The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-10-25


"Wo would havo obeyod tho orders
of tho commencing ofioor."
Were the fighting ships always in
ordor for battle?'
II always supposed they woro; the
Brooklyn was always in exoellent or
DOR" i
General interest was manifested
throughout tho couyt room whom Mr..
Hanna began his inquiries about tho
battlo Of July 3 Capt. Cook said no
was in bis cabin whom tho Spanish feet
wss sighted and won't immediately on
deos.
Had you any intimation tho night
before that tho hcot waB coming out?'
mo. | turned in tho night boforo,
about midnight, feeling rathor tho 9TH
or way, oil hopo Of their coming out
having been giyen up"
Whom you came on dock whore wore
tho Spanish vessels? What were they
doing?" l
Whom / frat arrived on the foro-
castle thero were two in eight. The
third ono was just outGide tn, entrsnoe
and the fourth appeared Immediately
| afterward. .
| (which way did they head?''
"Wo wore to tho westward The on
traIcs to us was about northeast by
north. Tho haet oamo out south and
turned as thoy IefJ tho entrance to four
points southWard, 80 that they turned
in our direction. Whom ] first got on
dooA tlp helm had boon st.rboarded, ,
hcading y little to tho nosthward.
Whom | haw tho tlscs thoy Woyo head
,pg gkouihWoGS, and seemed TO- DO coming
straight for tho interval botwoen the
iexes aid tho Brooklyn. [ wont in
tho oonning tower and dircotod the
Sclmsmen. | told him what l wanted
50 do wap to to keep straight for The
Acct. They "=sayed little. somo-
timoa thcy turned ono way and then
anolhor. We shifted helm once or
t"ico, but very little indeed, aud
finally when w0 were gotting up fairly
cIodc, say hotwcen 1000 and 1000
yaioa, 1T seemed to no cJaar that they
| Wanttd to pass be.woon tho Texas and
| tho Brooklyn. Tho Texas was we'll on
cur stsfooard hend end she was headed
to tllo northwaih and westward. All
| chips we're Carrying out Tho instru,-
t,ons of the commander-in chief, and
| thaa wss 10 head ia for the entrance.
| we wcre we'll to the westward and
headed 10 tho norhheas' When / saw
thss, partcG tho holm perhapo half wny
over. Sbo was swiugipg starboaid very
rapidly. Ibc Spanish Hdot was coming
straight for this interval, | stepped
out Of tho tower on tho port sido TO &c,
% good look at this hoot, to 900 just
| what they Woro going to do rs to our
| relative positions, aud | saw thoy evi-
donty put helms hard nport ard were
turning to tho westward. Wo were
then turning vory rapidly to starboard
with port holm and wo had turnod
think almost to tho cast. Tho Texas
waa well on our starbonId aido. I then
gave the ordoc hard aport' to the
helmsmaD, rap through tho opening be.
tween the sbiold ard tho coming tower
to the othor sido on purpose to $50 our
own fleet and our relative positions.
Quicker than you could tell it the com
u,odoio called 10 NO, Cock, ha;d apors,
OK 'is your holmn aport?' | anawered,
tho helm is hard aport, turning az rap,
: idly 40 possible Az ! watched The
Fexeg the btw Of tho Brooklyn seemed
first TO point to her port bow. I nevel
cav Tho sta1board bow Of tho Texas, and
changing hor bearing very rapidly the
DoW VI tic BloOkiyn passed. along the
port side OF tho IoX3a until there waf
Il oleaT opening botwecn ua ard the
stern OF tho Texas. Wo made CON.
plote turn, q very quick turn, with
holm hard aport until we came around
and parallel tho feet on tho other sido.
AS we parallolod tho Spanish the Wis.
osyA-"
| Admiral Dowey: "l1ay I intorpot,
did you pass the 1exas?"
II mover thought Of a collision. Ii
ncyor entered my hoad. never for n
moment hhd ono idea Of viciasitudo in
that respect. We passed, l judge, about
400 yerdB. I had handled Che ahip un.
der nil circumstances and got 80 l could
Judge pretty correctly and my impros.
sion was that wo Were about tho dis
ssnce wo sailed in squadron. But a
collision | never thought Of. She
turned perfectly clcar of tho Texas,
cAmo around and then wo had tho ViS
Gays on our starboard bow and about
| aboam wsB tho Oqnendo and thon the
! Colon. At tho timo l thought it wsa
| thc Teresa, but / aoon discovered this
vessel wass dropping out and hoaling
| for tho boaoh.
1 That waB about tho hottest timo OF
tho action. It was critical time.
Thoro YES not any timo for indooision
and do not think thore was any. ]
havo always felt in my mind, in study.
ING the positions, that tho ohanooa
you'd hhvo boon for disaster had VIC
shifted ham a. buoh time. However,
wo got arouad and wo had those three
vcs4clo. l looked and GOULD SOC moth
ing but smoke sstorn aud vessels seemed
developed IN this smoke. | could not
| undorasand it. / could not undorstand
exactly how We got there. Thpy were
| al throo firing on tho Brooklyn, whom
almost immediately isatcr than could
tcllslt l haw largo whito bono in the
wator and throug, This SIN oko saw the
bow Of g vessel. ! exclaimed at the
time, what aay thaiF The navigator,
mho waa noar mo, said 1t was the Mas.
aaohusetls or pomethipg to that effect.
| hald sho was away, and he thon baid,
ihas is the Oregon She camo W
worry rapidly. She Was making moro
epoea shan we wofo AT that timo."
Whore was sbn Oregon with 10.
epeos 10 tho Brooklyn at met timc?"
i estimated 800 yards. Sho passed
IN between tho TEXAS aud tho Ioas.