Evening star., 1901-10-01

that you cannot say that you never read
the statement before"
Admiral Dewey-"Remarlxs will be con-
fined to questions and answers"
Admiral Evans then in response TO a
question from Mr.. Rayner. said that he had
been called to the deck Of the Iowa on the
evening of July 2 by Lieutenant Hill. who
was the deck officer, and who had called his
attention to columns OF smoke rising from
the entrance to the harbor. The lieuIeu-
ant had remarked that it was his opinion
that the Spaniards were preparing to come
out, but he, Admiral Evans. expressed the
opinion that they were merely shifting
their berths as they had done on previous
occasions. However. the signal saying that
the enemy were escaping at that time was
prepared and was kept in readiness All
night.
Mr. Rayner then surrendered the witness
temporarily, saying that he would have
further questions to ask, but that he de-
sired some time to prepare them. 1t WAS
arranged that these questions could be de-
ferred until today, and in the meantime
Captain Lemly made some interrogations
on redirect examination. He asked:
Order of Battle.
Under what instruction, verbal. writ
ten or by signal from the flagship Brook
lyn, did you maneuver the Iowa during the
naval battle of Santiago July 3. 1887
Il never saw any signal from her. I
did not maneuver in obedience to any sig
nal from the Brooklyn. / did not any
signals aboard her.
''Or any written verbal inStructionsS"
None whatever"
What instruction, oral written. did
you have from Commodore Schley relative
to the order of blockade or order of battle
while part of the flying squadron"
1.-The order of blockade was to form col
umn double distance and cruise in that
formation"
WAS there any prescribed order of bat
tle nv which would have hepu YTiiHAd
If the enemy's ships had come out of San
tiago harbor prior to June L. 1857
There was none"
Returning to the departure of the flying
squadron from Cienfuegos Mr.. Hanna
asked: What steps were taken, if any,
to mask the movements of that squadron
In accordance with orders"
There were no lights shown on the fly
ing squadron on blockade. except believe
we did have light on the stern of each
ship"
By the court: WAS any further effort
made by the flying squadron to destroy
the Colon?"
None. if by further you mean the action
WAS the fire of the enemy's batteries
on the 31st heavy enough to seriously en-
danger the attacking ship?"
mo, sir; it was not heavy at ALL The
projectiles mostly fell a long way short
of Two. think. passed over my ship"
I'm the attack on the Colon on May 81
did any of the enemy's shot fall near the
Two. / think, fell near the Iowa"
The COaIfug Question.
would 1t have been possible for the
Iowa to coal from the Merrimac early In
tie afternoon of May 26?"
''It would have BEEN
do you know of any reason why the
ships could not get nearer the Colon on
May 31?'
'I know OF no reason why they could
not"
do you know whether there is good
enough anchorage under the lee Of Jardi-
nillas bank where large vessels would be
sheltered from westerly winds?"
Il do not"
Are you familiar with the southern
coast of Cuba between Cienfuegos and
Santiago?"
Fairly familiar with 1t, yes, sir"
Are there any positions between Glen
fuegos and the nedghborhood of Santiago
where vessels can coal in rough weather."
Between Cienfuegos and Santiago
know of no place where they could coal
in rough weather"
WAS there any period between Nav "a
and May % when the Iowa could not have
coaled from the collier Merrimac?"
She could not have coaled from o'clock
In the morning of the 2Jth until or q
o'clock on the morning of the 26th when
1t moderated"