The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-16
adniral SchIey's Flag Lieutenant Heard at
Length in the Inquiry.
,pT EXCLUDED scHLEY's BRIEF REpop
,.ace the Admiral Ordered Transmitted to tba
War Department Was Ruled Out-Brook-
lyn's Part in the Battle

| day and had not heard any conyersa t'','
! eetween that officer and Commodor
ment on July 3. After stating tbn nS% N.Y.
iiminary incidents, he said: II was il
my room when ! heard the cry Of the ex
ecutlve officer; Clear ship for action
Knew what that meant and ran To IA,
| quarter deck. looked aloft tn see II IN,
prescribed signals. Enemy Is escaping WI,
| up, and saw that 1t was I met the com
mo- on the Quarter deck. He directed
ihe signal, Clear ship for action, fol
lowed by the signal to close in. all oi
Which were made. FROM my position ! hat
good view Of the entrance our shif
was heading ut the time | should saw. I,
the westward Of north. not on her regular
heading, which was about northeast by
north: The engines had hccn started by
me Time | got on deck ana she was gain
Ing way and swinging toward the enemy
The first vessel. which proved to he iii,
flagship Maria Teresa, came out She was
directly on our bearing from the entrance
To the port.
"As the ship swung toward the Tercs
she swung slowly around. To me the
Teresa appeared not to hold an exactly
steady course, and the helm Of our ship
was eased one way or the other to keen
our ram pointing toward the Teresa The
Teresa shortly turned sguarely toward the
westward and MS she did SO | got view
of the next ship following In her wake.
IL was my observation that the Brooklyn
was then held up to meet the second shin
approaching. OF course, we ported helm.
The second ship passed in the wake Of
the first one and / said 10 Commodorc
Schey that It looked as If the second one
was going TO try and ram us.
He, ] think, aSsented At any rate the
Brooklyn was held toward her and she ap.
peared to ME to be uncertain In her course
The Brooklyn was handled by the captain
and quartermaSter She turned after she
had passed TO the southwark of the Teresa $
wake and followed her and then II was
generally remarked on the tower bridge
tueY were all going IN and "a
the westward
Just about the time the viscaya turned
Heoman Ellis, who was a trained observer
with the stadimeter, came to me N the
platform and said that his stadlmcter
showed 900 yards to the Viscaya | i'm
medlately took an especial look at the Wis
caya with that In mind, and my judgment
confirmed the stadimeter. | SAID TO the
commodore L think we are about cur tao
ical diameter from that ship now and he
Salu, 1 think So to, or, we are. The or
der was Hard aport, ! am not positive VINO
gave that order. ! think the commodore said
Hard aport and Captain Cook said IT $
hard aport' The helm was kent hard apCrt
and ship swung rapidly in her turning cir
Gle. When the order was given, Hard
aport, | looked Mt the next vessel in our
deet-the TeNas-and in my Judgment we
We're completely clear of her, and as we
turned we passed well clear Of h r. After
the turn was completed We found curse =
abreast or perhaps Il little abart the beam
OF the leading Spanish ship with slowly
conNerging course toward the filing ship
bnf there 0N we've , tnlS bin ne was very dense
occasionally we could get gllmpses Of the
thltq. shortly ,afterward the smoke lifted
toward ns AND and oieo 'nF , oI'g"n coming ,
of the remainder of our aeet and
the whole Spanish fleet. saw the tor
pv~I Go"o nmG l sent one OF the com
tify them thot they might Look ont " 'V
AT that time l saw the Vixen on orr
R Fe,1t, sac Whlch gave me feeling Of salts
torpedo atocs Tbe c %ST ."dsti hc us dII
was continued on these lines with varying
distances. While we We're engaged on
the beam Of the Niscaya, the Colon had
passed inside Of the ViScaya. firing. but
gradually drawing away. We were incrpos.
Ing our speed as rapidly MS the fires could
be forced, and after the Viscaya had gone
in, we continued to chase after the Colon.
When we heaM to gain upon the Colon
her guns g her re Tbe r ng weE nd Rroo
lyn fred deliberately at tho Colon After
shore. Her course was easattIed ana the
Of F If "nd Said me nouG f Sa' naa enough
lie pp, which proved to he the case. She
drst and then It became ne - weaker r.' she
WE G Soiod ny" SnoGe al dhat time an % a.
and Lieutenant Wells were sent on board
" '"'
When Mr. Sears had concluded his dc,
NJ, 80 ,',.,,
nm u 'oHlnodore HcnIeN hau gwen Nun
n dispatch 10 he sent to tho navy depart
ment. making 4 report Of the battlr. The
,.,+noss ro,,io1 T., 10 oes,,,,,t,o
'ti'u >" NV am '""'
Admlrhi Dewey then asked tf TINS as
patch had been sent and was informed by
Mr. Rornor Tint n had rot hoor forwarded
- 49, ,.' - ~ N"I Nv.
TO tne department aIthoush II had neen
IN %n" w ,ne I"p,e "l", , Nv 'pu. t,a
department it could NOT appear
font fhaf tho "d dspstc6 was NOT Forward T
edt asked Mr.. R9ynor
tions Of the court We are not in the Wit
IN evidence ona fbaf Is snfcient report
Mr.. Raypor then passod 10 other points
Of the inquiry. asking rs TO the distance
between the BROOKLYN and Texas when
the former made her turn. The wltncs
replied that he had only given sufficient
attention to see that there was no DANCE,
of a collision between the two vessels aud
did not feel able to give exact hgurcr
He was sure there was wide gap
water, possibly about COO yards
Mr.. Raynor questioned the witness again