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Department, to the effect that at dark
the American ships withdrew to the
soutlsws ard, disappearing. The introduce
ton of this book was objected to, ana
Admiral Dewey said: THE witness mas
already told what distance was main
tanned by the fleet. We don't care ZOE
that kind of evidence. Admiral Evans
was there and can answer for hlmsell.
We want facts; not newspaper artl lcies.
BROOKLYN'S LOOP.
did You have an opportunity OF OBJ
esrving the movements of the Brooklyn
curing the battle of Santiago?
II saw the Brooklyn when the fight be-
gan When reached the bridge OF the
Iowa. the Brooklyn was still off to the
westward, headed, I should say. north
west. That was just as the fight began.
I saw her again possibly five minutes al
tcrward when she was steaminS west
ward very fast, firing her port battery,
headed northwest toward the head OF the
Spanish column. l did not see the Brook
lvn again until my attentionswas directed
to her by the navi gator calling 10 me,
look ont, captain. for the Texas. went
on the port bridge where the navigator
was standing, and ! said: Where the
GeV1l is li1e SSstso teoosSA
Here she is, sir, in the smoke. l said to
myself Captain Philip Will look after the
Texas and went below. In Il few MN
utes the navigator called out again: Look
out, captain, you will run into the IeSas.'
1 walked over to the port side of the
bridge and saw the Broolllyns smoke
stack and military masts. She was lying
directly across the bows of the Texas. me
Texas was apparently backing and dan
serousy close to the Iowa The Brook
lyn scanned to be 100 yards directly IN
trent of the Texas. I eased the helm OF
the Iowa a. little, ported her helm little.
and Just at that moment the Oregon came
through my lee and passed between me
and the Texas and the three boats were
punched !. together. At that time the
Brooklyn was shut out in the smoke and
/ saw no more of her until the Colon had
passed well to the westward of me, when
some one on the bridge said: The Brook
lyn is knocked out l went on the bridge
t. see what had happened, and she was
then about a mile and a half forward of
the port beam of the Iowa with the Colon
seven or eight miles ahead and on her
starboard bow"
On his cross-eXamination by Mr.. Ray
ner, Admiral Evans said that. he had
left Key West with the Iowa for Glen
fuegos on May Goth, and that he knew
before leaving that port that a secret
code had been arranged for communica-
ton with tie Insurgents on shore at
CienfuegoS, as Captain Chadwick had
given him this information.
He came on board the Iowa. said the
Witness ito deliver dispatches to me
before we got under way. TO my best
knowledge and belief ne gave me a writ
ten memorandum containing the secret
code, hut Notwithstanding l have made
Giligent search among my papers for this
document l have failed to find it,
SUPPOSED He HAD IT.
Then did you inform Commodore
Schley that this system of signals haU
been arranged?'
4 did not. It never entered my mind
that iae did not know it,
Upon what ground did you suppose
that Commodore schley knew it?''
He was the commanding officer of the
squadron
From what sources did you suppose
he got this information?'
did not suppose anything about it. 1t
never entered my head If it had should
have said of course, that the command
ing officer of a naval force would not eN-
pect one of his junior captains to give him
information about his signals. 1t was
given me as piece of Information, which
I thought every captain in the f1eet mad
1 never thought of Commodore Schley in
connection with it,. If / had supposed for
a moment that Commodore Schley did not
have it, would have given it to him the
first thing on my arrival there. / did not
intend to say that Commodore Schley had
this signal CODE
MIR ISayner questioned Admiral Evans
at some length concerning the signals as
displayed on the coast near ClenfueGoS,
which the Admiral said the officer Of the
deck had told him had been see non May
2ond and 2srd, but the Witness said that
he had no conversation with Admiral
Schiey about these lights, and had made
ne report to him of their appearance or
significance.
CHANGED BASE.
Mr. Rayner then changed the base of his
examination from Cienfuegos to Santiago,
and began by asking Admiral Evans if he
had seen the official chart showing the
positions Of tina Brooklyn and other bat
tleships on the day of the battle off San
tiago, July 8, 1885, The Admiral replied
that lie had seen the chart, but that it vas
wrong.
Mr.. Rayner-.'When did You first know
about the turn Of the Brooklyn as you
say a short distance from the Texas?''
..When I saw her cross the bow of the
Texas
You do not recollect that Commodore
Schley first told you on July 5 shat it
was the Brooklyn and not'the Texas that
made the turn
81 never imagined anything of the
Sort
Give briefly the purport of your con-
versation on that date with Commodore
schley.''
He was sitting at his desk writing.
I walked into his cabin to make a, report.
He put his hand on my shoulder and said:
:. Bobby T am lust writing n1ySreDnrt
of the battle of the Sd of July He said :.
I have said of#you that syou handled
your ship with consummate skill. Then.
Captain Cook came in and asked me if I
would tell whether the position of cer-.
tain Spanish ships was correct, which
came out first. ETC.; that he had been a