The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 3, 1901, Page 3

'"HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1901. COURT OF INQUIRY DISCOVERS CHANGES WERE MADE IN A LOG . Official Record of the Vixen Does Not Tally in All Particulars With Notes Written During the Santiago Battle. — 2 ASHINGTON, Oct. 2—Among /' the important witnesses at to-day’s session of the Schley | of inquiry was Lieu- Commander Sharp, | he Vixen during the | War. He was examined the operations off v about discrep- ecutive Officer the copy of the ded in the official ss admitted that some nade. urn_was roductio al Sc ancies Harlow log whic given to the| n of the first s behalf. This | t James »oyle, who was | board the flagship e war with Spain. The | Doyle was put on the hat the Navy De- ded the presentation f the case. Mr. Doyle was the department, b: s it also »ose of Admiral Schiey e was taken of beer had sence on the stand to question him nes; i w for pplicant.” 1'by Mr. Raynor miral when the ay. riginal court a Before fon at Mr. nant Doyle, at explained his 3 and his| p’s log concern- his alteration of quently dis- had been Sigsbee and were all recalled ng their testi- nd all made DETAILS OF THE BATTLE. Witnesses Describe the Operations of the Fleet OFf Santiago. HINGTON, ¢ ee ings to- former wit- in came Chief his testimony for the purp testimony. Having Evans rose . said inection with e yesterday sel object or ithdraw it and t the letter? Raymor. It me. The day put of de- on board the were used in a the Brooklyn newspaper of t to the editor thor of such a able, as- siven paid for it t the s the Brook! bject to any explana- There was 1f I had the Pluton, | out another one, s letter denying e conver- Commodore nor said he would cbject to the pre- of t this t but not at er time for » the stand, | illing you shall colloquy the incident his response to one of The guestion put he (Mr. Dieuaide) ve orders to back he bridge of the | off Santiago. Mr. he might have heard | ay he said in was the range | e starboard twelve- ost fore and aft of the around to port | : 2 saw the Brooklyn,” responded the witness. ficlal report of July 3 a copy of the notes of “She was southward to westward of the |said action? Brooklyn. ing dead in the water. officer standing near: start and those fellows will get away.’ the Spanish fleet.” “How mear was she to the Texas?” tance. On_cross-examination Commander Sharp was questioned in great detail by Captain Parker “in regard to entries in ths 108 of the Brooklyn | for the period covering the Cuban campaign. | He referred to the entries concerning Vixen's firing upon a very near the shore. ‘aptain Parker then questioned Commander Sharp concerning the notes made of the bat- tle of July 3 by Lieutenant Harlow on board report has occasioned no it being claimed by some of Admiral Schley’s friends that after a copy to the Admiral (then commodore) by Commander Sharp, they The witness said that he had taken a carbon copy to the com- the Vixen. This little controversy, of ‘the notes was _delivered were changed somewhat. modore after the battle. “Do these notes state the truth of the bat- asked Captain Parker, “These are Lieu- He took them and I am not prepared to say yes or no whether they are absolutely correct in every particu- tle as you saw it?” end the witness replied: tenant Harlow’s notes. lar or not."” “Have you mnot times ?" “I have.” “Now, are you not prepared to say to the best of your knowledge and bellef they con- tain a true statement of what Lieutenant Har- w?" cannot low tell saw. “You do not know whether they (the notes) are true or not from having read them over several times and from your own knowledge of the battle?” “In_the probably are mistakss in them.” N WAR, AND TWO MEN WHO ARE EXPECTED The Texas was then apparently ly- 1 remarked to some “The ship will never The Brooklyn was then swinging around towara ould not give an estimate of the dis- locomotive engine on shore near Santiago, taking it for a gunboat. He elicited from the witness the statement that at the time the Vixen must have been read them over several what Lieutenant Harlow main essentials I should say that they are true, but there may be mistakes and — CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION, WHO HAD A CONSPICUOUS PART IN THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR NAVAL OPERATIONS DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICA TO FURNISH IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AT THE SCHLEY COURT. “Yes, sir.’ “Where did you obtain this copy “From the executive officer, Lieutenant Har- Io “Did you at that time know whether there were any differences between this copy as at- tached to your official report and the copy as it appears in_ your log book?"’ “Yes, sir, I knew there were some slight differences.’ “‘From whom did you learn that there were these differences, and was any explanation made of this fact to you?” ““When I was writing my report of the action of July 3 I said to Lieutenant Harlow: ‘I de- sire a copy of your notes taken during the action to accompany my report to the admiral.” His reply, as near as I now remember it, was: “Those notes were taken for the representative of a newspaper on board the Brooklyn and I would like to make some changes in them.’ I sald: ‘Very well. 1 wish the notes to go With my report.” He afterward submitted to me the notes written in script, which I read over and inclosed in my report to the admiral.”” “Mention has been made of the copy of the notes sent to the Brooklyn which were printed on board that vessel. Do you recognize that paper?’ (Handing him a printed pamphlet.) “I have seen a copy of this before. 1if I am not mistaken several were sent through the Vixen.” “What does it purport to be?" ““An account of the engagement with the Spanish squadron as seen from the United States ship Vixen July 3, 1898, United States ship Brooklyn, flagship. At this point Judge Advocate Lemly had the witness compare the original copy of the Har- low notes with the copy printed on board the Brooklyn, with the result of showing that the notes had been changed before being printed, 50 as to make the account say that at 10:05 the two leading ships of the enemy ‘‘bore well on the Brooklyn's starboard quarter’’ instead of on her “starboard bow,’”” and that at 11:45 the Brooklyn was ‘‘one point on port bow' in- stead of ‘‘one point on starboard bow.'’ When the court reconvened after luncheon Captain Lemly continued his questioning of Commander Sharp concerning the changes in {he notes made by Lieutenant Harlow, as fol- ows: Judge Advocate—In the entry made in your log, hour 10:15, the two leading ships of the enemy are given as well on the starboard bow of the Brooklyn, are they not? Commander Sharp (reading)—The two leading enemy's ships were well on her starboard bow, yes, sir. ‘Now, in the copy printed on the Brooklyn ‘what is the bearing of those ships?"” Commander Sharp (reading)—The two leading ships were well on her starboard quarter, It says ‘“‘quarter” here and ‘bow” in the notes the Vixen's log. ‘'Then the Brooklyn is placed further ahead by the printed copy of the log, is she not?” “Either ahead or the ships of the Spanish fleet further astern, yes, sir.’ “In the entry made at 11:45 a. m. it appears from your log that the Brooklyn bore one point on the port bow of the Vixen, does it not?"’ Commander Sharp (reading)-‘‘The Brooklyn one point on the port bow, distant about three miles.”” In the notes: ‘‘The Brooklyn one point on the starboard bow, distant about three miles.” “What was the effect of the differences be- tween the copy of the log book and the notes?" i ““The copy of the Brooklyn's printed notes would put the Brooklyn farther inshore or the Vixen farther out, sir, as the case might the | o es-examining the witness Captain Parker elicited from him the "statement that_ the printe® word ‘‘starboard” in Lieutenant Har- low’s entry for 11:45, as printed in the Brook- Iyn print of the notes, Borresponded with the official print as given in the appendix, that word being given In place of the word ‘‘port,’” as_originally stated in the notes. Captain Parker also called the attention of the witness to «the entry in Lieutenant Har- low's notes wherein he said: *'11:15, the Iowa is gaining on the Massachusetts” and asked if he had read the notes at the time, calling his attention to the fact that the Massachusetts was then at Guantanamo. Commander Sharp | replied that he did read the notes, but thought he must have overlooked this notation. Captain Parker then asked whether it was not true that the changes from the original copy appearing in the Brooklyn print had been made by Lieutenant Harlow himself before he delivered the transcript to him (Sharp) for Commodore Schley. he _did not_think so. Captain Parker—You can hardly remember at this time whether the Brooklyn was on the starboard or port bow, can you?" port bow.”” Captain Parker—Now, knowing that fact, may it not be possible that, before you sent board”” may have bee vice versa? you took them to the commodore and saw any | inaccuracies in them, you probably would have | changed them. would you not? | "“I am afraid I did not look them over as | carefully as I should have dome. That is an | error undoubtedly about the Brooklyn being |on the starboard bow. It was on the port = side of fhe conning tower to see the captain. He might have given several orders at about that time I did not hear, Of course I did not note evervthing I heard.’”” Yeoman Becker was then recalled and was | excused after brief questioning concerning the dispetches prepared by him at Key West for Admiral Sampson for Admiral Schiey. He then said that according to his recollection th dispatches were forwarded by the lowa the Dupont, but said that statement based entirely upon his SERVICE OF THE VIXEN. Lieutenant Commander Sharp Tells of the Squally Weather. Lieutenant Commander Alexander M. Sharp, House OCTOBER 6, 1901 ANOTHER PAGE OF now appearing. THE CROCKER MAN- SION, WHEZE J. PIER- PONT MORGAN LIVES The New Lady of the White Peculiarities of Divorce Laws in Various States With expressions of opinion from Episcopal Bishops PHOTOGRAPHING “GEORGIE” AND HIS WILD ANIMALS IN FISHERMEN. “PA" THEIR NATIVE The best comic stories HAUNTS. Did you ever think how difficult it would be to get a photograph cof a bear robbing a bechive ? Sec next Sunday's Call NEXT WEEK—“GRAUSTARK.” and Her Daughter Alice A DAY WITH THE THE HACIENDAS OF MEXICO. MOST UNIQUE RANCH IN CALIFORNIA. | Who commanded theconverted yacht Vixen dur- ing the Spanish war, was the first new wit- ness of the day. He testified that he had first fallen in with the flying squadron on the morn- ing of M off Cienfuegos. He said that the weather on the cruise from Cienfuegos to San- tiago had been “'squaily,” but mot sufficiently bad to interfere with the speed of the Vixen. The ve: he said, been in urgent need of “If'I had been.”” he satd, “‘and orders to coal, 1 should | have tried to do so, though it would have been an uncomfortable job, because the Vixcn was a very small ship.” { Commander Sharp said that notwithstanding he had been on board the Brooklyn several times, Commodore Schley had never discussed with him the retrograde movement toward Key West begun on May, 2. Describing_the service of the Vixen during the siege of San- tiago under Commodore Schley, Commander Sharp said that he had been placed on picket duty at the eastern end of the line on the night of May 29 and had continued this duty after- ward. He was about two miles from the shore, he said, and probably three miles from the mouth of the harbor. He said thdt the en- tire fleet could not be discerned at night and that the shore line could only be discerned as a black mass in the distance. Mr, Hanna—Could you have seen a vessel undertaking to pass out near the shore under those conditions? *If she had shown no lights and made no noise, I do not believe we could.”” “Did you at any time suppose yourself to have discovered a torpedo boat attempting to escape?”’ “‘One night we sighted a light, running ap- parently alongside shore, with a good deal of speed, and signaled that it was a torpedo boat escapiny. It turned out to be a locomotive headlight on the railroad.” “‘Under those circumstances could you have seen the train had no headlight been dis- played?” I think not. All we eaw was the light.” Commander Sharp sald that the Vixen had carried_Commodore Schley from the Brooklyn to the Massachusetts on May 31 before the be- ginning of the bombardment of the Cristobal Colon, and that when he had asked what course he should pursue in the approaching action, Leutenant Sears had replied for the commo- dore that the latter had directed that Com- mander Sharp keep his craft clear, as she was vulnerable and should not assume any risks. He thought the commodore had afterward spoken to him to the same effect. Mr. Hanna—Passing on to the battle of July 3, did you see any portion of the loop made by the Brooklyn? ““When I first saw the Brooklyn I think she was headed about south, and swinging very rapidly under her port helm.' “Did you at any time have any conversation with any person in the presence of Commodore Schley with respect to the direction in which the Brooklyn turned on that occasion?’ ‘Yes, sir.” “State the clrcumstances of that conversa- tion.” “I took on board the Brooklyn a copy of the notes taken by Lieutenant Harlow, the executive officer of the Vixen, during the en- gagement, and showed them to the commodore, The commodore was seated at his desk, as I remember it, and at various times different of- ficers came into the commodore’s cabin. Cap- tain Cook was there, I think, at one time. The navigator of the Brooklyn, Lieutenant Hodgson, came in also. I think Commander Eaton was in at one time and, if I am not mistaken, Cap- tain Barker was in. 1 was talking to the commodore about those notes, and at one part of the conversation, on the way the helm of the Brooklyn had been put to form the eo- called loop, I stated that the helm was put to port, Lieutenant Hodgson . spoke up and said; ‘No, you are mistaken. Helm was put to starboard.’ I said: ‘No, no; you put your helm to port.” He saild: ‘I can prove it to you. Look at this chart’ I said: ‘I don't want to see the chart. You swung with the port helm.’ ** “Was it conceded finally,”” asked Captain Lemly, “‘that the helm had been put to port to make the turn?’ “I am not positive,” was the reply, “but it is my impression that it was.'" “By whom was the concession made?” ““I do not remember.” ““Were there any instructions at that time to the navigator In regard to entries in the 1 °F. ot that T remel,}\ber." ' Did you see the Texas during the battle off Santlago?”’ asked Mr. Hannl.‘ 3 “l saw the Texas about the first time I “Did you furnish a copy of these particu- lar notes to any one else—any other officer in that squadron?” “Not that I remember. I do not know.” “Did you take a copy or send a copy to| any other commanding or staff officer of that fleet excent Commodore Schiey?'’ ot that I remember." Will_you say that you did not?" “No sir, I will not say that I did not. the best of my knowledge and belief, not of these identical notes.’ Commander Sharp said in response to ques- ne_of the results | the bombardment of the Colon had been | Mr. tions by Mr. of to develop the Spanish shore batteries. Raynor then asked: Raynor that “Do you recollect a conversation with Com- modore Schley in the presence of Lieutenant remarked Harlow in_which the ~commodore that his purpose had been to develop strength of those batteries?” “I really do not remember,” was the re- sponse, ““I wish I could.” In response to a question from Mr. Raynor, Commander Sharp said that the position of the Vixen during the blockade was not cor- He was rectly given by the official chart. nearer the shore than.there shown. On _redirect Harlow notes. Judge Advocate—Did you attach to your of- i There were several copies printed, but what became of all of them examination Captain Lemly brought out the fact as to the change in the Raynor—Do you remember when you d to Commedore Schley the typewritten tipt of the Harlow notes from which the | pamphlet was printed, that you said: ‘Commo- | dore’ Schiey. these are the true notes of the | fight, which' will stand?’ ** I’ have no recollection of using such lan- guage.” I want to see if you recollect this incident: Tio you remember that on the afternoon of the first or second of July you were called along- 1o the Brooklyn and by a megaphone messags from Lieutenant Sears, speaking for Commo- dore Schley, directed " to .go to the New | To | I did | York and report to Admiral Sampson that Com- modore Schley had observed suspicious move- ments of smoke in the harbor, indicating that vessels were moving toward the entrance, and that Commodore Schley thought the enemy was preparing to come out? That you did go to the New York and report to Admiral Sompson as directed and that by Admiral Sampson you were ordered to go to each vessel on ‘the blorkade and repeat Commodore Schley's mes- sage, with an additional order from Admiral Sampron directing the ships to close in and “keep a sharp lookout; that you performel this duty, and so reported later in the same Cay that'vou had done as directed "’ *‘I have no remembrance of the occurrence, T am sorrv to say: I wish I conld reraember “Is it possible that this could have occurred? The Vixen was constanily on errands of <his sort? the Continued on Page Nine. “GOLD DUST.” »: v ‘Lot the GOLD DUST twins do your work!*’ Send for mfll‘ *“Golden Rmmw; Housework,” S i =) il ,Ui&hl\}jf >, ]l Ii hu'f | %, 'w ..1.1r|m" “’ If you want cleanliness to rule about your house use GOLD DUST It removes dirt, grease, smoke-stains and grime from any cause, leaving evi erything clean and new looking. It does not injure hands or fabrics. 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