The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-11-01

NHknlnENous VII wi tug D'hitI
sourt Of inquiry, Admiral schlcy con-
einucd the recital Of his narrative re.
rnrdipg his conduct In the Spanish
war. which he had begun Thursday.
When the court adjourned Thursday,
DC had covered most OF the points OF
che campaign previous to the begin
ming Of the Santiago blockade. leaving
ahat blockade. the reconnaissance OF
0iay 81, the battle OF Santiago, aud
Rhc famous loop OF the Brooklyn yet
70 be told of.
Tickets for all the reserved seats
had been issued before the court was
called to order. ana nn hour before
chat time there was not AN unre-
served seat unoccnpicd. After Thurs
days witnesses had corrected their
testimony. Admiral schlcy took the
stand aud resume his story OF events
leading up to the great battle Of July
q. 1898. his story OF which Is us fol-
lows:
on the morning ,of July > tho day
with white clouds. aud the breeze con.
Nnucd n little hit longer on tho. lana
tha!mornlng ,9an usu?l After ! had eat.
OF the situation with glasses. We were
lying ut that time possibly throc. mile. or
= n5ms p'y oyer ,rn'n mo nan hsnu a sna pcr..
United US to remain 80 close. II was a
matter OF constant inquiry aud discussion
on board, and especially why tho batteries
Old not IRE on Us, Al a quarter OF nlne
my orderly reported 20 mo that rignai
had been made from the flagship 20 dia,
gone eastward l did not. OF course.
know where she had gone. ! sat under
shc oficers might collect there I thlnk
we niao had. one forward for tho mon.
1aSSe,n%s' zone ON q below ~ isn ny f,a while. "s nss
whilst was sitting nbnft on a hatchwhy
heard n call from the forward bridge
sns OUT" That was soma time after the
mnn had boon called to quarters, about
tas o'clock. Tho ship At that moment
land In the direction q Cabanns. which
was n little rove To the ana
one % ,he marking point, We u.ed In
sho ~rtarboard side and saw the enemy
coming out OF tho entrance % tho harbor.
OF ihs ships. and / aaw the Texas ap.
parently n point or moro abnft the star
board Deam. MY own recollection now.
head was near nor.porwest. ThsTexnn APP
s%asieriy courses To tho left % hcr was
eastward Of The Texas. The Oregon vas 10
eho eastward, OF the Iowa. Tho Indiana
az sss,waga 81 maj posI,ip1i ana ,hs
Thought, IN tho nelghborhood OF Arui.
dorcs. The Now York was out OF sigh!
Hooked At that In order To dtermins what
my position In the action was TO be. II
the vessel had not been out of sight. !
ment I saw TINT. ! went forward on to
. little platform had had constructed
Capt COOK. ! had only been there a
moment Or two when cnpt Cook Joined
WAS s. an an ,hs upper mppnsnr'bpia s"s, ra mSas 81, so Mno
thing to thu captain about being con-
neeied up and al ready, and he at the
.sso COMING risht at Us. '""vvSiI'"" / sS%i2.
Ego riRh,. tor, them" The helm was put
.sport The ship Was starisd, ahead. hrs,
s~Sca, we headed around Z -sSd 10 Capt
ciessi, to si.s Sh sSia; f fsl' asspTISssss,. Ap Ne h %ss!
orally made that signal because there was
around the quarter deck and around tho
ssmporary railing eompoSed usually Of
or, and roPs TO kssp psop,s from faillns
Iy '"cIcro Up Tor close action" The
brooklyn. ms well M the other vessels ol
die cntrancs. In accordance with tihss o"risH,
lnsl plan Of seeking NJ. enemy'a ships IL
thc entrance or driving them ashore. W.
snemy'a column. tho Idea upp-rmost II
ms mind beins that IL We could. arrcsl
them long enough, Tor tho ba,tieshlps, I,
would he. our hest point Of attack. Tho,
continued on this course. porting aus
ptLfh1nrding to meet the movements o
The leading ship. which I assumed TO b.
The flagship from a Has at har masthead
suppose from the time we started w
with port helm and then advancing ~
gccty 10 the, onerny, saw the ships q
iAs said srr ~ GSp, and Goc Sss''EeSTI S,c 'l ss $ Z, :
riosc .up has hols,ed and It means 4
keop inside OF u Thousand yards, out Q
their effective torpedo range capt
Cook was standing alongside me, an
snidi Yes; No VII soon DO within III
nring. The first sun. I think, was lire
by Lieut.. Simpson, almost directly oyo
i ehS 1ers ssip' which Gs ' nsph sn,p had w s,n "
cd with the intention OF ramming, TAX
turn ahead to the westward. leaving
GER between her and the shin f%ollowin,
which subsequently proved. to he the VS.
ca.n. We were advancing In the d~irootio
ef the yiaeaya' when she also seemed I
turned to the westward, following. the d
Trciion OF the leading ship. II then b.
dInmo,rleaiiy Opposite courses, that ii
orisinai plan had failed and that ii
HpnuIsh fleet, In order ana apparently q
Distance. had succeeded In passing N
battieship line. A new feature OF III
0eht became Immediately apparent. Cap
Cook gave the order to port helm. ! d
not. I should have done II In n second,
saw the ships head swinging very rapid
end I asked him. whether his helm WI
hard nport, think he said hard npor
never saw the ship turn more rapid
thfn shc did NJ this tins. Her turn WI
absolutely continuous. There was no ca
}nV OF her helm. | never saw the sta
board side OF the Texas at all. We wei
never across hor bow. ] never was at h.
mort side, and she never approached m
position that. was within COO yards OF u
Brooklyn. She never entered into "
head at all rs n menace or danger W
paRsed completely around the circle. II
least range that was given was I, 100 var,
and the fact OF the nearncss OF that sh
(thc second Spanish ship Impressed itse
uron my mind and will never he forgo
ten, because ! could gee with the MAKE
eye men running over her turrets TO h
superstructure deck. and ! observed Il
Daylight between their legs as they ra
We turned very rapidly. and | had he,
for n long time under tho impression thu
our stnrboard engine was backed, fro
tiio fact that was standing upon u
s%tarbonrd. and. In looking astern ! saw o
uniisupl mou OF churned watcf.
a.aE0A m ma kspry much ma N that M