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VOL. XXXIV. NO. 11.
Evidence Shows That Schley Proved Himself Every Inch a Commander
Washington. October —Lieutenant
Hodgson today again oc
cvpird she greater port of the time of
th. Sch U-y court of inquiry a* a witww.
He was followed on the stand by Cap
tain William L. Folg. r, commander of
the New Orleans during she Spanish war.
Ide'.itenant Dyson also was recalled to
add some details to his fi*rmer testimony
concerning the coil supply of the Ameri
can fleet during the Santiago blockade.
Command, r Hodgson rep.s»ted and ex
tended his story of the Kittle of July X
String the opinion that Commodore
Fchley's . »nduet on licit K-i-isi-n was
such as th.ll of a command, r-ln-chief
should have h.-. n. lie also explaln.-d at
some length his c *rr* s|H.ml.-nc*- with Ad
miral S* hl. y con.-«-ming the alleged c*»l
|.»piy between them while the Santiago
engagement was in pr<‘gr,-s*« He said he
had had no controversy with the com
mander. but he r. |» ated that th- com
modore bad said "damn th- T- xa.-”
»l I, told that that v. s-. l w.is in danger.
« aptain Folger said that the l>ombard
■tents of th Cristobal Colon on May 31
hoi I— n eminently .uecssful in develop
ing th- str-ngth <>f the Spanish shore
batteries, and had shown th. ni to In*
v. r . weak. Ha ah» anM il.n if th. ■mm
ish V.SS.IS had .itlempt***! to .><-,;«• at
night they could not hav. !»•* n s-s-n by
NO SIGNAL TO BROOKLYN
MADE BY THE MARBLEHEAD
The reading of the Schley-Hodgson cor
r»--pondcnce was <>n.lu<l..l uh. n court
ope ned. Mr. Ha: t. r began his cr.ws-.x
--amtnatl-n by asking Mt Ihaig.-on wheth
er th- Marblehead hid hailed the Brook
other a- the Brooklyn was o«. »« r w »y t
negative. Th.- examination tian turned
ur-.n events about • ’i*-*if«i*c.-
Cotnmir- !.-r II -tg-n said th-th had
V.*he"s L-nals. bat hl had -ui-|- • d th.'
w. r sign,ls letw.n .lift rent l.raie It--
■,-rV-d that wh" n Captain M< • aPa ar
of the signal* he wa- tmni. a.- . -r-
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IMarbl* head and Vixen, were inside the |
line of th.* tha t about midway between
I that line and tin- shore line.
BROOKLYN WAS FIRING
AS SHE MADE I’HE LOOP
The witness then, in r<wponse to a rc
qn. st from Mr. Raynor, •■ontinnrd his dls
criptio.i of th. naval batt!, of July 3.
In this connection he said:
■ The Brooklyn did all she could. She
got into action just as quick as steam |
| could carry her there. We commenced (
1 tiring IS soon as the first gun on the |<ort
’ bow would bear, and we kept the )*ort ,
l.atterv tiring until she turned with |w»rt •
helm through the arc. using the aft guns
until w.‘ got .all the starl*oard guns to
b«-;ir. We got annual its quickly as we !
could with |««rt helm until we almost ,
paralleled the course of the leading Span- ;
ish Vessel. When the helm was eased
I the ship sfe.r.d a eourre parallel with
th.- Vis*.iy;i The three Swinish vessels ;
»<■ wei- then engaged with were the Vis [
I cava, the Colon and the Oquendo. Wi
ed In that <hi. eti.>n. when 1 re
mark*-I to Captain Cook that It sc.-tm-d
i rather lonely -for us out there, lb- was in I
’ tin- conning tower, lb- asked, 'Why?* I
• said that we w.-re all alone with tin- three
I Spanish ships and it twtn«l that it de- ■
I |h iid.sl u|->n us to knock them out. Il>- j
■ stepped out of tin- conning tow*-r and ex- I
‘ claimed to m-. 'What’s that oft our star- j
I board quarter?' I looked in that direction !
i ami saw - the inavv bow of a ship and
, said; 'lt must be the Oregon.’ and lie re- i
mark. *1 G-d bl. s - the Oregon.’ Tn< ore- I
g.*n was at that time about. I should j
. <v or .’*■«> tank < !T our starboard
quart.l and at full spied.
-After josslng the Vis. aya we steam- .
•al aii< ■<! and * * asi-d tiring. The men I
w.-re allow* d to com.- out of the turrets I
lon.- al i time to g* t a lireathing sp* 11. ‘
although. <*f .-ourse, ill guns w*-re manned i
at-f *a- t hi-ig wIS i I'-, but tin- gaining
■ i».n Hu- Cohn: w - v rv slow, in fact j
-.;.dii*d ip;* ’ • : i'■ <*n „s. This w.*s i
*ut tl I*. w*h*-n ih* Viscaya stood in 1
. Th* cl me « •- eon- |
tiv-i-* tin- itt.r th* Colon. 1 knew it I
n iI . .. or .in away, until w* grad- i
SCHLEY OBDI Bl D OREGON
TO USE RAILROAD TRAIN
• I r. rm mber a» tim-t.-iPng camm-.-
d-.r- S* Id. v that it w,s wPhiti atwiiit 13.<*n
v irds, a> I n*y s -*H* tion ts he told |
s’hor.-b afrwa'r-l ’' A'*‘'‘ < in'gon‘flL./on.-
*i h. r 13-in* h sli- I'- wliieh fell short.
Hu a we tri. d with ' tn. h shells, and th. v j
f. 11 short *1 In- i* ■ :--*<i was gnalling to |
us th* fall of *>vr sled. nd we nlgti.tiled *
to |i» r th* fall of h*-r shot. Vie eon- I
tiini-d o easion.d:* t<» tire, th* Oregon her I
'f; >• •! * *i- hg *i I w•• om s-lnch guns :
i I rem.-mli. r ••• e *.t*e <*f th*- 13 Inch j
si.* Is of tii. Oregon fall will abend of th*
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, O< TOBEK 11, 1901.
| Colon and one of our S-Inch shells np
parentlv fell inshore of the Colon. At
lhat time the Colon porti-d her helm
i hard :ip*>rt. Prcviimsly to this she had
ported tier helm once or Iwi *-, apparent
ly sta king a soft spot on shore. She Hr- *1
her lei* gun and hauh-il dow li*-r flag. 1
pulled out my watch. It was exactly 1:1.*.
We then eeas* il tiring and slowed dow n
and orders w*-r. given to gel nut a boat.
The captain was ordered to go on board
' to male terms with or tell the terms to
the commanding oil!* er of the Co', u. on
account of steam having been i ut iff and
, there being some trouble w ith th* boat,
we w.-re some little time getting 111-- boat
out. 11l tin- mea time *.• •■ had slow. *1 and
as rapidly as could he act om dish* d on. of
i the cutters was llna.iV got out and a * lew
put In. Captain Cook Went in the boat
.nd board, d the Colon I think 11. proli
iablv had a lull.- and a hall pull. At any
late. We had our gu ■ trained on the
: Colon :II this tlm. In < ,-is.- of tre.i.-hery
or any act of that kind on t.. r part. Al
though I saw li.r throwing bre.-eh locks
I oyerbourd. I did not suspect any thing of
that kind. '
"How far was the Oregon from th>-
lirooklvn’’ ’
I "From l.ort to 1,500 yards on the star
: board quarter."
SCHLEY SHOWED
WHILE CANNON THUNDERED
I Th.- witness In reply to questions con- ,
| that at the beginning of the light he h id j
I gi'-.-n th-- range at 1.100 yards, but th it i
after tile loop it was about 2.4'W or 2.5U1
I yards. |
Mr Ray nor: "What was tin* bearing i
of om -dor. Schl. y during tl*.s eti- I
gagement or any- engagement in whl -it |
you saw him’”'
I “Ills iH-.-iring and manner were natural- i
Ily Ilins* of a commander In chief of a ■
’ ti.-iv.-il force *>n that occasion. ’’
I The wltn.-.'s s.-tld that the commodore
j had oe.-upi. d a place on a platform |
around the conning tower .luring the en-
- gagement. This, he said, was a position
. • ,; ■. . ■ the ■ ’no■* ■*l- re -a a ■' t
always In full vh-w of the enemy s ships !
•It has In en slated here.” said Mr ,
I Ray nor, "that the Brooklyn ran .’.iMMt j
[yard: away from the en.-my’s ships in ,
making her loop.
The witi.* ss r.-ph. d:
• "Any witness who made that statement, :
although to may have state.l what lie |
tli.- igln had ix.-urnd. was al-.oluiely ;
I mistaken. "
1 "How far ditl she go from the enemy's |
IV* Is ■
. "She must hr • gone about !.-»» yards to I
!tl>. southward, as that Is ai.oiit tin- .
i tactical dlani.-l* r o' th* Brooklyn at that :
I'| .j.’l this turn inti rfer< with th*- Brook
lyn’s al.ilitv t<> keep up her tire’.’"’
It did not Sb* emitiu led t-> tire from
i At this point Mr. K n -i**r *|U* stionej th**
witness at h-ngth < *.n< - nine his r* port -I
1 colloquy with Adm.r.,l S* hl.-y during the I
b ittie oft Santiago in wb*. h th*- comnt .-
Idor*- was reported to hav*- said: "Itanm |
th* Texas.’'
Mr. Raynor asked th. witiuss If it was !
not Captain Cook -v!. had glv.-n th** or- .
d.-r to "port helm. T■■ r* ply was that
Captain Conk inlghi hav*- given the order ’
to th. man at th.- wh I.
Mr Ra'fior then ask'd- "Bid Comma- I
dor* s. hiey give rd. r to port the I
h< Im?"
SCHLEY FATD, "DAMN TEXAS.”
WHITE ON CONNING TOWER
"He did." was th.- r.-p'y.
Coiitliating Id statement In response
to Mr. Rayner.- (filiation, the witties.:
aid that whet om itioi nrith
t'ommodore Schley had oeeiirr.-d on the
Brooklyn the cmmod >re was standing
on the platform .around the conning tow
er and two or /ir. e feet from himself (the
witness), and that C pl .In Cook, a part
of the time, stood In Hit door of the
conning tower four or five f.-et distant.
He sild that Captain Cook had taken
par* in the conv.-r? atlon.
M Raynor ti n qi' -tion.-d tl wit
ness very closely in n card to th>- Inn- '
gii.ige in w! i--h this colloquy was r- port- [
• d by th. newspapers and the language
used by Mt- Hodgsoti .n Ills correspon
dence with Admiral S.-lp.-y
| Mr. It. ■. nor then h;td i .*■ witn -ss sent- I
I tinlze the lelt* r wlii.-ii he had writt.-n
I to Admiral Schley on .1 "a and drew
| from him the .* t t in. nt that lie had
l not Inform. I th'- admiral that he had I
I ns.a: the xpres-jon B unn the Texas. |
I When tin. witness wis ask.-, if ip*
[ thought there was anv suggestion of
such an expression, lu replied:
"When I suggested to Commodore ;
. Schley tli.it th. r.' v.i-.-i ilaog r ot « ".luting
I will, the T- x.'s. he said. 'Banin the Tex
i as.' lie us.*l the oxpi.ss..n as not in
. any way condemning tii. ’xas for bv-
I ing there, but is tl In w re irritated. |
as one might *►*• .bout anything."
i Mr. I'- iyiior asked tL- *i .iliout the ex
pr> ssio.. attributed to till- willies;:. "She
I will . ut down tin- T -x is. ’ <'oimnodore I
| Hodgson replied tl < re w is no such ex- I
l presslon ia the b iter and that h<- never '
j bad sai-i tlvit th,- litooklin would .lit
I down the Texas. "Theta is a good <1- :tl [
| In that r- i»*>rt*d colloquy that 1 did not j
say " he .-iisAv-red,
"The statement was never made." he I
I went on. but tin eontmo'lore did say t
I - 11. mm th. Texas
1 Continuing he said that the dialogue as
i report* .! vas lictitio is and that he had 1
i denied its verbal accuracy, while not ■
, d'-nviip-. th'- truth of a part of it.
SEARCHING QUERIES PUT
TO WITNESS BY THE COURT |
Mr. H.mna asked aIH .it th* < ruisc from I
Cl.-nf i. gos to Santiago, and Inquired how |
the tl. • t had gotten 2". or itu miles south of I
S.intl 'go. The reply wis that the cap- I
tai i of tit.- Brooklyn had given hmt (the
I witness) the course .and that he (the wit- I
nt-ssl had supt*os.-d that it w is because j
of th*- sin .post t ion that th.* tl.-.-t might I
I f ill In with C.-rv.-ra ib- said t'ne course ;
pursued whtild not hat .- tak. n the squad- :
ron to Santiago.
I Speaking of the blockade ..f Santiago. ;
1 tin- witness said that at night the block
' adfng fleet steamed in column in front of
the mouth of the harbor and about -t**'
yards apart.
A number of qm-stlons were then nsged
by the court, as follows:
"What was the distance of the Brook
lyn from th.* n* ar.-st Spanish vessel wh--n
Commodore Schley said to Captain Cook
•Lookout, Cook, they’re going to ram
" Ishottld say the .list im-o was about
2.t«») to 2.2C0 yards.
"Ind you hear any order given while
the Brooklyn was making tin- t-irm l *
ease or st* idy the helm'.' '
"Not until it was eased to parallel th" I
course of the h ading Spanish v. ss.-l
"In making the turn, did the Brook yn j
turn rapidly and continuously, or did |
she hav*- her li<-ad longer on some head- I
I ing than on others".
i "Siu turned rapidly and continuous’
"Ind any of th- Spanish ships attempt
jto ram th.- I’d klyn in the early uart of
I th.- battle <>f July 3?"
"The M iri:i Ter. su made l ran.; she. r
Ito port toward the Brooklyn, .v.tn tip- ,
evident intention of getting -nto dos*-
I iiuarti-rs or ramming."
"What * Ifort was made to •-rtabi if [
th* S.-itiish squadron was at Ct--iC-<* •* s i
I prior to the arrival of tin- Marl* , *-I.* *1" 1
i "Outside of having the qn i.-termast .- i
go as far aloft as In- could and I>.-K ovtr ,
tin- hilltops. I know of pom imi.il alt. r :
j the arrival of th.- Marblehead."
"What orders w.-re sign uh I tiy tin- "
Brooklyn to th.- tl.-.-t July 3. t-.'S?
1 "I can only say from recoil • -tion th.it .
. ntv orders were. Cl* ar ship for a -iio-.i ami ;
",
On th -elision of the flying : adr< -
; falling in with tin Marbleh*-el. m-.i.- K<-y |
! West, did you h.-ar any r.-p-.rt mad*- 1 v
megaphone regarding th*- • >.!•» *f s-_-
mils which had been establish--.! with Hie ■
insiirg. tits sit <’ietifu. gos?"
•■I heard none.”
; "Bo you know of any plan of battle I
having !•< on promulgated by ’ommod..--
S.-hlev In case of falling 'il w.t.i th-- ■
j Spanish squadron? '
"I <lo not.”
SCHLEY URGED TO ADOPT
TACTICS OF THE JAPANESE
I Washington, October B.—Tltm- w< re |
j two to vv witness.s before the Schley court |
of Inquiry today. They were Commander:
I Richard Wainwright, who commanded .
the Gloucester during the war with Spain.
i and f.i.-iit* mint M. f., Bristol, who. as
ensign, w is a watch and division officer |
I on th.- battleship Texas during that pc-i
i riod.
I .lenten inf Bristol had not c.mcl td.-d j
his t- stintotiy when the court adjourned I
I for the .lay. He did not see the loon
I mad.- by the Brooklyn, the gr* ater part
I of his testimony turning upon a chart
; he had made showing, largely according
| to his m* niory. the positions of th*- wt
' rlotis ships of th*- American fle—t at ditl* r
| ent times during the engagement <>l July
There were several spirited controver
sies IH-tween counsel over questions asked
the witness by Mr. Raynor concerning
tills chart.
Commander Wainwright's testimony
dealt largely with chart making H- was
tor a tinit senior m*-mb*-r of the board
of navigators which prepared the official
. hart showing the position of th- Amer
ican ships during the battle off Santiago,
and h* gave details the tn-thod of .ts
preparation. 11.- said that he did not con
sider the iHisitions assign.-J in that draw
ing a", urate, but that th.-y w- r. gtv* tl :is
the result of a compromise of he views
of tin- tn. ml.< rs of th*- board.
| The pro. * .-dings of the day 'w-g.-in by
" the r < ill of Captain .M. F*dg. r. He
i was asked by Captain I.emly if h< had
■ any conv.-rsation witli Commodore S hley
j during the blockade. He replied:
"Toward the evening of one <>( the days,
the 30th, there was an vxt. tided, very
sever.- rain storm, so sever*, that I f. ar
id Ccrv.Ta had got out, as it was suffi
ciently long to have permitted him to do
| so. i went on board the flagship the
next day thinking it my duty to nil th.
I commandet what 1 had seen as to the
| block.id. as k. pt liv the Japan* se off the
I port *.t Wei Hai Wei. vvh*-re, simil.it I.'.
i an enemy’s tl-* t was within a fortili*-I
harbor I said to the coinmodorc- that
■ the adoption of the tactics of the Japan
; forming a < irele directly tn trout of
I tin- harbor would, in my opinion. pr. t
' erable. as then it would 1h- difficult for
anything to get out."
Judge Advocate: "Was tli.-re any r.-ply
i bv (lie <-omniodore?’‘
"He di<l not agree with me ns to the
- necessity for that.”
Captain Folg.-r also siid that he had n
, recoil* Ction of a pl k*-t line on the inside
i of the American fleet.
I rjeiitenant Dyson was questioned by
Captain [..-till- concerning th. steaming
I condition of th* Brooklyn on July 3. Trie
judge advoe-'t*- asked: "What do*-s the
Brooklyn's st. am l**g show as to th.- ntim-
I Ih-t of engirt, s coupled up and the boib-rs
' in ns* July 3. J'tix. as compared with the
total engine and boiler power of th. ves-
ALL SPEED NECESSARY
• WAS MADE BY BROOKLYN
| The reply was:
"Tin Brooklyn has four main engines.
. two to each shaft, connected together
bv coupling. She has s. ven holler*, live
m.-iiti and two auxiliaries. On the morn-
I ing of July both forward engines w< re
. uncoupled: there were banked tires under
three of the main boilers. The other l-oil-
I i rs were w hat we call ‘dead,’ no steam
lln them. Judging from th*- time it took
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
Ito start fires in these boilers after th<
Spanish fleet cam.- out of the harbor 1
should say th. furnaces were not even
; I primed, and two of the loilers had to be
j run up to th.- sea steaming level. It took
. | from 9:35 to 10 o’, lock to start fires.
■ Mr. Raynor asked if it was not neces-
- sary to stop the ship to couple the un-
I i coupl.-.l * ngines and the witness replied
that th. ship could hav.- be. n kept going
with om- engine while the other was
1 couple,!. Th- engines were designed, he
said, to be kept coupled during war.
1 j Dis<-u.-*slng th*- speed of the various ves-
I i seis of the fl.-et on July :; the witness said
1 ’ that the Ctr.-gon got up asp.-ed aU.’it
. ; equal to the Brooklyn on that day, not
! withstanding that on her trial trip the
8.r0.-klvn mad' over 21 knots to th.- Ore
-1 gon’s 17 knot*. Ih- ■ ali«-d attention to the
fact that the New York had made p; or 1J
knots sp. < d on the day of th'- battle.
: in response to questions from Captain
. ! Parker a* sai l that the New York had
' not had h r engines coupl'd on the day
! of ball!,- and that the Brooklyn had made
HODGSON CALLED EDITOR
‘•A LIAR AND BLACKGUARD"
i After Lieutenant Dyson was excused
Lieutenant Commander Hodgson took oc
f
his previous testimony One of those
i ciiang'-s vas made in response to the
' questions asked yest. rd:ty as to why he
I had designated as "a liar and a black
, , guard"’ the editor of a newspaper which
' had generally printed the alleged colloquy
h.-tw.-.-n himself and Commodore Schley
t
he had c. sterday given to this interroga
: fury. Jh- then said:
J “In that letter 1 did not accuse this
. ... . ...... | ng for printing that
i statement, in fact, it was to absolve St
: from lying that I gave the paper au
thority t<> use my name for th< correct
ness of the gist of that statement. The
! lying was in the matter of the fact that
th.- commodore displayed s-tch trepidation
1 and cowardice on th<- Brooklyn the day
of tiiat li.-ittle that h* ran from the
■ Spaniards an.l took :h* Brooklyn to the
"i southward and away from the tight in or
der to d- ti e ' from tile <'reil:i of the
lam- of tie commodore In that battle, it
was tip- words to that ex.-nt that 1 *har-
I.ii-uteie.nl Commander Hodgson being
• ~x , ., . q < ’..mmati.'er V. iii w rtght was
i. ’ i-qtiin I.emly began his exami
i i tion bv drawing from the witness the
i v-i that' he h.el b. en a ni'-iab.-r and lat-
I teriy senior member ot the board whi.-n
had otfi. iallv a ted in making the chart
! showing th posit'en.* "f the Am-ri. an
e.l S-. -nish ships ' Santiago. The wit
i m-ss’t‘>!d’ ti -w conclusions were reachet’
I "TlvT.-'was a great deal of discussion
f
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