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participated in that conversation
Il do not recollect it at all. 1t could
not be possible said such a thing. They
HAVE misunderstood
what I said. I was irritated at the de-
lay In the ward room talk something
| might have been construed gin that way,
as statements often are, but it is entire
~ impossible that could have said that.
was impatient, excited, perhaps. it be-
ing my first engagement, and l might
have made some remark 1t was some
thing some one might have misunder-
stood, but that remark, r. never made"
What do you mean by n1rritation at
the delay?'' 81 "a
Delay of not going Immediately into
this work. ~
Explain what youvmean by 'immedi-
Mr.. Rayner-Just one moment. Does
the state of his Irritation enter into this
| case? He said he never had such a con-
versation. Suppose he was irritated about
| it? Does that affect this case?
Judge Advocate-If the court please it
| is not the irritation l am directing ques-
| tons about. If he says he was irritated
at the delay, think it is fair to tell it,
| fair to the applicant that he should state
| what delay he has referred to; whether 1t
| is the delay on that particular day
q
delay the reconnaissance until after the
general delay as compared with previous
| days while the vessels We're in that yicin-
| ity.
| Mr.. Rayner-I do not object to that.
The -witness-As I recall, 1 was irri-
.ated at capt. Higginson's request to
caly the Reconnaissance until after the
| well.
Inc court questioned Commander Sears
on various. points covered by his testi-
| mony of yesterday. He said in replv TO
| tnose questions that on the morning of
! July 3, the Brooklyn had begun turning
| TO starboard, Immediately after the en-
glhes We're started; that the helm of the
brooklyn mad been put aport when the
HELM OF THE. vIzCAYA
| had been put aport
| 1T was" he said, "a practically stimuli
taneous movement" He also said that
| when he had said to Commodore Schiax,
during the battle that he thought the
Brooklyn was about its tactical diameter
/ from the Vizcaya, he did not mean that
the distance was less than had been re-
ported by Yeoman Ellis The tactical
diameter of the Brooklyn had not then
been determined and he had supposed it
to be about $50 yards. The Vizcaya had
oeen passed long after the Brooklyn's
IUAlA anu ll0y ran along together for
some time. After the Colon had passed
the Vizcaya she had outfooted the Brook
lyn and it was then that she was l2OO9
yards from the Brooklyn, as Indicated by
the stadimeter which the witness said
he did not consider an accurate instru-.
ment. After that time the Colon, having
exhausted her best COAL lost her speed
and the Brooklyn gained upon her.
Asked how much time had been con-
Sumed in the RrOO<1Un'S turn CyoD,,,ooydor
! Sears said he had never been able to
reach satisfactory conclusion on that
| point. The time had seemed very short
| to him; it might have been fifteen or
twenty minutes. On the morning of July
3, but previous to the battle--he had, he
said, noticed that all the ships were near
| the positions assigned to them except
| the Texas. That ship was outside her
| assigned place and was at the time head
! ed to the eastward about as much as the
| Brooklyn was to the northWard.- The Of
| fetal chart putting the Texas well in
side the Brooklyn and the Iowa, he said,
was contrary to his observations
The last of the courts questions was
| concerning the relative positions of the
Brooklyn and the Oregon during the
chase of the Spanish ships up the/Cuban
coast. The Oregon was not, he said, so
near the Vizcaya as was the Brooklyn,
but might have been nearer the Oquendo.
I'VE were always
NEARER THE COLON
during the chase he said. Nearer dur
ing the chase and the surrender.
Lieutenant Commander Sears was then
excused and Commander Mason was
called as the first new witness of the
day.
Commander Mason, detailing the siege
of Cienfuegos, said that on the first day
Of thp vessels kent In
column and about shutdown steamed in
slowly to within 1900 or 5000 yards of the
entrance and then sheered out. After
that the blockade was between three and
seven miles. He said that the squadron
was kept steaming slowly at all times,
but that it occasionally drifted in at
night The torpedo boat Dupont arrived
the morning of the first day and that
night performed picket duty inside the
squadron.
The Castine was on picket duty the
next night.
Referring to the blockade of Santiago,
witness stated that the vessels were in
column, steaming slowly, perpendicular
to the north and south line of the harbor
at a distance of from four to six miles.
1.-The custom was. - he said, Ito steam
certain distance to the eastward, turning
in toward shore or out and then to the
westward, the total time being about two
hours The Brooklyn could not steam
slower than three knots.y / should say
the length of the line would be from six
to six and a half miles; that is to say,
three miles each side of the entrance"
Mr.. Rayner asked the witness to say
how many times be had seen Commodore
Schley under fire. to which he replied:
During all the engagements
what was his general conduct. manner
and bearing on these occasions?" Mr..
Rayner asked.
Excellent in everys particular. He was
calm collected and brave.
Asked to give a brief account of the
battle of July s. Commander Mason said:
when l saw the leading ship of the
ENEMY COMING OUT
I gave the order, Clear ship for action
What was done to the engines I do not
know, although my impression is that
they were started at once. As soon as 1
reported the battery to Capt. Cook In
the coming tower, I asked him If we
should commence firing. He replied:
Fire as soon aayou are ready / imme-
diately gave the order to Lieut.. Simpson,
the senior officer of the forward turret,
to fire as soon as he could, giving him
range of $500 yards. / think the first
gun was fired within five minutes or very
close to five minutes after the first alarm.
The rest of the battery took up the fire
on the port bow until the ranges COM
menced to get down to 1880 and 1900
yards. I asked Capt. Cook as to which
way he was going round, 1t being neces-
sary for me to know, on account of
changing the battery below, shifting from
one side to the otheEl He answered that
he was going with port helm. gave the
necessary orders on deck and went below.
Ac IN he after hin the