Show THE BROOKLYN T I FIRES WERE BANKED Only One Going on Morning of July 3 That Day ny the Oregon Got Up a Speed Equal to the Flagship Washington Oct 8 After tl mm preliminaries In the tue Schley n al cow com of ot inquiry today C W v Dyson DYlon of the bureau of ot steam engineering of ot I navy noy department te was recall d to lo c t r n his testimony regarding the cot ow 01 supply of at Admiral squadron ut at lt tho the time of Its I arrival ol oft o Santiago harbor on May 2 21 lIDS 1898 H Ii 11 was n brought brough t In this morning moring at al the tho In ir Instance stance of Admiral counsel fo ft tor the tha purpose of ot giving further concerning the availability of ot the coa coni ch supply In charging the enemy enem U It I wa va when court Commander Vain would be the tho lie principal Witness 1 of or th the day doy and hut after he lie be le ex cx excused CUSt Bristol tol Grant and Ind Pott lott lols would be coIled called In the order named nl d The Tho three last mentioned were hero nl al ni watch on various vessels easels of ot tin the American Meet fleet on July 31 when the na naval navah val al engagement on oft ot Santiago I a 10 wai waa va fought It I has been beon the di of at thi tb thicourt court to tu secure as ns much testimony l a lS possible from the tho men muon whose duty It I was waa to koep n a n look out am aol and th those so were vere summoned ti to t gratify this wish There Thero was a specia Interest In iii Commander Wain testimony because of ot lila his n Identification with tho the Spanish war Wil am au Ild also because of ot the fact that he ho h ls I n superintendent of ot the naval tw ut During the summer o t Mr commanded tin converted yacht Gloucester which played a 1 conspicuous part hart art In the cam cain against the Spaniards In Ia th tho battle balo of July Jul 3 his vessel esSel occupied a on the extreme right of thi the American column to the tho east enst of the he Indiana In lu diana dlana and when the Spanish boats boat Pluton and amid Furor came out ol ci ot cilie the lie harbor he lie attacked them fearless and aided aIde In their tl lr destruction He lie ais all was Wl an nn observer though at nt a n distance of o the battle between tho big ships ol ot of the th two fleets ileeta CAPT l RECALLED The he proceedings of ot the court began by bythe b the Hie recall of ot Capt Wm M 1 Folger for fot forthe the tho purpose of ot correcting his testimony of at yesterday Advantage was IS n of ot tile Ills Ils presence to ask itak Isk him further ques questions ions tOIS concerning conc the tho blockade of ot Sunt ago ngo Among Alon other oilier questions ho he was asked JB ked by Capt Lamely Imly If It he lie tied had had nay any conversation with Commodore Schley during the tle He lie le replied Toward thy of or tone ne ut of the days the tile there was as at ar I extended very Ver severe seV ro rainstorm so 80 severe that I feared Cerver hud hind gotten golen out 11 e eif If It was sufficiently long to have havo permit permitted ted t d him him to do so 10 I worst went weil on board the Ih the next day ta thinking think I It my ray m duty to lo tell tel the thu commodore what I 1 had seen as all to the tue blockade as n kept by b the Japanese tiff off of tho the port lort of Wei Wel ei Hal Hoi Hal Ilni Hat where similarly an hoot fleet leet was within a n fortified harbor I wild said to lo the commodore that the adoption of the tactics of ot the Japanese forming n a I circle directly In front of the harbor would In my opinion be bo preferable as us 11 then It would bo be difficult for anything to get out Was there nay any re to reply reply ply by the commodore I cannot testify exactly as ns to his reply re ly I would prefer not nol to do eo so 0 Give the lie substance He lie did not nol agree with me as ns to lo the necessity for that Was there ther anything further said by him Nothing further that I 1 recollect Capt Folger I also II so said aid that he lie had lied no recollection of a picket line lino Ino on the tho lie In InsIde inside sIde Bide of ot the American fleet At A the request of o Capt Capt Parker larker of counsel for Admiral Schley the witness counse examined the tho log hog of the New e Orleans for tor May 30 80 and ald 31 for tho the or of determining accurately the tie lute of the weather but he lie declined to lo modify his Ills statement of yesterday that the weather on those days was wn bad DYSON DiSO CALLED Capt Folger was then excused and Dyson was called Ho lie was wa ques questioned by b Capt concerning th the condition of ot the Brooklyn on July 3 The asked What Whal does docs loes the steam log show as nl asto asto to the number of engines coupled up and ld the boilers In use July Jul 3 ISIS as M compared with wih the lie total engine and boiler boier power of at the thu vessel essel The reply rout wan The Brooklyn has hes ha tour four our main engines two to ll each shaft connected together lo ether by b coupling She ImM ins seven seen cen boilers boier five main and two auxiliaries s On the morning moring of ot July t both forward engines were uncoupled uncouple there here were banked bank tires tres under tinder three of at atthe the tho main boilers bolen The Tho other l hollers He what we e call dead no In them horn Judging from the time line It I took tok lo to 0 start tires fires In these thel boIlers bolet aft r th ib hp Spanish fleet neet eRnie cams out of ot the harbor I I should say 1 the th furnaces were not c fn cn n timed primed and all two of the boilers boler hal had to tol tl toC 10 l e C tUb run tUI up U to this th sea Iel level It t I took to k from to 10 o start shirt shil fires 11 tee In response to other questions the lh witness detailed from the log loj of ot the all ni nh that was done on that to get R l up speed Mr Ir asked If It It was wan not n es fary to stop sloP the ship hlf to couple lullo the un an uncoupled coupled engines find and the witness re cc replied r plied that the he ship could hae have be been n kept going golna with one engine while the theother theother other was Wi coupled H GREAT CHEAT SPEED SP ED EDThe The rIme engines were designed he Mid saId to be b kept kelt coupled cui 1 during war wac wat Dis Die Discussing cussing the speed of ot the th various vs vessels li 11 of ot tho the fleet on July Jul 3 the he witness Mid leet that the Oregon got Irl up ut A r l about abt ap to the lie on that list liar day notwithstanding tint on h her br r trial rial trip the made over oer 21 1 knOts knot to the tbt th 1 17 11 knot inmate He lie le called to 10 the fact that hat the New Nw Yirk bid tod bd rondo made 16 or 17 1 l knots speed p d on th til the dr day I r of ot the tho In response to questions from rein Calt apt Parker he Ild said ld that th the New Neit York had not had h her r engines n I coupled on the day dB of tattle baltic te an aol that the Brooklyn had hal made Ind all al the n nr necee cw nr sary sped sIONI HODGSON EXPLAINS S I After bleat Dyson was wu Aler Corn Com am was wan for forthe fo forthe logon the Leut purpose e of t correcting ettOte erth In hi II le purl as elm In the hll 11 aril ard o He tie le took tok occasion to mr of IC mc the th language lan of t his hi previous l t tech tsU U 91 OD Cu of thus change Was Wai ww 1 In response e to the tho questions Queston naked asked y yes s frd l us to wh why hr he had desIgnated d M Ma a I a lar liar Ind and a n blackguard the ho editor edior of or A had originally printe u the alho alleged ol colloquy luy hm himself a and id Commodore Schley Sebley lie said ne lie l desired to tl alter oler the reply r that hint la he h had hl yesterday to this fb s Inter Maton ilu le then i id I j of ouri 1 un nl very wry sorry that I lovero over so far tar orge morsel ns as to write n a containing such ouch intemperate language It I was tras as not nt written exactly for tor or publication but hut im un dor Ier great provocation nt at the time Ume In lii 1 that lum I did dil not accuse Itse this tile news new newspaper newsPaper paper of ot lying for printing that s te inen iota In fact act It I wn to absolve nh lve It rm lying that thol I J gave tin paper authority tn to UM tise 11 my say 1 name for the correctness a of ot th the pl gist l of or statement The Tue Th lying wan wag 8 on 01 the matter of ot tho thio fet fact furl tint thru he displayed such trepidation and on the tho the tha day of that battle late that lie rein ran from the tha Spaniards ansi and took the to the thu lh and away ony from the tight fight In fri II order to front from the credit of at tile tho fame famiie of the this commodore adore In that hattie that they wished also nho to detract fr tnt m mIH IH lie hI credit ot of all ni the of f the Brook In l n on in I account of ot the thi glorious part PIe he e took In that slays dayo doYR fight lUht It was Wa thy this th words word to that extent that thai I character characterized lr iced as ni lying There was waA no lying Ihl In Iii II that tha colloquy unless n it a man moan stuck fluck to o the tho verbal correctness of or the words So SI I Idid Idid did lid not nol characterize the lie pap paper r ns us PI a aliar I aliar liar lar fur for or that lint colloquy COMMANDER Commander being ex cx excused X euse Commander Wainwright was wai wal coiled called Capt Imly I ml began beAnn his hii exam examination by Ir drawing from the witness the fact that thal he lie html b cn a I member and latterly senior 8 member of ot tin the board br which hail had acted In malting making the lie tle charts chutte chart showing tho the positions of ot thu the American and Spanish ships At Santi Santiago ago The witness winess told how were reached r by the board He lie le said Mid sh 1 I reported as ns senior member of ot the lie the hoard board of or tier nav navigators 11 hail had a 1 sketched chart ben benthem them thorn with wih tIle the number of or thu ho sketched on no It I which had hail b ben been n deter determined d lr mined by br them thea starting at ut different periods perlo first when thus tho Ile ships cemi out und anti afterward when they went Fach Each navigator as ns near us sic 1 would put but thu hi position of ot Ms his ship Mp at al that flint time Iliac Then there was 1 a n great d dof hai al alot of ot as ns to the thi best tui bits lons Of or course It I wan Ill tu to got any position by bearings amid 11 thee was wa nothing the tho r 1 llo We also nl o knew know that ih th In 1st the th chart WON were Incorrect Incorrect and nd the final decIsion deldon of at O ij Ih wim to reconcile civA one on ns as near nn as po IIO the lh lie positions was considered exact Ilo llon The impossibility of at getting bearings even eU If I ue fe e tad hind had hod a 1 correct corret chart was wast apparent hut but mt It I gave a n general Idea Irlea of ot the th lh peel pol polton ton Ions of ot tim tho vessels during the different nt periods of ot the bottle battle boll Mr r asked It If It I was WOI true as astad Q tad bad been officIally tinted stated In the report that hat the lh positions position were assigned a from rl m known 01 larIM POSITIONS HOW DETERMINED D The witness winess replied d that hint tha that state statement ment was ira ct that they wt were os lahl hl by estimated bearings bearing Most of at the tho positions were tere ho lie said Bali fixed by discussions among the lie navigators con can constituting the ward board although Capt tas before heror the board hosed The Tho 1 navigators had done the best thy they could couldn muli In n platting the vessels v und anti had made It I as a nearly correct corret oa as Il possible so 0 long lon after the thit engagement as had ad been stat stated state ed 01 e by b the board bourd Asked by Mr lanor about the tha places assigned aligned u to the and tho lh Texas while the former vessel essel was wa making her tier loop lop Commander Wain Wainwright wright said he did not consIder them correct For or myself he ho sold maid I r was wu never satisfied with lh the places pieces as assIgned Hu lbs H said pall ale further that Ilal while the board hoard had md done doria the test Lest that they could at athe atthe atthe the he time as ns a board It I had not dune done the he best belt It St I could to any member r of f the hosed board boar It I wa was the best but we could do o to lo get net all ni the members member of ot the board boardo to o slen ign the report lie le said ald Who In II addition to yourself was WIS not cot asked ahl Mr I 1 would not like to say suy n responded he witness I know knol that th the gotor ator of the Texas Teas was not for tor one ODe I I think none was iu wa satisfied except the thi th tor of ot the Brooklyn end and I dont know now nos that he was ties u hut Dut Jut notwithstanding you OU all ng the of or the were dl when whan you rou ou signed the re ic r ort I IOn That Is correct cr t On re redirect direct examination Commander CO Mid said that thol In making lu n the chArl hart all al the lie members of ot the board erv lert at al liberty to contribute whatever lila lite they thea lh had hind or kl whatever arguments ments neit they the might desire He lie also nUo said Bald that list th tM the chart ehr was n a of ot pinion In response ml n to further quest questions tons the said raid he tie did not nt s H see the th Brook wll yn ra on the thc day da of the battle oft of or Santi SanU I or QUESTIONS 8 liT IIi coun Que Questions were fl tut lut ut by b the court and aril answered na its fellows Were Wele the the fl P of ot the llo shills s as ns a shown on the chart char In iii question SUC ob 0 mined from testimony taken by j the tha lh board or from a I dl by bythe byth bythe the th member of the board Almost entirely by b discus dl s i lon br by the lie members irs of ot the tIle board boar Capi 1 Chadwick rind and Cu capt C t Cook Lk ap apI aI discussed the matter with I lor ire l 1 COd ho male wih the he board Ir the lon of tt th lb the tr trat of ot at t th Ih the tnt nt of ot the battle July J lY J a cokl cl y u sw see t both flee Ut and lb the an I h do n nut t r remember m seeing ln th tM the Bro k klyn lyn cad and n T tease xai 1 at th the lM com nt Ib ticS tattle of ti oi ortt n If tf any an w wale 11 1 Brooklyn t to tn the th iee 8 t during the tho by hr b the th tb aN iU l t t of or f July ir I 3 II I 1 sea a aMr none huM Mr lii I ll n draw sines d not no mean man that lt doe It M no na wee r delayed I do I R No II dw d not Br fly No the 1 n nay any ny G one w of or the ll III e li h ht her r course cf t tt ta Ipat aa u a If IC to nun sisi the I t r t of th t the n nI I II 0 of oi it IL itC I I l ww saw no so 0 fir i C 1 jr cr T W WM waa 1 then Iten cx Ml mS med Irl M 34 U L L BrutaL I t o r rd es teh nl d v to loII or of the TeiM the 1 J had bid only 5 le ba 01 s1 I Ill if of C th tI Texas T at mit ll CIJI u when thU thi d ll I took ook tok e a I r rees u t f for tor luncheon |