The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-10-31

court ni inquiry. Admiral Schlcy con"
iinuc'i the recital Of his narrative rc.
garding his conduct In the Spanish
war, whi~H =" had begun Thursday.
When the court adjourned Thursday,
he hnd covered most uf the points of
the campaign previous TO the begin
ming " the Santiago blockade, leaving
that blockade. the reconnaissance OF
May -, the battle on Santiago, and
the famous loop pf the brooklyn set
To r tcld Of.
Tickets for an The reserved scuts
had been issued before the court VIA
called to order. and mn hour before
that time there was not an unrc-
served seat uuoccupicd. After Thurs.
days witnesses had corrected their
Testimony, Admiral schley took She
stand and resume his story OF events
leading up 10 the great battle OF July
,, 1898, his story OF which Is as fol
lows;
on the morning II July Q the DAY
hr9S" eenu'itullE Ths skies we're herrcd
tsnusd llttlu la longer oil the land
fhhtmutnlng than usual After I had eat
90 brrAkiast. l came up 10 take survey
- the riiuation with glasses. We were
Bing ~ that lime possibly thr"" miles nI
- liiile Bit uyeF from tho land. and !
wondered very much WHY they had bsf
m'tcd w 10 rcmain sn glhsn, u wan n
matter Of constant inquiry and dlsruastpu
on board, and especially why the bnttsftes
did not hrr on US AZ q quarter of niile
my orderly reported 20 ~" that sigpal
i ID. taaF al a
know whore she bed gone / vat under
an nvnlnF that W had put into position
.Hch day 0t tre sun arua", ~ order thAt
the oNrru might gullryt there ! think
We also had rur forward for the men
] came IN drek With my Elasfrs after
having .kons hrlpu fur little white ana
MN'hl Was ItlinE nhnft On g plchWay
! hgnri q ,fll from the fCT~ara bridge
Ten The cgWmndgrr that tho fleet h com
ina pW' That was some time after the
myn had been called Co quarters, about
Sb O'Clock Tho ship I'd that moment
was lying with her head In toward Jht
land N 'H" direction ~ Dnhauas. which
was n utUg cove Co the westward. Hud
one nt Tho marking points W. used iu
maintaining oar positions ! looked over
tho .r'arenerd side and HGw the 'ncmy
! thcn ipuhed ,astNatd th see the order
of the ships AMI ! saw the Texas ap-
parenuy O point ut more ahait the star
boatd n"nW Nv own recollection now
4 "
head Mas nrnt nor.nurWrst ThcT5xas d.
feared to nv 10 b" heading on some OF The
Unrirrly cuuruor To the lvft OF her ws=
sstuSI5 ag 9Ta az s9 19G SyS fb. gr- Sgs.Sr ~ 9
thc eastward NJ the lave Th0 lHJier8
ems vprtWHrd ~ fhIt Hpa.N@eN bud iha
tilourcstef WgE lying IN under the land :
Thought. in tho u,ighhorho0i ~ Arul-
dorcs The Nov YORK was out NJ sight
anh out ~ eiEnIl tl.fHUc" with glHsSyH,
looked ~ TINT 'u order tu dtrrmine what
my position tn che action wHs ga hR, "
tho yeEapl had not been out ~ sight. /
should have naag rigNal IN" mo
'n"ut 7 ~ that I W,Hl forward On 60
u litl" platform I Rad had rnnatruytrd
TIE battle, IN "tdrr Co &c. very ,ireH 60
Cant. Cook had only been there q
rn"nggi Gr two ga,n t;ap' reok Joined
vuu IN thr upper bridge SANK uut some
thing IN the captain about being con
utr'"d up nnd al ready. ara he Ht th'
an ,uTrIUr ri-ht st us % ..It,un D. s"tt
Ego right Tor ,hcm " Tho ha'm wa- nut
Hport Tho ship WIS started ehoad first
o T. perhaps abru, hall speed. I du not rec
object she tuut hgr way vrry quickly, and
hon W. headed around I said TO Capt.
Cgpk. "Gp ahead full speed. ami hoist
signal 10 clear shlp for action" We zen.
orally made that stgnhl because there was
around the quarter DECK ami around the
forCNagtle uf most OF these ships 90 little
temporary railing composed usually ~
RHFN NilU Fer' 10 kHfN people from tHlllNE
overheard Generally an awnluE of some
sort was up. That signal was followed
bT "ttnrn ap for close action" The
Hruuklyn. es well ~ the other vessels Of
the rpuadrun, charged Immediately into
tho entrance, IN accordance with the orir
innl plan ~ seeking the cncmy's ships iu
the entrance or driving them ashore, W.
cucmy's column. tho idea upprruout In
M mind being thar u We could arrest
them long enough ioT Tho hattlrFhipH. 70
rln. " ana knock them To- pieces that
woi'lN hN our hest point pt attack They
continued on this course porting ana
F'btho1riiuT ~ meet the movements of
-" leading ship. which assumed to he
the fiagrhip from u ilag at bcr masthead
7 yuppoge from the time We started We
were ten 10 twelve minutes turning first
with port helm and thrn advancing d.
the eastward and westward ciosins ir
7 said to Cant. Cook "Cioso action or
rioEn up has hoistcd and IL means 10
their effective torpedo range" Capt.
Cock was Etandinc alongside me aud
said Yes, wo viii soon b. Within the
crnsr.firc Of these ships," ! said Yes, g"
firing. The first gun. ! think. WAS Aired
nv Lieut. WmpHon. almost directly over
the foreeaEtle ~ the ship. saw the
"d % With ne intention Of rsmming. i' ,akr
turn ahead 10 the westward. leaving u
gap between her and the ship following.
which aubseqaentiy proved 60 b. the Wis
cayR. We were adyancing w tho direction
OF the ViscHya, when Hhe also seemed 10
have given TIP the Intention 10 ram and
turned tn the westward, following the di-
came apparent. ne we were steering on
dtasactrically opposite cuursra. that the
original plan had failed and that the
sIs,Snee had had ~ puSees.ied See d"1 IN psssinF se
naftleEhip line. a new feature af the
fght became immediately apEarrnt. Capt.
gsok gsyS sS"9 hs SsgS orSsr gonS 70 ROT helm did
saw the ships head swinging very rapidly
and ] asked him whether his helm was
hard annrt 'hins h.. -ssd s=--- s:..1--...
/ never saw tho Ehip turn move rapidiy
thhn she did ~ this tim Tier turn WINS
absolutely cnntlnuouH. There was no cas-
Ing ot her heln. never sqS the star
never across her how, ! never was nj her
por' side and Rhs never approached nhv
position that WAS within t1S Yards Of the
lircoklvn. shs never entered into my
head ~ ai as mcnHec or dsnHgr We
PASSED completely around the circle. The
lraFt range ihat WAS given was 100 yards
and tfs fact Of the negrness of that shlp
tthc secsnd Spanish ship Impressed itself
apon fYy mind and will newer he forgot.
ten, bevause ] could see with the naked
eye men running over her turrets tc her
superstfucture deck. and ! observed the
daylight between their legs as they ran.
We tf,rBeh very rapidly. and ] had beer
for long time under the impression that
our ~tNfnoHfu engine was EHEAfus from
the fact that ! was standing upon the
stErbonfd. and. In t0ot ting astefu ] saw an
unufuni amount Of churnea watet. u
leokcn 70 me very much as if thst en-
rtn@ Rad been backing. Though the mat
Ter was not one Of record as ] found
out. subsequently. ] had always been un-
der the impression that that engine hna
backed. During the turn Mr.. Hadascfl,
out. p<rhaps, for the Texas, do not
recall what Il was. sut there was never
anv coIIoquy of any character hatween
MY ffodgxnn and snysef First. he was
tnn rood an Officer 50 hare transgresssa
rne sf the plainesA duties Of m. ohicer
st such q time, 4 nd, second, n ne mac
undcrtaken Il. ! would not have pefmsi-
ted II for a Fernrd That is a fefion;
there was no eolloquFs
HefuYe W. turned the ieadlng snip wa.
ahcam. ~ little ahaft the behn. ana
when We turned about she was ahead ot
tis. that 10, on the sfarhnafd bow. ano
all fDur phint and shs. forts wrrr nrinE
At The Enmr time. and frors thaf moment
the following ten or nfteer ntlEutet were
the most ftfFtop4 paft Of this enttfe som-
bnt. rrmeulber very d3sfincfiy. peefnH,
frrfr time tn time. m my esteutsun WIS
atffnr<ed FOR unmextt. kn< te<e OF WN-
IN n1fNod ana astsrn and over and short.
ne ro&r of prpiectiyes wAn of1H nf the
tHf9,eH that can be Ecakd rnfy oncc IN p
,l{el}rse. ana than never forgotten. u
1unGHV0< a that naum<nf t1tAt - fopr
d 49, pAipa xsre - Weex uee1 ms
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