Vol. VIII.
RALEIG-H, 1ST. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1901.
No. 54
x " . .
r.ihpino; uruerillas Swoop Down on SnldWs
While at
Forty-eight Members of the
Company Lost
DETAILS ARE MEAGRE
Twenty-four Survivors, In
cluding Eleven Wounded
Arrive at Bassey First Se
rious Reverse in the Philip
pines in a Long Time--A
Small Force' Attempts to
Hofd Extensive Territory
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Manila, Sept. 30. A disastrous
fight
United States troops and
in-
sutgents occurred. Saturday in the Is
land of Samar, near Balangiga. A large
body of insurgents attacked Company
C, Ninth Infaiitr-, only twenty-four
members of the company escaping. All
he others are reported to have been
k'iled. ""."'' ": ,
nttaekied; and made, a "determined, resis
tance;' but the overwhelming numbers, Of
the insurgents compelled them - to re
treat. ' . !
Of the survivors who have arrived at
vBassev, eleven are wounded. According
; tue latest returns, the strength of the-,
company was seventy-two. lne surviv
ors include Capt. Thomas W. Connell;
First Lieut. Edward A. Bumpus, f and
Dr. R. 'S. .Griswold, surgeon.
Capt- Edwin V. Bookmiller, of
the
Ninth Infantry, reports - that General
Hughes is assembling a force to attack
the " insurgents. The insurgents; cap
tured all the stores and ammunition of
the company, and all . the rifles except
twenty-six. - -
. Capt. Lawrence .T. Hearn, of
Twenty-first Infantry, reports ah
the
en-
sasement with insurgents near -Cande-
laria the Americans losing one killed
and two wounded. The insurgent loss
has not been ascertained. The Ameri
cans captured 80,000 pounds of rice and
several hundred rounds of ammunition.
: Washington, September 30. News
of the disastrous fight between
troops of the Ninth Infantry and th In
surgents in the Il-and of Samar" yester;
day was pent promptly by Gen. Hughes,
commanding in that - island, to Gen.
Chaffee, at Manila and by him trans
mitted to : the, AVar ' Department,
reached the department during the
It
ear-
ly hours yesterday, and Adjt. Gen. Cor
bin. realizing its importance, at once
made it public, after sending a copy to
the White House. Gen. Chaffee's dis
patch, Avhich agrees with press dispatch,
is as follows:
General Chaffee's Report
"Manila, Sept. $0. :
"Adjutant' General", Washington.
"Ilr.ghes reports following from pas
ser. Southern Samar: Twenty-four jmen
Ninth Ile-riment. United States Infan
try eleven , wounded have just arrived
from Balangiga ; ' remainder company
killed. Insurgents secured all company
supplies and nil rifles except twelve
Attacked durinS. break
fast, morning ' September 28: company
jeventyj-two strong: officers, Thomas W.
ToWm pjintain: .Edward A. Bumpus,
lieutenant; ur. t. o-. uiu')
iiirsrpnn. escaned. i-
ma-
jor
. "CHAFFEE."
i Created a Septatloh
TVashington, - ' Sept. ! 30. The
created t a sensation in official cir
as the first severe reverse that has oc
currorj for a long time. Still the. pin
cinls were not unprepared for the news
f jnstj this character from Saiar.
wh.re the revolution started by Agui
nnldr . ?till continues. Samar is a coun
try ai.out as large as the SI. :e of Ohio.
aiHl the, American forces of occiiDahon
number, in all .between 2,000 and 2.500
n. T.hese - are distributed among : va-
tious p)sts in the .island, a large num
bor i-pin- located at the more important
center
never made any effort to ocenpy
nnd it onlv lias been for prob-
.a mar.
H'ly three months past that the United
States 1ms undertaKen that work. -The
Ktest report made by Gen. Hughes to
the War Department was that the num
l'er f insurgent rifles in the island ag
exnted about 300. The Filipinos car
Ked .on a guerrilla warfare, and obera
1!?ns .gainst them, were difficult. The
Jitoj t0 Company C, , of the Ninth
jRfnnti ;r, occurred," it- is believed, while
U was engaged in. an expedition to clear
ne coj,ntrr of roving- bands of these
lnr."e.nt5. The fact that the Ameri
cas wore attacks! while at breakfast
&iir:r
! ' :
0nts.
T Liu; iitii it: .IIMl III 111.11 u. Lilt.
I
1
Wiately upon receipt of the dis-
...... . .
Breakfast
patch, Adjt. Jen. Corbin cabled Ofm
Chaffee to send a complete report of the
ngnt and a list of the casualties.
hi . . . . . -
f vuii-uiown ornciai or tne govern
ment inspeakiug of this outbreak
gainst the American forces in Samar
said he regarded it as a . consenuence
of .the assassination of President Mc
Kinley. In all probability the insur
gents had received, he said, only meagre
reports of the tragedy, and possibly be
lieved the shooting to be ' the result of
some popular outbreak against the Pres
ident. The natives had seized the op
portunity in the flickering hope of re
trieving some of their lost ground. ,
Company. C was a portion of the
Ninth Regiment of United1 States infan
try which went to China at the time of
the Boxer outbreak and were engaged
Tin provost duty in that city. During the
past summer a battalion of, the Ninth
was sent to Samar.
All the officers connected with Com
pany C, which was almost wiped out by
the insurgents, are named in Gen. Chaf
fee's dispatch, there . being no second
lieutenant now with the company. Capt.
Thomas W. Connell, who commanded
the company, was appointed to the Mil
itary Academy from New York la Sep
tember, 1880, .and First Lieut. Bum
pus was appointed to the army from
Massachusetts, having served as a pri
vate in Company A, First Massachu
setts Heavy Artillery. Surgeon Gris-
wold is a recent addition to the army,
having crossed the Pacific oceait with
Adjt. Gen. Co'rbinj on his r.ecent trip
to the Philippines. I '
CHAFFEE'S DISPATCH REVISED
Fate of Officers of the Company Left
iu Donbt
Washington, Sept. 30. The War De
partment today issued a corrected copy
of i General Cheffee s cablegram from
Manila regarding the massacre of Amer-
can troops in the Island of Samar Sep-
.wniDer. ny mistake in translating
iiJinri me uiiiui-u was ursi liiiei-
preted as saying that Captain Connell,
Lieutenant Bumpus and Surgeon Gris
wold has escaped. The corrected copy
shows that, the cipher words mistaken
for "have escaped"! really meant "inves
tigation will be ninde." The corrected
copy does not show therefore that the
officers .mentioned j are safe. The cor
rected dispatch follows i-
"Hughes -reports j following received
from Basey, Southern Samar: Twenty-four-men
Company C, 'Ninth regiment,
United States infantry, 11 wounded,
have- just arrived from Balanpriga; re
mainder company killed: insurgents se
cured all company supplies, and all ri
fles except three! Company was at
tacked during breakfast, morning Sep
tember 28; company 72 strong: officers.
Captain Thomas W. oonnell, First Lieu
tenant Edward A. Bumpus, R. S. Gris
wold, Major Surgeon. Investigation will
bo made."
The meagefness of the information
contained in General Chaffee's disnatch
leaves in doubt the fate of Crtain
Thomas W. Connell, First Lieutenant
Edward A. Bumpus and' Surgeon R. S.
Griswold. There is nothing definite "in
dicating that, they were Killed and at the
same time nothing has been received
which indicates that they , escaped.
Paymaster General Bates received a
telegram this morning from Judge Bum
pus at Boston, 'saying that a. letter re
ceived from his son. Lieutenant Biini
pus,said that the officers were quartered
in a convent, that" the r soldiers were
quartered in houses near by, and that
the camp, was. in the towm It anpears
from this information that the soldiers
kept their arms in their quarters and
probably messed together in their camp.
Presumably the treacherous insurgents
waited until the men were at break
fast and therefore unarmed.1 The offi
cers would undoubtedly: mess together
in the convent and this would make
necessary attacks a indifferent points.
Company C oi the Ninth infantry
went to Balangiga August 1 8and wa3
received there by. the natives with a
great show of friendship. This is
thought to have disarmed the soldiers
of all suspicion and , led them to lose
sight of the unfriendliness of the na-.
tives in the interiort
Story Told for Tw Survivor
. Manila, Sept. 30. 2.30 p. m. Ser
geant 'Markley and 'a private of Com
pany C of the Ninth infantry, which
was surprised and many of the men
killed at Bajangiga, Samar, by a band
of insurgent's, escaped across the bay
of Tanuan to Leyte and have, made
a report on the action. The sergeant
and private ; evidently did not know of
the escape of 24 of "their comrades to
Basey, Island of Samar. They report
that four hundred bolomen attacked
garrison' of Balangiga, the men being
at breakfast and -without arms. A ma
jority of the men in , the barracks were
killed and none were : left alive in the
town. One hundred and -forty natives
were killed in the melee. As 24 men
have already arrived at Bisey, this
story is evidently an exaggeration. .
The American .officers at Manila do
not attempt to explain the massacre ex
cept on the-jground-of over, confidence
on the part of the droops at Balangiga
and lack of watchfulness.
Native womenr vwho are desirous of
saving their soldier : sweethearts, have
disclosed to ( the authorities the exist
ence of a new Katipunan society in the
province of Tarlac. The constabulary
has crippled the movement by arresting
the civil president, the leader of the
movement, and many of the recently
armed native police. Other discoveries
of a similar nature have been made at
Cagayan. . .
Captain Connell Killed . i
New York, Sept. SO David J. Con
nell, the father of Captain Connell, who
lives at 14 S. William street, received a
cable dispatch this morning from Cap
tain Frank Ramsey of the Ninth infan
try, stating that Captain Connell; liad;
been killed ' in Saturday's engagement
with the insurgents of Samar. The
cable dispatch was sent from Manila.
Connell Killed In Action
New York, Sept. 30. Capt. Thomas
W. Connell was welj known in this city,
having resided in the battery district
from the time of his birth until "he otj-r
tered West Point Academy. September
1,1889. His brother, John J. Connell,
is a deputy assistant district attorney
and his father, David J. Connell. is cus
todian of the city clerk's office, and for
years was one of the Tammany elec
tion district captains in the second as
sembly district.
When the hews of; the massacre was
tiT- X uuusu7e wa!i
this city the members of ;
received in
Capt. Connell's family became greatly
alarmed for his safety. On commum-
eating with A ash,ngton authorities they
U. uaa YU1
Department stated that Capt. Connell.
Lieut. Bumpus and Surgeon Griswold!
had escaped. The father and mother of i feeling of its great utility to them
tae young soldier were' offering up pray-.j Seirps nersonallv and of tho imnnrtanre
eis or tnanKs wnen tney received a caoie
- XI t 1 . 1 . V
uipcuvu j-lkjlii uuuui wuil-u reau;
"Quo-Connell. " Tommv killed yesterday.
Frank." '
Before Capt. Connell went to' Manila
he had made an arrangement with a
friend, Frank. Ramsey, quartermaster of
the regiment, by which one was to no
tify the relatives of the other in case
any mishap happened: Under the ar
rangement the cable address of Capt.
Connell's family was "Oup-Connell."
So when the message was delivered to-1
day the father was positive the news it
contained was true, notwithstanding the
department dispatch to the contrary.
Mr. Connell telegraphed to the . War
Department for, further information and
received .the following:
".Washington, Sept. 30.
"David J. Connell: Your boy killed
in action. '
"GILLESPIE.
"War Department."
Capt. Connell was 28 years of are.
liUcban a Bad E;g
Milwaukee, Sept. 30. General ; Ar
thur MaeArthui-' wao recently returned
from the Philippines, thinks the slaugh
ter of the American troops in Southern
Samar will result in the.Uuited States
taking drastic measures to stamp out
the insurgent general Lucban, who com
manded the insurgents who ambushed
the Ninth infantry. , .
'lie is a tricky and slippery fellow
and has caused no end of trouble in the
islands," said the -general this after
noon. "He evidently took the company
unawares- or else the loss . could not have
been so heavy, for forty-eight killed out
of one comnanv is practically annihila-!
tion. It lokls like slaughter anl t'helf:0 of ioit were welcomed
men could not have had a chance to Itf'Z
.. , , - . ,. , .u vS.n royal train arrived at ll:4o. Ihe JNorth
ijgui.iur imir iivt-s. c-i tne j
coma not nave Deen so neavy.
"The insurrection has long been bro-
ken and the slaugnTer in Samar will not
aid the cause of the Filipinos. ' In , fact j
i twill make the American forces more
determined to capture such fellows like
t i i u t, f -win :
Lucban, and when he is caught ,t will ,
go a iur way iu eiwy uo iuhuhiuo-
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Railroad Rumor;
Norfolk, Va.. Sept. 30. Atlanta news
papers telegraph their correspondents
here, saying that there is an apparently
well-based, report there that ex-Manager
St. John is to be elected president of the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad to succeed
John. Skelton Williams. The officials
here deny knowing anything of this.
. S ; :'V
Pretoria, Sept. 30. Tjaard.Kruger, the
ex-President's youngest son, who - sur
rendered recently, died today after a
short illness. .
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Soldiers WiN Replace Guards
Madisoiiville, Ivy., Sept. 30. Tomor
row morning the guards at the coal
MISS LAURA LEMLY
Her Sister, Mrs. Brooks, Has a Narrow Escape from a
Similar Fate
V Winston-Salem, N. C, Sept.. 30.
Special. Miss : Laura Lemly, sister of
Judge Advocate Samuel C. Lemly,
who is engaged in the Schley case at
Washington, and President W. A. Lem
ly, of the Wachovia National Bank of
this city, was horribly and f atally burn
ed at, eleven o'clock today at her home
in Salem. Her death 'oecurredat 4:0
this afternoon. Miss Lemly was in
the kitchen baking a cake for her
friend, Mrs. Dr. W. A. Lash, of Greens
boro, whk her wrapper ignited. The
flame spread, rapidly and she ran into
the yard screaming. '
Her sister, Mrs. C B. Brooks, was
the only person in the house at the
time. When she heard the cries of . her
sister she rushed out of the house and
when she. discovered" Miss Laura was
afire, Mrs. Brooks picked up a rug and
wrapped it around her. She hastened
to get another rug, but when she re
mines in Hopkins county will come here
and surrender their arms to Adjutant
General Murray who wilLsend detach
inents . of State troops to all isaines ; to
protect miners and mining property.
i It is believed that the troubles are
now over. It will require three hun
dred soldiers to do guard' duty,
r -
Trajn in a Ditch
;r Burlington, Vt.,j Sept. 30. The New
York and Boston Express" train on the
Central Vermont Railroad due here
from Montreal at .10:06 p. m. is lying
in the ditch opposite the government
reservation at Fort Ethan Allen, having
left the track at State Line Crossing,
so-called because it is the dividing
l(ne between government and State
property. . All the; passengers and train
crew escaped injury.
NAVAL WAR COLLEGE
Officers Speak Highly of Its
I Value to the Service
Washington, Sept. 30 Captain F. E.
Chadwick, U. S. N., president of the
nftval war college, at Newport, R. I.,
reported to the Navy Department this
mcrnn that the summer course of in-
aa o'
iT thinir T mnT 6 ,-ni rU.
tain Chadwick, "that it has been higtilv
j;UCCessfuj. Tne 0ffiCers in attendance,
fill ftf whnm iwro sf onnovini- to nC onl
n ihTTT1w nf biVh rnnV h wi- with u
- ; : i- "-
to the service. They have expressed)
1 hemsP ves V(rv .frpp v n thi rpmrd.
and it is a pleasaire to me to convey their
opinions to the-, department."
LOOKING FOR MISS STONE
Her Abduction Involves the
Safety of Americans
Washington, Sept. -30. The govern
ment, through the State Department and
the -American minister at Constantino
ple, is making a thorough though quiet
investigation in regard to the abduction
by brigands of Miss Ella H. Stone, the
American missionary now in the hands
of t bandits, either in Turkey or Bul
garia. ,
Mr. Adee, acting secretary of state,
saidthis morning that everj-thing pos
sible would be done to secure the re
lease of the wonian, - but that it was
necessai- for the investigation now in
progress to be conducted secretly.
The question is a greater one than
appears upon the face of it. It involves
the safety of Americans in Turkey, and
may lead to - any one of. a., number of,
complications.
When asked if the department was
negotiating for the ransom of the mis
sionary, the acting secretary declined
to make a.ny reply. "
ON THE PACIFIC COAST
Diike of York Recived with
Vancouver, B. C' Sept. 30. The Duke
Pacific Britishsquadron was in Vancou-
ver harbor, and as" Prince George and
his consort alighted! from the train the
royal salute was fired. Extraordinary
precautions were taken to prevent an
aitacic on tne Jjuue or uornAvaiis life.
A line of police stretched the entire
1 ie r ponce suetcnec
enth of the -royal progr
- d moV f
ess six: feet
of British ma
rines, provincial volunteers and govern
ment mounted police were in front and
rear of the royal carriages.
His highness was exceedingly affable
and shook hands with all whom he came
in contact fith. After the official pro
gramme of the day had been carried out
the . royal party ! embarked on the steam
ship Empress of India, where they were
entertained, by j Indian canoe races."
The royal party will go to Victoria
tomorrow morning.
Death of a Hotel Man
TVadesboro, N. C., Sept. 30 Spe
cial. Mr. W. T. Flake, proprietor of
the Klondike hotel at; this place, died
here today at six o'clock. The deceas
ed had many friends through this sec
tion and among travelling men, who
will learn of hi3 death with regret.
BURNED TO DEATH
turned the first one had fallen. In her
efforts to extinguish, the flames Mrs.
Brooks' dress ignited and in trying to
Vave herself her hands were badly
burned. ,
Several physicians were summoned.
As soon as they looked upon Miss Lem
ly the doctors announced that her recov
ery could hardly be expected. Her
tjody was badly charred and blistered
in places. The burns were almost con
tinuous "from b.ead to foot. All of her
clothing were burned off and her face,
eyes and hair ! were frightfully disfig
ured. Her suffering was . intense until
a physician administered morphine. She
was only able to speak a few words con
sciously after the accident.
Miss Lemly was about 45 years old.
She was a-'most estimable Christian
lady an honored and active member of
St. Paul's Episcopal church. Her sid
death Has cast a gloom over the entire
"community.
IS III
The Range was Too
flit the
ififiiiEnifBi
The, Brooklyn's Loop in the Battle of July 3 Forced Thre6
Battleships into a BunchThe Witness Understood the
Signals; at Cienfugos. and Supposed Schley Was In
formed in Regard to Them
Washington, Sept. SO.-j-Kear AdmiTal
Robley D. Evans was called to the stand
as a witness at-the Schley court of in-,
quiry at 2 o'clock this afternoon, follow
ing the usual -recess. I '
During the morning session two wit-1
sworn uommanaer o ames ;
of the Minneapolis. The former testi-.
fied to coaling the vessels of the flying
squadron at Cienfuegos ahd &t Santiago.
. i ; i. i -l'i: T . 1 1 '
Tne principal point iu vjaiiam jtvvcus
testimony was his contradiction of
Schley's statement in Senate document
"D," that he had been 'advised by the
scouts commanded by Captain Jewell and
Captain Sigsbee that they had, informa
tion as to Cervera being! in Santiago
harbor. He said he had not 'given Schley
any information on the subject. He did
not kn'ow, however, what Sigsbee had
told Schley. ' ,
"The Cuban pilot," Ed wardo Nunez, who
went aboard the flagship Brooklyn f rprii j
the St. Paul when Schley arrived off j
Santiago was at the court today.; He
did not go upon, the stand, but he has
been brought here to testify and wilJ
be ' called later. . .
Commander Miller, under examination
by Mr. Hanna, wras asked if he could
have coaled- any vessels on the, after
noon of May 2.6.
A. I could. Yes, up to the time I
broke down; that is, while: I was in
control of my ship, up to 5:30. After I
rtCKQke down I would not . have volun
teered to coal, l would not HKe to nave
undertaken it. During the time I was
broken down I would not have, coaled
at sea. . . ,-
. Q. How would it have been if the col
lier had., been in tow by some other ves
sel? . ... ' . .!!
A. I do not know. That is a hypo
thetical question. I would not like to
answer it. I v ' .
Q. You have' stated that you coaled
vessels on May 23, 24, 27, '28, 29, 30
and 31. Did they go alongside the
collier? j ,
A The Texas did on the 27th, arid the
Marblehead on the 28th. I None of the
vessels came alongside the collier' when
we were under way or when she was
broken dowrn. I
The witness was cross-examined' by
Mr. Kayner, who, in beginning, started to
read from the signal books of the Brook
lyn and the Texas in'regard to sending
the latter vessel alongside the collier
for coal.
"Oh, I kno-T what you are driving at,"
exclaimed the witness, -without waiting
for Mr. iiayner to conclude.
Mr. Kayner Oh, very Iwell, then, if
you do (Laughter.)
The witness Never mind ; go ahead.
Mr. Rayner read from the signal books
showing that it was. unsafe for the Texas
to go alongside the collier, as it would
place the, Merrimae between the two
battleships in a dangerous position.
The witness What: I objected to was
having two battleships alongside the col
lier. They have a peculiar motion when
they are rolling, and they would have
a tendency to crush .the collier be
tween them. It was- not Ion account of
the weather that I thought it would be
dangerous. . . U
Q Was not the swell bf the sea so
heavy that it was carrying the Massa
chusetts and your vessel on shore on" the
24th?
A. I cannot recollect
Mr; Rayner read again from the sig
nal books, showing that the commander
of the Merrimae had objected to going
alongside the Massachusetts.
The witness said the sea was 'a little
rough, but. his objection was to going
alongside the battleship. ! He said he
did not like to take a cojlier alongside
a battleship at any time because of their
very peculiar motion. j
Mr. Rayner Especially such ships as
the. Texas with projecting sponsons.
A. Well, they are very nasty at any
time. '
Captain Theodore F. Jewell was next
called to the stand. In Jtnswer to the
usual preliminary questions the witness
said he had: fallen in with the flying
squadron off Santiago May 26.
Captain Lemly then read from Senate
document. "D in which Schley said
that he had been advised by Captain
Sigsbee, Captain Jeweil and others who
had been with the scout boats before
Santiago for a week that; nothing had
been seen of Cervera's fleet. I'he judge
advocate then said: '
Q I want to ask you, captain, what
information you gave Commodore Schley
in this respect? j
A. I gave him to information. ,
Q. What have you to say in regard
lo this, and what did you do when you
became aware of this statement in Sen
ate document "D" which I have just
read? '
A. I . prepared a letter which I sent
to the department, saying that so far
as I was concerned there was no truth
in that statement. j
Captain Parker objected to questions
upon this; subject, saying that Admiral
Schley had nothing to do with any
communication the witness had sent to
the departnient. ine judge advocate
said he would withdraw the question,
Q. Were you asked by Commodore
i lis nil
Great for the. Guns to
Colon
iiiisi
Schley as to the presence of Cervera
in Santiago.:?,
A. Not to my recollection. i
Q. Did you go on board the Brook
lyn?' A. I did not.
Cross-examined by Mr. -Rayner: .
that
Coin- -
Spanish
.fleet had not been seen at Santiago?
A. I have rioTknowledge of that. h
By the judge advocate:
Q. Did Captain Sigsbee communicate
to you his belief in regard to the where
abouts of CeTvera's fleet? - '
Counsel for Schley objected to the
question, as the answer would necessi
tate the narration of a conversation at
which Schley was not present, and Cap
tain Lemly withdrew the question and
asked: . .
Q What was your own belief? ;
A. I ;had received a dispatch from
the depaTtment saying that the Spanish,
fleet was at Santiago, arid nothing had
occurred. to change my belief.: I had no
j pnate knowledge on the subject.
i. In answer to a question by the court.
witness described from his recollection
the- state of the -sea and the weather
from May 22 to 28. His answer show
ed that both the weather and the sea .
varied in condition, but some of the time '
the condition of both was moderate.
The court also asked if Captain Sigsbee " j"
was- abbaTd the Brooklyn on May 20
when the witness was there, but Cap
tain Jewell ireplied.that he had not 'been
aboard the, flagship . that. day. . ;
Captain McCalla was recalled to ex
amine his "printed- restimoB of,3aturdayr ; fl
and the day previous. - When he .had -concluded,
the court asked: j ; .
Q. Was there any place where -the
ships could have found protection from
the soirth and southwesterly winds near -
Cape Cruz?
A. There was no place where the
large ships could have found shelter : j
from these' winds. '
By the court:
Q Had the fleet of Cervera been in
the harbor of Cienfuegos could it have
been seen by the vessels blockading
that port ?
A. I should say not. The masts
might have been seen if the ships had
been in the stream of the river, but I
jwould not have expected to have found
them there.. If they had been behind
the hills they could not have been seen.
Captain IMcCalla was excused at.
32:55 and the judge advocate asked
that a-recess beNtaken at that tjme, asA
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans would
b.e at the court after the intermission
to go upon the stand, and it. would be
impossible to finish with another wit
ness, before his arrival. In view of this
Admiral Dewey ordered a recess until 2
o'clock. , v ' -
When the court resumed its session'
after the recess Rear Admiral R. D.
Evans was" placed upon, the stand. In
beginning his evidence he said that dur
ing the Spanish war he had commanded
the Iowa. He. was then" a captain. His
vessel fell in with the flying squadron
off Cienfuegos May 22 about 1 o'clock.1
Q. What special mission did you have?
A. I carried dispatches from the commander-in-chief
at Key West to Commo
dore Schley.. The dispatches were sealed ,
Rear Admiral Evans described 4the en
gagement of May 31. On the forenooit .
of that day, he said Commodore Schley
signalled that he would that afternoon
transfer his flag, to the . Massachusetts
and take the xSTew Orleans and Iowa and
go. in and attempt to dtroy . the Colon
with the 8. 12 and 13-inch guns. "At
about fifteen minutes of 2 o'clock," h
said, "a signal was jnade to form column,
and we stood in a mile and a half or two.
miles, and then the column headed to sea.
Wc onened fire on the Colon, and I saw
the first shot; of the Massachusetts fall '
a long distance short, and., supposing she
was firing at 7,000 yards, I gave the
ranee at 8.500 yards. I then increased
it to 0.000 yards!" After the Massachu
setts passed the entrance to the harbor
she turned the port helm and stcamd
back. The Iowa and New Orleans fol-;.
lowed. We then .began firing at ten
thousand yards and then falling short I
increased the range to 11,000 yards and
I saw that we struck short. I jrave
the range to Lieutenant' Hill at 11,500
yards, and, firing at that .range .'-wo
struck very near the stern of the Colon.
Both the 12-inch guns on the Iowa were '
disabled on account of the extreme high,
elevation." - . . -
He said that two or three guns on
the Morro were firing, as were two ether .
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Datteries on xne aajuixiiu uuis.
Admiral Evans was asked to describe
the relative position of the Iowa and
Brooklyn w.hen the. Sprnish ships carnej
out, July 3. : -
He said -that the Iowa had the center
of ,the line, with the Brooklyn cii the
west and the Texas between thciri.
When he first saw the Brooklyn she was
steaming to the eastward', firing her prrt
batteries and .heading, fbrj., the Spanish
column. Afterward the navigator1 of tho
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