The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-05
SCHLEY WAS IN A HURRY
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putting an interlineation in this log be-
cause an erasure was made of that word
'starboard' and 1 suggested putting in
the explanatory words that we cleared
the Texas"
DO you remember whether any change
was made in the log book in the record
ing of the direction in which the helm
was originally put?"
II think I remember that erasure. The
word 'starboard' was erased and the
word port substituted
Do you remember discussing that with
anyone in the presence of Commodore
Schley and Capt. Cook?"
81 do not
How was this first brought to your
attention that it was entered in the body
of the log that the helm was put to
starboard?"
Very likely by the watch officer de-
string to make an erasure in the log
after L had examined it."
do you remember when, if at all,
you undertook to check the log as writ
ten to show whether these points were
correctly entered in the log book or
not?"
NO. L do not, except that it is more
probable this was all done before noon
of the succeeding day, because the log
was generally given to the captain by
noon.'
DO you regard that as a correct
entry in the log book that the helm was
put to port in order to bring the star
board battery to bear?"
ERROR OF JUDGMENT.
No, that was not the reason for
which the helm was put to port. 1T
was put to port to bring the Brooklyn
around as quickly as possible to head
off hn GraaF ich
would not the Brooklyn have been
brought around quickly if the helm had
been put to starboard, as it was record
ed in the log book originality"
81 think she would.
These words, 'sw---e4ng clear of the
fire of the Texas are they righ-.
THAT is right. That is point that
impressed me. Fortuna =. we got
around without having one of the Tex
as guns fired over u.s.
81 ne words, clear of the lire of the
Texas are the interlined words. are
they not?"
''Iney are"
"Did you give any specific instructions
or make any specific suggestions to the
officer who wrote the log with regard
to putting in those wordS?"
81 think it is very possible I did.
think more than probable that I did,
because ~4.at was the fact l44.-~ IMPRESS
ed me as the result of swinging with
the port helm. I was very thankful
we cleared the Texas and her fire"
when were those words put in rela-
tive to the change in the log book from
'starboard' to 'port?'
81 cannot say. 1 was not at that me
contemplating any such searching in
vestigation as this and consequently
thought that the log was written with
the idea of giving general account
and fair account of the bat
tie without being brought up
under searching scrutiny, or L might
have been much more particular as to
exact times and dates.''
With Commander Hodgson S, on the
stand the court adjourned until tomor-
row.
1t is understood that Commander
Hodgson win be examined tomorrow
about series of letters which have
passed between himself and Admiral
Schley and which were shown to num-
Der of persons in the court room to-
day.
WITNESSES RECALLED.
The Schley court of inquiry began it's
proceedings today with the recall of wit
nesses who were on the stand Yesterday
and after they had CORE cted their pre-
vious testimony and made such additions
were excused and new witnesses We're in
troduced. The list of witnesses for the
day included Capt. Raymond P. Rodgers,
who was executive officer of the Iowa
during the Santiago campaign: Ensign
(now Lieut) M. L. bristol, who was
watch and division officer on the Texas
and officer on the deck of that vessel
when the Spanish ships came out of the
Santiago harbor; Lieutenant Commander
w III
the Brooklyn, and whose testimony has
been looked forward to with much inter-
est because of his correspondence with
Admiral Schley, and Lieut.. c.. w. Dyson,
of the bureau of navigation
Capt. Lem1y has still quite a long list
of witnesses before him, and when court
began business today it was said on his
behalf that he probably would not be
able to conclude his presentation of the
case for the department before the mid
die of next week.
Capt. Dawson, of the marine corps,
who was on the stand yesterday, was
called to correct the official copy of his
testimony. He said that while he had
not seen the Brooklyn swing with star
board helm he was sure she did swing.
Lieut.. Dyson, who was on the stand
yesterday as the court adjourned, was
then recalled. He had added to his coal
how long the supply of coal on hand
May rs would have held out under forced
draft. The information was contained
in chart which was read by Judge Ad-
Vocate Lemly. The witness also read
the same Information from a tabular
statement. The chart covered the period
from May IS to June l. 1t showed that
on May 26 the Brooklyn's supply of coal
was 952 tons; the Iowas, 1884 tons; the
Texas, 40 Stons, and the Marblehead's, 122
tons
COAL SUPPLY.
He said that on May "a the Brooklyn
had coal enough aboard to have remain
ed on blockade duty off Santiago har-
Dor for twenty-five days and then to
have returned to Key West; the Massa-
days and then go to Key West; the
Iowa enough for eleven days; Texas
seven days, and the Marb1ehead one day.
This was assuming that they would
have gone by the Yucatan channel He
also gave an estimate of the length of
time they could have remained and gone
to Gonaives' channel, Cape Cruz. Mole
st. Nicholas, Kingston, Port Antonio.
Jamaica, Guantanamo bay, the time of
remaining on blockade being increased
as the distances to the various points
diminished.
Mr.. Rayner brought out the informa-
ton concerning the time the coal on
each of the vessels would have lasted on
forced draft, in chasing the enemys yes
sells, taking the amount of coal on each
on May 26, and leaving sufficient coal to
return to Key West. Mr.. Rayner read
the information from Mr.. Dyson's tab
ulated statement showing that the Iowa
would have consumed 243 tons of coal a
day, the Texas 100 tons a day, and the
Marblehead II tons. This estimate would.
he said, give the Brooklyn 2.3 days