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Q. Did you see the junk when she was on the starboard tack?
A. No.
Q. Do you know what steps were taken to avoid the collision on the "Alexander"?
A. I heard the Captain give the order "hard-a-starboard". The Captain was on the bridge. I was on the forecastle head. That was after I saw the junk.
Q. You say that the junkmen made no effort to save the junk?
A. Yes.
Q. Why?
A. I have no idea. The junk could have been saved if she had made fast to the lines that the "Alexander" gave her.
Q. Have you seen the junk since she has been raised?
A. No.
There being no further questions to ask this witness his testimony was read aloud to him, and by him pronounced to be correct. He was then excused from further attendance before the Board.
Wong May Sun, boatswain, U.S.N.A. "Alexander" was called as a witness, and was examined as follows:-
Examination in chief by the recorder, through the interpreter.
Q. What is your name?
A. Wong May Sun.
Q. Were you on the forecastle when the collision between the "Alexander" and the junk took place on the 28th. of March?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you see the collision?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you tell the man in the junk to take the lines from you?
A. Yes; he was afraid and did not take the lines. I do not know whether they understand me or not as I speak Ning-po and they speak Cantonese.
Q. How far away was the junk when you first sighted her?
A. About a ship's length.
There being no further questions to ask this witness, his testimony...