Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-04

the court took its midday race.s to
luncheon. io
The AFTERNOON session bee., WITH, :.
quiries concerning the wiy.u.a,, ..;.. 80
| to the Oregon from tho pr,o,.,s "a
IRE ner l'-ihch gun. The witness sal,
'!i'' ne vas sure that he had seen III,
signal maze but that he was unable I,
mn" an ehtry OF the signal in the shin.
| log.
capt. Lemly asked what efforts b.f
been made by the flying sn,adror -
discover the Whereabouts of the Sn,n.
| lsh fleet while the SQUADRON low 90
Cienfuegos before the arriva, of Cant
McCalla. The witness replied tho,
there had been no effort excer+ !,
| making inquiries of the cant.;n of ~,
British vessel Adula.
capt. Lemly then called for an ex.
PLANTATION of what the Witness meant
yesterday, when he said he thouph,
that just after the beginning Of IL,
battle of July 3, there was prosnec,
of a melee
Il thought" responded the witness
'hat the SHIPS were coming right to-
Waro us. | thought they would set
into US and ] thought we would have
miX-up, as they We're only about 1907
yards distant"
Judge AdNocate-"Do you mean ,tat
the course Of the Brooklyn took her
across the Spanish line and that she
necessarily unanswered so as to make
q turn to avoid that?"
That is what I mean.'
BY the court-"What direction did rho
Spanish ships take Immediately after
clearing the entrance to the harboro"
The direction must have been south
west. They steamed right toward rs.
that is. when I first saw them they were
on our starbcard bow
Lieut. Doyle was then excused and
Lieut.. Commander Clifford J. Boush. who
had made for the court the large charts
OF the positions of the vessels of the
american squadron while off Santiago.
was called To Identify those charts and
to state the date upon which they were
prepared
Capt. VIM. c.. Dawson of the Marine
Corps. was the next witness He was tn.
signal officers on board the battleship In
diana during the battle off Santiago. an,.
said he had noticed the Brooklyn when
mat vessel turned To the southwark He
had supposed the ship was injured and
had gone out of action. He thought sha
went 900 yards or more to the south He
said:
Il did not see the exact movement Of
the brooklyn. The first | noticed her
was - or . minutes after the battle be
gan. when to the westward | saw the
l'rooklyn standing apparently due south
ward directly ut right angles to the
course we and the other American ships
We're steering. This struck me 50 forcihlv
because the other ships were in column
and stcaming westward. The Bhooklyn
was in close proximity to several othe.'
of oar ships. They appeared punched
but the Brooklyn was steamng south
ward and firing with her stern guns whil.
some of the others. | couldn't distinguish
which. Were close To her The spectacle
was SO remarkable that | reported the
fact TO the commanding officer of our
snip, saying that | feared the BROOKLYN
was injured and was going out. she
however, changed her course ana Went
west on a line well outside that Of thJ
other ships"
When Capt. Dawson was excused I.icIt
&. w. Dyson of thu. bureau of steam en-
Sineering, navy department. was intro
duced to present Il tabulated statement
showing the amount of coal on board the
vessels and how long this coal in each
case would carry the vessel under forced
traught, leaving sufficient on hand To
take the vessel To any given base of sup
plies.
Court at 90 +. NJ adjourned for the
day before the tables could be presented