The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-24

which I overheard ~Dich 4 sittiiu nv "
u,flsn Ne came aboard that A1ral Samp'
FUn wOf3d be ciiere on the tuifNlng nns,
he made that statement In conneetio1
with this reroark that he was gong IN 70
sink the Colon -
f.oninsnder Schroeder was then .gsleh
concerning the coal supply ~ the Nassa,
chuserts ana when he replied that he nad
no Information on that point he was nsseu
w read The log 70 secure fhis in3orm"lDh
Counss for Admiral Sehle{ obJefssd; w
Assistssgf Judge Advocate HAnna tfistStcl,
saying that Admiral Seiheys connSei We're
merely creating DELAY by their celeett0As
II proeose e deysiap tne XIV, ai' roi ,,.sii
case and Nechnical uhJectsuns VIII NOT aNa'i
TO prevent" he said
The oblcrtiOn "a the question was NOT
=sessed, and upon reading trgm t9e ios
the Massachusetts hsfd over no tohe 81
coal aboard when II arrived at Sanuago.
Mr. ISannl- Assuming shat the MaSS1ciu-
sctts on blockade duty would use thirty Y
forty tons Of coal pen day, how lfTg could
the Massachusetts remain on blockade be
fore sanHaSo, win thnt supply q 9SSllf
would have 10 60 somc distance 20 replen-
ish the coal .SipYly. AZ forty tous a day.
Of course she would rcui1in about twenty
DAYS. II thtee ScTe coal supply ut hand
There WIS coal there 30 the time on the
"Stesmfog at ten knots. about how much
coal would tthe Massachusetts consume on
xiv recollection * that we could make
four AMI q half miles per ton Of coal.
That would he about 30 miics "a day on
hfty tons and I thlIfk this probably NOT
far from what was the case
Lieutenant Con-niander L. o. Heilner
navigator Of the TeNts during the Spanish
war. testified thar he had heard no guns
tired when the squadron approached Glen
fpegos. To his kuow!'dgc no effort was
made to ascertain ,yhesher the Spanish
were In tslc harbor or TO destroy the span
ish works there Nor Rad there heen any
effort to conmunicare wlah CuhanS on
shore until Cspsaln Mrtaiia arrived on me
The witness was then asked 10 describe
the battle Of July s. and said: Tue IeAaS
bad been heading about etf "neu lHF
enemy was seen coming OUT oi santiago
harbUr. Lieutenant Bristol, who was OF
hcfr of the deck al cue time rang 70 60
ahead full speed and put helm hard to
starbcard to make a turu.
when ] got on deck ne 'hf@rmeu ne
Of what had happened and | sent lim oe-
low and assumed charge Of the dccN re
captain told me that he bad easyd thr
helm until be could mud out which WAY
speed suggested full speed He said
the battery was not ready. / told hlm %
would be ready before tile shin was Ia
position to fire and then he said All risut.
ara rang ao 1gli BBg G9 foo Hyn tbe az to
the westward he put the helm bard to star
board. made several reports 10 am
ABOUT the BFoOkINu lNEdIAliE Afl 1A-ilbl7'
lie said Never mind, | also referred 70
the way | thought the Brooklyn was stand
Ing up to aght-very nicely. The captain
fSra Y 01 oof out G toF th iD ship The
Brooklyn then was about on her port beam.
SO I said: All right. captain, ! viii look
back looking on the siarbOard beam ~
the ships getting out. After we sheefed
about ana got 10 the wes tg i, s Sgss ,e
In and be ala. Right after he gave her
this helm. he sang ogt through the slsht
hole 10 the men AZ the wheel Gnq At tAe
engine room Indicate: "a slow then Stop
and said Captain, they VIII all get
away from as. lie dih rot answer me,
but immediately stepped back and then
said: My Lord. captain we are ont Of the
6ght'
around and right ahead of MS this mig
gray ship doomed out ~ the smoke. Fol
second / thought my heart was in ny
helm and she steered by us When I saw
her she was practically ahead Of Ne. Tina
on To westward As soon AS the Brooklyn
cleared us, we rang TO 40 ahead an'
that We simply followed on as fsS. as w
could Oh a llnc TINT was Just Inside tn
line whore the Oregon was engaging tai
SHIPS Jhst before this turn NJ the Brook
lyn, the Iowa and the oregon were buti
close To us ON our starbuard helm. W.
continued the chase un,H the Colon hauled
down her nag, when the captuin. gave the
order 10 stop forced drpught"
Captain Leny- How near was the Brook
lyn 10 the Texas at the time YOU sag yoy
saw her loom up out of the smoker
Il did not make any estimate m tn,
time, but came to the conclusion later that
she was GetweenSlO0 aud 100 yards from
U.s. which WAS a much longer distance thar
Captain Philip thought Il was.
Captain ilemly- Perhaps I shonld have
asked yon In the FIRST place the position
o. the Brooklyn relative To- the Trxas
Just before going into battle.
"She was almost asteru Of MS That Is
because we We're headed almost east Sh,
should have broke west by northwest Sh,
was heading for the land and Thought
she was standing, pretty nearly on her
indications OF turning and ! thought she
was going right in
Did the rooklyn give any steam whistle
signal to Indicate her change of comseI'
That l do not know"
did you hear ANY,
Il did not hear any"
DO you think you would have heard
It 4 there had been steam whistle sig
mo sir. We could never have heard II Il
At what time during the battle OF san
ttago do you consider that the Texas Ngas
in the greatest daugert asked Captain
Mr. Rayner objected coptending such
opinions were shut out by previous rul Az
Of the court
Mr. Hanna said there were many mlner
points on which the cotrt must From time
TO time ask tho opinion OF witnesses m,
point was also NlENcu on Tue slide
by Captain Lemy ana the other by Judge
Wilson.
The court 0verruled the objection and
the question was repeated.
Looking back responded the witness
- know that the time Of the greatest
danger 10 the Texas was when tho Brook
lyn doomed M out OF the smoke righj
ahead Of MS"
He said in response to questions that
he had mover sailed with nan who hat
quicker slight or who handled hls shiT
to better advantage than Capaln Philp
He added that the captain had IN thli
occasion, given successive orders and ths
the Texas had backed until she was deat
In the water" lie said that on account Of
this incident two or three minutes mai
been lost and that fully three miles wcf,
lost To the ship. a part OF this delay
however he said had been caused on nc
count OF the failure Of the ships blowers
rendering the vessel slow In gtfting III
STERN
Captain IIeilnef was questioned at con
siderable length concerning signals. IL,
had be said, IN response TO Mr.. RarnceI
questions, seen the Brooklyn make slgnal
TO the Texas IN the day 0t the battle
Mr. Raynei. What were they2
II doa't know what they were first
| reported one-nag hoist, which | suppose,
Vas clear ship for action