The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-30
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. Nt'tf 'PDAs Allt-E IT, EtlLH 10 ram US anu
] ] TecelIect that the order reached below.
ana IL was evident TO me that he had
gwen H. / also recollect saying; Look
ont for the torpedo boats" and the or
der was given To Mr.. mason To- take one
( or Two guns 90 look out for them
a am referring more particularly 90
/ an order supposed 70 have been given To
prepare 10 ram d YOU know anything
about that
Al don't really recoIIect whether we
gave the order. The order was given to
stand bE The guns 90 look out for The
/ torpedoes and I think Il was given to
stand by for ramming, and not 10 stand
by 20 ram.
Q.-NEen was this2
Al was some moments before we
made the turn
Q.-Now it has been In evidence by wit
nesses that the Nizcaya attempted To- ram
I The Brooklyn after she mai the turn.
A-Ihat was the second turn.
Order Given by Cook.
O.-Do you remember who gave this or
! der TO stand by for rammlng2
Al don't rec0llect- suppose il was
I 10y Captain Cook. 1 had no conversation
with anybody else during The battle ex-
I cept Captain Cook
In answer to queries at this point in re-
| gard 10 certain correspondence Admiral
! Schley said that the order Of turning was
made because Of the necessity of saving
! the Brooklyn from destruction. and he
added that it was not only proposed to
save the lives Of those on board but TO
/ save the vessel in the eountry's interest.
which it was sUbserviHg.
Q.-There appeared 10 DC three reasons
4 for making this turn2
A--The most particular reason YOU have
not stated. That WAS that the ship might
continue In action and defeat the enemy.
: That was the controlling reason why the
turn should b. snade
(Which of these various reasons did
YOU have I'm mind2
A--Probanly ala Of them.
O--l haven finished my question
J which OF these reasons did you have I'm
mind az the time when you made this
I turn with a-p1rt heinz
and others.
Q--1Ou didn't say that it was hard a.
1 puTc. did YOU. or simply port
! A--Nk hen / asked him rs your helm
hard a-p2rt,' his reply was either port"
hard a-pOrt from the way the shin was
I turning IL went round furiousIy.
Q-bo YOU regard this movement as
having been important2
A.-GcS. I think IL was one which de-
3 CiGed the events Of the DAY
40 You mention this In your report
! 40. I regarded % simply as an in
cidCut
/ Q-But you regard it now as Important
A-fes, now 1 think il was Of vital i'm
Odd Captain Cook give this order
without consulting yOu2
/ A--Captaiu Cook gave the order under
/ general Instructions. The signal was
[ mace 10 keep from a 1.n0J-yard range SO
{ as 60 avoid torpedo attack CAPTAIN
/ COOK conception Of the movement ac-
/ corded entirely with my own
] Q-Eeins on deck and being the senior
{ ofhcer you consider the fun responsibility
for that move rested upon youg
/ Absolutely. yes
Signals During the Turn.
Q-Was any order given in regard TO
the direction Of other vessels N the time
of the turn?
A--They We're made at the time We
attempted 20 avoid the possibility of get
ting into a crossfire- The Brooklyn.
T through this turn. made a very import
ant move II the move had not been
made and had we sacrificed the vessel,
( olr vessels may have lost
Q--A har signals did YOU give % the
other vessels 81 the feet 20 SHOW il what
direction the Brooklyn was going To- turn
! Alone. / think After the turn the
signal was made TO follow The fag
o--Was YOUR drst signal in the action
az july only directed toward the west
eru division
/ A.-PrObabIy yes
/ Q.-Wnere heretofore have YOU men
I toned the signal. FOLLOW the flag"
: which was said TO have been made on
( July %
/ Al think 1 have kept my mouth pretty
close ou that point.
/ .Q.-Where Is there record Of any such
/ sigEaI2
Al don't know that there is any.
I There we're great many signals made
/ that escaped record IN the hurry 81 m.
D battle. / don't know that auy rrco-d OF
I this signal was made Il was flying fully
/ twenty minutes. ] think the halya-ds
: 80 hlch bore h were shot away But il was
( some time before Il came down.
The BrooI.Iyn's Leading Part.
Q--Did the Brooklyn. on the occasion
( of the battle. make any attempt to sink
( the Spanish n'et I'm the chauncI2
| Al think she obeyed ord. RS.
o. want a particular and direct an
/ swer 20 THAI question.
! A--Nes, She started in To- help the Others
| as much as possible, Of TO lead and have
/ them help her. / had an impression that
I We could stop the lighter vessels and that
4 the battlesEips could rush In aId sink
{ the enemy.
Q.-HoU close did the BROOKLYN 20 Ing
ave we're close enough On To draw
/ the FIRE Of the forts Z saw the shells
I falling around us ] cannot rsccIlect the
{ exact distance but if my memory serves
{ me right IL was from one to one and
] half miles within the mouth Of the Ear-
boz made no attempt To measure fl
] exactly. but 10 looked very Close To mo
] remember distinctly that the range was
| ITO" yards "t one time IL was some mo-
Mslts after that before tho ship return
/ ed. rrmsmh'r seeing aJ III dime men
/ running from the tur,t % tho super
} structure of the Spanish vessel r0uTJ
/ see daylight between their legs. OF
! course there was a very clear back
4 ground behind them
Repetition in Questioning.
/ Q.-Now. I want 10 ask you whether
/ there was anything else TO do besides
( chase these vessels2
A-No. there was nothing else 10 do
| but 20 chase. But they must be chased
! in the proper way.
Q--Then there was nothing 10 do but
! chase
A.-That is the case in any battle whom
/ the enemy starts 10 run
Q--Ihat was the cas- In this battIe2
] A-Nes
Q.-Was there any vessel in the as.r
I which. within your knowledge. failed 10
/ make the chase.
] Al think there were several which did
| not But The y did not because they could
] not After the Ofucndo and Maria Teresa
/ had been destroyed only the BROOKLYN and
! the Oregon were left 70 do the chasing
/ Q.-NOw look al page 5lg Of the amen
| dix You say there that Won. learned
/ after "a conversation with Captain EuIgte
! that Tor time the entire fire of tbp
: Spanish vessels was concentrated on tbq
| brooklyn. but that the execution Of fbc
l purpose u sink the BROOKLYN VS. de
| foatcd by the advance OF the whole
! squadron and the heavy fire which fnI-
| lowed from the American yesssls2
| Ayes, that is true.
| Q.-Nou state that when your holm, mas
put hard a-pOrt you Were within I an
yards Of the Nizcaya. IS that correct