Warren sheaf., 1901-09-26

given successive orders and that the
Texas had backed "until it was dead
in the water" ale said that on 40.
count Of this incident two or three
minutes had been lost and that fully
three miles were lost to the ship. A
part of this delay had, however, he
said, been caused on account Of the
fault of the ships blowers, render
ing the vessel slow in getting up
steam. E
An Inaccurate Omcial Chart.
When the court convened at two
o'clock Mr.. Rayner continued his
cross-examination of Commander
Heilner. He asked him especially
concerning the official chart of the
battle off Santiago, exhibiting the
chart. The witness said he had
been one of the board of navigators
who had prepared the chart. He
had testified that the Brooklyn was
only $50 yards distant when she
crossed the course of the Texas, but
he stated that according to the
chart the distance was about 1900
feet when the Brooklyn was maxi
ing her famous loop.
but" he said, 1--WE are going
through lot of matter here which is
worthless" s.= H. sJ agl<.f :
"Oh, it is worthless, is it?" oues-
toned Mr.. Rayner. According to the
map the two vessels were never near
er than within 2,4OO feet of each
Other." .=.. .. -.ss.~g> III.
The witness replied that he con-
sldered the map inaccurate. ~:.s -
Mr.. Hanna interposed to say that
IT the point intended to be made was
that the chart is inaccurate the gov
ernment would concede at once that
this was true. ." ..,. 4,
The witness was asked by Mr.. Ray
ner concerning the stoppage of the
Texas when the Brooklyn appeared in
front of her. 'The signals" witness,
answered, ''were to Slow stop and
back one right on top of the other,
before could say word between"
"Does anything appear in your
log about that?" asked Mr.. Rayner.
Not In the Log.
Nothing" answered the witness.
cit was not on the log. I can tell YOU
why it was not, because Capt. Philip
said he did not like to have anything
in it. swore to the judge advocate
of the court that I would not bring
up dead man to substantiate any
thing I said, and that I would not
bring up this point, and I am sorry I
brought it up, but Capt. Philip said he
would not put it in his official report.
[ hope I can get some one to substan-
tiate me on that point because there
was another gentleman in the cabin
when he made his official report :
'Do you recollect, as you brought
up this statement of Capt. Philip, the
statement he made about the danger
of collision?" -
mo. He spoke to me hundreds of
times about it, !
Mr.. Rayner-Here are his own
words .>..
Mr.. Hanna-Mr. President, wee OBJ
ject to reading from magazines. -
Mr.. Rayner-I don't think the Cen
tury Magazine would credit any arti-
Gle to Capt. Philip that was not
written by him. I am not going to
read from it. I do not intend to read
from the magazine except for my
own information. Here is what Capt.
Philip says. Do you recollect Capt.
Philip ever saying that: 'The col
lision which seemed to be imminent,
even if it was not, was averted?"
"No, do not recollect it," replied
the witness. = -. .... l.
To Drag Sampson Into 1t.
'Did you see any signals from the
New York on the day of the battle?"
asked Mr.. Rayner. e -
1--WE did not receive any signals from
that vessel on that day until in the
afternoon" replied the witness.
The witness also said that the New
York had not come up until after the
last of the Spanish ships came out of
the har Dor. ~. ~.
Capt. Lemly here interposed to ask
the purpose of these inquiries, and
Mr.. Rayner stated that it was to be
able to make comparisons between
Schley's blockade and SIMPSONS, be-
cause if it could be shown that
Schley's blockade was equal to Samp-
sons he could not be considered CEN
surable.
He also said that it could be shown
that the Colon was visible when Ad-
miral Sampson came up. =. ~
Capt. Lemly objected, not only to
the line of questions, but to the line
of argument. >.... -. ..-
Replying, Mr.. Rayner said that,
Notwithstanding the strenuous ef-
forts of Capt. Lemly to keep Admiral
Sampson out of the controversy he
would .inevitably be brought into it.,
not for the purpose of criticism, but
for the purpose of showing that Ad-
miral Schley had merely obeyed the
orders of his superior officer, who
was Admiral Sampson, in doing what
he had done. a 49,:
SchIey to Make Three Points.
Continuing, Mr.. Rayner said that