The sun., 1901-10-05
himself to torpedo attacks. have stated

himself TO torpedo attacks. ] have stsfei
that. have l notl
! Lieut.. Hodgson And that had said
had not seen any torpedo boats ~ ] went
un the bridge To- look out for the Texas
The Judge Advocate only want t.
give you at Opportunity tn STATE u uhe''
S..a saything further
! l.ieut Ho'igson Not that remember
y. To refresh your memory little, du
YOU remember whether anything Was
laid abuu; bllnkcting 10" flr" al the 1cNa-
at that time 4 Well when ! told him
I thought We would run into ia" TeNar
! think did say that ", might yef. ] am
urettv sur did now that ~ would rui.
into the 1eNas or We fuIgt' go -h"l from
one ot her l2-luCh guns. di' Dol men
ton the calibre of th" gun, Ia. one " h'r
bg gum, that IS" might g'f shot from
one 81 her big gum
q Have v1u ever -aiJ that vuu Wer"
? skitti-h about a collision With The leha-
| ai this time \ Nhy. ! wa- rsif'is'i aitou'
b H. ! though that ~" were guinl G." have"
Z "A collision very likely with t.r T"Nas at
thai time
o How wa tine collision avcrtod froln
I what yuu know of your uwn kn"Whdg"
/ A. By Our getting around 20 Htnc" thai
| We passed ahead Of her
/ y You cannot tell me what Wa. done
/ OF board the Tesas l assume, \ ! have
( not any idea that Is Of NV own kn"WbTdge.
The JIdc,. Advocate | understand per
I fectly, that il all We want.
| rHg CHAN0H ~ THE BHookLYN's 100
Then the Judge Advocate took up the
matter 81 the change that was nddc ih
| the BroOklyn's log, which had hrst made
I u appear that the ship turned IN toward
| the Spaniards. but All Insertion Wa alter
! ward made to show that she turned IN Tho
| opposite directiun ln execution Of the loop
.. Can you tell the who wrote up the log
Of the Brooklyn of the 81 OF Juy' rom
] sag 4 ...,g N..si.. sHV.. Ia
but gare him all the data for 1t.
q You gave him all the data 4.
gave him the points tu write. yc-.
q What point did YOU give him WIN
regard 60 the direction In which the helm
was put In order To turn the vessel Oh,
! | told him The helm wa put aputt. II ! men
toned that particular incident
Y Do you remember whether you men
toned II Of notY AhNu, am no' sure that
| mentioned -, except that Ne turncl
around to head N the Spanish ~hlp~ /
may not have mentioned how the helm
was put, bu, Il did mention u al all men
toned that We turned To- starbJIrd
q That was very important move
ment, was n not? \ Nes, sir
Y You have ~ stated 4 | put Il In
q What d. YOU mean by your log' 4
Wei. the log 81 the forenoon and after
noon. which was written up by lieut. Doyle
and Lieut. Webster but n both those gen
and the other on the gun deck fighting
,h. ha,tc,ics I ,av. 'Icn the nrincinal
nnin,s that might enabl. them L. write
their deck logs correctly After they had
written up their logs | went to the Cal tain
and told him would like 90 put In "A little
inCorm,tinU 81 INV own 4. make /, more
fun and more cuiupiete. an. 'ner" was an
nldendt;;r, vfsitrn that daN i,y myself
aud think iu hat vii be found the way
the helm Wa put
hopoSpNs apbhN DUN 10 Iht 10"
y Well ! suppu-" Nou ar" mprr familiar
with this than | am just point out ~her"
that - Iva the addeudum 10 the log llapt
l>'nlv handed the witness the Brpokivu -
log The add"ndun Wa- In order
10 establish NOR" clearly m" events ui ~"
forenoon and afternoon watches oi ~" daN
the following facts are added 20 'llo dey =
record The vessels "iNth" spanish h"e'
came out OF the entrance IA ~" following
order Maria leresa hagshlp ihc vs. ava,
lolon. Oguendo ana l"o l"rp"d" bnat,
The iirst shot hred hy lhls vessel Ma- ., 'h'
Maria Teresa ~ We passed 'h' hafld
Teresa We became ehgagei hi-o WIN thr
NiscaNa ana inc '"loh W" N"t" az 'hiS
time turning 20 the n"rihward ana "a~'
waru, hein appft Nh"h w" 'aus ar.ulh'
Iksaa s. 80 r,,, - so, ,hs h,.acS ,nd IN. ha,d
rssseI xas IN. Viscsys follow,d by the
colon and ooucn,in, IA. latter having come
within range whil. this vessel was turning
around with port helm
Y When was that addendum made and
pat into the log2 A When | read over the
log I suppose. To- verify the correct ns--
Of the log before submitting II to the captain
y Can you state when that WAS A Not
positively, but probably before noon of the
day following. ~ the log waS generally
copied before noon of the following day
Lieut. Doyle had testified that the change
IN the log was not made until July 5, TWO
days after the battle
Y. DO you remember aDv discussion
on board the Brooklyn or any question
a. to the direction In which u was entered
In this log hat the helm Was put when she
turned. when she made what j. known a.
the loop Well, ! think | remember
the fact Of putting an interlinestion In th-
log, because an erasurr was made 81 that
word "starhoard, and in order 80 make u
perfectly clear and NJ the only reason
- a,ed was 10 bring the - arboard battery
10 bear and a. the starbpard helm would
have brought the sturboard battery TO
bear as well a. the Dor, helm if she hal
gone around tong enough. | suggested
nuttine In the explanatory statement that
We cleared the Texas. - that II would no
known that We were turning TO HtarbOard
as the Texas was on our starboard bow.
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