The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
SCHLEY ON STAND.
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the harbor entrance The Spaniards
turned to the westward. breaking
through our line, or crossing it and our
ships swung off to the westward in pur-
suit. Both sides opened fire promptly
and fired rapidly. Dense smoke soon
obscured the vessels, making it difficult
to distinguish them.
1.-THE Oregon ran between the Iowa
and Texas and the next ships to the
sighted four Spanish ships ahead, APP
parently uninjured at the time. They
had gained so much ground that be-
heved they had been successful in their
attempt to escape. But it was soon evil
dent that we were gaining on one or
them which afterward proved to be the
Maria Teresa, the flagship. and thought
we should bring both to close action but
might be exposed to the concentrated
fire of all the ships. Just then the smoke
lifted, or broke away to the left and l
discovered the Brooklyn She was Wen
forward of our port beam and broadSlde
to the enemy's fleet. Her course was
perhaps a little divergent from ours,
because the Oregon was attempting to
draw up on the Teresa. But the Brook
lyn and Oregon maintained this relative
position, bow and quarter, approximate
ly to the end of the battle, the Brooklyn
Steaming straight ahead as nearly as l
of the Spanish ships, the Oregon en-
deavoring to come to close action with
the sternmost one and wh&n she was
driven out of action and pointed to the
Dedcny Lnen puSDeQ on IOT Lie ucAl Okic
ahead and so on until the entire fleet
was driven ashore, burning, or sinking.
Mr.. Rayner: Did you get any sig
nails from the Brooklyn on the day of
battle?"
Yes, SIR"
Can you recall what they were?"
"Of my own knowledge and remem-
brance the signals that impressed them
selves upon me at the time were Fol
low the flag had this repeated to the
vessels following, thinking that they
might not see the Brooklyn and might
see us. I remember another signal,
One of my compartments filled with
water l recollect it because 1T per-
picked little 1 was fearful that
the Brooklyn might have to haul out of
action and run in shore, and con-
warning in case she did haul out that
/ would be prepared to look out for the
chase alone and not to pay any atten-
ton to her, and that she would look out
nal, but / did not understand it at first,
The enemy's ship appears to have been
built in ITALY, To which I told the
signal officer to answer She will end
a signal Congratulations over the
grand victory and thanks for your
splendid assistance There were other
signals made. I have seen the list of
them, but these are the ones l recollect
that made any impression upon me at
the time. OF my own recollection
cannot recall any other
What distance was it you were en-
gagged in the chase of the Colon after
the Viscaya ran ashore. How many
miles do you suppose the Oregon and
Brooklyn ran in the chase of the Colon
before she surrendered"
Il cannot tell you that have heard
the chart has limited the distance to a
certain numer of miles, and the speed
of the ships has been called in Ques-
ton. / presume so or 55 miles,
ships the Brooklyn was engaged when
the smoke lifted and you saw her on
her westward course?"
''She must have been engaged with all
four"
Did YOU see the turn of the Brook
LIMP
mo, sir. I never saw the Brooklyn
until came out of the smoke"
How did the Brooklyn's fire appear
to you at that time?"
Il remember nothing about that re-
member seeing her. 1t made deep
impression upon me to ind her there
and I felt that we should mutually sup
port and sustain each other felt that
a battleship was needed and that we
were to be there together"
did you see the commodore on the
day of the battle o. July 3?'
Yes, sir
"Wil you kindly state where and
when you saw him"
After the New Ork cam a1IGT
the surrender of the Colon
WAS any conversation held between
you and the commodore on board the
New York;"
"a Spanish battleship was reported
by Capt. Eaton of the Resolute. She
had arrived Off Santiago and think he
said he had been pursued by her. The
admiral did not seem to be impressed
by that He seemed incredulous but
1 remarked that it must be Camara's
fleet. That they had arrived there to form
conjunction with Cervera's fleet but
they had arrived too late The admiral
did not assent. Finally he said, Well,
Clark, you will have to go after that
Ship and believing as l did that there
was a Spanish vessel there, said, 'Ad-
miral, in war we ought to overpOwer an
enemy if possible. Why could not the
Brooklyn go along? He turned and
said, Certainly, Schley you go Also I
then felt that I had perhaps assumed
too much in speaking to an admiral and
sugges ting that commodore also ac-
company me. I turned to the commo-
dore and said, Commodore, we have
knocked out several vessels this morn
ing; we can knock out another, can't
We" He said, Certainly we can. Come
on He then started over the side and
I started after him, for my boat on the
other side What impressed me was his
CHEEKY manner of approving of my hay
ing mentioned his going and that he had
no feeling against me for mentioning
it as senior and was rather approving
in his manner
Capt. Clark's examination in chief oc-
cupied fifteen minutes, and at ten min
utes of l o'clock Mr.. Hanna began the
discrimination.
did you," he asked as his first ques
tion.. ''see the Iowa during the earlier
portion of the engagement?'s
Yes" replied the witness, II saw the
Iowa standing in toward the entrance
of the harbor and her position was a
little to westward of the Oregon's- At
first she seemed to be steaming faster
than we were, and I thought she was
gaining ground and would get in
ahead of us. Then the smoke became
so dense that / lost sight of her, but 1
could see the Spanish ships as they
came out Later I saw her again, so
near that I was fearful that the two
shi1as would ConSao11a1atl1z i