The age-herald., 1901-10-01
THE AeE-HERALD TUESDAY, OCTOBER [ 1901

tnal port that secret code had been ar ranged for communication with the in surgents on short at cienfuesos. as Cap tain Chadwick had given him this infor. nation
 He came on board the Iowa." said the witness to deliver dispatcnes to me be- fore we got under way. To my best Knowledge and belief he gave nc a written memorandum containing the se- | cref code. but notwithstanding I have made diligent search among my papers Tor this document I have failed to | find it."
 MT. Rayner: Can you refresh your memory about this memorandum9 There Is no doubt about one thing, and that is. that the Iowa carried dispatches?" | None whatever" When were those dispatches delivered to Commodore schley?'
 They were delivered between half past ls o'clock and o'clock on the afternoon | of the 22d." sud
 Did you read the memorandum about signals given to you by Captain Chad wick7'
 Certainly did, but not the dispatches to Commodore Schley" MT. Rayner here exhibited to the wit ness two memoranda from the official re- | ports, but Admiral Evans said that neither of these was the document to | which he had reference. That, he said,. was the code of signals with the in- | surgents. fl
 What became of that memorandum P. "As l told you, I lost it. I searched everywhere and tried to find it. In fact, l am not sure 1t was a memorandum" When did you search for this memo. randum7 Fl .aR97H T searched within the last month for 1t, ever since the question has been raised in the newspapers about my giving Com modore Schley this information" About the Signals.
 Then did you inform Commodore schley that this system of signal should be arranged?"
 T did not. It never entered my mind that he did not know It." Upon what ground did you suppose that Commodore Schley knew 1t ?'' He was the commanding officer of the squadron"
 From what source did you suppose this information emanated?"
 T did not suppose anything about 1t It never entered my head If 1t had should have said, of course, that the com manding officer of the naval force would not expect one of his junior captains to give him information about his signals It was given to me as piece of infor- nation which thought every captain in the fleet had. never thought of com modore In connection with it. If I had supposed for moment that Commodore Schiey did not have 1t would have given 1t to him the first thing on my arrival there. did intend to say that Commo- dore ~chley had this signal code
 At this point Mir. Rayner produced Ad- miral Evans book, "A Sailors Log" and began to quote passage from it on the subject of the code, when the judge advo- cate interrupted with an objection which was sustained by the court Admiral Dewey remarking, "I would rather you would get the statement from the witness here"
 MT. Rayner then while reading from the book. put the question: Have you ever stated" Quoting from Admiral Evans booh), "I, of course took it for granted that the commodore understood those signals, as well as did. Otherwise, l should have informed him of their sig nificance'"
 That is absolutely fact. replied the witness.
 MT. Rayner questioned Admiral Evans at some length concerning the signals as displayed on the coast near CienfueRos, which the admiral said the officer of the deck had told him had been seen on May 22 and 2S. but the witness said he had had no conversation with Schley about these lights and had made no report to
 
 MT Rayner then asked Admiral Evans if he had seen the official chart showing the positions of the Brooklyn and other battleships on the day, of the battle of Santiago July 3. 1898 The admiral re- piled that he had seen the chart, but that 1t was wrong
 Mir Rayner-when did you first know about the turn of the Brooklyn, as you say, short distance from the Texas?,
 When l saw her cross the bow of the Texas"
 Conversation With schIey.
 Do you recollect the conversation you had with Commodore Schley the 5th of July. the second day after the battle, re- garding the loop of the Brooklynf,
 No. sir, do not
 You do not recollect that Commodore Schley first told you on July that 1t was the Brooklyn and not the Texas that made the turn?'
 T never imagined anything of the sort"
 Give briefly the purport of your con- versation on that date with Com modore Schley."
 Briefly as I recollect the conyersa- ton. he was talking to a person named Graham. He was sitting at his desk writing. I walked into his cabin to make report. He put his hand on my shoulder ana said: Bobby. l am just writing my report of the battle of the Sd of July
 'Tie said: I have said of you that you handled your ship with consumate skill Then he introduced me to Mr. Graham Then Captain Cook came in and asked if 1 would tell him whether the position of certain Spanish ships were correct, which came out first, etc.. that he had been a little confused in his mind. We talked a few minutes and then went into Captain Cooks cabin"
 Concerning the position of the Brooklyn and the Texas on the day of the battle the witness said:
 'The Brooklyn was dangerously near the Texas. should say within one hun dred yards of her"
 What was your position just at that time, when she crossed the course of the Texas, relative to the Brooklyn and the Texas?"
 "The Iowa was heading straight in for the Spanish fleet to intercept the Wis., caya at that time She was heading more to the northward than the Texas The Texas was headed off more to the west. When l saw the Brooklyn the third time she was across the bow of the Texas, heading south"
 When did you see her next, if at an?"
 Brooklyn Knocked Out"
 After the Oquendo went ashore my at- tention was called to the Brooklyn by some one on the bridge, who remarked: the Brooklyn is knocked out She was then hotly engaged with her star board battery. She headed parallel with the course of the Colon, should say" Admiral Evans, then. in response to a question from Mir. Rayner, said he had been called to the deck of the Iowa on