Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-17
SCHLEY Was VERY
COOL IN BATTLE.
SO Says Lieut.. Griffin The Commodore
Was Calm and Collected to a Re-
markable Degree.

case that he preferred to remain on the
station until the Spanish ships came
out Of the harbor."
DIDN'T SEE MUCH or FIGHT
lettering TO the battle Of July 3, the
witness said that he had been in
ocnarge Of the powder division. and thai
y also was HIS duty 70 look after
loWef decks Consequently he had not
seen q great deal OF the nght.
he said that he had seen the Vlscaya
gong ashore, and that, looking ahaft
the brooklyn's beam along the coast
ne had seen two other Spanish shps
on hle, with the Colon some distance
ahead on the starboard eide and firing
occasionally Then he went into Tie
lorecastle whore Commodore Schley.
capt Cook and Commander Mason
We're standing, remaining there until
the Colon surrendered. The Oregon
was, he said, then following very close
to the Brooklyn
Were any cheering or oncoufaglng
messages sent among the men that vol
know Of, BY whom and what web
they?"
mad messenger who made fre.
fueni trips to the gun deck and Nib
reported 10 me what was happenlns.
conveyed this information to the men
OF my division in the different handling
rooms"
Were any Of these messages Of sur
ieient Importance that you would like
to speak Of them"
CHEERED THE MEN Up.
"one message which seemed to cheer
the men below very much was that
there were three Spanish ships on our
staiboard beam, all firing at u.s.
You do not know who sent these
messages, who gave them, do your
II took i for granted"
Judge Advocate Lemly here inter-
rupted the witness by stating that Il
did not appear that Commodore Schley
sent these messages, which brought a
statement from MIR, Iioynor that he
would prove. when Admiral Schley
went on the stand. that the admiral
sent these messages OF encouragement
60 the men
Commander Griffin said that when
the Colon gave up the conflict the Ore
gon was close on the Brooklyns star
board quarter and that the Texas and
Vixen We're within sight astern
Can you speak OF the conduct, bear
ing and manner Of Commodore Schley
during the engagement In which you
saw him?"
schLFY WAS REMARKABLY cool
'1ic Impressed me as being remark
ably cool considering what had just oc-
curred. He was perfectly 'natura! In
manner and bearing
On cr0sEle Examination Capt. Lemly
questioned rhe witness closely concern
ing the trip to SANTIAGO The sending Of
the Eagle for coal and the blockade OF
CienfuegOs Reading from the Brook
lyn's log he said that al the time q the
,Englos departure the sea was recorded
los moderate. He also at Capt. Lemlys
request again detailed the position Of
the oregon when The Colon surrendered,
saying that vessel was from 900 10 500
yards on the siarb9ard quarter Of the
Brooklyn. slightly lnshore. The two
vessels were headed IN practically par
a,lel lines.
Mr. Hanna asked: did you hear
Commodore Schey say anything about
leaving Cionfuogos|
II did not"
VT cOAllNB ullnCllNtNi
81 DO not remember / know he was
always extremely anxious and seemed
10 coal whenever there was an oppor-
tuhity. / do not rememhcr. any partlcu-
lar conversation. The conversation
about going 20 Guantanamo Impressed
me particularly because afterwards
thought II was such q wise decision
Mr.. Hanna asked the witness wheth-
or the flying squadron had proceeded
with dlspateh"on the voyage from Ciei.-
fuegos 10 Santiago. and the witness re-
Piled
YES. ~ a unit, until We made this
turn TO the westward on May Is. The
slowest ship fixed the speed and thar
was six or seven knots an hour"
"Then In your answer you except
retrogradeT'
81 do"
Having said that when the feet LEFT
Clenfuegos II was the general UNDER
standing that IL was bound for San
tlago, the witness under questions by
Mr.. Hanna stated that the feet was
headed east when II stopped south %
Santiago May 26 Re said, In reply 10
a further question, that " the squadron
had continued as then headed II would
have landed anywhere 10 the east
ward"
The court asked. as to the rough-
ness OF the sea that made II difficult
for the Yale to take the Merrmac Ia
tow or that caused the hawsers to
part?"
Il am not sure"
ny the court-what difficulty did the
Brooklyn have IN coaling OF Santiago
prior TO June /?
4 do not think there was any dill
Guilty during those dates
Mr. Raynor-1s not Il fact that the
derrick beams on the collier were TOO
short and were not coaling breeches
rugged on all " the ships In order 10
coal?
THAT Is the case Of the Brooklyn. I
cannot say about the other ships"
ENSIGN ADELE.
Lieut.. Commander Griffin was ex-
cused and Ensign G, a. A. Adele, VINO,
as naval cadet. served as a junior
watch officer on the Brooklyn IN the
Santiago campaign. was called
Mr. Adele said there was heaVy
surf AT Cienfuegos while the lying
squadron lay of that place, ana that
when the start was made toward san
tiago the weather was rough and un-
though II was not bad for large
ships
Moro castle was In sight he said'
upon the arrival of Santiago,
DO you recollect about the blockaos
OF May % In front Of SaniiagoI
Eyes. AZ night We steamed back ana
forth in front OF the harbor al DIS
lance Of i've or six miles. AZ night
saw signalling going OF between the
barber and the fort The system OF
slgnlls was that used In the bnghsn
navy blinking white light and jHlG a
10 was the Colon signaling 10 The TORT
II happened on two occasions
could you Zee that plainlyI
Every plainly indeed
The witness IN describing the batte
o. July 3 said that be bad bad charge
Of the port battery on the main GEEK
forward. and thnt when the spanish
vessels first came out o. the harbor ne
could not train his guns on them pe
cause q the distance Later be openeo
fire and he observed tat the leslint
spanish ship held stsady On the hsssS