Senator SMITH.
Col. Gracie, would you like to make some additional statement beyond the one which you have just made?
Mr. GRACIE.
Yes, sir; if I might be allowed to do so.
Senator SMITH.
Please do so.
Mr. GRACIE.
I want to speak of Maj. Butt and Mr. Clarence Moore and Mr. Millet. I testified that they were in the smoking room. I want it understood that the time they were in the smoking room was about 1 o'clock. That was not while the boats were being lowered. I do not know what they did after that, after I saw them, but I did not see them on the upper deck or on the deck at all. That is the last I saw of them.
Senator SMITH.
This time that you speak of was after the collision?
Mr. GRACIE.
After the collision.
Senator SMITH.
And about an hour before the boat sank?
Mr. GRACIE.
All of that. It was more than an hour.
Senator SMITH.
An hour and 20 minutes.
Mr. GRACIE.
Yes, fully that. So that whatever they did after that is not in my testimony at all.
Senator SMITH.
You did not see any of them after that?
Mr. GRACIE.
I did not see any of them after that. I only mention that fact, because they were perfectly imperturbable, showing their confidence in the ship, that no disaster was going to take place. In fact a great deal of my testimony is given for that purpose, to show how unconcerned everybody was about this serious disaster until the very last.
Senator SMITH.
That is all, Col. Gracie.
(Witness excused.)
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