Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-11
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were closer in at night"
Mr.. Rayner called attention To the
fact that the log of the New Orleans
placed the distance of that vessel from
the MORO at Az miles and the witness
said this was true
Lieut.. Lelper said in further reply to
quesuons that his estimate of the dis
lance out was entirely due to visual
observation. Asked whether he agreed
with Captain Folger in stating that
the reconnaissance of May 81, when the
Colon was bOmbarded. was a success
in developing the strength and number
of the shore batteries. the witness re-
piled that he thought it had been a sue
cess to that extent, but that he could
not agree with Captain Folger in all
that he had said. He found that the
ire Of the batteries was slow.
In response to Captain Lemly, on re-
direct examination. Lieut.. Leiper said
that the distance of the blockading ves-
sells from the entrance to Santiago har-
Dor was about eight miles at the point
where the vessels turned at night.
The judge advocate asked: What.
really. as matter of fact. was devel-
oped by the affair of May 81. as to the
strength or weakness of the guns"
The witness replied: "As compared
with the strength of the guns of any
shiI in the squadron. any of the bat
tleShips. the Brooklyn, New Orleans or
the Marblehead. the batteries We're
weak
Lieut.. Leiper was then excused and
Lieut.. Bristol called for the purpose of
correcting his testimony of yesterday
While Lieut.. Bristol was on the stand
Mr.. Rayner referred to him reports
frCms Capt. r. ID. Evans. Capt Henry
Glass and Lieut.. wainwright Kellogg.
dated in 1895, saying that the stadi-
meter whose accuracy he had discred-
tied. is reliable within its range. Judge
Advocate LeInly asked: Does what
you have heard read from these reports
made in 1895 and which do not appear
to have been based upon actual expert
ence in action. change your views form
ulated upon your own practice with
the stadimeter in action" The witness
replied: They do not change my idea
of the stadimeter. The stadimeter is
an instrument that is accurate at short
ranges as l stated before. and becomes
inaccurate at higher ranges"
Lieut. Commander VIM. II. SchuetZe,
who as lieutenant was the navigator
of the Iowa in 1898. was the next WITT
ness. He was member of the board
of navigatOrs which prepared the Off
cial chart of the positions Of the YES
sells engaged on both sides in the bat
tie of July 8. and Judge Advocate Lem
ly asked him concerning the report
IL hx-t no I'd wifi said
he had not been satisfied with the re-
pert.
Il protested" he said. against sign
ing the report as being Inaccurate, but
I was finally persuaded to do SO by the
senior member of the board. Comman-
der Wainwright. who thought it was
the best we could do even if we stayed
there until dooms day. and l signed
it under protest. My first objection
was that the chart was inaccurate.
That the position of the Iowa as plot
ted on this chart gave her too much
speed. In order to keep the Iowa in
relative position to the other ships for
certain distances she approximately
appeared to be making Is knots when
she was making . to 10. Another OBJ
lection ! had was the initial position
of the Brooklyn when the Spaniards
first left the harbor: that the Brook
lyn's position was too close to the
mouth of the harbor: that she was not
in her regular position. She was south
of it. | based that opinion on the fact
that when | first discovered the Span
iards coming out of the harbor 1 looked
over toward the other ships on our left
var
abeam of the Iowa. The Iowa was
holding north. directly into the har-
Dor"
Commander SchuetZe was asked in
regard to his observations or the
Brooklyn in the battle of July 3. He
replied Il saw the Brooklyn at the be-
ginning of the action about port abeam
of the Iowa. l saw her some minutes
afterward when she appeared to be
headed little to the eastward Oh
north. 1t is difficult to tell because she
was very nearly brOadside on. soon
afterward / saw her headed to the
eastward. about due east, l should say
That is the last ! saw of her.
Capt. Lemly: II want you to state
whether you saw the Texas about TINS
time How was she located relative 10
the Brooklyn? Did you notice anything
particularly as to the speed of man
euvring of the Texas.
When l first saw the Texas she
was heading to the eastward of north.
Soon afterward l noticed her again
and she was headed to the westward
and apparently lying dead in the wa
ter. | called Capt Evans attention TO
the fact that she was in our way ina.
she was lying dead in the water ana
cautioned the captain that we "ouid
probably run into her if we kept on
the way We were heading. She was
then on our port bow. We were trying
to get close into the harbor and steam.
cd at first directly for the mouth Oh
the harbor. AS the Spaniards turheo
to the westward we turned in the same
direction and in this maneu're we
were hindered by the Texas.
Capt. Lemly: 1T is in evidence mere
that the Brooklyn crossed the DOW .,
the Texas. Have you any personal
knowledge Of that?"
No, SIR
On cross-examinatiOn, Mr.. fayhei
questioned the witness in reference ~
the official chart portions OF the va
off santiago.