The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-02
CAPT. SIGSBEE
 AS A WITNESS
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 Fl saw the Brooklyn about fifteen minutes after the battle began also saw her before in the morning.
 Where was she when you nrst saw her with respect to the Texas?' ! "Off the port bow of the Texas"
 Have you any notes on that subject made at that timer
 "Yes. sir: I have a note made at 9:5o in quotation marks: Stop both engines. Helm hard a-starboard.'
 "Who gave that orderT'
 Captain Philip
 Where was the Brooklyn when that order was given?"
 "I presume that the Brooklyn was in front of the Texas. I saw her a moment later"
 Mr. Hanna-Did you make any entry at that time with respect to the passing of the Brooklyn and Texasg"
 "Yes, the next line reads: It was Brooklyn-close shave
 Could she have been half a mile away?''
 'T would not suppose she was quarter of mile when I saw her"
 'T went around to the lee side of the coming tower to find out why we stop ped. Captain Philip waved his hand to- ward the Brooklyn and said:
 Look at that fellow going out to sea"'
 Admiral Dewey-Did you hear Captain Philip give orders to back the engines?
 No, sir; do not remember that l did. I turned away almost immediately"
 Admiral Dewey-You would have heard them if he had given them, would you notT
 T might and might not"
 Admiral Dewey-You seem to have heard everything else"
 "Oh, not everything"
 Mir. Dieuaide said he had on the day of the battle written a report of the battle. but that these facts had not been given because Captain Philip had asked him to make it nice for everybody" and this had been his own inclination. He was then excused for the day and asked to bring his newspaper report of the en- gagement into court tomorrow.
 Captain sigsbee Called.
 Charles D. Sigsbee. who commanded the scout ship St. Paul during the Spanish war. was next called He said that in obedience to orders from Captain Wise, who was his commanding officer, he had proceeded to the vicinity of Santiago, ar- Irving there on the Fist. He told of talk ing aboard the Cuban pilot Nunez, and said that he did not have great confi- dence in that individual. His instructions were to report to Commodore Schley> that the Spanish squadron probably was in Santiago harbor. He fell in with the f1y- ing squadron on the evening of May 26. the squadron then being twenty or thir- ty miles south of Santiago. He had re- ported to Commodore Schley that he 'Tknew nothing positively about the Span- ish fleet"
 He was then asked if he had expressed his belief to Commodore Schley that Cerveras fleet was not in the harbor as re- ported later hy Commodore Schley
 controversy arose over the admissi- bility of the question and the court took a recess for luncheon before receiving the reply of the witness.
 When the court reconvened, Captain Sigsbee resumed his testimony.
 MT. Hanna repeated his question asked before recess. quoting from Admiral Schley's report of Feb. 8, 1899, the sem tence reading: 'I stated that we had seen nothing of the Spanish fleet"
 Captain Sigsbee said: 'I may have stated that I knew nothing positively or absolutely about it's movement, but l recited certain events to show that there was a probability of the fleet being in Santiago at that time. In regard to the other matter. I beg to make an appeal to the court. This case Is one involving regulations It has been stated by Com
 
 United States Senate that I expressed a certain belief. Now 1t has been made a public matter. I think that either the court or the defense should allow me to express under oath what I really said. Whether l expressed that belief or not may be technically right to interfere with me, but according to the ethics of the naval service, I think the defense ought to permit me to answer that question"
 We have no objection to that said MT. Raynor.
 'I have given an answer to that ques- ton. I have said nothing about my be- lief
 MT. Hanna-The portion of tine question to which I should like to have you give an explicit answer is whether you assured Commodore Schley that you believed the Spanish fleet was not in Santiago"
 'I did not say that I believed it was not there;' I said I had not seen It." Did you give him any assurances. which would point in that direction?" 'I made known first my orders from the Navy Department, which stated that the Spanish fleet was reported to have arriv- ed there"
 Sigsbee Wrote to Schley.
 Mir. Hanna read a number of letters, among them being one from Captain Sigsbee to Commodore Schley, written from Mole St. Nicholas, May g. in which he said to the Commodore: Do as you are doing and you will do right