went on the port bridge where
| the navigator was standing and | said,
| Where the devil is the Texas" The navi-
| gator said Here she is, sir, in the
smoke l said to myself, Captain Philip
| will look after the Texas and went be-
| low In a few minutes the navigator
called out again Look out Captain, you
| will run into the Texas ] walked over
/ to the port side of the bridge and saw
/ the Brooklyn's smoke stack and military
| masts. She was lying directly across the
| bows Of the Texas. The Texas was ap-
parently backing and dangerously close
to the Iowa. The Brooklyn seemed to
| be one hundred yards in front of the
/ Texas ! eased the helm of the Iowa a
little, ported her helm trifle and just
| at that moment the Oregon came through
my lee and passed between me and the
| Texas and the three boats were punched
! together At that time the Brooklyn was
| shut out in the smoke, and | saw no
more of her until the Colon had passed
| we'll 70 the westward of me- when some
one ON the bridge said The Brooklyn is
knocked out | went on the bridge to
| see what had happened and she was
then about a mile and half forward of
the port beam of the Iowa with the Colon
seven or eight miles ahead and on her
| starboard bow
EVANS CROSS EXAMINED.
On his cross-examination by Mr.. Ray
ner. Admiral Evans said that he had lett
| Key West with the Iowa for Clenfuegos
/ on May GOTH and that he knew before
| leaving that port that secret code had
| been arranged for communication with
| the insurgents on shore at Cienfuegos, as
| CAPTAIN Chadwick had given him this
| information.
! He came on board the Iowa." said the
/ witness ''to deliver dispatches to me
before we got under way To my best
knowledge and belief he gave me writ
| ten memorandum containing the secret
| code. but notwithstan ding | have made
diligent search among my papers for this
document l have failed to find it,
"Then did you inform Commodore
Schley that this system of signals had
been arranged?''
81 did not. 1t never entered my mind
| that he did not know it,
Upon what ground did you suppose
| that Commodore Schley knew it?'
| HE was the commanding officer of the
squadron
| From what source did you suppose ne
| got this information?"
| Il did not suppose anything about it..
| 1t never entered my head If it had l
should have said, of course, that the
commanding officer of naval force
would not expect one of his junior cap
| tains to give him information about his
signals 1t was given me as a piece of
information which | thought every cap
| tain in the fleet had. / never thought
of Commodore Schley in connection with
it. If l had supposed for moment that
Commodore Schley did not have it l
would have given him the first thing on
my arrival there. l did not intend to say
that Commodore Schley had this signal
| CODE
Mr.. Rayner questioned Admiral vans
at someE length concerning the signals
as displayed on the coast near Cienfue-
l
of the deck had told him had been seen
on May 22nd and 23rd, but the witness
| said that he had had no conversation
with Commodore Schley about these
| things.
EVANS SAYS THE CHART is WRONG.
Mr.. Rayner then changed the base of
his examination from Cienfuegos to
Santiago and began by asking Admiral
| Evans if he had seen the official chart
showing the positions of the Brooklyn
and other battleships on the day of the
battle off Santiago, July 3rd 1898. The
Admiral replied that he had seen the
chart, but that it was wrong.
Mr.. Rayner: when did you first know
of the turn of the Brooklyn, as you say,
short distance from the Texas?'
when l saw her cross the bow of the
| Texas"
You do not recollect that Commodore
Schley first told you on July 9Th that it
was the Brooklyn and not the Texas that
made the turn?'
II never imagined anything of the
sort
Give briefly the purport of your con-
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