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action.
Then there passed between us a num-
Der of letters, he applying for copies and
so on
Mr.. Rayner asked if he remembered
!. the conversation on the Brooklyn be-
; tween Hodgson and Capt Cook, to which
the latter had testified, when the former
called attention of the captain of the
Brooklyn to the Texas, and Capt Cook
had replied: ooh. yes, see the Texas"
The admiral replied that he thought he
did recall it.
Questions Controversy.
Mr.. Rayner here began a series of ques-
tfons to the witness intended to develop
points of the controversy which he EVIL
IDENTIFY felt the admiral had not brought
out sufficiently He asked Admiral
Schley if he knew anything of an order
which went to the men on the Brooklyn
during the early part of the battle of
July to stand to RAM" to which the
admiral replied: Yes, I directed NAT
order myself, because I called the atten-
ton of Capt. Cook at the time we were
standing into the Spanish ships and said
look out they were going to ram you'
There was distinct attempt on the part
of both the Vizcaya and the Teresa to
ram. There is no doubt about it. They
were coming directly at us and l don't
think l mistook their intention at all. 1t
was only after the ViZcaya had changed
her course that we made our loop, now
so celebrated"
Mr.. Rayner-While talking about this
loop, why did not the ship turn with
helm hard starboard?
Simply for the fear it would have
carried US into dangerous proximity to
torpedo attacks, broadside torpedo att
tack of the enemy's vessels NV judg-
nlent was that at that stage of the action
the Brooklyn ought not to be sacrificed
that SO far as it might affect the result
to individuals / thought that was a. con.
sheraton that should be turned aside
for the higher and more important one
the interests of the country she was rnere
to subSerVe.'
AS to the uncoupling of the engines
Admiral Schly testified that he thought
they were uncoupled by a, standing order
OF the commander-in-chief At the same
time he said he believed the uncouplfng
was wise, both because it would keep
down the heat below decks, which was
we'll night insufferable for the men as it
was, and also on account of the des1r-
ability of economizing coal I'VE relt.''
he said, that with one engine and all
the boiler power we could get up all the
speed that was needed Our efficiency
was constantly increasing while that of
the Spaniards was decreasing. Mr. Kay-
ner then asked Armila Schley if he had
asked Admiral Sampson if there were
any signals with the insurgents II did. y,
he replied, but the admiral said he know
OF none.
Wood Was Nervous Himself.
Here Mr.. Rayner. asked number of
Capts. Cotton and Wise and other Of Of
fcers, intended to bring out information
to make perfect the record. He also
by Lieut.. Wood. who had stated that
Admiral Schley was extremely nevous
when he delivered Admiral Simpsons
dlspatch inStructing, him to go, to San
tiago. Mr. Rayner dwelt upon the words
Lieut.. Wood had employed in describing
Admiral Schley's nervousness.
Lieut.. Wood had said the admiral fgot
up and sat down and occasionally walked
around"
Did you ever get up and sit down?''
asked Mr.. Rayner with mock seriousness.
1T is rather a habit 1 have" replied
Admiral Schley, amid general laughter,
which the court did not rebuke.
But l object to Lieut., Woods deduc-
TONS" the admiral added. 81 only saw
condition that I relieved him and al
lowed him to rest and sleep on boa.d
the Brooklyn
Mr.. Rayner also interrogated the wit
ness concerning statements made before
the court by Lieut.. Hood, who had said
that on the occasion of his official visit
on board the, Brooklyn, when she lay off
Cienfuegos, he had told Commodore
Schley tht Admiral Sampson considered
his information of the presence of TIE
Spanish fleet at Santiago as definite. The
admiral'S answer was: mo, nor do I'M
-derstand how he could have communi-
Gated such information in view of the
doubt which Capt. Chadwick said exist
ed in the admiral's mind, after he re-
eeiyed the information from Jieut. Staun-
ton on the 10Th that the admiral felt
sure that the fleet was there. AS he was
the bearer of dispatches to me. I do not
see why the admiral could have express
ed to him one thing, when Capt Chad
wick seems to have felt that the adj
mira1 thought oppositely."
WrangIe Between Counsel.
The tenor of this called forth an OBJ