The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-11
ana he remarked. GOD ble.. the ORE

81 said: Well. I am very glad to see
her: The Oeregon was at that time ABOUT,
of our starboard quarter at full speed.
We continued I'm that position until the
Brooklyn's speed began TO Increase as We
got up steam, and probably drew little
farther ahead from the Oregon. She new
er was that close to us again, as L re,
member. The Oquendo very shortly fell
out and went ashore. The Colon grad
ually drew ahead, and also went in shore
remember very well the time that the
chase was continued in that direction uH-
til, when off Acerraderos, the Vizcaya
Colon at this time had gained speed. anu
was in shore, 1 suppose, some seven
miles. After passing the NiZcaya, We
steamed ahead and ceased firing
The men were allowed to come out or
ing spell, although, of course, all guns
were manned and everything ready, put
the gaining upon the Colon was very STOW a,
was about Ills, when the Vizcaya stood
in for Acerraderos. The chase was con.
must be six or seven miles away. until
we gradually began to gain. L remem-
Der keeping the stadimeter at work on
her, although the 1S, 600 yards would not
register the staiirner ar. 1 remember a.
it was within about 13. coo yards, and my
recollection is he told SOMEONE 10 signal
the Oregon to try one OF her rallroao
trains At any rate, shortly aiterWara
which fell short Then we trie3 with s.
inch shells and they fell short The Orc
gon was signaling to us the fan OF our
shot, and we signalled to her the fan OF
her shot. We continued occasionally t.,
fire, the Oregon her Is and S-inch guns
and we our S-inch guns.
II remember seeing one of the 13-incA
shells of the Oregon fall well ahead in
shore of the Colon, and one of our S-incn
shells apparently fell in-shore of the
Colon, At that time the Colon ported
had ported her helm once or twice, ap-
parently. seeking a. soft SPOT on shore.
flag. 1 pulled out my watch. It was ex-
actly lis. We then ceased firing. and
get out a boat. The captain was ordered
to go on board to make terms with or
tell the terms. of the commanding ofncer
How far was the Oregon from the
Brooklyn
Prom 1000 to 1900 yards on the star
The witness in reply to questions. con.
tinued his report of the battle. He sand
that at the beginning of the fight he had
given the range at 400 yards, but that
after the loop it was about 400 or 2,5oo
Mr.. Rayner: What was the bearing of
Commodore Schley during this engage
ment, or any engagement in which you
His bearing and manner, with respect
to an officer of his rank and station IN
the naval service, were naturally those
of a commander-in-chie of a naval force
on that occasion" The witness said the
commodore had occupied a place on
platform around the coming tower dur
ing the engage ne 1t This. he said, was
a position of danger, as the commodore
was there always in full view of the enc
myS ships.
TT has been stated here" said Mr..
Rayner, that the Brooklyn ran 2,OOu
yards away from the enemys ships in
making her loop
made that statement, although he may
have stated what he thought had oc-
CURED. was absolutely mistaken"
How far did she go from the enemy's
VeSsels?'
"she must have gone about 600 yards to
the southwark as that is about the tacts-
cal diameter of the Brooklyn at that
speed" ,., 9,.
lyn's ability to keep up her fire.?
1T did not; she continued to fire from
her aft turret.'
Did you ever see the Indiana curing
IT did not. The smoke was very dense
~ At this point Mr.. Rayner questioned tne
| witness at length concerning his report
ed colloquy with Admiral Schley during
the battle off Santiago in which the COM
DAMN THE TEXAS"
Mr. Rayner asked the witness IL ii was
not Capt. Cook who had given the order
to port helm" The reply was that
Capt. Cook might have given the order
~ Mr.. Rayner then asked: Did Commo-
dore Schley give the order to port the
He did," was the reply.
WAS the helm already a-port?"
II guess so, capt COOK says 80
Objection was made by Capt. Lemly to
| the use of the word of guess" by the
witness, but Admiral Dewey said the form
| of the expression was immaterial, and
asked that counsel should not interrupt.
Continuing his statement in response to
that when his conversation with Commo-
dore Schley had occurred on the Brock
| Ign, the commodore was standing on the
platform around the coming tower, and
| two or three feet from himself Che wit
ness), and that Capt Cook part of the
| tower four or five feet distant:
He said that Capt. Cook had taken part
in tine tSe Witness me very closey in
| gard to the language in which this cor
| loQuy was reported by the newspapers,
| and the language used by Mr.. Hodgson In
| his correspondence with Admiral Schley-
He read the newspaper version OF Com
| mander Hod,,Son S statement Uf the cor
| loquy as follows:
| "SchIey-sHard q port"
| ~Hodgson-sYou mean starboard.'
| "SchIey-.No, L don't. We are near
enough to them the Spaniards) al
| ready"
.Hodgson-sBut 1T Will cut down the
| Texas"
| "SchIey-sDamn the Texas; let heK
| look out for herself"
Mr. Rayner then had the witness
| scrutinize the letter which he had wrle-
| ten to Admiral Schley on June s, and
not then informed the admiral that he
| had used the expression Damn this
| Texas"
| When the witness was asked If he
| thought there was any suggestion OF Sucf
| an expression. he replied: when l sug
1 sested to Commodore Schley that there
| was danger of colliding with the Texas
| he said Damn the Texas He used the
| expression as not in any way condemn
ing the Texas for being there, but as il
| he were irritated as one might De apou'
| anything
| Mr. Rayner asked then about the ex
| preston attributed to the Witness: "Shs
| will cut down the Texas. Commando
expression in the letter, and that he never
had said that the Brooklyn would cut
down the Texas. There is a good dea
in that reported colloquy that 1 did no
saw" he added 1.-The statement wal
modore did say DAMN THE TEXAS -
| Continuing, he said that the dialogue a.
reported was fictitious, and that he mac
denied its verbal accuracy, while not DE
nying the truth of part of it He sale
could 1ot repudiate the entire statement
and that he had not understood MN z
| request him to do more than deny 1t
| verbal accuracy. He already had befor
writing his explicit denial TOLD III
| ADMIRAL THAT HE COULD NOT DE
NY THE WHOLE STORY. He had givel
the newspaper reporter authority orig,
| nalIy to quote him as authority Tor tn
gist of the statement.
An Unburied Talent.
Knoxville, Tenn, Oct. flames Tai
lent, aged 81 years, has just, marrie'
a second time, here. He has rs gran'
and 7e g-reat-grandchildren living, an
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