St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-28
MARTINEZ M'CALLA.
The Commander Of the Enter
prise Is a Disgrace to
the Navy.
Inhuman Treatment of a Sea-
man Who Got Drunk and
Talked Back.
Brought to the Mast and
Wantonly Cut Down With
a Sword.
Every One Of the War Ship'a
Company Degraded by
the Tyrant.

New YORK, Feb. 27.-TEe Tribune
tomorrow will say: Not since the DAYS
when the brig Sommers came into tho
port of New York, after Capt. McKen-
zie had hanged Spencer, the son of tho
secretary of the navy, has a ship of wax
in time of peace arrived here that has
been the object Of so much general inter-
est as the Enterprise, which came In yes
terday after cruise of two years and
seven months on the European station.
Commander Bowman FL. McCaDla ia her
commanding officer, and this is his first
command atloat. 1t will be memorable
one in naval history. The vessel left
the navy yard, Brooklyn, with we'll
selected crew and officers picked out by
Capt. McCalla himself. She returned
yesterday the most unhappy ship prob
ably that ever came into port. In the
course of the cruise, desertionS had
been frequent, and nearly every officer
in the ward room had been under sus.
pension one or many times. The life
aboard the Enterprise, for officers and
men, was described by one of her ships
company, yesterday. as having been one
continual round Of ''frOm HI to break.
fast, and back again." Among the
INCIDENTS OF THE CRUISE
which will illustrate the state of affairs
on board is the following: When the
ship was at Christiana, fireman named
and was put in irons. Capt. McCalla
had him brought to the mast. When
the officer OF the deck questioned the
man, Walker replied that he was
drunk and glad of it," ThereupOn
Capt. McCalla ordered the officer of the
deck to cut the man down with his
sword. The officer of the deck refused.
Capt. McCalla, going into the cabin.
buckled OIL his sword, and had the man
brought on deck again. The man was
brought up i'll irons. and the captain,
deluging the deck with blood and so So.
verelv injuring the man that the sur
geon had to be Immediately summoned
to attend to his wounds. A hasty bed or
tarpaulins was rugged up on deck, and
there the man1ay fer some time. The
members of the crew declare that he
was there for day or two, but it is
hardly probable, unless there was
some good reason for it, which has not
yet been made public. When Capt.
McCalla makes his report to the authors
ties at Washington this will doubtless
all be explained. AT the same port Capt.
McCalIa piled his ship upon defense
jetty, but proved that he was not to
blame, because he did not know of the
existence OF the jetty. In various ports
Capt. McCalla seems to have been un.
fortunate, among them in Dartmouth.
Eng. where he had a
SQUABBLE WITH THE AUTHORITIES
in regard to small bill for harbor priv
ilegeS. The little incident of Thanks
giving day, 1889, has received consider
able attention. The facts are theses
The Enterprise was lying at Gibraltar,
holiday. Instead the ship went
over to the African coast, and
landed the marine guard on the
beach for drill, while the blue jackets
OH board amused themselves with target
practice. A storm came up and boat
was sent ashore to take off the men.
The boat was capsiZed in the surf and
washed ashore with its crew. At z
o'clock that night some food having
been fOated ashore on cantamaran to
the men on the beach, the cap
march to Ceuta, the nearest town, some
fifteen miles distant. The Enterprise
then set sail for Gibraltar. Lieut..
Whi't was in charge of the marines.
Lie. !. Kline had been in charge Of the
boa.S crew that had been washed
ashore, and, being line officer,
he took command. The way to
Ceuta lay through an unknown
country, inhabited only by rowing
banditti. There was no guide to be
procured, and the Americans had not a
round of ammunition. There were
thirty-fOur men in the party, and about
had been Signaled to take with them.
Added to this was the danger of ap-
preaching settlement such as Ceuta in
the night, for there is large
PENAL COLONY OF SPANIARDS
at the place. The two Iieutenants de-
clded to erect what shelter they could
for the men, and stay where they were
for the night. The next morning the
Enterprise proceeded to Ceuta, and not
finding the men there, went back to the
beach, where she found them. Capt.
McCalla took the men on boar |, and i'm
mediately placed White and Kline under
suspension. As from first to last every
officer on the ship has been under sus-
pension this was not considered re-
markable. Another adventure of Capt.
McCalla's was at picnic given in the
neighborhood of Algiers. At this
offered to mount the box of the
carriage of Lady Playfair and drive her
down to the city. her coachman inter-
fered and Capt. McCalla. seizing the
whip from the box, struck the coachman
repeatedly over the face. He did mount
the box of another carriage. and
-tiiling it with four of his own officers,
drove at a tearing pace down to the
city, the officers holding themselves
ready to jump at any minute. The
English coachmen of Algiers formed a
league then, and when next the COM
mander and party OF his officers went
ashore
THEY WE'RE SET UPON
by the combination. Several of the
officers were roughly used, but the cap
tain escaped without injury. The whole
history of the complaints of officers and
men on board the Enterprise. and the
various unusual incidents of the cruise.
would fill volume. Many may be
without foundation, and Others rest
deep in truth. When an Investigation
takes place the whole truth will prob
ably come out.
Killed by a Falling Tree.