The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-08

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WAS WELL fLAlED
CONTINUED From First Paseo
The terms TO the commanding officer of
Inc Colon. Captain Cook boarded the
Gallon. think he probably had a mile
and ! half pull,
"a, any rate we had our guns trained
nm The colon all this time. in case Of
treachery or any act Of that kind on her
part Although / saw her throwing breE Oh
locks overheard. did not suspect any
thing of that kind.
How far was the oregon from the
Rrooklyn?'
prom LOCO TO 1900 yards on the star
beard quarter.
The witness. in reply to questions. con-
t.uued his report of the battle. he SAID
that at the beginning of the fight he mad
given the range at 1880 yards, but that
afterwards he thought it was about 2,0eo
SalGs
GEARING OF COMMANDER-IN-CII EFF
Mr., Rayner: What was the bearing OF
Commodore Schley during this engage
1nent. or any engagement in which you
saw him.
Hiss bearing and manner were na1syial
~ those OF a commander-in-chief of
naval force on that OCCASION.
The witness said that the Commodore
had occupied a place on a platform around
The coming tower during the engage
ment. That. he said, was a position OF
danger. as the Commodore was there al
ways in full view OF the ene1ny's ships.
1T has been stated here said Mr..
Rayner that the Brooklyn ran 1000
yards away from the enemy's ships in
making her loop.
The witness replied: Any witness who
made that statement. although he may
have stated what he thought had oc-
Cured was absolutely mistaken
How far back did she go from the
cncrnv's vessels?'
she must have gone about COO yards
to the southwark as that is about the
tactical diameter Of the Brooklyn at that
speed"
Did this turn interfere with the Rrooio-
lyn's ability to keep up her fire.
KEPT UP HER FIRE.
1T did not. She continued to fire from
her aft turrets."
AT this point Mr.. Rayner questioned the.
witness at length concerning his reported
colloquy with Admiral Schley durin:, the
battle off Santiago, in which the Commo-,
dore was reported to have said Damn
The Texas
Mr.. Rayner asked the witness if it was
not Captain Cook who had given the ar-
der to port helm" The reply was that
10 the man at the wheel.
Mr.. Rayner then asked Did Comma
tiore Schley give the order 10 port tlic
heinz"
He did" was the reply
Continuing his statement in response to
Mr.. Rayners question. the witness said
that when his conversation with Com
modora SchIey had occurred on the Brook
Ign the Commodore was standing on tie
platform around the coming tower and
TWO or three feet from himself the wit
ness), and that Captain Cook, "A part Of
the time. stood in the door of the con
ming tower. four or five feet distant. lie
said that Captain Cook had taken part
in the conversation
WAS IRRITATDD.
Mr.. Rayner then questioned the witness
Very closely in regard to the language in
which the colloQuy was reported by the
and the language used by Mr..
1IodEson in his correspondence with .Ad-
miral Schley.
Mr.. Rayner thon had the witness scru-
tinize the letter which he had written to
Admiral Schley on June Sth. and drew
from him the statement that he had not
then Informed the Admiral that he had
used the expression Damn the Texas"
When the witness was asked If he thought
there was any suggestion of such an OK
preston, he replied:
When / suggested to Commodore
Sch!ey that there was danger of colli1-
ing with the Texas he said: Damn The
Texas he used the expression as not in
any way condemning the Texas for being
there but as if he were irritated. as one
might be about anything.
Mr.. Rayner asked then about the ey-
preston attributed to the witness. She
will cut the Texas" Commander Hodg-
son replied that there was no such ak
preston in the letter. and that he never
had said that the Brooklyn would cut
down the Texas.
There is a good deal in that reported
colioQuy that i did not say he added.
The statement was never mad" he
went on: but the Commodore did say
Damn the Texas 49,
Continuing. he said that the dialogue
as reported was fictitious and that he
had denied its verbal accuracy. while not
deriving the truth OF "A part of it.
WANT FACTS.
The afternoon session Of the court be-
gan with a question put to L.ieutenant-
commander iiodgson by Mr.. Hanna. He
asked why he had written his categorical
denial OF the newspaper report OF the col
loquE between himself and Commodore
Scnley- The question was objected to. and
Admiral Dewey said: ."We have The
facts The letters We're written That is
All the court wants We want facts |
facts He WAS apparently influenced ny
different kinds Of things. We want tie
facts; draw out the facts
Mr.. Hanna: W. want to know what
was the occasion for writing that letter"
Admiral Dewey: I'VE don't want that |
we don't need it
Mr. Hanna then changed his question |
and the witness said he had written his ,
explicit denial in response to a request |
from Admiral Schiey
Have you anywhere denied THE sub |
stantial accuracy OF the facts as set forth |
In the report Of tina. colioquy?n
On the contrary, I have admitted 1T"
s continuing, the witness said that Crs:u-
'nocore schley had not said, as reported,
that the Brooklyn wa. too near the
spaniaros. Changing the line OF examina-
Eon. Mr.. Hanna then asked:
when the Brooklyn turned with MORT
helm. Gid che blanket the fire Of the
Texas? Did she SO between tho Texas
and the enerny?"
II did not think she did. thought.
however. she was going, to do IT, go
WAS SPACE ENOUGH.
Had sIle turned the .otfer way was
zlcrc space enough for her to have 1oade