Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-10-30

| shall not be able to remain OFF that por
! (Santiaso) on account OF general shor'
| supply Of coal?
| II think All the vessels were more ul
less short of the complement and con
Sid.rins the fact that they olght To ..
lit for any service and for every scrvic,
that in arriving of the port We ought t.
! bc more than half or three-quarters fuil.
How uuout the BROOKLYN? She hAo
| plenty nf coal. did she not II do npt
think there WIS ever amy question about
| the Brooklyn
! The admiral was proceeding t. read III:
| signals from ih.. IuW,t, Ma -IChusctiS an
| Texas from III" flagship relative To coal
| when Capt. lrmly interrupted t. SAY
that III" admiral had already testified L,
| these signals III his Testimony -ir-ch,,f
wh.r"up"n Captain Parker Protested THAI
| il was unfair {" the with. $ To ASK IL:
signals and then stop hlm rs soon as he
had begun TO comply
! ADMIRAL Schley Proceeded with ~,
reading Of III" signals After Lc had read
| about % he looked M. no you want
any more" he inquired
| Not unless cant. Parker does" r,rl.e I
! capt. l~mly
Il am satisfied ii the admiral is oh
| served capt. Parker.
| Capt l.cInly then continued The cross
examination.
which of these signals indicates solic-
| itldc:" he said.
4 should say al or most Of them. rp-
! Piled the witness.
4
| Did you on Iiay ~ befor. Captain
| McCalia reported that the fleet was not
in Cienfuegos, contemplate sending on
or two ot Your larger vessels back to
| Key West for coal?" Il think | con
| templated sending some of the ships
back if We should be unable 10 coal
| within week"
AT what time did YOU learn def
| nitelE that the Spanish fleet was NOT
IN GienfueRos?" 'Cpon Captain Nc
| Calais return. about r. NJ. May "A.
| What time did You sail for San
tiaG"? My Impression is that We
| formed column between ana s F. NJ
"nd stood off on Z course south by east
and then stopped. leaving the Castinn
| in front of the harbor. BY or :
o'clock we got under way. laying our
course southwest by south.
| When his attention was called to the
fact that he III 4 report said that the
| departure was timed at SIS. he said
th'.t not having the data before him.
| Wren he made that statement H.. had
taken thr information from captain
Morallas s report THAT statement
he said. referred TO the time uf the
formation OF column. as regarded
mat Is preliminary step To getting
or'
You We're ordered to mask Your
nloTencntS. were YOU not Yes. that
! Is, NJ" were 50 ordered if we should
proceed in the day time. our directions
in dispatch NJ. 3 Were to bear in mind
that vessels could ," traced hy their
smoke Cor 90 cr 40 miles"
"Iou remember that you were mean
enough to til" village OF Trinidad u
Y"r lights or shore there that night.
az you nut?' Il only saw the loom of
| the lights in the clouds there. TIL.
| lights themselves might have been
seen from tn" bridge of the ship but
| did not See them.
When you left Cienfuegos. where
dld You think the Spanish squadron
| was? asked Captain Lemly. II did
no'. ot course. know exactly where it
| was. II | had ! would have gone
| straight for il. According to infor,na-
! that came 10 me ! supposed that if IL
! was not at Santiago il was somewhere
IN the ncighborhood. but my impress
*'on was that it had come out as this
| information from the Adula had indi-
Gated. but just where it was, Of course
| | could not decide"
| Did YOU say in one of your commu-
nications of May 81 to the department
that the weather was hoisterous since
| leaving Key WcSt?' Yes
| The judge advocate then asked the
witness To examine the log of the
brooklyn from the 18th to the 21th. He
, READ To the court tn. entries. Going
back 10 the steamer Adula incident.
Captain Lemly asked If she had au-
| thority from the state department to
| enter tirnfucgus. The witness replied
that she carried an author liza ton from
Consul Dent at Kingston
You testified that on the tourney TO
Santiago. the Eagles forward com
partment filled with water When did
YOU learn this?" Il do not recall cx-
actly. 1t is pretty hard to iifferentiate
"hat knew then and what | learned
later.
but you have testified that you had
pretty good recollection and very little
imaginatiOn?" II did"
The point is. did the fact that her
compartment filed with water have
anything to do with your sending her
away Il do not think it did. 1t was
her coal supply that governed"
You testified that Southerland sig
Hahed 10 you that he was dangerously
snort OF coal. She reported to mo-
! 90 not recollect whether by signal or
ne@aphoii". She came UP under our
quarter.
pa she not signal to YOU before
4, i@aF'nt cienfueeos that she had five
Gays ccal ABOARD and that in six hours
n''" cnuid take on enough to last nine
rays without waiting for Il reply.
captain Leinly read a signal TO mis-