Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-01

ported her a little and just at that mo-
ment the Oregon came through my lee
and passed between me and the Texas
and the three boats We're punched to-
gethe:.
AT that time the Brooklyn was shut
cut in the smoke ard | saw no more
of her until the Colon had passed well
to the westward of me. when some one
on the bridge said: The Brooklyn i
knocked out l Went on the bridge to
see what had happened and she was
then about a mile and half forward
of the port beam of the Iowa with the
Colon seven or eight miles ahead and
on her Starboard bow. From that time
on the firing was light and | could see
the Brooklyn ocCa sionally. The Colon
WAS on her starbOard bow. on the port
quarter of the Colon, well astern OF her
was the oregon, and astern of her and
we'll off to the southwark was the
brooklyn. with the Vixen off shore Of
the Brooklyn. The Iowa was directly
in the wake of the Colon with the
Vixen a little on her starboard bow"
"uow was the Iowa headed by tho
conn ass"
To the westward. heading for the
enrmy's ships. d" not know whether
We We're headed west by south or west
by north
ON crosS-eXamination by Mr.. Rayner
Admiral Evans said that he had left
Key West with the Iowa for Cienfue-
Cos. May 20, and that he knew before
leaving that port that a secret cod"
had been arranged for communicating
with the insurgents on shore ut Glen
fueGoS. because capt. chadwick had
given him this information.
H" came an board the Iowa" said
the witness. ITO deliver dispatches To
me before we got under way. To my
host knowledge ana belief he gave me
Il written memorandum containing the
secret cod" but Notwithstanding have
made dilgent search among my pa
pers for this document, I have failed
t. find it,
memory about jhis memorandum? Their
is no doubt about one thing aud that i
that the Iowa carried dispatches"
None whatever"
Where Were those di5natches t.e!ivc~-
cd to Commodore Schlcy?"
They were delivered between Il - am
O'Clock on the afternoon of the End.
Did YOU read the me moraudum ahou,
signals given to you by Capt. Chadwick
certainly did. bat not the dispatches
to Commodore SchleN."
Mr.. Rayner here exhibited two mem"-
| raudums from the official reports but Adj
miral Evans said that neither OF these
| was the document to which he had ref
erencc. That. he said. was the code OF
| signals with the insurgents. | searched
everywhere and tried to find it. In fact
| am not sure ii WAS a memorandum
when did YOU search for this memo
| randum? ~
Il searched within the last month for
| it. ever since the question has been raised
| in the newspapers about my not having
| given Commodore Schley this informa-
| ton"
Then did you inform Commodor.
been arranged"
| II did not. 1t never entered my mind
| that he did not know it.
| The Marblehead being the vessel that
esta bliShed this code and Commodore's
| Schley's squadron having arrived at Key
West before the Marblehead got Their.
how did it get into your mind that Com
modore Schley must have known of the
signal code?''
| You make the mistake of supposing
| that knew this was done by the Marble
head, head, | had no knowIedge that the Mar
| blehead had arranged these signals. They
were simply given to me by the chief of
staff as a system of signals
| Upon what ground did you suppose
| 'Hut NoIllIHOuOIt ScDleN knew II
| he was the commanding officer of the
| squadron"
| From what source did you suppose he
| got this information?
| Il did not suppose anything about il
| IT never entered my head. If it haa
should have said of course. that the
| commanding officer of naval force
| would not expect one of his junior cam
| tains to give him information about his
signals. 1t was given to me as a piece of
| information which | thought every can
tam in the fleet had. | never thought of
| commodore Schley in connection with il
Had supposed for moment that Com
modore Schley did not have it | would
have given ii to him the first thing on
! CODE ''