The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-01
EVANS TELLS
 OF SANTIAGO BATTLE
Continued from Poge one.)

Continued from Poge one.) l except possibly the upper parts Of the masts; If behind the hili they could not
 Court then adjourned for luncheon. with q statement by Captain Lemiy that Rear Admiral Evans would be the first witness of the afternoon. .(
 ADMIRAL EVANS ON STAND AT AFTERNOON SESSION. When the court convened fer the after noon session. Rear Admiral Robisy Evans, who was captain of the battie- ship Iowa during the battle off Santiago. stated that he had first joined the nyins | squadron off Cienfuegos on May 2 at | p. m., when he took dispatches from Admiral Sampson to C0mnodore Schley, These dispatches he had sentyto Commo- | dore Schley by his executive ofllcer, Com mander Rogers, he not seeing the Com modore himself. As the dispatches were sealed. he did not know their contsnts.
 anything, was done while this squadron | was off Cienfuegos toward developing. the fact as to whether the Spanish squadron
 under Admiral Cervera was or was mol
 knew" What. if anything within your knowl-
 edge. was done to destroy or. prevent fur. | ther completion of the enemys batteries | In the vicinity of Cienfuegos" "on Sunday afternoon I'm quite sure it was, Commodore schiey formed his
 squadron in columns and stood into .
 shore, made a turn and stood out alone. | That is the only thing knew Was any attack made on the enemy | or by the enemy at that time?" Mo haxv ell <x<xks ayaA ~tN NNA ktn<
 breastworks and looked at us We steam
 ed out again. There was no firing on
 Were you then within range of the | batteries in the vicinity of Cienfuegos with the heavier guns of your ship2" 'T did not see any batteries. There | was a work they were completing there"
 Were you within range, of this7'
 "The battery of the Iowa consisted of | what?"
 Four la.inch. eight s-inch and twelve Were these embryo batteries within range of your s-inch guns when you l steamed in?''
 They were within easy rangei they | were within range"
 T should think so, yes"
 Did the Iowa coal while in Cienfuegos, and if so, how much did she take?'.
 
 We began about ' in the morning and stopped at in the afternoon. We took coal from . collier alongside. the Merri- mac. I think
 the Iowa from the Merrimac on May 2Sd, while off Cienfuegos. and that he had no diticulty in doing so.
 Condition of Weather.
 Speaking of the report of the condition of the weather made by the Iowa on May s.th and 18th. the witness said Sr, on II the onetas on the morning % of the ssth the sky was overcast and the weather was again squally; on the afternoon 1t was worse, there being a good deal of rain with a
 He said that after leaving Cienfuegos the vessel had steamed to point about thirty miles south of Santiago, arrived at ' that <" time i the squadron was heading to the east. The weather at that time. he said, was not such as to prevent the coaling of ships at that date. The Iowa aboard or sufficient for steanpns 5000
 "on blockade the ship used about 30 or % tons of coal a day.
 made?" asked Judge Advocate Lemiy.
 T do not know was the reply. The witness said he could have coaled at sea on the 2Ith as the seq was ,s s%SG,n S,rs squadron on May asth. 2sth or soth to communicate with the insurgents on shore near santiago?'
 None to my knowledge"
 Testifying that he had first seen the Colon on May 29th, Admiral Evans said that vessel was not inside the harbor at ali but was about i.5Oo yards inside the He then detailed the particulars of the bombardment of the Colon on May ai. saying that on the forenoon of that day Commodore Schley had stgnaled to trans fer the flag to the Massachusetts,; that she was going in to engage the Colon. Describing the engagement the witness said;
 | first shot from the Massachusetts fall short a long distance and supposing she
 was firing 7,o0o yards, l gave the range | to my guns 5000 yards. saw these shots | fan short and increased the range to | 5000 yards. ~ Fighting Bob Kept Firing. After the Massachusetts had passed the entrance to the narpof sne steameu | lowing On the run back across the har- | bor again fired 10000 yards; The shots | still fell short, and as the Massachusetts | and the New Orleans slowed down and stnnned shT sn after they got across slowed my engines. then increased the range 10 H. | 0o0 yards and fired two shots from the | forward l2-inch turret The. first was
 fd. nred at n'~ '@'"'' '" " ~"
 :T then gave the, range at n.s9o yards ! an5 the shot struck very near the stern | of the Colon. Both 12-inch guns were dls- sbled by the fire from that extreme ele-
 vation. After that % we sto4o a mile ,,ioand ane ing station again. That, was all saw done to iniure the Coion," 4...<. The witness was then asked about the blockade of Santiago under Commouore | Schley. s.... ..ooS an,,oy, o, o,sht noiiss out during the day time and 'suttia further out at night with the Tiran and Marblehead on the Inside at
 riSbt The judge advocate asked con caTninp a statement by lieutenant CT the
 Spanish naSy, ,Sst pFla'0Gd at dark the the XmsricSn
 Sins gaL sliiI withdrew to the southward, disap-
 peaTlng, pTt E. ,roduction of this book was ob-
 ,oatnd 't tn and Admiral Dewey said:
 HThs witness has already told wnat SIS
 tance S was was fnr hat kind of information
 oon oId cd' EI9ns was there and can say
 Su" for himseT We want facts; not news | paper articles ,.4,a ~ sant,oao Ad- | rniral Evans said: ,,4 :. eaD +,a " " IT. Ja,I,or the Iowa was at the center
 x1S the Brooklyn to the left and the l Texas between "Do yo,, rsrnarobAr | what vessels were between tnem "tTI .Th "nIv vessels between the Iowa E IPr93oklyn was the Texas"
 aiiI .psd SHe yol, have an opportunity of ob-
 sart,,ne The movements of the Brooklyn | on this occasion ,,,,,,r when the heht be- | gun. When l reacheu ne .,iI nIIiusS nw oi the e 1oWa tnJ h.adpd I should say, north