The age-herald., 1901-10-15

' of our fleet by turning one way or the other?"
 We might have done it by turning the other way"
 Had you turned with a starboard in- stead of port helm, would such action have advanced you so far as to bring you into the line of the enemy's ship?"
 Provided they had taken advantage of it; that is to say if they had continued on their course southwest straight for us and had turned so as to bring them with in our turning circle 1t would have made ramming possible, certainly"
 MT. Hanna: What was the conduct and bearing of Commodore Schley while under fire under such occasions. that you had opportunity of observfng?"
 SchIey Enthusiastically Brave.
 T always regarded him as an enthus- iastically brave and patriotic officer. Never in any other way"
 At this point the court took It's recess for luncheon.
 Continuing his statements after the noon recess, Captain Cook said he thought tildt II tnO CA6blco OA tiAC 4CAoo AuA been backed, he would have observed the movement although the Texas was quite a distance from us." He recalled brief conversation between Lieutenant Hodg- son and himself concerning the Texas while the Brooklyn made its famous loop" He said that on one occasion Lieutenant Hodgson had called his at- tention to the Texas, and that he had re- piled by saying he saw the vessel. Hodg- son had afterward told him this entirely reassured him. He never himself used the son. On the contrary, he said, "I had every reason to bless her."
 He said he had not at the time known of the change in the Brooklyn's log in which the entry had at first been to the effect that the helm was put to star board, and then changed to "helm aport." He remembered the addition to the log and had consented that 1t should be writ ten, but he had given instructions that there should be no change in the original log.
 In reply to a question by the court Cap tain Cook said that he did not know of 1AJ CAloA lS biht IldQ Deeu IUdQe LO uTQ u landing place at Cienfuegos prior to the arrival of the Marblehead. He also said in reply to a question by the court that when the flying squadron started out from Key West both Sampson and Schley thought the Spanish fleet was at Cienfue- gos that the strange conduct of the Adu- la increased that impression, and they had thought the firing of guns there in- dicated the presence of the enemy. He also said that Commodore Schley was en- thusiastic over being sent to the southern coast of Cuba.
 The court also asked about orders for attacking the Spaniards and the witness replied that there was no specific order that he recalled, but that the general order was to attack whenever the enemy should be encountered.
 In reply to the court Captain Cook said that the Brooklyn was not using full power on July 8, until just before the Colon went ashore when the last engine was coupled on. It would have required stop of about 25 minutes to couple up all the engines which would, he said, have been done If 1t was apparent that the Colon was getting away. The wit ness also said in reply to the court that the Spanish ships had not turned to the west when the Brooklyn began 1t maneu- | yer.
 No Ships Banketed.
 The court asked what ships would have had their fire blanketed if the Brooklyn had turned with starboard helm.
 Capt. Cook replied that the fire of the Texas might have been blanketed and the movements of the Oregon might have been interferred with.
 ''rhis,'' he added, lis however an after thought I never thought of anything at the time but turning the vessel to the southward.
 At Santiago the blockade had he added, been some five to six miles off the en- trance to the harbor.
 Capt. Cook was then excused.
 MT. Rayner did no cross-examining, saying that he would desire to call the captain later for examination in chief for Admiral schley.
 Joseph Beale was called. He said he had served as an officer on the Harvard. He detailed the meeting of the Harvard with the flying squadron on May 27 when that vessel carried five dispatches to Commodore Schley from Mole St. Nich- olas. One was from Admiral Sampson and the other four from Secretary Long. The last one was from the secretary and was received at Mole St. Nicholas at S:3o a. m. May 2e and was the dispatch di- recting the commander of the Harvard Ito proceed at once to inform Schley that the department information Is that the Spaniards are at Santiago. He read this dispatch and also one from Admiral Sampson saying that the Spaniards were at Santiago. Both of these dispatches he said was delivered to the commanding officer of the Harvard by him.
 MT. Beale also said he had translated into cipher Commodore Schley's response to the dispatch of May 2e He explained the verbal changes in this message say ing they had been necessary because of the fact that the code book did not cover all forms of expression used in ordinary English.
 On cross examination MT. Rayner oues- tioned Mr. Beale about the dispatches The witness said he had not known any, thing of the dispatches from the Navy Department after having translated and handed them to Captain Cotton of the Harvard.
 schleys First Witness. The last of the governments witnesses were then excused and at S:S0 o'clock Ed I