DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

CASE OF THE ANCONA. 163
I would have sunk with the ship.
Question No. 19. How long a time was allowed after the
warning signal for the passengers to take to the lifeboats
before the ship was torpedoed?
About one hour and a quarter.
Question No. 20. Did the submarine cease firing while
the passengers were being embarked in the lifeboat's ?
No, it did not.
Question No. 21. Did the submarine give any assistance
or make any effort to rescue the passengers and crew
after the ship had been torpedoed ?
No.
Question No. 22. Did the submarine fire upon the lifeboats
after they had left the ship ?
No.
Question No. 28. What flag was flown by the submarine ?
I do not know.
Question No. 24- What warning shots were given ?
None that I know of.
Question No. 25. Whether vessel was fired on while
passengers were being taken off?
Yes.
Question No. 26. Time allowed for such taking off ?
I do not know.
Question No. 27. Whether vessel sank before all the
passengers were taken off ?
I do not know as I was too far to be able to distinguish
if other persons were aboard.
Question No. 28. Whether other vessels were in the
neighborhood ?
No other vessels were in the neighborhood.
Question No. 29. What was the conduct of the crew
during the taking off of the passengers ?
They each cared for themselves.
Last question unnumbered. Do you know of any of the
survivors of the Ancona who can corroborate your
statements ?
In the lifeboat in which I was there were several
countrymen of mine, but I do not know remember their
names.
IRLANDO POTALIVO.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this twenty-sixth
of November, 1915.
JAY WHITE,
Consul of the United States of America.
Seal of American Consulate.)
DR. ENRICO BUONACORE.
MICHELE AVELLONE. Witnesses.
WILLIAM GARGUILO.
[Inclosure 7.]
Statement of Dr. Tomasso Giordano, Senior Doctor of the
Ancona.
The following facts concerning the loss of the Ancona
were brought out in a conversation with Doctor Tomasso
Giordano, senior doctor of the Ancona.