DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

216 SUBMARINE WARFARE.
When we cleared the vessel, we steered south by west
by boat compasses, trying to make the beach.
About 12.45 we were picked tip, after a little more than
one hour in the boats.
The German patrol boat Annie Busse picked us up and
kept us on board 48 hours, because the ship could not
come in on account of fog. We were treated very courteously
on the boat, and the German officials* officers, and
crew did all they possibly could to make us comfortable.
We were landed in Wilhelmshaven at 11.30 a. m. the 24th
of February, and were sent to Bremerhaven, reaching
here at 10 p. m. same day.
The morning of the explosion we saw no other vessels,
no buoys, and no mines. No; land or seamarks of any
kind were to be seen.
CHARLES H. WINNETT,
Third Officer 8.8."Carib."
AMERICAN CONSULAR AGENCY,
City of Bremerkaven, Empire of Germany, ss:
Subscribed and sworn to before me by the above-named
Third Officer Winnett on the 28th of February, 1915.
J. F. BUCK,
Consular Agent of the United States of America.
[Seal ol American Consular Agency.]
[Inclosure 4.]
Sworn statement of second officer ofS. S. "Carib."
I, Jesse Boyd, born in New York City March 2, 1870,
second officer of the steamer Carib, having been duly
sworn, do hereby depose and say that I have read carefully
the foregoing sworn statement of Third Officer Winnett,
of the S. S. Carib, regarding the voyage we jointly
made in the said steamer from Charleston to Bremen,
with especial reference to the sinking of said steamship
Carib on the morning of Feb. 22, 1915, and depose further
that said sworn statement of Third Officer Winnett
is, according to my knowledge, in every way correct and
true; and I further depose and say, that I know of no
details concerning the sinking of the above-mentioned
steamer Carib which would either detract from, or add
to, the said sworn statement of Third Officer Winnett.
In testimony whereof, witness my hand at Bremerhaven
this 28th day of February, 1915.
JESSE BOYD,
Second Officer S.S." Carib."
AMERICAN CONSULAR AGENCY,
City of Bremerhaven, Empire of Germany, ss:
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of
February, 1915.
J. F, BUCK,
Consular Agent of the United States of America.
[Seal of American Consular Agency.)