Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-10-04
Schley Gave an Order.

"By Commodore Sehley, sir, by wig
wag signal, as | remember il"
Admiral Dewey-You saw that sig.
nal?
Yes, sir, | saw that signal being
made"
Admiral Benham--Did you read the
signal?
u did not, but | understood what it
was, and if am not mistaken, it was
McCauley, an ensign we had on board,
who made the signal himself
Inquiries were made on cross-ex.
animation concerning the wig-wag sig.
nal to the Oregon from the Brooklyn
to fire her 13-inch gun. The witness
said that he was sure that he had
seen the signal made, but that he was
unable to find an entryAof the signal
In the ships log. Reading the log, he
found a notation of several signals
and then note, saying that ..other
gnimportant signals had been made
Mr.. Hanna inquired whether the
witness thought the signal to the Ore
gon was included in that list Lieu
tenant Doyle replied that it might
be; that he could not say how the log
writer had regarded the matter.
Mr.. Hanna-You have spoken of the
appearance of smoke in the harbor
and of the action taken by the Brook.
Ign with respect thereto. Was any
entry made in the log of the occur
renee?
Il find none. The only thing | find
in relation to that is an entry here
about several burning block houses
being visible on the high point to the
westward"
do you think that relates to the
appearance of smoke?"
No, that had nothing to do with it.
because the block houses were away
off to the westward"
Captain Lemly asked what efforts
had been made by the flying squad
ron to discover the whereabouts of
the Spanish fleet while the squadron
lay off Cienfuegos, before the arrival
of Captain McCalla. .teis
The witness replied that there had
been no effort except In making in
quiries of the captain of the British
vessel Adula.
Captain Lemly then asked number
OF questions. The first Of these called
for an explanation of what the wit
ness meant Wednesday when he said
he thought that just after the begin
ming of the battle of July 3 there was
a prospect of melee"
Il thought" responded the witness,
that the ships were coming right to-
ward us. / thought they would get
into us and thought we would have
a mix-up, as they were only about
1,400 yards distant"
To Avoid Spanish Ships.
Judge Advocate-Do you mean that
the course Of the Brooklyn took her
across the Spanish line and that she
necessarily manoeuvered so as to
make a turn to avoid that?
That is what | mean"
What orders were given by signal
from the Brooklyn to the feet durins
the action of July 80.
i do not know, except what have
Ilready testified to about the wig
bag"
The testimony of Captain William
c. Dawson, of the United States ma
rine corps, was in part as follows
He was the signal officer on board
the battleship Indiana during the bat
tie off Santiago.
- iNPty W a QdSGblQA liOuu captain
Lemiy the witness said that he had
seen no signals from the Brooklyn di-
rectory of the movements of the fleet
during the battle.
He also said in part:
Il did not see the exact movement
OF the Brooklyn The first I noticed
her was 20 or % minutes after the ac-
ton began, when ! turned my eyes to
the westward and saw the Brooklyn
standing apparently due southwark.
directly at right angles to the course
we and the other American ships
were steering. This struck me SO
forcibly because the other ships were
in column and steaming westward.
The Brooklyn was in close proximity
to several others Of our ships They
appeared punched but the Brooklyn
was steaming southwark and firing
with her stern guns, while some of the
others, I could not distinguish which.
we're close to her Tho spectacle was