Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-10-11

sAnOLners sOhJecClOnlSh 4 mad was the initial
.positio Of the Brooklyn when the;
5Spaniards first left the harb bon. con-
tended that the Brooklyn's position
was too close to the mouth OF the shar-
5bor;;s that she was not In her regular
position. She was south Of it It. "
based that opinion upon the fact that
when u arst discovered the Spaniards
coming ont of the harbo looked
over toward the other ships on our
left and the Brook lyn was very nearly
abeam of the Iowa. The Iowa was
heading north, directly into the 3har-
5bor. = 5gss
53 Commander Schuetze was asked ins
regard to his observatio OF the
Brooklyn In the battle Of July; s., He
replied
Describes the Brootsiyn's Loop.
saw the Brooklyn at the begin.
ming OF The action about port abeam OF
the Iowa. saw her some minutes
afterWard when she appeared to be-
headed q little TO the eastward OF
north It Is dificult Ito tell because
she was very. nearly broadside on.
Afterwards saw her leading to the
eastward, about due east, should say.
That is the last I saw of her. Z
Captain Iaemly want you to-
state whether you saw the Texas
about this time? sS IoW was she lo-
Gated relative to the Brooklyn? Did
you notice any thing parti icularly as to-
the speed or maj aneuyering OF the
Texas ?''
hen ~ first saw the Texas she
was heading to the eastward OF north 81
Soon afterwards i noticed her again
and she was headed to the westward
and apparently lying dead In the
water. called Captain Evans at
tention to the fact that she was in
our way; that she was lying dead in
The Water, and cautio ioned the captain
that he would probably run into her
IT fswe kept on he way we were head
ing. She was then on our port bow.
We were trying to get close into the
harbOr and steamed at first directly
FOR the mouth of the harbor. As the
Spaniards turned TO the westward we,
burned in the same direction and in
this maneuYer we were hindered by
the Texas y
Captain LemIy s.IItt It is In evidence:
here that the Brooklyn crosses the
bow sof. the Texas. Have you any per-
sonal knowledge Of it! !? q
s 3 sir.'''
8sS On cross examin ination Mr.. Rayner
questioned witness relative to the
chart positions of the different ships
on aSantdago.
Did you not state, This chart is
wrong and Il wont 81 ign IT IT ~
ssssI
why did you 81 gn ~ n
Because ( was persuaded by the
other members of the board that that
was the best we could do and they
wanted 70 come to an agreemlnt That
was acompromfse & q as5s5=ss ss
Questioned BY the court.
The court put . number of questions
to the witness. 3SSs $s
MS 81 How did you determine the dis.
jtance Of the Iowa from the shore while
blockading Gienfuego ?,'
ss5ss. 8 did not determine the distance
at all, except simply by bearings oc-*
casionall There was not any regular
effort made to maintain any parti iculara
5positi &. 81 SS5S
.2steyN ere tile vessels nearer to or fur fur
ther from shore at light at Santiago ?''s
ss s.t AT what time Fof the blockade ~
Captain Aemly rior to the first
OF June. &
About the same distance day and
night IS my recoll ion, about eight
miles, z .ai3
hen the court convened after
luncheon Lieutenant Commander
SSchuetze continued his testimony. In
response TO a question by the court,
he said that he \ had determined the
position OF the Iowa at n I: 40 clock
Ias On May 28, and that its distance
ont was seven miles. also said
that the lombard rdment OF May 81 had
developed that panisl shore bat.
te1ies were extremely weak. lei had
seen no eVid denre of q d ispos lion on
the part OF any Sof CerveTa' ii ships tc;
TAIN any OF the American vessels.
s The Gourt Was your posi- tion dur
Ing the battle of July 8 such as TO en-
able you to- observe clearly the rela,
tive positions ant movements OF the
different ships ?'' s3552s.
sB ss ssl N 10, SIR. never observed he rel
5atfvs posit ions or all the ships on ae.s
count OF the smoke and the att tentinn
We were paying to- our ospn sllf u the
light u
The Court hen you say that the
Iowa was seven miles From the e en-
trance to Santiago at IA. III Fav
928, was hat the d istanee ali daylight
or had the ips steamed of shoe
after day ight! ?s. 35ss
impressi IS We had headed al
direct course for that position during
the night or early niornin ng. \.
Commander Grant Called.
N . q q /, Il ii Il
cnsed and Comm and er Grant, who wac
senior ateh oi iicsr on the M ssssa
setts during the wa with Spain. was
called.
Asked by Capt tain Ilenaiy conrerning
the block de of G ytenfuegos Conl1raan,
der Grallt said there were no direcs
lions giving ali ord er Of battla there
bat that there was on arrival a ri gnal
from the flagship ttat Eienfuegos was
ITO be blockade HE had ON the oc'
coHion of the uaanerye off Cienfuegos
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