The sun., 1901-10-30
Finance Committee.

placing of her broken parts. either before
| or after YOU turned back OH the 2sthP A
After she had connected up. there was no
further difficulty that ] can recall beyond
the signal she made. stating that she could
make to knots. ! think that was the
signal: remember that her stuf'ing box.
which was broken up pretty badly, was
repaired on board 'ho Brooklyn. and that
required some considerable time. | don't
remember any other difficulty AT that time.
! sent the clief engineer on board on the
morning Of the nth and he brought back
parts 81 this broken valve ~ siufing box
and IL was put together and banded and
secured. think that required twenty -four
hours
II was brought out by a recorded signal
and hy Admiral Schley's admission that
the collier Merrimac, after having been
repaired on tho retrograds movement.
would have gone hack TO Santiago under her
own steam a: the rate OF ak or eight knots
and tina, the squadron was not deIay'o IN
It's return on her account Capt, Dmly
then called attention to a signal In the
Brooklyns signal book. which he sug-
geSied showed that tho squadron, IN going
10 Santiago, was ON a course and stopped
between twenty eight or thirty-one miles
south Of Santiago. Admiral Schley would
o Then you don't believe that the
Brooklyn was further TO the south than
TWENTY-FIVE milesl A. My impression Is
that she was not further than twenty miles.
RErRooRApE MOVEMENT ON HIS OWN
RESPONSIBILITY.
The Judge Advocate-Having brought
the FLYING squadron 20 the vicinity OF
santiago. and having In your possession
a despatch from the Navy Department.
dated Nav IS. ises. which directed tbs
Harvard 10 pToCted at once and inform
YOU and also the senior officer present on
Santiago, -all Department. Information
Indicates Spanish division still at Santiago,
d,J ynu NOT signal, destination hey West,
without consulting the commanding officers
OF the several vessels composing your
Admiral Schley-I did not get that de.
spatch until the ?1th OF May. hohted
the signal for the reason las ! stated
Ittl. while agol that the Information In
nv pos.assion az that time from Capt
Siesh.e. the positive assertion that the
Spanish squadron was not thefe-sup-
trnrting the statement OF Nunez that the
II certain diiflcultics of draught and narrow
ness Of channel-lcd me 10 the conclusion
,ha, had TO act on my own responsibility
I Aid not call the commanding officers on
board | am always ready 10 assume
the responsibility for any movement That
Ynay involve ccnsure rather than throw
mvsen hack on anybody else. That was
The motive and reason for this action.
was 10 a great extent left to my own re-
sponsihility and ! took Il.
m. Judge Advocate turned his atten-
ton TO the coal question ana srNs
amincd Admiral SciheE NJ ulu0h '"sS'
% Admiral. YOU said In your testimony
that Capt. Cook was always In your con-
tdanc,Y A Yes
Y Did YOU confdc TO him the purpoee
n, The rrtrograde movement before u be-
Wnll | can't that i Know
that | did. | don't know that did not
% You cant rememberf A. Weu'
had some conversation with him.
% Did YOU have some conversation with
him on this particular na,'et a., .~sr @
= pause Well. | don't rcmernter.
iCsp, Cook testified that the first he
arI of th. rytTograde movement was
when news was brought To him that sigma
sde.tination Key Nc~t, had teen made.
Commoior,. Schley never told him about
I" a. NIcr. did YOU think Of coaling II
roD wont - Kav west2 4 ] thought of
coalins near the hghthou-e
. You would have had 10 coal outside,
wouldn't Nouf \ oh' w. ia nav" h"u
60 c,.sl outside
THAT ovr-oT-co.L' 100.
ID no YOU remember a signal from you
ID, fhs II Paul " NAfIfs-tn opftlfr tfhN |
,.u hirn that Ne have sun" Ia hey Ns~i,
a. laI' tho squadron j. out of cuslP A l
,hink I laid short ~ cnal did not say |
a Nv look az tho Br,oklyn's signal |
l..sk 4 -. - her" IN ~" signal book, |
cont II coal That couldn't l-' true. oi |
% I,ok a. the :, PAuls signal took
I, ,,.d. sIeu him half Ne" squadron ~ |
'.,t II rlal Undoubtedly h o. starred
,,.,.,rsr a. Waz rssvHlNssi vtuug. uui ! could ,
DsrlIy have diJfatrt q d'--Taich - that
s..ff f.f thr r-a-uu thai % ~as uui a ia'f
Z Nh"n vnu sarts-t un ~" r~ir"grah"
'Hv arI k'N Nes', did YOU uli take
.r tb. Init,si state Ns---.sls ~fh YOU and
..a,. 90. fssU ui NsutiagH "niif"iN uh-
,usrfsI4 ~. I co. rot turk - W.
.,..,,tns af the .sfh ami a. o. u'cloot a.
.lsi.f w. were litflr suuih ~
ID Uav far =Hufhf 4 lfte.n" or 'trh-
-. mile. T.r ~ Pau wssf iAok -,l.
taf.f.R Hu IHr s.il
ID III ,Uu -, iu vouf rtsminatisr iu
.trf tiaf ths si pau go IN o. Natoh
NJ. rsr ~ Santiago ~heu tif squadron
4 i...I.s.i y. safi uU ths ulgn - thr
,OIf fhlt ] faiI tir u,Etf ~ tlr.
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= ltr fhHs ~vrr be- orfulsnV and nof
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al sfafss-i aa,sf wsrr til-t un a A~s
= thd Nagr Co.'s. tsn vua tis osnsiitsn
y tls o. saIsa5 u tl.s bnssslys a. tes>s