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Brooklyn tarnedeen her port helm instead
of the starboafd when the loop was made.
@. By the Judge advocate)-Where did
you Obtain the ssinformatfon or note for Sug-
gestion on which you made the entries in
the log on that day? A. That particular
entry about the starboard helm / gathered
from my own information. ] made this
first record on. July 3.
The witness said he had spoken to or dis
cussed this matter with one until the
ath OF 81 July ~ when Lieut.. Sharp came
aboard and convinced him that he made
mistake, after which he changed the en-
The witness said that there was no delay
IN the passage from Cienfuegos to San
tiago by either the Massachusetts,, Iowa.
Texas, Brooklyn or Marblehead.
He was on duty when the fleet was ap-
preaching Cienfuegos, and heard guns fire.
he neard several guns. The log of the
Brooklyn indicated the firing of only two
guns, but his memory was that there were
more guns than that fired. There was
some regularity in the firing, which might
lnucate that 1t was salute. They were
then approaching CienfueEos, and the rec
ord in the log book showed it was 4:20
o'clock.
They saw a gunboat come to the mouth
OF the harbor at Cienfuegos and go back
could have fired at it had they been ready.
He did not see any earthworks or fortifi-
cations in progress of building at Cienfue-
gos. He saw signals on shore. he thought.
every night while he was before Cienfue-
gos. They didn't know that these fires
We're signals then or what they meant.
They saw horsemen going along the beach,
and 1t looked as II they might be Spanish
cavalry. They were so brazen that some
people suggested it might be good thing
to stir them up somewhat.
me court then took a recess for lunch
con. +
Distance From the MORO.
Lieutenant Doyle was again on the stand
at o'clock when the court reassembled.
Referring again to the signal made from
the Brooklyn On the day of the battle of
Santiago to the Oregon meaning: TRY your
13-inch guns" he thought that Mr.. McCau-
ley, young man on the commodore's staff,
made that signal He was not sure that
he saw this signal, but he had very strong
impression about it. This impression was
merely based on recollection.
Coming to the time Of the arrival of the
flying squadron before Cienfucgos, he
stated that on the morning of the 22d they
steamed from o'clock in the morning to-
eight and nine-tenths miles. This informa-
tion he took from the log book of the
Brooklyn, which was before him. This
brought them to within two or three miles
! of the mouth Of the harbor.
They arrived at their position OF Cienfue-
| gos harbor at 1928 and the log book. which
| he had before him. showed that they then
| had an order. to clear for action. 1t was
! at this time that the gunboat came to the
| entrance of the harbor and went right back
| again.
| Speaking Of the distance from the Moro
! of the Brooklyn at 7:30 o'clock on the morn
| ing of July B, the witness himself measured
| this distance and made it $500 yards. Six
| thousand yards from the shore would have
| been their proper position in the blockadng
| squadron.
| The witness could not find in the log
| book Of the Brooklyn any entry from 4
| o'clock until midnight of July 2 about
| seeing smoke in the harbor of Santiago
which was reported to Admiral Sampson
| by Commodore Schley. There was entry
about several burning block houses. but the
| smoke that was seen in the harbor was
| west Of the block houses and he was
| sure the entry did not refer to that.
@. By the Judge advocate: From the
| 22d to the oath of May was effort made
| by the flying squadron off Cienfuegos, IL
| any, to discover whether vessels of Ger
! vera's squadron were within the harbor;
| that is, prior to the arrival of the Marble
head? A. 1 do not know of any. We were
bockading the port.
dent of the British steamer Adula entering
| the harbor. and the conversation of Com
| modore, Schley. with the captain Of that
| steamer. but the judge advocate said he had
| already related, that incident.
| The judge advocate asked the witness
how the commodore and the captain Of the
| Adula discussed the question that had been
| before them and the witness said that the
conversation was between Commodore
| Schley and the captain. He said that the
captain of the ,Adula was on his own ship
and Commodore Schley was on the Brook
| lyn. He thought that Mr.. Sears spoke for
| Commodore Schley while the captain Of the
| Adula spoke for himself. Mr.. Sears was
on the Adula.
When the Brooklyn Turned.
| Referring to the battle of July in front
| of Santiago, the witness, in reply to a ques-
! tion by the judge advocate, said that ac-
cording to his memory when the Brooklyn
| made the turn in the loop she was 14O0
| yards away from the Spanish fleet coming
| out of the harbor. He was asked to give as
| nearly possible the relative position of
| the Spanish and American vessels at this
| time, when he said there was danger of a
| The witness: THE time 1 referred to the
| Spanish ships were coming out in column
and standing towards us, a little bit
| toward our starboard bow. I should say
about a point
| @. (by the Judge ADVOCATED: How about
| the American squadron? A. The other
| ships, must say. do not know anything
| about. I had no reason to pay any atten-
| tion to them, and, in fact, did not see
| them ut all.
| Q. What is your estimate of the distance
| of the Spanish squadron from the shore
| after coming out of the harbor lust before
4
! came out, I should say, about 4,OO0 yards.
This Is purely an estimate
Q. lBy the COURT: What direction did
! the Spanish ships take Immediately after
| clearing the entrance to the harbor of San.
tiago? A. It must have been southwest,
as it was directly toward us.
Q. How did Lieutenant Commander
| Sharp convince you that the record of the
turn of the Brooklyn was wrong? A. Lieu
| tenant Commander Sharp and I had a dis
cussion in the ward room Sharp con-
! vinced me that he was In bet
ter position to observe than I. and then
| reasoning it out In my mind 1 concluded
| that if we had turned with starboard
helm we would have picked the Spanish
| ships off our starboard bow instead of off
| our starboard quarter
| Lieutenant Commander Sharp was then
| called to the stand and corrected his testi-
| mony previously given.
! Commander Bush Called.
Lieutenant Commander Edward ]. Bush,
| at present photographic officer of the Ma
| Wy Depar rtment. was called to the stand to
| identify charts prepared by him, and now