Show ADMIRAL SOLEY SOH LEY COURT OF INQUIRY rho The following testimony given glen before beCore the he Schley court of oC Inquiry Monday was received too late for tor publication in our Issue of ot yesterday HODGSON CONTINUES IllS HIS STORY The afternoon session of the tho court be Lt began began gan with n II question put to mander Hodgson by Mr Hanna lianna He lie asked why sib ho lie had written his categorical orl cal denial of ot the newspaper report of ot tho the colloquy between himself and Com Coni Commodore Schley The question was wn ob objected j to tu and Admiral Dewey Dewcy said paid We Vo have hare the facts The letters leters were written That Is all al the tho court wants wan Is We Ve We want facts facts People are Informed In Informed formed by different kinds of ot things We want the facts Draw out tho the facts Mr r Hanna Ianna then changed his question and the witness said that he had written written writ wrItS ten his hits explicit denial In response to a request front from Admiral Schley He lie l wanted mo me to write n a denial of at the con controversy controversy he be continued I had previously previously cushy written Il ten that I could not deny ony tho tie statement A letter followed asking for tor fora torI a I denial of ot the colloquy I gave him this at the lie same Fame time explaining that I hind had admitted the gist of the tho report Have Iao you ou anywhere denied the sub substantial accuracy of at the lie facts as ns set Bet forth In the tim report of ot that colloquy On the contrary I have admitted It Changing his hil line lino Ino of ot examination Mr 1 Hanna then asked When the lie Brook Brooklyn BrookI lyn ln I n turned with port helm dill did she blanket tho the fire of or the Texas Did she he go between the Texas and the enemy I 1 dont think she dish did I thought however she he was going to do 10 10 It I hail Had she Rhe turned the Iho other way was WIS there space enough for tor her to have made such turn tur without endangering the Texas exl Perfectly perfectly clear clent enough space How much would she ohio have gained to the northward and westward had six sho tu with starboard helm 7 She Shio would have gained a position ol of about GOO COO or TOO TO yards ards nearer tho the Span Spanish SpanIsh ish lob line Inc lne I Would tint distance have hare been bren re IC reduced by reversing the lie port engine lf IC you 01 turned thin the port vort engine the tactical diameter would have breve beer been shortened but the lie speed of turning would have been reduced I 1 understood you OU to say sa you Oll sug aug suggested the lie reversal of ot o the tIme starboard Il en engine aloe gine Ille at the lie time this turn wax was made but that that flint isas rejected by l Commo Comma Commodore Commodore dore Ilore Schley nC after r consideration and dis discussion Aro Are you ou clear that th I t the lie star starboard starboard starboard board engine was not reversed I J am nm very clear on that fact tact A number of at questions queston were then asked by the court as os follows What was W tho the distance of ot tIm the Brooklyn from ruin the nearest Spanish vessel elsel when hn Com Comic Commodore Schley said sall to CApt Cook Cool Look out Cook Cool going to lo ram you youl I l should say sa the distance was wa about 2009 2000 or yards Did you observe the whole move movement movement ment meat of at the from the lie time hue Commodore Schley gave the he amulet orl e I hun Hard aport rt Cook until the Brooklyn into steadied on un her course cour c to the tie west westward westward ward ard parallel to the tho th Viscaya I did Did you hear any order artIer given ghen while the was ins mucking making the tho turn to ease enlo or steady tie the th helm 1 Not ot until It I was vas eased to parallel sel the course cour e of ot the leading Spanish ves yes vessel vessel In making the turn did the Ice Brook Brooklyn lyn n turn rapidly and continually or did she sho have her head longer on some seine head hend heading hendIng ing log than thun on others other ly She turned rapidly and continuous continuously lyDid Did Dil any nn of ot the Spanish ships at attempt attempt tempt temp to ram rem the In the early carl part of ot the tho battle of oC July 3 The Tho Maria Mario Teresa evidently made a 1 rank sheer to port toward the Brook Brooklyn lyn with wih tho ho evident intention of oC get getting lag ting Into quarters or ramming rammIng What orders were signaled by b the to the fleet neet July Jul 3 2 lS S I con cnn only sad say soy from tram recollection that my m orders were clear ship for tor action acton and close up tip or close In ha Did you of at any nn plan of battle bate having been promulgated by Commo Comino Commodore Commodore dore dote Schley In ease case nf of falling In with the tho Spanish squadron 7 I do not CAPT CALLED Commander Hodgson was as then ex ox excused excused and Ind Capt W M olger Folger who commanded the tho cruiser criser New Orleans during the Spanish war isar was called calel He lie detailed his part In the campaign be beginning bl beginning ginning with wih the New Orleans arri arrival urn val inh at Santiago as DS the lie convoy of ot tho the collier Sterling Ho lie also related on colier 10 May 31 the th New Orleans Orlean had had par participated ar In the tho bombardment of ot the lie Colon then lying oft off of Santiago hat har harbor bor kir borWhat What damage was done to the en enemy enem em tiny emy on that occasion 7 asked aske Copt Capt Lemly I 1 dont think there was any on an replied the lIce witness What was vas developed as to the shore bl batteries at tories I 7 That Thiat they thy had lied not strength enough lo to o do any nn an material damage Capt Calt Ca Lemly asked In regard to the tie development concerning the bombard nent of oC June Juice 14 1 but Mr II Hanor ob objected The court count ruled that the ques lUeS lon ion was ivies admissible a similar question b jy AdmIral counsel having wen icen admitted on a former occasion ben We cannot blow hot one erie time and low dow cold the next said Dew Dewy Dewey ey 1 y on admitting the question Replying to the hue last question Capt Capt FOlger oger sail that the tho reconnaissance had ailed to develop that the batteries had hadan an my Lii material strength as ns n a single Bingle yes ves lel el hail had silenced them theta Recurring to the tho bombardment of oC May 31 1 Capt apt olger Folger expressed the pInion that the shots hots which hod ha fallen tal en near lear tho lie fleet n t on that date w were re tram front Spanish ships In the harbor fired over ocr the he hill bill hi and ld not nt from the lice shore bat batterIes terIes erics eries For er r this reason realon he hI had directed ill II the New Orleans tire fre on that oc ni nt at the Colon Instead of ot tie the theland sail land batteries Describing the blockade of ot Santiago arbor maintained by Commodore ebley the witness sold said the distance using luring tho the day was wal from five fire to eight mies and nd nt at night the vessels steamed In n ri column back and forth across acron the somewhat nearer neater In He lie added hat that even een though the log lor of at the tie New Noi cleans had placed the Ice vessels nearer the he shore ho would ull not nt change his hIl no pa p Won Illon He lie did not b bleve believe the vessels vessel ere lon er moro more than four tour miles mike mie from the torte torro orro on May ay 31 Mr Haynor Raynor 1111 asked aske What do you ou ho now about abut the strength of or the tho bat erl rles the number of oC batteries or tho tie tr of or the gun Iun before br ro the reran recon tl nl ance nt on Ott May fa 21 31 What actual did Ild you OU have hae replied I hind Imd Ild no knowl knowledg edg din dge whatever before the ante anee Then on May 31 when this thi recon on or bombardment took place f o tar far as you OU were concerned you were In Ignorance of or th the number of f batteries or tho the strength of oC th thid the theUn Un I 1 IId h id dt no What did you OU acquire ai as 8 tho the result of at the reconnaissance or 01 bombardment Hy Uy tho tue number of oC shots that were wel fired by b tho ho tO character r of at tho the discharge tile the smoke etc as us IS Indicating this the calU bet ber bel of oC the guns by vy b the fill fall of ot the pro the th amount of at writer water they lucy would throw up and Ind tin tie evident direction ion tion ton of ot the full frill an as L Indicating whether the projectiles were moving with wih iw ireat t velocity or slow In that way WI I Judged alone I Those There Tho e things were cro developed as ns tUtu tho result of ot the th reconnaissance were they thy not v vI notI I consider the tho reconnaissance In that particular to have been Len successful The reconnaissance was successful for the tho purpose of ot developing tho the num number ben ber bel und and strength of oC the ice batteries Eminently Eminent so 80 When Whetu tho the tc again took tho lie witness f he asked to your answer that thu the liming firing of ot tho the was W S eminently successful in ho developing the strength th of ot the tie Santiago batteries what as a I matter of ot fact was wal devel dovel developed oled as to 10 the tIn strength of ot such bat batteries batteries teries were wert they strong stron or otherwise They fhe were u ak The Can you state tat whether the engagement of oC May ha a 31 8 developed the tact fact net that tho ho Colon olon hud had anything an larger lar r titan than guns gunK on onboard 01 onboard board at ot that lint time It slid did Ild not hot occur to us 11 that she Rhe fired I heavy suns gurus uns The caliber I cannot specify city It I did not muot appear she shie flie fired red the ho guns suns for or which we wo knew she sho had lund ben been designed The court asked questions of ot Capt Folger as all follows For what of oC time was Ins the time New Orleans able to fire at the time Colon Arid the lie batteries on onI I May ln 31 on an each run 1 I think It was between five und and Ino ten minutes Did you have any nn conversation with wih Commodore as ns to hU hits purpose In attacking tho the Colon May Mn ny 31 3 I did teat not nt The Tho information I Ire re received was wal by signal only Hy By B what method did you 01 obtain the range for tor your our guns on May tn 31 while firing at mit It the Colon Cohort We Ve obtained the time salty for tor a change or range by the nit fall of ot the pro prOs Were you ou furnished any nn plan of battle by b Commodore to be tie le tot fol followed lowed In r CIHI casio w time the Spanish squadron should come comae out Admiral You referred rp to a n signal from the lie flagship The court would like to know what third that signal was vail The Time signal was New Orleans clear ship for and I think It was cear Wil shil by b the signal The Time New Orleans Iowa lawn Massachusetts will ivIll 11 engage the hue forts torts Indicating that there was isas to be u a reconnaissance or bom bombardment bombardment I do not remember nn conversation with wih the commodore thai th forenoon on the lie Admiral Admirl Dewcy The court woula like to know klow from Cram the signal book ex cx exactly neLl what whal signals were made by thu th hit Massachusetts Time The witness 1243 1249 In to flags flagship p Massachusetts signaled to tho tIme New Orleans nna ann Iowa roua to clear ship for tot titian sound sounded ed NI II to general quarters un cal 1 cleared ahli for action oc on At Af 1 I started ahead both engines Ma loading leading There were no other signals In that watch That Is all al tint that appears to be lie in inthe II inthe the tho log lo I do not mint remember discussing the subject with the commodore By U I the court Were the blockading vessels near enough to tho entrance of ot the harbor at nt night to prevent the es escape escape cape of the tho enemy hud hod hll such uch an on nt m erupt been made male hind Had I nIl the weather welther been persistently clear yes cs If It the weather were thick rainy rain or foggy to gy no Capt Capt apt Parker Were not the Vixen antI Marblehead Inside the line They Time The were irate Was the weather good or bad ball during durin these lucre night nightTIme t 1 TIme The weather was ivas wn generally hind bad rainy n C W V Dyson was recalled lit testified concerning the tho con of ot the scout tout brats bent on May 26 6 the tIme da dathe la dathe the movement toward d Key KeyWest KeyWest West est was begun He le saUl said In 11 reply rep to questions question that no battleship could cOhl travel for tor more than eight or twelve hours on forced force draught antI that lint on the day lay nf or the hattie battle oft off or Santiago the New York hs hn nil all al her tier boll Loll era ers on anti I making seventeen knots hut but that neither the Brooklyn nor the Oregon Ore gon made full ful speed on oc Oi that occasion their maximum for tor or the tho lay day being fourteen or fifteen knots Ai At Ia the court adjourned until tomorrow Austria Her tier Influent e eLondon eLondon London Oct 8 The Vienna corres corre correspondent correspondent of oC the tho Times says the lonn lon conferences conference last week between Frauds Joseph Count minister of at foreign affairs and I ling King Charles of ot have excited much speculation There are ore many important matters of common Interest to and Since the th two sovereigns last met a substantial lm hn has been heen ered between and Greece partly part under Austrian aus nus auspices RIces Is 18 believed to be bound to Austria by h a n military convention nail and and Greece united In bonds Londs of or cordial Intimacy Pays nays the dil patch constitute a n fresh clement favor favorIng Ing fag peace In the Balkan peninsula Call Cal Cal for Antl Alt Chinese Son San Francisco Francsco Oct 8 A rail calf hasP has been Issued by b 1 Mayor ln or J D Phelan for tor forn fora n a state convention to be held hell In this 1 city cl November 21 for the purpose of ot o memorializing Congress Congre s t to reenact the lie Chinese exclusion act oct which will wil ex cx expire e pire next May Ma ta |