The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-30

Al mink that did. ] think ] can
| say that 1 Informed them because 1 sig
/ nailed what tho purpose was.
! Did you say TO these commanding
/ "Ihcers that II was to be a reconnaissance
! Iu that Sigu8lH
/ A-No. L think I signaIed that We were
| I" go IN To certain distance and that we
! were 10 use our Finch guns and I desig-
/ mated the guns
] DO you remember whether YOU said
/ any thlng TO Captain Higgius0u about
! putuug the Colou2"
Al have heard that expression used
| a 4um3er OF times: probably / GId.
Q--itoW Gld you instruct the New Or
! leans To IRE at the battsries2
A--My impression now is that / signal
/ Cd ] do not recall now. OF course she
1 did not have the large guns and the en-
! Try iu tho log OF the Massachusetts would
/ indicate that the signal was made Co her
Had You. since MAY 80. been aware
/ oi the fact that the Spanish feet was in
/ SautiIe02
A.-ICS.
Q.-Did this affair develop without
J question the presence Of the Spanish fleet
/ iu tire haTb9r2
Al thought so. / thought recognized
] from some of the shells that they shot
| over the hills that there were a number
! OF Spanish vessels I'm the harbor and sub
/ StII.nt revelations proved that our sup
/ position was right
Q--R.forring 10 the signal. DO not go
/ IN closer, YOU state that no vessel could
! A.-No, ! did not state that: ] said
without my permission.
/ Captain Lemly-You interrupted me
! Admiral SchIey-I do not recall the sig
/ nal. and ! do not think a signal Of that
/ sort would have been necessary.
! Q--GOu evidently do not understand the
! purpose Of my question. Would 10 not
/ have been possible that a signal OF THIS
/ character would have been made IL YOU
/ found that the vessel was going in beyond
| the range laid down by yOu2
! Al do not think there was anybody
| than I was.
/ Q-That does not answer my question.
! Al would have designated the vessel
! II such signal had been made and this
signal appears 20 be a general one.
J hT- ltayuJr-l should lk. 10 see the
/ slSnal books # the Iowa and Massachu-
I settS. Are they not htrc2
/ captain Lemly-No. they are not but
+ Ia.y Will Pc tn Massachusetts, IS now
. or tho coast Of CENTRAL America The
b nook has been t,ls-rauhsl for and will
. Le here, but IL viii require some time.
/ h' h"'5 ot the Iowa viii also bc here
More TiresOme SuppositIOns.
/ Captain Lemly. continuing cross-exami-
nation.
4 Q.-AdmiraL, why did YOU not engage the
batteries at the mouth Of Santiago Har-
Dor with one battleship on each side. and
/ then destroy the Colon with the rest OF
your ships?
/ D
I been placed close to the batteries they
f would have been subjected to pIuugiug
( fire that would have been Of a most dan
/ gerous character. The question OF coal
seemed 10 he one Of such Importance. and
. IL occurred 20 me that We should lose no
+ opportunity. so far as we could. TO keep
+ the ships in the highest condition and
ready FOR any service
/ Q.-Nhy did you not 20 nearer TO the
t mouth of the h1rr0r on thar dave
R-N' 'i perhaps that iS technical fr-
| Tor which might have been avoided had
/ someone else been In command
Q.-The fire would have been more af-r-
I 70 u0ty
/ wen, it might have BEEN more rapid
] Q--HoW long were YOU in passing the
/ mouth Of the harbor2
: A-Wel that OF course I could NOT
{ say IL may have been three OF four min
Can you state more specifically YOUR
knowledge Of the shot by which the In
diana was struck
I My only source OF information was
the captain himself dou.t know
whether l went aboard but } was told
! that the shot passed through her deck
and struck her wardrOom and caused q
great deal oi damage. ] think they now
/ nave plate over the hole made by the
Q-Tou say on page 1919 Of -our testf-
mony, affair Of May g. that YOU heard
+ Lieutenant Potts report The range as 100
+ yards2
A--Yes. ! heard the report. but didn't
. know myself whether il was 1000 Yards.
G.-Thc range was 1900 yards was il
/ not2
A-Ycs.
Q--NoU say that YOU did not know until
/ couple Of days later that there had
+ been any variation In the raugCg
Al said that That was rUmmuuicat-
] cd TO me by Captain HiLEiuslu-
"a 3
| shots at au2
! A.-Somc Of them. yes But 1 was en-
/ gagged in looking at the batteries One
4 Of the shots ! remember having seen fail
! wei up into the harhor I don't know
/ how far away but IL appeared wei up
Q--ls that the only one you remember
Al don't remember now Just how
| many saw. and what the exact distance
I was J could not tell There We're q great
/ many shots hrcd and u Is almost Impos-
[ sihle 10 tell just how many.
! Odd you hear the ranges passed
| about th- d-ck2
! A.-No. ] did not hear that They were
/ indicated from the tower.
Q--Mho was taking and giving the
/ ranges
A.-Eeu. Nj Potts was giving .hcrn 20
/ the officers. I don't know how he did it,
Q-Wcre any reports made o. YOU dur
/ ing the fire as to the effect OF the firing
! Al don't recolIcot any.
| Q-Was anyone taking notes as TO the
! effect Of the Ire2
/ .A.-No. ! did that myself, so far as my
| observation served.
| Activity in the Harbor.
/ Q-Now. referring TO the precautionary
notice said TO have been given To the
/ fleet informing them Of unusual activity
| in the harbOr-what response did you re-
/ ceive2
| Any recollection now Is that an or
| der came back 10 us from the command
| er-in-chlef 10 move In closer.
/ Q.-What particular or unusual qrgpara-
/ tious were made on July p TO meet the
! forthcoming sortIe Of the enemy's heet2
| Al had a conversation with Captain
! Cook 1 remember stating that If the
| enemy attempted a s0rtie he migh- catch
/ us uUprcpaTod, owing 90 the dimcuIty Of
/ coupling up If the shaftiug had been in
/ the slightest out OF line 10 would have Ia
/ ken % great deal Of time to get it right
/ ] concluded 20 adopt his suggestion 10 use
| All tho heller power available
Q--Ncrs there any Instructions as 20
pTimiuE furnaces. stc-2
! A.-That. Of course. ! assumed the cap
tain would attend Co Captain Cook stat
| ed that we Were always kept iu good
/ condition
Q.-Did not Captain Cook state that he
had no iutlmatlou that tEe Spanish ships
| A.-Nobody had any such intimation IT
| was merely suspicion. I thought. OF
! course. that they might come out
I Q--NCw ia regard Co your statement
/ that iu response to the m,sSagr of the
! comWauder-iu-chiefo on July that an or
| der was given TO the squadron 90 Trove
! I'm closer that night, did the vessels all
| move ln closert
! A--Nts-
! Q.-Do YOU rccolIgct any records Of the
! direction for the vessels 10 close Ia that
| night