Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07

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which fell short We continued firing. The
Oregon fired thirteen and We fired eight
inch guns. l remember that one OF the thir-
teen-inch shots from the Oregon fell wei
ahead and one of our eight-inch apparently
fell inshore of the Colon. AT that time the
Colon hauled down her flag, and, pulling
out my watch, / saw that II was exactly
1:15 o'clock. We then ceased firing and
gave orders to get out boat. Capt. COOK
was told to go board to make terms or
to tell the terms of the commanding officer
TO the Colon. Some trouble was experienced
in getting the boat out and in the meantime
we slowed down, and when the cutter was
gotten out Capt Cook went aboard the
Colon l think he probably had mile and
half pull. At any rate, we were With our
guns trained on the Colon all this time In
case of treachery, but / did not suspect she
would do anything of that kind"
The judge advocate objected to the wit
ness stating what his suspicious were.
Continuing, the witness said that at the
time of the surrender of the Colon she was
about, fifty miles westward from the en-
trance to Santiago harbor.
Q. (By Mr.. Rayner): What vessel was in
sight at this time? A. The Oregon was in
sight and we could the mastS OF sew
eral vessels in the distance.
Q. How far was the Brooklyn from the
Oregon? A. l think she was 500 or 1OOO
yards on our starboard quarter Probably
LOCO yards: l am not quite sure. About
LOCO or 1900 yards.
The Brookiyn's Turn.
Q. What was the range at the time the
Brooklyn made her turn? A. Fourteen
hundred Yards
O. What was the range after the turn
was completed? A. The range on the Vis-
caya was 2,4O0 or $500 yards This was
after the turn was complete. / do not re-
member the range on the leading vessel.
Q. What was the bearing and manner OF
Commodore Schley during this engagement,
,rjr aCar in
saw him during the war? A. His Gearing
and manner was the bearing and manner
of an officer of his rank in the service 1t
was the bearing and manner of COM
mander-in-chief.
Q. Can you give me his position during
this battle? A. He was on a little bridge
platform running around the coming
tower
@. Was that a point of danger? A 1t
was. 1t was always in full view of the
enemy's ships.
G. 1t has been stated that the Brooklyn
ran 1900 yards to the south away from the
Spanish line of battle. What do you say
in reference to that statement. "A. Any
witness who has made that statement, al
though he may have been stating what he
thought was true, is absolutely mistaken.
Q. How far did she go away? A. 1t must
have been 600 yards to the southeast from
the most northern position of her course
when she began turning.
He said the tactical diameter made when
the Brooklyn turned he thought was GOO
yards. He thought at the speed she was
making that must have been it:
@. Did the turn of the Brooklyn In any
way Interfere with her steady firing against
the enemy? A. No. After we lost the range
on the port side we began firing on the star
board side.
The witness said that the last range of
the guns given him by Ellis before he was
killed was LOO yards After that he gave
the range himself as 1400 yards He did
not see the Indiana during the engagement.
The smoke was very dense In the direction
of the Indiana.
The Alleged COIloquy on the Brooklyn
Considerable questioning of the witness
followed in relation to his correspondence
with Admiral Schley regarding the alleged
colloquy on the Brooklyn at the time the
loop" was made. He said that at that
time Capt. Cook was in the coming tower
and Commodore Schley was outside on the
bridge. He was not sure himself that Capt.
Cook had given the order to port tne helm
except from the reply of the captain when
Commodore Schey ordered him to port the
helm. He did not hear Capt. Cook give the
give the order. At that time Capt. Cook
was in the coming tower, four or five feet
from the witness, and Commodore Schley
was outside the tower, two three feet
from the witness. He did not know whether
Capt. Cook heard the conversation between
himself and Commodore Schley. He was
positive that Commodore Schley said "D-n
lie Texas; let her look out for herself"
The fact that in one of his letters of June
he did not state that Commodore Schley
had said '.D-n the Texas" did not change
the fact that that remark was made. Com
moGore Schley had used that remark when
the witness suggested that there was dam
ger of cOliding with the Texas.
The witness-"He did not use that ex-
preston. as understood IT'D the
TeXas'-except in an irritated way, as we
might
The witness said they were getting near
the Spanish ships and there was danger
from torpedo attacks. The witness denied
that he had made other remarks as spe-
cifically stated ip the newspaper interview
which called out the controversy referred
to in the correspondence between him and
Commodore scniey. He said that in his
first letter to Admiral Schley he had not
denied the substantial facts of the colo
guy, but had merely denied the verbal ac-
curacy of the dialogue, which he said was
fictitious. He said that Commodore Schley
did not say AS close to the Spaniards as
we want. He said he thought the report
OF that interview came from Lieut.. Heilner.
Heiiner's Evidence Excluded
AT the close of the morning session q
dispute arose between counsel for the de-
partment and counsel for Admiral Schley
over the admission of a letter giving the
evidence on the part of Lieut.. Heilner be-
for the Chadwick court of inquiry into the
alleged colloquy between Schley and Hodg-
son. The judge advocate and Mr. Hanna
made a strong plea for the admission Of
this evidence, but Mr. Rayner objected to
1t, and the court, after retiring, determined
that in accordance with it's rulings it could
not be put in at his time
The court then took a recess until 2
o'clock.
Admiral Dewey Insists on Facts.
The afternoon session of the court began
with question put TO Lieutenant Com
mander Hodgson by Mr. Hanna. He asked
why he had written his categorical denial
of the newspaper report Of the coIloauy
between himself and Commodore Schley.
The question was objected to and Admiral
Dewey said: I'VE have the facts. The
letters were written. That Is all the court
wants. We want facts, facts People are.
Influenced by different kinds of things We
want the facts. Draw out the facts"
Mr.. Hanna-Al / want to find out Is the
occasion for writing this letter.
Admiral Dewey-The court doesn't want
tnat information. We don't need that
Mr.. Hanna then put his question in an
other form. as follows:
Q. Was your categorical denial made In
response to request therefor by Admiral
Schley? A. 1t was request by Admiral
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