The Washington times., 1901-10-02

was so much damaged that she was run
upon the rocks" Admiral Simpsons re-
port is: The Nizcaya was still under the
| fire Of the leading vessels; the Cr1stobal
Colon had drawn ahead. Leading tht
chase, and soon passed beyond the range
of the guns of the leading American shlps.
| The NiZcaya was soon set on fire, and az
| II 10 she turned inshore and was beacned.
Can you explain this discrepancy In time
A.-The time given in my report "as is
given by the navigator. OF course ~
captain did not take the time from the
clock. As to the other time do not kho"
anJghing about it. .,-
the purpose of showing by the distance
of relative points that the time given py
Admiral Evans could not be correct: he
got Admiral Evans to say that the loMd
was going at the rate of nine and one
half miles an hour and asked no" CoElu
she have made eight miles in twenty-five
minutes at that rate e
the Vizcaya then. the Iowa being wen
inshore," said Admiral Evans 10 fur-
ther questions, he said 1t would nave
taken the Iowa nearly an hour to get
alongside the vizcaya, but not to get
abreast Of her.
Q.-I understood you to state yester-
day that the eIevating gear of your l2-inch
guns was deranged by the extreme range,
II. 500 yards. at which they were fired,
Was not the elevating gear of some of
your smaller guns also deranged on July
3 when you were bombarding the shore
Ayes.
Q.-And were you not compelled, on
July 2. to withdraw your ship from the
action?
A.-No, sir; we STAYED in action until
everybody else went out.
Q.-Do YOU recollect making a state
ment referring to Admiral Evans book
that during the blockade off Santiago.
During the night We steamed slowly
back and forth. closing in somewhat be-
fore daylight" ?"
A-That was the rule off santiago-to
close in at or before daylight.
By Mr.. Hanna:
Q.-State whether. while you were at
Cienfuegos, or on your way from there to
Santiago. you had any orders of battle.
A--NO. We steamed in column as a
rule with flank out on each side.
Q.-Had you any instructions as to
what was to be done if the enemy were
to appear suddenly
Al had not any instructions.
4 Correspondent TestiEes.
Thomas NJ. Dieuaide. a representative OF
the New York Evening Sum-" followed
Admiral Evans. AS a newspaper CORE
spondent he was on board the Texas in
the West Indian naval campaign. He was
called to corroborate the testimony of
Lieutenant Commander HeilnSH, Chief
Engineer Bates. and two machinists that
the Texas was obliged to stop TO get out
vessel made her famous loop.
To Mr.. Hanna 3 questions he said that
he went to the flying bridge on the morn
ing of July when the alarm wss sound
ed and was there as long as Captain Phil
ip was. He then went with Captain Phil
ip to the lower bridge and stayed there
until the battle was over.
At Mr.. Hanna 5 suggestion the witness
produced a book of notes he had made
during the hattie. The hrst entry was
''9:J5. CoTvera coming out Followed by
Enemy escaping; general signal 20o-
''9:SS. forward siX-inch.
The witness said he saw the Brooklyn
for the first time after the battle began
ten to fifteen minutes after the general
bow of the Texas and seemed very close
She was heading at about right angles TO
the Texas. Mr.. Dieuaide then read this
extract from his notes: $50. stop both
engines, helm hard a starboaTd-
Mr.. Hanna-Who gave that order2
A-Captain Philip.
Q-Where was the Brooklyn when that
order was given?
right in front of the Texas ] saw her a
moment later.
Q.-Haye you any entries regarding
that?
A.-The very next entry here is: 300
yards range at second vessel and an
entry regarding the firing of Lieutenant
Haeseler's Finch gun.
Mr.. Rayner objected to the representa-
tive of New York paper testifying as to
ranges, and the witness explained that he
was merely giving notes from ranges an
nounced. Mr.. Rayner thereupon with
drew his objection.
The next note read by Mr. Dieuaide
from his book was: 1t was brooklyn
close shave"
Q.-How close was the Brooklyn to the
Texas?
Al would not like to give an exact
estimate of the distance.
A-Could il have been half mile away?
L. H.
it ! would not suppose it was quarter
of mile when | saw her. l was standing
just aft of the coming tower, by the en-
trance, on the lower bridge, and II was
in that way that | heard these orders
given / heard Captain Philips voice and
wrote it down as he said ii. Then ! wrote
the other two entries because they came
Immediately afterward. Then / went
around the lee side Of the coming tower
to find out why we stopped. l asked Cap
tain Philip and he waved his hand toward
the Brooklyn. ! looked and saw her.
Captain Philip said. Look at that fellow
q Ing out TO sea. Then 1 went TO the
other SIDE Of the tower.
Cross examined by Mr.. Rayner. Mr..
Dieuaide said he was on the Texas dur
ing tho war as representative Of the
Scripps- McRae Press Association.
Odd you not write for the Sum
A.-What l wrote, went to the Sun,
/ believe
Odd you not write story of the
battle. which was printed in the ''Sun?'
k.-YeS.
Q.-When did you write it?
A-During the chase of the Colon.
Q.-I want you to produce that paper.
so that we can see IL that story contains
anything Of what you have here testi-
fled to
Al can tell you right here that it does
When Mr.. Hanna asked Mr.. Dieuaide
why he had not mentioned these things
I'm his report Mr. Rayner objected to the
f,g- ns, m the fvrOnnd that the witness
had stated that he had written the ac-
count of the days battle. and had not
mentioned it then. He maintained that the
newspaper report was the only evidence
that should be admitted on that point.
After a long argument between Mr..
Rayner and Mr.. Hanna, in which the
former declared that this was not an i'm
peachment Of the witness. Admiral Dewey
overruled the objection, and Mr.. Dieu-
aide was permitted 10 tell about the Omls-
sions.
Captain Philips Request.
The witness: The reason did not
write it at the time. sir, was because
Captain Philip asked me not to; not in
so many words. but asked me not 10 make
any criticism of anybody. His exact
words were: Make everything nice for
everybody" At the same time I did not
myself care to write it. It was time Of
war and it was not proper for a CORE
spondent aboard a battleship to make
criticisms. partIcuk rly OF commanding
officer. Captain Philip had said 10 me n
number Of times aboard the Texas that
he had every confidence that I would
write nothing that would reflect In any
way upon anybody in the service.
BY Mr.. Rayner:
Q-How did you make it nice for every
body2
A.-By not saying anything about the
matter.
The witness said he could not remember
what he had said about the Brooklyn in
his report of the battle.
He was then asked If he had written a
report that appeared in the New York
Sun" under the headline. 1t was Schley' s