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THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL

凯恩号 哗变

U.S. NAVY HEADQUARTERS

SAN FRANSICO

At the corridor outside the Court room

Maryk：  And what's the plan?

Greenwald：  It will only confuse you.

Maryk：  Listen, I can't be anymore confused than I already am.

Greenwald：  Steve, I would rather be prosecuting than defending you.

Maryk：  Why...

Greenwald：  Because I think you're guilty as hell!

Maryk：  Well, maybe I should get another lawyer then.

Greenwald：  Well, I'm not looking forward to twisting the Navy's arm.

Maryk：  Why...what, are you scared of the brass?

Greenwald：  Please...worse. Respectful.

Maryk：  You know, sometimes I think the Navy's a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots.

Greenwald：  Where did you hear that?

Maryk：  I couldn't have just made that up myself?

Greenwald：  Could have made up the Gettysburg address too. Where'd you hear it?

Maryk：  That's one of Tom Keefer's wisecracks.

Greenwald：  Hmm Thomas Keefer, your novelist friend.

Maryk：  Yeah, he's got the sharpest mind on the ship. He's sharp.

Greenwald：  Oh, he's sharp. Alright Steve.

Maryk：  He knows everything Queeg did.

Greenwald：  I'm sure he does.

—— Transition with Snare Drum ——

COURT MARTIAL BEGINS

Judge：  The trial counsel will state the charge and specification.

Challee：  Charge one, mutiny. Violation of article 94, uniform code of Military Justice. Specification, in that Lieutenant Stephen Maryk while serving as executive officer aboard the USS Caine, did on December 18th 2022, commit an act of mutiny. Lieutenant Maryk willfully, and without proper authority, and without justifiable cause, did relief from duty Lieutenant Commander Philip Francis Queeg, then serving as the duly appointed commanding officer of the USS Caine, who was then in lawful exercise of his command.

Judge：  How do you plead?

Maryk：  Not guilty.

Greenwald：  Defense will stipulate that Lieutenant Maryk was serving as an executive office aboard the USS Caine, 18 December 2022.

Judge：  Trail counsel, you may call your first witness.

Challee：  Call Lieutenant Commander Queeg.

(Queeg walked into the room, stopped at the chair which is placed in the middle of the court room)

Judge：  Do you solemnly swear that the evidence you give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God.

Queeg：  I do.

Judge：  Be seated.

(Queeg sat on the chair)

Challee：  State your name, rank and present position.

Queeg：  Philip Francis Queeg, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, currently attach to Headquarters, Fifth fleet, waiting reassignment.  

Challee：  Do you recognize the accused?

Queeg：  Yes, Lieutenant Maryk, US Navy.

Challee：  Commander Queeg, on December 18th 2022, were you in command of the USS Caine?

Queeg：  Yes I was.

Challee：  What type of vessel is the Caine?

Queeg：  Well, her official designation is a MCM, mine counter measures ship.

Challee：  And what is her primary mission?

Queeg：  Well, the Caine is designed to detect and neutralize sea-based mines. We conduct mine sweeping operations as directed anywhere in the Persian Gulf, with an emphasis on the Straits of Hormuz.

Challee：  Commander, on December 18th 2022, were you relieved of command of the Caine?

Queeg：  Yes.

Challee：  By whom?

Queeg：  The accused, Lieutenant Maryk.

Challee：  Was this a standard watch change?

Queeg：  No, it was totally irregular.

Challee：  How would you describe it?

Queeg：  Well, the most charitable description would be that it was an incident, a regrettable incident of the temporary and total collapse of military discipline.

Challee：  Commander, please relate all the facts that bear on this unauthorized relief.

Queeg：  Okay, well, the Caine sortied from Bahrain on December 16th, our mission was sweep for mines from the Persian Gulf through the Straits Hormuz. When a cyclone came along, the operation was canceled, and the boat started to maneuver to evade the storm. The storm was traveling due west.

Challee：  What was the date and time of the course change?

Queeg：  Well, that would be early morning of the 18th, Ma'am. And as I say, the storm was pretty bad at the point. Visibility was almost zero. Couldn't see any of other ships in the detachment. We were sailing blind through the rain and the spray, and with the wind and the sea and all, we had to maneuver using engines and rudders to hold the evasion course that had been ordered. But w...we were doing fine. My executive officer, however, pretty early in the game, began to show unusual symptoms of nervousness...

Challee：  What were these symptoms?

Queeg：  Well, for example, he started talking pretty early...couldn't have been more than half an hour after the ship started running south that we needed to operate independently and come around to the north.

Challee：  Why did he want to do that?

Queeg：  Well, to give you the picture, the cyclone was coming at us from east, we were on the western edge of it, which means where we were, the wind was from due north. Now the commodore, of course, was running south with the wind to get out of the storm's path which was in accordance with all existing storm doctrine. My exec, however, insisted that our ship was on the verge of foundering and that we had better turn into the wind , wh...which was the north, if we were to survive. Now... (chuckles) of course, we weren't in that bad of shape. And that's what I mean by nervousness.

Challee：  What was your objection to coming north as your executive officer suggested?

Queeg：  Well, everything was wrong with that idea, that could be wrong with it. I mean, in the first place, my orders were to proceed south. My ship wasn't in danger. It...It was functioning normally. Uh, to drop out of station and act independently under those circumstances is out of the question. And to come around north would be to head the ship directly into the heart of the cyclone. It was a senseless suggestion and, under the circumstances, almost suicidal. I have since checked all of my decisions of December 18th with finest ship handlers I know, ranking all the way up to rear admiral, and unanimously that they agree that the only course in that situation was south.

Challee：  Commander, your last remark was hearsay.

Queeg：  Oh, I'm...I'm sorry, I'm not upon these legal distinctions as well as I should be, I guess.

Challee：  It's perfectly alright.

Judge：  Will defense counsel move to strike out of the part of the testimony which was hearsay?

Greenwald：  Alright, so move.

Challee：  Please continue.

Queeg：  Well, it's...it's just that Maryk's insistence on us coming around became more and more strident as the weather deteriorated. I finally became concerned about him when suddenly he moved towards me and out of the blue said I was on the sick list and he was relieving me. I...I...to be honest, I couldn't believe my ears. Took me a moment to catch on. It wasn't until he started shouting orders at the officer of the deck and started countermanding my instructions that I...I did begin to realize what was going on.

Challee：  Commander, can you recall anything that could have provoked your executive officer's act?

Queeg：  Truthfully, no. I don't think my bearing or manner had anything to do with it. Look...it was a pretty scary situation in that wheelhouse. Winds were force 10 to 12, screeching and all and waves were mountainous. The barometer had dropped about as low as it's ever been in US Navy history and we took a bad roll. And I mean a very bad one. I've done a lot of North Atlantic rolling too. I just think that Maryk simply went into a panic.

Challee：  Hmm, was the Caine in great danger at that time?

Queeg：  Well, I...I wouldn't say that., no, ma'am. I...I thought we righted ourselves very nicely out of that bad roll. He repeatedly tried to order me off the bridge, but I stayed right where I was and give him orders, only as I thought necessary for the safety of the ship. In...in that situation, I thought that the chief hazard would be any further act of frenzy on his part. And to the extent that the Caine did come through that storm safely despite the unprecedented running amok of me executive officer, I believe that my handling of the emergency was the correct one.

Challee：  Did Maryk cite any authority at all when he relieved you?

Queeg：  Oh, he mumbled something about our article 1108, I didn't even catch it at the time. It wasn't till later that he said his authority was article 1108 of Navy regulations.

Challee：  And were you familiar with these articles?

Queeg：  Certainly.

Challee：  In substance, what do they provide?

Queeg：  Well, it's my understanding that they make it possible for the executive officer to relieve the Captain in an emergency, a highly unusual emergency where...where the Captain is...well, frankly, where the Captain is absolutely unhinged.

Challee：  Were these articles properly invoked in your situation?

Queeg：  Well, I'm sort of an interested party here. But you don't have take my word for it, I was successfully conning my ship through that cyclone, and fortunately for me, I have 130 witnesses for that fact. Everybody aboard that ship.

Challee：  Uh, Commander, sorry, there again, sir, you're testifying to the conclusions of others.

Queeg：  Well, Obviously, I'm not a legal expert. Sorry.

Judge：  Strike the witness's last sentence from the record.

Challee：  Have you ever been mentally ill, sir?

Queeg：  No.

Challee：  Were you ill in any way when Mr. Maryk relieved you?            

Queeg：  I was not

Challee：  Did you warn your executive officer of the consequences of his act?

Queeg：  I told him he was performing a mutinous act.

Challee：  And what was his reply?

Queeg：  He expected to be court-martialed. He was going to retain command anyway.

Challee：  What was the attitude of Lieutenant Junior Grade Keith, the officer of the deck?

Queeg：  Keith was in a state of panic as bad as Maryk's.

Challee：  What was the attitude of helmsman?

Queeg：  Stilwell was emotionally unbalanced and for some reason, very devoted to Mr. Keith, They both backed Maryk.

Challee：  Is there anything else, Commander Queeg, that you would care to state in connection with the events of December 18th aboard the Caine?

Queeg：  Well, I just...I've thought a lot about all of this, obviously. It's the gravest occurrence in my career. The only questionable one, I...I'm aware of. I...I just think that if the officer of the deck had been anyone other than this immature Mr. Keith and helmsman anyone other than Stilwell, then none of this would have happened. I mean, a competent officer would have repudiated Maryk's order and a normal sailor at the helm would have disregarded both of those officers and obeyed me. It was just bad luck that these three men, Maryk, Keith and Stilwell, combined against me at such a crucial time. Bad luck for me and I'm afraid even worse luck for them.

Judge：  The court would like to question the witness. （Pause a bit） Commander Queeg, you've taken all the prescribed physical and mental examinations incident to entrance to the academy, graduation, commissioning, promotion and so forth?

Queeg：  Yes sir. For 21 years.

Judge：  Does your medical record contain any history of illness, mental or physical?

Queeg：  No sir, It does not.

Judge：  Have you had an unsatisfied fitness report, Commander Queeg?

Queeg：  Negative sir.

Judge：  Commander, can you account for Lieutenant Maryk's opinion that you were mentally ill?

Queeg：  All I can say sir is that I assumed command over an extremely...disorganized and dirty ship and that's not a reflection on the officer that I relieved, the Caine had gone through a year and a half of arduous duty and...and it was understandable. But still, for the safety of that ship and its crew, it demanded to be shaped up, and I took a lot of strong measures, and Lieutenant Maryk did not see eye to eye with me at all on this idea of making the Caine a tight ship again. Well, maybe...maybe he thought I was crazy to keep trying. Anyway, that's the picture of it, sir.

Judge：  Thank you.

Challee：  （to Greenwald） Your witness.

Greenwald：  Commander Queeg, I would like to ask you whether you have ever heard the expression “Old Yellowstain”?

Queeg：  In which connection?

Greenwald：  Old Yellowstain, sir.

Queeg：  （gets upset） No, I have not.

Greenwald：  You weren't aware that all the officers of the Caine habitually referred to you as Old Yellowstain?

Challee：  I object to the question. Impertinent badgering of the witness.

Judge：  How does Defense Counsel Greenwald justify this line of questioning?

Greenwald：  Please court, the nickname “Old Yellowstain”, used by the officers of the Caine will be relevant to the issue of mental competence.

Judge：  Before ruling, the court wishes to caution defense counsel. This is most unusual and delicate case. The honor and career of an officer with an unblemished of military record of 21 years standing is involved. The defense counsel will have to bear full responsibility for the conduct of this case. （Pause shortly）Subject to foregoing comment, the trial counsel's objection is overruled. Court stenographer will repeat the question.

Stenographer：  You aren't aware, that, all the officers of the Caine have habitually referred to you as “Old Yellowstain”.

Queeg：  （silenced in a sulk shortly） I was not aware of that.

Greenwald：  No further questions...For now...Commander Queeg will be called as a witness for the defense.

Judge：  （unbelievably） For the defense?

Greenwald：  Yes sir.

Judge：  You’re excused, subject to recall. Thank you sir.

Queeg：  （slightly nod, stood up and walked out the court room）

Challee：  Call Lieutenant Thomas Keefer.

Keefer walked into the room and sat down on the chair.

Challee：  State your name, rank and present position.

Keefer：  Thomas Keefer, Lieutenant, United States Navy, communication officer of the USS Caine.

Challee：  If you recognize the accused, state his name.

Keefer：  Lieutenant Stephen Maryk, executive officer of the USS Caine.

Challee：  What is your occupation in civilian life?

Keefer：  I'm a writer.

Challee：  And has any of your work been published?

Keefer：  A number of short stories have been published, yes, ma'am.

Challee：  Did you do any writing in your spare time while in service?

Keefer：  Yes, I have completed half a war novel.

Challee：  And what's the title?

Keefer：  Multitudes, Multitudes.

Challee：  And has this novel, though incomplete, recently been accepted by a publisher?

Keefer：  Yes

Challee：  Now, Lieutenant Keefer, were you serving aboard the Caine in your present capacity on December 18th 2022?

Keefer：  Yes.

Challee：  Was Captain Queeg relieved of his command on that date?

Keefer：  He was.

Challee：  By whom?

Keefer：  Th executive officer

Challee：  Describe how you learned that the Captain had been relieved.

Keefer：  Uh...,well, Mr. Maryk passed word for all officers to come up to the wheelhouse. When we got there, he told us that the Captain was sick and he had assumed command.

Challee：  Did Captain Queeg show any external signs of being sick?

Keefer：  Look, at the height of a cyclone...         

Challee：  Was he raving, or was he foaming, or...(non-stop)

Keefer：  (insert) no, no

Challee：  Did he look any worse off than, say, Lieutenant Keith, (Keefer: no) or Maryk?

Keefer：  No, we were all tired, dripping and wiped out.

Challee：  Mr. Keefer, did you make any effort to persuade Mr. Maryk to restore Queeg to command?

Keefer：  No, I did not.

Challee：  Did you not feel the seriousness of the moment?

Keefer：  I certainly did.

Challee：  Why did you take no remedial action?

Keefer：  I wasn't present when the Captain was relieved. Maryk was in full command. The entire ship was obeying his orders. I thought that for the safety of the ship, my best course was to obey his orders.

Challee：  Mr. Keefer, were you aboard the Caine throughout the period that Captain Queeg was in command?

Keefer：  Yes I was.

Challee：  Did you ever observe any evidence of insanity in him?

Keefer：  I don't...I can't answer that question, not being a psychiatrist.

Challee：  Did you ever think he might be insane?

Greenwald：  Objection. Witness is not an expert and matters of opinion are not admissible evidence.

Challee：  I withdraw the question. Mr. Keefer, at any time prior to December 18th, were you informed that Maryk suspected Queeg of being mentally ill?

Keefer：  Yes, I was.

Challee：  Describe how you learned this.

Keefer：  Well, uh, let me see. Two...two weeks before the cyclone, Maryk showed me a medical log, he had kept on Captain Queeg's behavior. He asked me to come with him to report this situation to Admiral Williams, Commander Fifth Fleet.

Challee：  And did you consent to go with him?

Keefer：  Yes I did.

Challee：  Why?

Keefer：  He was my superior officer and also my close friend.

Challee：  Did you believe that Maryk's log justified the relief of Queeg?

Keefer：  No. No. As soon as we got aboard Admiral Williams’s ship, I told him as forcibly as I could that in my opinion, the log wouldn't justify the action.

Challee：  What was his response?

Keefer：  After a lot of arguing, he told me... (paused) After a lot of arguing, he...he followed my advice, we returned to the Caine.

Challee：  Were you surprised two weeks later when he relieved the Captain?

Keefer：  I was stunned.

Challee：  Were you good with that, Mr. Keefer?

Keefer：  I was badly disturbed. I thought that, at best, he would be involved in grave difficulties. I thought it was a terrible situation and an error on his part.

Challee：  No further questions.

Greenwald：  No question.

Judge：  Does the defense intend to recall this witness at a later time?

Greenwald：  No sir.

Judge：  No cross-examination of this highly material witness?

Greenwald：  No sir.

Judge：  The court will question the witness.

Judge：  Mr. Keefer, Now, as this so-called medical log, the facts it contained which convinced Lieutenant Maryk that he should report the Captain into Admiral Williams, didn't convince you, Is that right?

Keefer：  They did not, sir.

Judge：  Why not?

Keefer：  Sir, it's not something a layman can intelligently discuss.

Judge：  You've stated you're a close friend of Mr. Maryk.

Keefer：  Yes sir.

Judge：  Well, this court is trying to find out, among other things, any possible extenuating circumstances for his acts? Did this medical log merely indicate to you that Captain Queeg was a highly normal and competent officer?

Keefer：  Sir, speaking from ignorance, it always seemed to me that mental disability was a...a relative thing. Captain Queeg was a very strict disciplinarian and extremely meticulous in hunting down the smallest matters. He wasn't the easiest person in the world to reason with. And there were several occasions where I thought he came down too hard and spent excessive time on small matters. They were very unpleasant. But to jump from them to the conclusion that the Captain was a maniac, no, no, I was compelled, in all honesty to against Maryk doing that.

—— Transition ——

Challee：  State your name, rank and present position.

Urban：  （Seemed nervous and cleared throat） Junius Urban, Quartermaster Third Class, US Navy of the USS Caine. (anxiously looking around)

Challee：  Do you recognize the accused?

Urban：  （Ignorant） Ma'am?

Challee：  Do you recognize the accused?

Urban：  （anxiously） M..Ma'am...?

Challee：  Do you recognize the officer at that table?

Urban：  （stutteringly） Wh...which one? There are two.

Challee：  Name the one you recognize.

Urban：  （stutteringly） Th...that's exec.

Challee：  What's his name?

Urban：  （stutteringly） Mr...Mr. Maryk.

Challee：  What is he the exec of?

Urban： （stutteringly） th...the ship.

Challee：  Name the ship?

Urban：  The Caine.

Challee：  Thank you.

Urban：  Sorry.

Challee：  Urban, on December 18th, 2022, were you serving aboard the Caine in your present capacity?

Urban：  Is that the day it happened?

Challee：  The day what happened?

Urban：  I don’t know.

Challee：  That was the day of the cyclone, yes.

Urban：  Sure, I was aboard.

Challee：  Were you in the wheelhouse when Mr. Maryk relieved Captain Queeg?

Urban：  Yes.

Challee：  Who else was in the wheelhouse at the time?

Urban：  Well, um...there was...um...there was the Captain and M...Mr. Maryk.

Challee：  Yes?

Urban：  （begin stutteringly again）Th...th...the helmsman.

Challee：  His name?

Urban：  Stilwell.

Challee：  Who else?

Urban：  The officer of the day.

Challee：  His name?

Urban：  Mr. Keith.

Challee：  What were you doing in the wheelhouse?

Urban：  I had the watch.

Challee：  Urban, describe in your own words, how Lieutenant Maryk relieved the Captain?

Urban：  He...he said...”I relieve you”...Ma...Ma'am.

Challee：  What was happening at the time?

Urban：  Well, the ship was rolling very bad, it was an ass-kicker storm.

Challee：  Urban, describe everything that happened in the ten minutes before Captain Queeg was relieved.

Urban：  Well...Li...like I say...the ship was rolling very bad.

Challee：  That’s all? Did the Captain say anything? Did the exec say anything? Did the officer of the day say anything? Or did the ship just rolling in silence for ten minutes?

Urban：  Well...Ma'am...it was a cyclone.

Judge：  Petty Officer Urban, you are under oath.

Urban：  W...Well...I...I...I think the Captain wanted to come north, and the exec wanted to come s...south, Or...or the other way round, or something like that.

Challee：  Why did the captain want to come south?

Urban：  I don't know.

Challee：  Why did the exec want to come north?

Urban：  Ma'am I'm just a third-class petty officer.

Challee：  Did the Captain act crazy?

Urban：  No

Challee：  Did the exec seem scared?

Urban：  N...no

Challee：  Did the Captain?

Urban：  No

Challee：  Did anyone?

Urban：  （chuckles）I...I was god damn scared. （Embarrassed） I...I beg you pardon, sir.

Challee：  But the Captain did not act crazy in any way that morning, correct?

Urban：  The Captain was the same as always.

Challee：  Crazy or sane, Urban?

Urban：  He...he was sane. S...s...so...so far as I knew.

Judge：  Petty Officer Urban, how old are you?

Urban：  20

Judge：  What schooling have you had?

Urban：  High...high school...high school diploma, sir.

Judge：  Have you been telling the whole truth here, or haven't you?

Urban：  Sir, a...an enlisted man on...on watch isn't supposed to listen to the arguments between the Captain and the exec.

Judge：  Did you like the Captain?

Urban：  S...Sure, I liked him, sir.

Judge：  （To Challee）Continue your examination.  

Challee：  No further questions.

Greenwald：  Petty Officer Urban, were you aboard the Caine when she cut her own tow cable?

Urban：  Y...yes...yes, sir.

Greenwald：  And what were you doing at the time?

Urban：  I was...well, that is...is, the Captain was bawling me out on the bridge, sir.

Greenwald：  What for?

Urban：  My shirt tail was out.

Greenwald：  Was the Captain very strict on the subject of shirt tails?

Urban：  Yes, sir. He was very strict on shirt tails, sir.

Greenwald：  And while he was describing your shirt tail, the ship went around in a full circle and steamed over its own tow cable. Is that what happened?

Challee：  I Object to this line of questioning. Counsel has tricked the witness with leading questions into asserting that the Cain cut its own tow line, a material point that was not touched upon in direct examination.

Greenwald：  Please the court, the witness has stated that he's never seen the Captain do anything crazy. I'm simply trying to refute that statement.