Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-07
|[l|S OE |HE Battle
Lieut.. Hodsson Describes Fight
with Admiral Ceryera at
Santiago.
says schley Did His Full Duty
as Commander Of the
Fleet.
pslails Of the Chase After the
Colon...The Brooklyn's
Movements.

washington, Oct. 1.-THE schley court
of INQUIRY today entered the third week
and the crowd in attendance was as
large as usual. Indicating interest In the
case III undated. The days proceedings
;hexan with the recall of Lieut.. Doyle
md l,ommander Rodgers for the 0ur-
2pose sof correcting previous testimony,
ana when they were excused Lieutenant
Commander Hodgson, navigator .. tEe
Brooklyn, resumed the stand. A rev ise-
stere constituting the correspondence oe-
sfHeeYl witness and Schley We're hrs1
rad and then Hoagson's examination
" as proceeded with.
Res.arding the events about Cieniue-
gos fodgson said, in reply to questions'
Re had seen lights on the shore at Cien-
fueeos. which were afterwards deter
mined to be signals, but he supposed
they were signals between the diherenA
branches Of the Spanish forces on shore.
He added when Mirallat arrived with
information as to the meaning ct the
eixnals. he Immediately dispatched 10
shore to communicate with the .nsur-
cents He said progress of the squadron
swas impedcd between Cienfuegos and
asantiago By heavy weather and small
Sler vessels. e
He said: The Brooklyn did all she
could She got into action Just as QUICK
as steam could carry her there. we
commenced firing as soon as the nrs.
gun on the port boat would bear ana
we kept the port battery firing until
she turned with the port helm thru an
arc, using the aft guns until we got
all the starboard guns TO bear. We GOT
Arouhd ae quickly as we could with
the port helm until we almost parai-
isled the course OF the leading Spanish
vessel, when the helm ceased and the.
1 ship steered coarse parallel with the
sViscaya which was then the leading
vessel. altho Maria Teresa was probably
farther to the westward than the Vis-
caya. She was standing at an angle
into shore When we got around the
smoke was dense and nothing could be
seen OF anything In the rear of us. The
tisfSe Spanish vessels we We're then crl-
RACED with were yiscaya. Colon,
and Oquendo. The viscaya was about
$500 yards on our starboard bow; the
Colon probably a little forward Of the
starbo0rd boat. Oquendo abaft the star
boaId beam. The Oregon was a. that
time about four or five hundred yards
on our starboard quarter, at full speed.
we continued in that position until the
sBros,klynss speed began to increase as
We got up steam and probably drew
little farther ahead from the Oregon.
She never was that close to us again.
as i remember. Oquendo very snortiy
fell Eoilt and went ashore
The Colon gradually drew ahead and
also went in shore. remember very
we'll at that time Viscaya blanketed her
from our fire. This chase continued
In that direction until when off Acer-
reareras yiscaya ported her helm and
ran IN shore. Colon ut this time gain
ed speed and was in shore, suppose,
some seven miles. After passing yis-3
scaya we steamed ahead and ceased
firing. The men We're allowed to come
out of the turrets one at time and
gets breathing spell. altho of course
all guns were manned and everything
ready, but the gaining upon. Colon was
very slow, in fact she gained apparently
upon us. This was about 11:15, when
viscaya stood in for Acerreaderas.
The chase continued then after the
Colon. I knew 1t must be six or seven
miles away. and until we gradually be-
gan to gain, remember keeping the
sat8dimeter at work on her, altho 10000
yards would not register on the ,stadi-,
meter. / remember at one time telling
5Schley It was within $4,000 yards, and
my recollection is he told some one to
signal the Oregon to try one of her
railroad trains" At any rate. shortly
safterward the Oregon fred one of her
1s-inch shells, which fell short. Then
we tried with an S-inch shell and they
fell short. The Oregon was signaling
to us to fall our shot and we signalled
"a! the Oregon to fall her shot. We
continued occasionally to fire. the Ore
gon her 13 and S-inch guns and we our
S-snch guns. ] remember seeing one
Of the 13-inch shells of the Oregon fall
well ahead Of the Colon and one of our
S-lnch shells apparently fell in shore of
the Colon.
At that time the Colon ported helm
haId aport. Previously to this she had
Lcrted helm once or twice, apparently
seeking to get soft spot on shore. She
) fired her lee gun and hauled down her
! flag at exactly 1:15. We then ceased fir
Ing and slowed down and orders We're
given to get our boat. The captain was
ordered to go on board and make terms
with or tell terms to the commanding
officer of the Colon. Capt. Cook went in
q boat, boarding the Colon. think he
probably had a mile and half pull.
/ We had our guns trained on the Colon,
4 III case OF treachery or any act of that
d Kind on her part, and altho saw her
throwing the breech locks overheard
did not suspect anything of that kind. !"
& & j How far was the Oregon from the
Brooklyng"
From 1000 to $500 yards on the star
board quarter"
Witness said at the beginning of the
fight he had given the range at 1,400
yards, but after the loop it was about
u 400 or $500 yards.
Hodgson said Schiey's bearing thru
\ out the battle was that OF commander
7 in-chief; he occupied place on the
platform around the coming tower dur
irlg the engagement. and this position
was a dangerous one as the commodore
was always in full view Of the enemy's.
J: ship. Hodgson stated that any witness
who made the statement that the
Brooklyn ran 1000 yards away from the