| Show THE ii court held on the ship vermont i admiral Gherard ls admonition to the crew j in each case when the admiral asked the men and officers if they had any charges to the answer was no the takane of the testimony will commence today impressiveness of the scene brooklyn feb 26 at 2 the investigation attending the circumstances of the loss of Kearsarge the on konca dor reef began on board of the vermont are ail survivors mustered who can S be assembled asked admiral gher M ardi turning to commander man yes all that can be assembled re plied the commander the president i of the court then directed the judge advocate to read the narrative of heyerman kelley read the report then addressing the crew admiral gherardi said now lads I 1 am about 1 to swear you and not only YOU but the 1 officers of the ship as well and certain questions will be put to you you have all read the report of the commanding officers and the endorsement of the commander in chief of the north atlantic station I 1 want one and all of you to bear in mind the solemnity of the oath you are to take and remember that there will be certain questions put to you which it is your duty both officers and men to answer no matter how painful it may be to any of you I 1 will give you a few minutes to think over exactly what you want to say for remember subsequently to thia you have to swear coall you say here A colemn pause gentlemen and crow please raise your right hands when all had been sworn in the president turned to commander man and these questions and answers followed r Is the narrative read to the court true statement of the grounding and wrecking of the united states late ship kearsarge 3 ait A it is air 3 Q have you any complaint to make against any of the surviving officers and crew of eaid ship on that occasion A none whatever admiral gherardi then addressed the officers and crew have you any objection in the narrative just read to the court or anything to lay to the charge of any officer or man with regard to the loss of hie united states lato ship kearsarge there was no movement among alie crew nor among the officers admiral gherardi then turned to the former and said now I 1 want to im press upon you that this is not a ques tion of spite that it is not a question of if dislike or whether you feel eliat you have a dislike against some individual but a question of duty simple plain straight forward duty therefore any j of you who have a complaint to make he will step forward and make eliat complaint to the judge advocate who a will take it down in writing not one of the men noved the admiral then turned to the officers they had nothing to say when he spoke to some of them individually they shook their heads this ended the proceedings of alie day the men were dismissed and court adjourned until tomorrow it will begin taking testimony Is new haven conn feb 26 exa minister phelba is progressing favor ably toward recovery A fatal explosion st petersburg feb 26 A boiler ox in the big iron works at alex androwski killed twenty five and seriously injured ten persons 1 A defaulter and suicide vienna feb 20 adolph fiegles Fi erles the chief cashier of the austrian state debt department who absconded being a defaulter for florans florins flor ins ha hard on the cabets cadets washington feb 28 Secretary lament and herbert leave decided that shall be no contests at football between the cadets at annapolis and west point thia action is taken because 0 the conviction that matches are detrimental to the discipline and studies of the cabets cadets whereabouts of our fleets ington feb 20 the concord has arrived at the bending ton touched at st vincent yesterday on her way across the south atlantic and 4 to san francisco via cape horn the lancaster arrived it singapore yesterday on her way jonew york via the suez canal the essex arrived at newport today to take apprentices on a cruise to the west indies i |
