The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-17

was from Cienfuegos to Santiago leaving out reference to the retograde move ment"
 MT. Hanna: T did not intend to leave that out at all"
 MT. Raynor: T know. but I want to bring 1t in between Cienfuegos and the point you reached south of Santiago, be- fore you started the retrograde move ment. What were the circumstances. If any. that impeded?"
 Bad weather"
 | What was the condition of the Vixen and Eagle and what effect did they have upon the progress of the sQuadrcn:' "The Eagle was unable to procaed tn account of the sea. unable to make her speed''
 Judge Advocate: Did the Vixen delay the squadron at all on that first ras1 | sage?"
 | T think not, considering that we were running slow for the Eagle. The Vixen | was a very much better sea boat. I MT. Hanna: "One of the circumstances was the condition of the coal supply of the Texas?'
 'I said so."
 Did the Texas have coal enough to get to Santiago?'
 l Yes | i MT. Raynor: Do you reco!lcct an &C., | cident to the Vixen on the voyage be- 1 tween Cienfuegos and Santiag)?" l "Yes, I think 1t was at the ume she signaled the blowing out If her gesket manhole or something of that kind"
 Sears on the Stand. | Ijettenant Commander Sears also made | a correction in his testimony for the p'lr- pose of explaining the disposition of the l colliers at night while Commodore Sch'ey was in charge of the blockade of Santiago | He said these vessels had been sent a | distance on each night and every night in | different direction on account Gf tl,e fear | of torpedo attacks.
 The Judge Advocate then asked the fol- | lowing questions:
 "In regard to the conversation in the ward room of the Massachusetts, as Is | alleged on May 31st, in o-der tc IefIe sh your memory in regard to the matter you dre ask if Lieutenant Potts, Lieutenant Grant, Lieutenant Glennon and Major | Weed are supposed to have been Di Csent and participated in that aonversation?"
 Never Made the Remark.
 q do not recollect 1t at all. 1t could | not be possible 1 said such a thing. They have misunderstood what 1 said. In the ward room talk sometimes might have been construed in that way, as state ments often are, but it is entirely lm- possible that l could have sad that. I was impatient, excited perhaps, it being
 
 made some remark. It is something soh e one might misunderstood, bat that re- mark I never made"
 What do you mean by irritated at the delay?"
 "As I recall, I was irritated at Captain Higginson's request to delay the recon noisance until after tho mems dinner. |. | remember that very we'll"
 The court questioned Commander Bears on various points covered b. his testi- mony of yesterday. In reply to these , | questions on the morning of July 3, he said the Brooklyn had begun tur, jrh to . starboard immediately after lhe engines : were started; that the helm of ;he Brock lyn had been put aport whom tie helm of the Viscaya had been put aport.
 Ut was." he said, practically sImul. taneous movement"
 He also said that when he had s.id tc } Commodore Schley during the battle that ; he thought the Brooklyn vas about its tactical diameter from the V'sceyl, ie did not mean that the dista l3e was less than had been reported by Seoman E,:is, The tactical diameter of the Brooklyn had not then been determined and he had supposed 1t to be about 750 yards. The Viscaya had been passed long lf-er the ) Brooklyn's turn and they ra1 along to- gether for some time. After the Colon had passed the Viscaya, she hal cut
  ) she was 1000 yards from the Brooklyn as indicated by the stadimeter. Jhirh the witness said he did not consider an ac- } curate instrument. Alter that :ime, 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 Brooklyn's turn. Comman- der Sears said 1t might have been fifteen or twenty minutes.
 On the morning of July 3, put previous to the battle, he had, he said, noticed that all of the ships were near the I't si- tion assigned to them except the Texas. That ship wa soutside her assigned place and was at the time headed tC the east ward about as much as the Brooklyn was to the northward. The official chart putting the Texas well inside the Brook lyn 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 as near the Viscaya as was the Brooklyn. but might have been nearer the OqGenGo.
 We were always nearer the Colon dur ing the chase and at the surrender"
 Commander Mason was then called as the first new witness of the day commander Mason CalIed.
 Commander Mason said the scuad- -on was kept steaming slowly at all times but that 1t occasionally dirftcd in al night
 'The custom was" he sA'l, 70 steam certain distance to the eastward turr. ing in toward the shore or auot and ther to the westward. total run being about two hours As the Brooklyn could not steam slower than three knots, I sh ,uld say that the length of the line would b, from six to six and a half miles; that is three miles each side of the entrance q
 Mir Raynor asked the witness low r many times he had He an Commodore Schley under fire to whi n he leplied. , During all the engagements
 What was his general conduct, man. ner and bearing on these occasions?' Mir Raynor asked.
 ; Excellent in every particullr He wc calm, collective and brave." Asked to give a brief account of thC battle of July Sd. Commander Mason af. ter giving the prelimiin aries, sS d. T The Order to Fire. , "When I saw the lea1ils ship of the enemy coming out l gave the order Clear the ship for action
 q think the first gun was tired r.itrir five minutes after the first alarm. The rest of the battery took Up the firs at once and continued to fire on the TCrt bow until the ranges commenced to get down to 1900 and 1,6O0 yardI. l saw none of our vessels after tfc first signal of alarm As to the position of the ; | enemy they were on the Dntt bow outside