The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-04

70 Sea 1000 Yards or Mere before
h Turned Westward and Paraiieled
the Othes American ships ami the
FIeesnG Enemy A Nile o. . VILE and Q
Hail Outside the Line Of the Puruing
Dattlesaips Lieut. Doyle Admits re
Changed ina Part OF B~rookiyn's Log
Referring 10 the Ieop ~ the suggcs-
ton NJ lleutenant-C Commander sharp
wAsnIxoroS. Oct. s.-Capt. William C..
Dawson, 4 young oficer Of tho Marine
Corps. told 70 the schley Court Of Inquiry.
to-day. thu ~clesr>t. most interesting and
most dramstc story % the loop made
by Admiral Sohley's flagship. tbs Brook
lyp, In the battle with Cervora's feet that has
been given by any witness In the case under
investigated. Capt. Dawson was the sis-
nal Officer ~ the lndilI,P. and from has
pusiuon on the bridge Of tat vessel Re
had an excellent opportunity to watch
the tight Wbsn the spanish slips wore
discovered coming oft 81 Santiago harbcr
on that hot july morning the Indiana WI,
al the sRstcrn end Of tho semi-circuar line
Of American amorclads maintaining the
blockade. At the western end was the
BROOKLYN. and Capt. Dawson could se@ hcr
across the four milss Of Intervening sea
a. rhe stsrtei In with tho ,uncr ship- g.
pocket tho Spaniards iefor. they could
esAp~. Then Capt Dawson, mind was
Occupied with important thing. and when
he newt NV the Bro,klvr she was going
souihward cat 10 49,. While tho othor ships
Of the ArericSn Sect werr running slong
shore 10 IN, w~twrrd parallel with the
scurrving shire % the foe.
Capt. Dawson. according 20 the story
no told on the stand to-day, turned To Capt.
Taylor. ths lndiana's commander. and
said he thought the Brooklyn was In
jurrd hut he soon saw. after she had gone
seaw ard. or AZ right angles to both Spaniards
and Americans. that She ws turning 10
parallel their course. Her seaward eI-
~cursion, said this interesting witness. took
tho Brooklyn out 200 yarls or more. and
when she turned 10 the Nestw ard 20 follow
the enemy. she was well outside the limo
Of the pursuing raftie-hips. a mile OF .
mile and a half outside. Cap, Dawson
estimated
This story was told simply and in a quiet
voice. but II va full ~ interest 10 every
body who heard IL. Al the people IN the
big court room even thnso whose ideas about
the Brooklyn's uuch-liscuSse
had becn veiy misty. must have been able
20 understand the narrative told bv This
eyewitness. Gross examination by Adj
mlral Schlcy's counsel failed to weaken Capt
Daw-on's statement in any particular
Lieut. james q Doyle u the navy. sum
monsd originally by the Judge Advocate.
was placed on the stand to-day A. ono Of
the ~itncss.- Tor Admiral schlry. on whose
flagship he had served In tho war. lie
Uava testimony favnraIL, o.. fhu, .Ot,., nth
regard to the character II the hlockade-
nj Ccnfu"gos and San,iaso. and the slow
movement OF tho FLYING Squadron toward
Santiago. expressing the belief that the
gunboais Vixen and Eagle had DELAYED
tho -ouadron's progress. although the zig
fighting ships had not
When Nj. Rayner % Admiral Schlcy's
counsel. sought TO ask Lieut. Doyle whether
Schley had not Informed Sampson on
July ?. the day before the hattie. TINT he
believed the Spanish fleet was preparing
TO come out, thu Judge Advocate entered
vigorous objections. oOntending that this
question was asked merely to get the
statement ., contained In the r.cord, Mr
Rayner knowing that 1, could not be le-
Ultimately shown by the witness THIS
was practically the =ame Interrogation
that was put Yesterday to Lieutenant
Commando sharp ~ the NiHon. who. |
when askei particularly A. - her
he had been sent with this information
by Schley to Sampson. and was then or
der~d by SAMPSON 20 warn the American
ships. that he had no recollsc-
tion OF any such occurrence The Judge
Advocato's objection vAs followed to-day
by the modification Of the question put to
Lieut.. Doyle. lie was asked u no had
seen smoke coming from Santiago on tho
evening ~ July Q and " notice 81 this
suspicious sisn had been scnt 80 Sampson
witness was SURE he had seen the smoke
and that his impression now was but
he did not r~ecoll~ct distinctly that this
Information was conveyed to the Com
msnder-in-Ch
But Lieut.. Doyle proved quite a. inter.
esting Q witness under Cross-eyamination
by the Judge Advocate ~ he had under
the direct examination 20 Admiral Schl~y'-
He told again Of changing the
log Of the Brooklyn ~ a. to show that she
turned away from instead % tow ard
the spanish ships. but insistNd that tho
had been made los himself alone.
after Lieutenant Commandsr Sharp had
convinced him that tho .lrop- had been
made. TIE mos, remarkable part of Iacut.
Doyle's testimony va. tina nobody on
hoard the BROOKLYN, ~ all these who had
secn the loop eIecutcd. had Informed
OF th. error he hal made In indicating
that the flagship had turned directly tow.
ard the ~neny instead u In tho opposite
whcn the loop was begun. II
~as an ofhcer OF another ship who had
him, two DAYS after the battle. that
the loop which Doyle. shut up In a tur-
ret. vas mabel to understand. had actually
bern executed
Joop NECESSARY TO AVOID rHE EMMY
While he was heing cross-exsminod
about the loop Lieut. Doyle made an
other interesting statement lie said that
~ the cour-e % ths Brooklyn la steaming
In toward the spanish ships was across
their line the loop wa NECESSARY TO avoid
the enemy. Il think that was the case
added. The interest In this statement
nom an oficer Of Admiral Schley's flag
ship lies In tho fact that Admiral Schley.
IN HE defepcs to the senate. contended
hat the loop Wa made A. = stmtegic move
msnf 10 keep the BROOKLYN from hlanketing
III Are NJ The other American yess.ls and