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were possibly left.
O And the second copy Of the Deai
| In an or ,oslope which I had put In storage
and got tho other dsy.
q You say this was retained accident.
allyi A. II appears TO have been placed
In an envelops and retained. for what pur-
poee | do not know.
quiring all flag papers TO be sent 10 the
Department at the expiration OF the term
OF servioe OF the flag officers. did you notf
A explained the other day the reason
that I had been ordered on on servioe
and that my papers had been packed and
inadvertently sent 20 Porto hico. i did
not return until November. The boz
remained on board the Newark. | sent
for IL, and then delivered the papers to tho
Department In compliance with its orders
know perfectly well that that was the
regulation.
0. In your testimony In chief you stated
that you knew that copy OF the memor,
andum aooamnanied Order No, y. and
you recognized IL 10y the marginal note.
bid YOU receive two copies Of this mem
orandumi A. I think there were two.
This Is one. but there was another some
O (Refcrring to pago rs Of tho Brook
lyn's log) During how many hours was
the force of the wind recorded as ~ A.
do not SO that there was but one hour
record Of the force Of the wind OH the 23d
was 2, on the 2<th IL was ?,
Y l. not the force of wind referred TO
for May % the uniform record until me-
ridian Of that dAyl A IL Ia
coALISo THE sHirs.
Q Why did you on the day the Iowa
coaled from the Merrimao May 81 inform
Admiral sampson that coaling of Glen
fuegos was uncertain A. Simply ON
account 81 the sea
Y But you did on that day coal one
OF the battlezhips' A Yes
Q Dad you Ia the same message con-
vey to Admiral Sampson that one of tho
battlcshiIs had been coaled ON that day1
A Ny recollection is that I did. think
the record on that point at page nos Of tho
: Appendix Is absolutely correct. II de-
ponds entirely on the sea and tho force 81
the wind
q That despatch TO which We are re-
ferring was really sent on tho gath. was
Il not' A. That was 10 the Secretary Of
the Navy.
. There IL no information however,
In that despatch 81 the Gath that you cohled
that ship, IL there1 A There aeems to
be none. had an indistinct recollection
that had done ~.
Y. In your communication Of MAY ~
did you not saw that on account OF short
coal supply, your ships could not block ads
Santiagop A. Yes, | =aid that
y. Why did you say it' A Simply be-
csuss We could not have sailed IN front
Of Santiago and been able 10 stay there:
that WAS the condition.
Y. Did you state tina, condition. A. No
] did not state the condition That was
the impression In my own mind | think
that all the vessels were moro or le~S short
or their complement of coal. while, In order
that they =, ,cht be ~ for any service. they
ought 10 have more than one-half OF three
fourths OF their full coal supply
Y. The Brooklyn was more than half
FULL. was she not' A There never was any
question about the BROOKLYN.
y. How about the Massachusetts, A.
The Massachusetts, and the Texas were con-
-tantly soliCitous about coal
The Judge Advocate asked Admiral
Schley 60 point out on the signal book OF
he Brooklyn signals from the ships indi-
>ating solictude about coal supply. and ths
Admiral did point out some dozen OF sig
1als. which. he said. did indicate such
.olicitude.
Q. Did you. on MAY -. before Capt.
McCalla returned 20 the insurgent camp,
tho possible neces-ity Of send
ng two or more Of your large ships back
% Key West for coalr A. | think ! said
hat " could not coal them within a week
hat would probably be necessary.
q. At what hour did you first learn that
he spanish feet was not In Genfuegosr
18th Of May.
q. A. what hour did tho Flying Squadron
ail for San tiagot A. Nv Impression
low il tha, we formed column somewhere
S and q o'clock and stood on slowly
IN a course south by east. and then stopped.
eaving the Ca=tine in front OF the harbor
- directed. ] think IL was between 7
ND that we got under way or a course
outheast by south.
Q You made signals on leaving Cen
uegos7 A Yes.
q Was il not dark whom the fee, finally
rot away for Santiago A. NV recollection
,ow l. that ~ was dark enough 20 Use Ardois
ignals
o You we're ordered 10 mask your
movement in proceeding from CienfueRos
o Santiago. were you nOt' A Yes, We
we're ordered TO mask IL II We procced"d in
he day time.
O Did the order make that qualih-
ationi A Yes. | think that that was
mentioned In a marginal note on origi- |
,al DESPATCH No y II read If this du.- /
Iot reach you before daylight Il Is directed |
o mask your real direction as much a.
'ossible That would evidently mean |
h the daytime-our eyperienc" has been |
hat ships can be traced from their smoke
rom twenty To thirty miles
q You passed at night near enough |
o Trinidad To $50 lights on shorei A
do not recollnct having seen lights on shore.
saw the loom Of the lights.
q When you left Cicnfuegos where
Id you think the Spanish squadron wasi
!. I did not know. of course. exactly
here II was II ! knew. ] would have
one straight for Il.
Q. Where did you think the Spanish
uuadron was them A. ! supposed "
was not at Santiago Il might t. sOme-
here In the neighborhood II might
ave come out
O Did YOU issue any special instructions
D your Captains regarding what should
~ done Ia tho event Of meeting theml
! No, no sJ-Cial instructions.
o You have stated that you did not
rgard the Adua as n suspicious craft
~ YOU know that she was afterward
aptured and condemned a. q prizel A
have heard OF IL, think I never saw
er afterward Thor~ was nothing In her
old There was nothing about her to in
ioate that she was a suspicious craft
he was duly Oertihcated by the State he
artmcnt and carried i's authority - enter
he port Of Gcnfuegos.
Capt Parker un low tonel Our State
fhc Judge Advocate. to Capt Parker
,ouler, please
Admiral Schley-She vas duly certih-
Aied 10y our state Depart ment
The Judge Advocate, 10 Capt. Parker
Thcn you want 90 ask questions, ask them
Yudv enough "a get them On IN" r,>cori.
Capt Parker II was not s"cfs-t In any
ay. II h not nv nature. Laughter