Evening star., 1901-10-29

smooth, and 1t was on the oath that you
coaling at Santiago. A. Yes. but, as 1
stated the other day, sea that would De
smooth for the Brooklyn and larger ships
would be rough to the smaller ones.
@. ! want to ask you If you had on the
24th, before Capt. McCalla returned from
the insurgent camp, contemplated a pos
sible necessity Of sending two or more OF
your large ships back to Key West for
coaled within a week probably that would
have been necessary.
Q. At what hour did you first learn the
Spanish feet YVES not in Cienfuegos? A.
Somewhere toward o'clock on the 24th.
Departure for Santiago.
@. At what hour did the flying squadron
sail for Santiago? A. My impression Is
now that we formed in column somewhere
between 5 and o'clock and stood of on a
course possibly south by east and then
stopped. leaving the Castine in front of
the harbor as directed I think 1t was
somewhere between and s that we got
under way for Santiago.
The judge advocate asked II 1t was too
dark to see signals. He then referred the
which stated that 1t was 5:15 when the first
move was made, and said: Now kindly
look at your own report. The admirat
said: Yes, stated o'clock on the even
that IT was dark, but I don't remember
just how dark"
O. At what hour can you use the Arsiois
signals? A. That would be very difficult
for me to say.
O. Look at the evening of May "a. A.
They appear to have been used up to 9:25
pm.
Admiral Schley then read from a note on
the margin Of an original order from Ad-
miral Sampson stating that his experience
that ships could be traced by their smoke
from twenty to thirty miles and suggest
ing that If he left in the daytime he should
stand a good distance to the westward be-
fore turning to the southard.
This marginal note Is not in the appen-
dix and 1 believed myself to be far enough
away" said the admiral, "at all events not
I turned southard.'
Q. Were you not signaling in code? A.
1t was system Of signals in letters.
Q. These letters are interchangeable? ?Was
that precaut1on taken? A. 1 do not recall.
Q. That night did you see lights on shore?
A. do not remember to have seen lights.
1 saw the loom Of the light on the clouds.
The judge advocate read from the log OF
the Brooklyn showing that the fleet passed
at IL O'Clock at night cluster of lights on
the shore. which was noted as being appa-
rently village.
Q. (By the judge advocate)-That is there,
Is 1t not A. see that, but I did not say
that Perhaps they might have seen them
from the bridge which was elevated over
the quarterback.
Whereabouts of the Spanish Fleet.
Q. When you left Cienfuegos where did
you think the Spanish fleet was? A. did
not know where 1t was
O. Where was it? A. At that time it was
in Santiago.
Q. L want to know your best judgment as
to where you thought the Spanish fleet was
at that time? A. According to the infor-
nation which came to me, which fnforma-
tion was probably bad, supposed If 1t was
not at Santiago 1t was somewhere in that
neighborhood. But my impression was re-
sulting from the information we got from
the Adula, that she had left there and
where the fleet was I could not say
Q. Did you give any special instructions
to your captains going from Cienfuegos to
Santiago? A. No special Instructions
O. Do you know that the Adula was af
terward captured and condemned as
prize? A. do not know whether 1t was
the same vessel. l never saw it afterward
There was nothing in the examination of
her to cause us to think she a suspi-
cious ship. She had certificate from our
State Department, which carried her into
the port of Cienfuegos.
. Capt. Parker spoke to the witness in q
low tone, that could not be distinguished a
few feet from him, and his action prompt
ly called forth remark from the judge ad-
vocate, who said that he hoped counsel
would ask his questions loud enough to
have them go on the record
Admiral Dewey smiled, Admiral Benham
being engaged in writing note, while the
third member of the court, Admiral
Ramsay, sat with his arms folded.
Condition of the Weather.
O. Did you say in your communication to
the department that the weather after
leaving Key West was boisterous? VIII
you look at that letter? A. (after consult
7
.. Kindly look at your log and tell
whether the weather was boisterous on the
10Th. A. This dispatch was sent on the
2th. That was sent after we left.
u was the weather boisterous on the
18TH! A. No, the weather was not so then
The witness read in regard to the weather
from the log book on other days following
the 18th. On the Goth he said it was bois-
ferrous only so far as the sea was con-
cerned. 1t was marked smooth and mod
crate 1t was smooth up to 8 or 9 o'clock
In the evening on the Goth, and after that
It was marked moderate. On the Dist II
was indicated being moderate up to 9
o'clock and after that as smooth On the
ia; 20 when they were at Cienfuegos, the
log indicated smooth sea. On the 23d it
indicated smooth, on the oath smooth, on
the 18th moderate all day except during
one hour, on the 2eth moderate all day, on
smooth after that
q (by the Judge advocate) You sent a
dispatch that the weather was boist erous
on the 9th? A. On the 9th, yes.
Q. You say the Adula was certified by
the State Department? A. She had GER
tifcate and letter from the State Depart
ment permitting her to enter. My impress
sion Is that the authority was from the
State Department That is my recollection
now.
Condition of the Eagle.
Q. You testified in chief that while on
the run from Cienfuegos to Santiago the
Eagle had her forward compartment filled
with water? A. Yes.
Q. When did you first know that? A. T
do not know whether the information came
to me before or after that time 1t is diff
cult to know whether I knew that before
OF since
Q. Can you state whether you had this
information at the time? A. really do
not remember. 1t is difficult thing to re-
member what you did know then and what
you know now.
Q. Your memory is clear upon this point
as 1t is upon other points? A. Pretty clear,
yes.
@. Look at your testimony and see what
you said in regard to your recollection? A.
My recollection is pretty good, but this