The evening times., 1901-10-29

smooth for the Brooklyn but rough for
| = mailer vessels.
Q-l want 20 ask you If YOU had on the
-1lh. psiore Captain MCCalla returned
| from The lnsurscnt camp. corte-nularrd
C,-- ol@ In.CtSSlJy "I sending two or more Of
o1t idISG Ships back 70 Key West TO cJaI2
A.! mink , said that if we could NOT
e''tL tnem within week. that would Dc
I necessary.
Departure From CfenfueEoS
Q-At what hour diJ sou learn that the
spanish fleet was not in CtaufulgoS9
A-AholJ O'Clock on the 18th as near
] lE as Ely recollection serves
at "nat hour did the Flying squad
ron sail for Santiago
Ny impression is that We formed
/ t.t.HlH SnfneW n.re between . ard O.
CLOCK and @lH.S of Du point Of position
z south bF east and On % stDuurd leaving
ihg Dastlne on The front OF the harbor
9-LDuk AZ tho records in the matter.
A-htS. the Information was secured. I
mink. from Captain Nc"aIla.
| Q--LO0h at the records
a tAtter looking a. the recordsl-Yes.
5-iJ O'Clock. that was rlade from data
given me by Captain McCaIIa. The record
SHOWS that 2t BIB o'clock the Brooklyn
slsnaled 10 the fleet 90 form column
Q--Iou made signals on leaving Glen
fuegos. did YOU nOt2
! A--Tgs-
Q.-How do you remember whether II
was dark or not after the fleet got under
way as stated2
Any recollection is that it was dark
& IS.
used?
They appear to have been used up
/ Q.-You were ordered TO mask your
movements, were you uot2
A--Hes, that Is, We were ordered TO
mask II we proceeded IN the daytime The
idea was 70 mask the real direction as
Iauch as possible Our signals could not
De read by anyone but ourselves
You passed that night on the first
FIrHrH f|srI
I HghtS on shore. did YOU nOt2
A.-N"- j DO not remember Of seeing
any uGntS on shore ! remember seeing
the reflection Of lights upon the clouds.
Dnl could not see the lights themselves.
LOOK on page 20 Of the RroOklvn's
/ PISSED a cluster Of lights about ten
miles distant apparently a village"
Tat is there Is IL notz
Al See that, but ] repeat tkat 7 did
Tot sec the lights Perhaps they may
have been seen
Whereabouts of the Spanish.
Q--Whcn you left Cieufuegos. where
did YOU think the Spanish squadron wasg
A--WeH- ] don't exactly racoIlect what
my Impressions were at that tine.
Q-tlve me your best judgment in the
A-WeH. according to the Information
{ Whicn came 20 me. ] supposed that If il
was NOT IN Santiago it was somewhere in
/ Q--Did you give any special instruc-
I uons 10 your captains in regard 10 this
passage from Cienfuegos TO Santiaeo2
dinary Instructions
.o,-Now about Jhe AduIa- Do YOU know
that some time after being sighted she
/ " as captured and condemned as price
] A--Weu 7 don't know whether IL was
the same vessel or not.
Q--Admiral- did you say in one OF your
communications to the department that
the weather since leaving Key West was
J boisterous?
A--Yes. said that
Varying weather Conditions.
Q--Now, look at your log Of the Brook
lyn and tell MS whether Il was Dolsterous
| on the 18th
A mis- despatch was sent on the 9Th;
on the 18th il was, after we left that the
! Weaths- was not so bOiSterOus
| Q--Was II boisterous on the 21th2
AMY so Tar as the sea was con-
I cerned- On the ed il was smooth. 2sd
Z INC days subsequent and up 20 the dcs-
patch. va-ying-
Q---NoW, you have stated that en- route
the Eegie had her forward compartment
nlled with water. When did YOU firsr
know Of it7
Al don't really remember just when
[ the information came 70 me
! Q--Can YOU state whether you had this
information az the time. admiraI2
Al do not really remember
Q--ls not your memory clear on this
point as Wei as on other points2
1--les. my memory is clear Ny i'm
preston now Is that SoUthtrlaud said
something about il at the time.
Q--Nas il by signaP or otherwise
what want 20 get at IS whether ii was
I a part OF the information upon which
you acted in sending the Eagle away
A.-No. ! think not.
Q--HaVeLt You said that YOU have 4
great deal Of recollection and very little
/ imagination
A--1eS-
Q--You have said that your memory is
| better than FOlgers2
,Q---Now. I want to find out how you got
] Any recollection IS that il was given
10 me ly che of the officers.
Q--Dld YOU not say that Switzerland
siEnale6 TO the flagship that he was dan
gerously short Of coal and had only about
/ a days supp'y2
Ale came up under the quarter Of the
flagship and reported, DO not remember
whether IL was by signal or not that his
coal supply was short
Odd not the Eagle signal TO YOU be
fore she left CienfucgOs that she had
I gudse advocate conSClts LleutenaCt
/ Nard)- On no. that she had five DAYS
coal supply and that I'm six hours she
could take enough for nine days2
Admiral Schley consulted the Brook'yn's
log book and Captain Lemly read from
the log Of the Eagle.
| Brooklyn 10 Eagle; How many days
coal have YOU. SteamiuE ten kuo-s2
dEle 10 ErU1klEu- Five DAYS could
take enough ia six hours To last nine
Admiral Schley-That appears in my log
as nine days. steaming at ten knots.
Captain LemIy admitted that this was
correct although it was not so stated in
the log Of the Eagle
speed of the Squadron.
Of you viii. state whether the squad
I ron made letter speed after the Eagle
/ left?
A-The wind had gone down some and
| the possibility is that we may have made
| a Httle better speed.
On what way did Southsrland make
known his regret that he had 10 leave
the squadron
! An the same way. by megaphOne-
O--AUU say he GlC not protest against
! leaving Jhv squadron
A protest would have been SO vN-
I traOTdiuary that Z would have remember
/ more than regret that he had 10 leave
/ do recall that he begged 10 coal along
side, but 1t would have been impossible
at that time.
| Q.-Nou stated on page 1870 Of the record
! that YOU did not get under way. after
! stopping for the Norrimac, until toward
/ : O'Clock on the afternoon or the ItLnI
Al think. with the exception Of one
| or two stops and breaks Of the haWSer
] that was the fact.
Q--NOu stated that YOU steamed 10 the
| westward and as soon as the sea calmeI
/ down YOU Coaled. but that in your iudg-
| mtut il was not possible TO coal before
| 10 judge than the other officers of the
| Nett2
| Ayes 7 said that
CaufaEn i.arDly rher went into the mat