1:49:00
Ensign Harding is in San Diego.
His wife has fully recovered.
1:49:03
He's been summoned and can be flown
up here in three hours, if necessary.
1:49:07
Would it serve any useful purpose
to have him testify?
1:49:11
No, l--
1:49:15
I don't see any need of that.
1:49:19
Now that I recall--
1:49:21
he might have said something
about mess boys, and he might not.
1:49:24
I questioned so many men, and Harding
was not the most reliable officer.
1:49:29
I'm afraid the defense has no other
recourse than to produce Ensign Harding.
1:49:34
There's no need for that!
1:49:36
He'll just tell you lies!
1:49:38
He was no different from any officer
in the wardroom. They were all disloyal!
1:49:41
I tried to run the ship hy the book,
but they fought me at every turn.
1:49:44
If the crew wanted to walk around
with shirttails hanging out, let them!
1:49:48
Take the towline--
defective equipment, no more, no less.
1:49:51
But they encouraged the crew to go
around spreading wild rumors...
1:49:55
about steaming in circles
and then "Old Yellowstain."
1:49:58
I was to blame for Lieutenant Maryk's
incompetence and poor seamanship.
1:50:02
Lieutenant Maryk was the perfect
officer, but not Captain Oueeg.
1:50:06
But the strawberries!
That's where I had them.
1:50:08
They laughed at me and made jokes.
1:50:10
But I proved beyond a shadow of a doubt
and with geometric logic...
1:50:15
that a duplicate key
to the icebox did exist.
1:50:17
I'd have produced that key if they
hadn't pulled the Caine out of action!
1:50:20
I know now they were only trying
to protect some fellow officer--
1:50:36
Naturally, I can only cover these things
from memory.
1:50:42
If I've left anything out...
1:50:45
just ask me specific questions...
1:50:48
and I'll be glad to answer them...
1:50:51
one by one.