The Saint Paul globe., 1901-10-01

that l knew this was done by the Marble
head. 1 had no knowledge that the Mar
blehead had arranged these signals. They
were simply given to me by the chief of
stan as system of signals"
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 informa tion?"
Il did not suppose anything about it.
1t never entered my head. If it had,
should have said, of course, that the
commanding officer of a naval force
would not expect one of his junior cap
tains to give him information about his
signals 1t was given to me as a piece
of information which 1 thought every
captain in the fleet had. l never thought
of Commodore Schley in connection with
it. If l had supposed for a moment that
Commodore Schley did not have it, 1
would have given it to him the first thing
on my arrival there. L did not intend to
say that Commodore Schley had this
CODE"
At this point Mr.. Rayner produced Ad-
miral Evans book, "A Sailors Log, and
began to quote a passage from it on the
subject of the code, when the judge ad-
vocate interrupted with an objection,
which was sustained by the court, Ad-
miral Dewey remarking, 81 would rather
you would get the statement from the
witness here
Mr.. Rayner then, while reading from
the book, put the question: Have you
ever stated Quoting from Admiral Nv
ans book, "T, of course took it for
granted that the commodore understood
those signals as well as 1 did. Otherwise
[ should have informed him of their sig
nificance?
THAT is absolutely fact" replied the
witness.
Therefore you did take it for granted
that the commodore understood the sig
nals?'
'T did"
HE could not have understood the sig
nails unless he knew something about it,
could hep
81 took it for granted he understood it,
''Well, you found out that he did ma
understand it, did you not?'
NO
Mr. Rayner questioned Admiral Evans
at some length concerning the signals as
displayed on the coast near Cienfuegos,
which the admiral said the officer of the
deck had told him had been seen on May
p and 23 but the witness said that he
had had no conversation with Admiral
Schley about these lights, and had made
no report to him of their appearance or
significance.
CHART IS WRONG.
Mr. Rayner then changed the base of
his examination from Cienfuegos to San
tiago, and began by asking Admiral Ev-
ans if he had seen the official chart show
ing the positions of the Brooklyn and 9th
er battleships on the day of the battle
off Santiago, July 8, 1898. The admiral
replied that he had seen the chart put
that it was wrong.
Mr.. Rayner-When did you first Nrisw
about the turn of the Brooklyn, as you
say. a short distance from the Texas?
when saw her cross the bow of the
Texas
DO you recollect the conversation you
had with Commodore Schley the 5th of
July the second day after the battle,
regarding the loop of the Brooklyn"
NO sir; do not. do not remember
mentioning the subject at ALL
You do not recollect that Commodore
Schley first told you on July that 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."
sCHLEY COMMENDS EVANS.
he was talking to a person named Gra-
ham. He was sitting at his desk writ
ing. 1 walked into his cabin to make
report He put his hand. on my shoul-
der and said: Bobby, l am just writ
ing my report of the battle on the Sd of
July
HE said: L have said of you that you
handled your ship with consummate
skill Then he introduced me to Mr..
Graham.
"Then Capt. Cook came in and asked
me if I would tell him whether the po-
sition of certain ships was 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
Capt. Cooks cabin
"You do not recollect the conversa-
ton going over the particulars of the
turn that the Brooklyn made, and the
! remark that Commodore Schley made at
that time about Capt. Philip, when you
said you thought it was Capt. Philip, OF
the Texas, who made the turn?'
"I never said that. Absolutely, L never
said such thing, because the Texas was
right under my eye all the time. She
did not turn at ALL
Concerning the position of the Brook
lyn and the Texas, on the day of the
battle, the witness said:
"The Brooklyn was dangerously near
the Texas 1 should say within 100 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?"
BROOKLYN HEADING SOUTH.
'"rhe Iowa was heading straight in for
| the Spanish fleet to intercept the Vizcaya
at that time. She was heading more
+o the northward than the Texas The
Texas was headed off more to the west.
When I 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?"
after the Oquendo went ashore my at
tention was called to the Brooklyn by
| someone on the bridge who remarked:
The Brooklyn is knocked out she
was then hotly engaged with her star
board battery. She was headed parallel
with the course of the Colon, I should
say
Mr.. Rayner questioned the witness
| again with reference to statements made
in his CMr. EvansO book, asking him
whether he had ever said he felt rea-
sonably sure that the Spanish fleet was
| in the harbor at Santiago. The witness
said that he had made that statement,
but that it was a conclusion based on
the fact that the Spaniards were not at
| Cienfuegos that they had not gone east
ward and that from a military point of
view Santiago was the place where they
were most apt to be.
THAT was simply your opinion then,
and not matter of information?" sug-
gested Mr.. Rayner, to which the witness
replied in the affirmative. Mr.. Rayner
then remarked that he had never before
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