The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-08
BROOKLYN IN BATTLE.
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because of the supposition that the
fleet might fall in with Cervera. He
said the course pursued would not have
taken the squadron to Santiago.
Speaking of the blockade Of Santiago,
the witness said that at night the
blockading fleet steamed in column in
front of the mouth of the harbor and
about 400 yards apart.
Questioned by the Court.
number of questions were then ask
ed by the court, as follows:
What was the distance of the
Brooklyn from the nearest Spanish YES
sci when Commodore Schley said to
Capt. Cook, Lookout, Cook, they're
going to ram your"
II should say the distance was about
1000 or 1900 yards"
did you hear any order given while
the Brooklyn was making the turn,
| to ease or steady the heinz"
Not until it was eased to parallel
the course of the leading Spanish YES
sell"
I'm making the turn did the Brook
lyn turn rapidly and continuously, or
did she have her head longer on some
heading than on others?"
''She turned rapidly and continuous
ly."
Did any of the Spanish ships at
tempt to ram the Brooklyn in the early
part of the battle of July 3?''
"The Maria Teresa made a rank
sheer to port toward the Brooklyn with
| the evident intention of getting into
| close quarters or ramming'
What effort was made to ascertain
| if the Spanish squadron was at Glen
fuegos prior to the arrival of the Mar
| blehead?
"Outside of having the quartermas-
| ter go as far aloft as he could and
look over the hilltops, 1 know Of none
until after the arrival of the Marble
| head"
What orders We're signalled by the
Brooklyn to the fleet July 3, 1882"
Il can only say from recollection
that my orders We're, Clear ship for
action and close up, or close in
ION the occasion of the flying squad
| ron falling in with the Marblehead near
Key West, did you hear any report
made by megaphone regarding the
code. of signals which had been estab-
lished with the insurgents at Cienfue-
gos?"
| "I heard none"
do you know of any plan of battle
having been promulgated by Commo-
| dore Schley in case of falling in with
| the Spanish squadron"
81 do no."
Capt. FoIger on the stand.
Capt. Folger, who commanded the
cruiser New Orleans, was called. He
related how, on May 81, the New Or
leans had participated in lombard
ment of the Cristobal Colon, then lying
in the mouth of Santiago harbor. He
| said that the shots of the New Orleans
| on that day had been fired at a range
| from 5000 to 10000 yards, and that all
had fallen short.
What damage was done to the
enemy on that occasion?" asked Capt.
Lemly.
II don't think there was any," re-
| piled the witness.
WAS there any further effort to cap
ture or destroy the Colon?"
mot to my knowledge"
Were all the vessels available en-
| gagged in that action?"
mo; the Texas and the Brooklyn
were in the rear
Was the fire of the enemy's bat
teries heavy enough to seriously en-
danger the attacking ships?'
II do not so consider"
What was developed as to the shore
batteries?"
That they had not strength enough
to do any material damage"
| Describing the blockade of Santiago
harbor maintained by Commodore
Schley the witness said that the dis
lance out was from five to eight miles.
and that at night the vessels steamed
in column back and forh across the
harbor, somewhat nearer in.
Mr.. Rayner asked:
What do you know about the
| strength of the batteries, the number
| of the batteries or the strength of the
guns before the reconnaissance on May
81? What actual knowledge did you
have?"
The witness replied:
81 had no knowledge whatever be-
fore the reconnaissance"
What knowledge did you acquire as
the result of that reconnaissance or
bombardment?"
Reconnaissance Was Successful.
by the number of shots that were
fired, by the character of the dis
charge, the smoke, etc, as indicating
the calibre of the guns; by the fall of
the projectiles, the amount of water
they would throw up, and the evil
dent direction of the fall as indicating
whether the projectiles were moving
with great velocity or slow. In that
way I judged, alone"
Those things were developed as the
result of the reconnaissance, were they
not?"
81 consider the reconnaissance in that
particular to have been successful"
1.-THE reconnaissance was successful
for the purpose of developing the num-
Der and strength of the batteries at
Santiago?"
"Eminently So
The court asked Capt. Folger wheth-
er Commodore Schley's blockade off the
harbor of Santiago had been sufficient
ly effective to prevent the escape of the
Spanish fleet.
His reply was:
Had the weather been persistently
clear, yes; if rainy or misty, no."
He said in reply to another question
that the weather was generally rainy.
Lieut.. Dyson was recalled. His tes-
timony related to the supply of coal
carried by the scout boats on May 26,
when the retrograde movement to
Key West was begun.
The court adjourned until tomorrow.