54 The Frederick Gerring, Jr. 



Q. How did you ascertain the exact position? A. By the 

 tarings. 



Q. I suppose the slightest variation would make a considerable 

 difference? A. It would make some difference. 



Q. Will you say that you got the exact course of your ship? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. While you were under way? A. We were lying quiet 

 then. 



Q. Will you say that the distance or bearings were exactly 

 as you gave them? A. Yes. 



Q. Who took the bearings? A. My chief officer took them 

 about the same time. 



Q. Then did you take the chart? A. Yes, I laid it on the 

 chart. 



Q. On your own chart, on board your own ship, before the 

 seizure? A. Yes. 



Q. And this is what you put down at that particular time? 

 A. These are the bearings. 



Q. When did you put these marks in red ink on this chart? 

 A. I did not do that. 



Q. Who did it? A. Commodore Spain did it. 



Q. If you notice there, there are two pencil marks partly 

 rubbed out (marked J. M. D., b., and J. M. D., c), what are they? 

 A. They are probably bearings that I took as I came down. 



Q. Did you put these marks there? A. I did. 



Q. What was this one? A. This was another as I was run- 

 ning down. 



Q. When was the cross bearing J. M. D., c, made? A. I 

 cannot say exactly; it was made that day. 



Q. Was it when you were testing your bearings? A. Prob- 

 ably it was. I was taking the bearings as I was running down. 



Q. Were you under way when you took the bearings marked 

 J. M. D., c. ? A. I suppose I was. 



Q. Then the lines J. M. D., b., and J. M. D., c, were both 

 taken while you were under way ? A. Yes. 



Q. You were then taking bearings to ascertain whether the 

 Gerring was inside the three-mile limit or not? A. Yes. 



Q. Would that cross section b, be more favorable to the 

 Gerring, or against her ; would it show that she was further to the 



