The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-16
SCHLEY IN BATTLE.
Guns Never Ss5ppsd Firing ss
Brooklyn Msds H&r Lcop.
THE FloHT CEsCR!ss0.
The Texas Was NoG Endangered
by this Loop," Nor Was
It's FIRE S%arksEed
-ssAnr
Ether.


regular field day n tee court O. en-
quiry. The chief piinsss Lieutenant
Eodgson, The executive cfieer Of the
Brooklyn during the ea:s:e ca Santiago.
He vas s.ar witness tor Scliey.
Mc. Rsynor began his oEoss e1amins-
ton by asking Mr.. Rodgson snetber
the Marblehead rad haii.d ne Book
Ign when the two vesstls PISSED each
other as the Brooklyn wss on her way
to Cientuegos.
The witness replied il the negative.
Nhe examination then turned upcn
events shout Ci=Aiuegus aa6 ii reply
to Mr.. Rss nors lLqo4ry avdgOsn oe-
tailed these at lenssa.
Commander Hodsson said IN reply to
these Questlons thai ne had seen lhe
lights On the snore at Clenfuegos,
which were sfterWard determined TO De
signals, but he had supposed they were
signals between clfarent- orai c les OF
the Spanish forces un shore. He atdea
that when Captain McCsliS ScrlVeo with
information rs to the meaGlos VI the
signals he was Immediately oispa che0
TO the SHORE 10 cunmunlcate @4Ga me
insurgents. He SAID that the progress
of the sQuaoron was inpe6eo OelWeen
Cienfcegos ana Santiago Dy sbe LeAv5
weather.
MIR. Rsynor then asked: "HoW far
were you. otf oDrlng the blockade Of
Santiago, from the Moro, dorlrg the
oay ana night Of May ZS, Z9, 80 3l?'
In response the witness SAID, ''Esr-
IL IN the osy time our hablluaI position
was about SIX miles. In Dhe night l
think we steamed up and down in front
Of the haroor, distance Of about SIX
miles"
He stated that the picket boats, the
Marblehesd and the Vixen, we're in
side the line of the feet about midway
between that line sro the shore lines.
The WlIness then in Response to re-
quest from Mr.. Raynor continued his
testimony, describing the the naval os0-
Tie Of .juiy 3, from the pOl2s whe1e he
mad dropped that Description az Captain
Lemley request While ne WEs on the
stand Erldzy.
In this connection he said:
''rhe Brooklyn DID all she coulc.
She goE Into scllon just IS quick as
steam could carry her there. Ne COZ
,inued iclng as soon as the frst gun OF
the port bow could bear aCa We kept
the port baaEery 6rlDg uHti- she turced
with pors helm through the arc, uslog
the att guns until Ne got ali the star,
boald guns to pear. We got around az
quickly as We could With port helm u.
til We almost paiaiie!eG the course OF
ths Leading Spanish yakseis, whom tae
helm Was eas~a ana the snlp ssseiec q
course parallel VILE the Flsca2a. wnlch
Rss tnen The leading Vessel, although
&hs Mans Ieresa probably was 1arG-sr
to the westward tn0n the slscays. She
wss staDolnga az ar scg!e inuo she shore.
When We 600 around tne smcke Was SO
dense Dosnlng coulo pe seen CT suy-
Thing n the resr OF Us. Ihe three
Spanlsh vessels We were shsn engaged
WIN we're the Eisesys, tie Coloa sca
the Oqae2do. IAs qlScssa wss aoous
twenty i've hundred yaccs Cd cur sIac-
board Do~s, Inc Col0n proDaciy WAS
little forsard o. the staro ooarc be&m,
me Oqueroo Gas apzfG Ene siaIbcaGd.
We ccEun0e6 IN ruaL dlrscIioc, Vhen
! remarked TO Captain Geek lhat Il
seemed rather lonely toc Us osc there.
He vas II the coming tower. He
aske6:
''Why?'
81 SAD that We were al alone with
the three Spanish vessels anu II seemed
Ihas II depen6sd Upcu Us 70 knock snem
out. Al that the The elloSe Was 50
6ense / coUlc nos see anything, and l
supposed inst TIE New YORK Dellg
sway, tle leBrookiyp was sreaulng Eae&1
of the slower vessels. He sGspped cut
OF the connlng lower ana exolalMeo 10
me: What's Insg oE cur starDoard
quarteGE
- locked in tbst direction and saE
the heavy boT o. 5 snlp anC sag:
inst must be the Massso1usetls.
He sa.o: No, 1t ccu!G aoa be the
Massachusetts; SIZE has gone 10 GIan-
tanamo.' | SAID: IL mCst be me Ore
aon, and hs rCmgrkeC; 'Gcd BLESS the
Oregon 1 SAID: We'll, ! an very
glso TO see her. TIE Orsscn vas at
that tune sDou5, shouic say, four OF
i've hundred yar!s Il our sia1oasra
Quarter at tull spsed. We contlnueo
III that poslrion until the Bcocktyn'8 5
speed begun TO inoIease as We sOs up
soesm, and we probably dtew a !lstie
further ahead IRON the Oregon. She
never Sas that cloEe 10 Us again as l
remember. The Qquendo, shortly sf-
ter, tell out and went ashore. The
Colon gradually oreW sleso and s!so
went ashore.
- remember very we'll tie tine thst
the Vlscsys blankste6 her from our
fire. this chase Wss continued IN that
erection Until when Of AccerHaderss,
the Vaeays ported her helm and ran
iuashore some seven miles, After pass
ing The VlGcsya We steamed aheso and
ceased firing. The nen were silo9ed
TO eone out Of the tuTrets, one at q
time, to get breathing spell, although,
of course, all guns were manned and
every thing ready, buu the gainlag upon
the Colon was very slow.
AZ l1:l5 VheD the Flscaya stood
in for Acoe.adorss. The clase was
continued then sitter the Colon.
knew it nuss be s,x or seven miles
away until we gradually began to gam
remember keepiag the state st VOTE
on her, although the 1900 yards
would not register on the stesdiometer'
remember a. one tine telling Conno-
core Sohiey that it vas within aoou'
$4,000 yards and ny recollection IS ne
told some one to sig1a: the Oregon tl