The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-11
GOVERNOR OF SANTIAGO DE
CUBA AN EXCEPTION.
THE URBANE ADMIRAL SHAKING HANDS
Saws he has Received Nothing but the Kindest
and Most Consderate Treatment From his
Captors- Yet hes Looks Heart broken.

later dropped anchor just above Fishing
Island. The big liner left Guantanamo
at & o'clock Tuesday afternoon, July
9TH, and did not make q stop until she
reached Portsmouth harbor. Including
the prisoners there were 1,036 people on
board the boat, and out OF this number
81 are sick and wounded Spaniards I'M
der the care Of surgeons. Admiral Ger
vera is confined to his cabin, having
been quite i'll for the past three days, al
though he was able to be dressed this
morning. Captain Eulate, who was com
mander of the Nizcaya, and is among the
prisoners, is also quite i'll, having been
wounded in the head during the battle
off Santiago.
At 9:13 this morning the tug \. W.
Chesterton went alongside the st. Louis
with Health Officer L. 5. TOwle, who
went on board.
He made thorough examination of
the vessel, visited all of the sick anu
found that most of the sickness was due
to wounds received during the battle, or
from exposure. He says there is no evi-
dence of yellow fever or other contagious
diseases and the people i'll the vicinity
of where the prisoners are to be confined
need feel no alarm about any pestilence
breaking out.
All of the Spanish commissioned Off
GERS have been on parole ana had the
freedom of the ship with one exception
lie was the Governor of Santiago de
Cuba. who was trying to escape from
the city on Admiral Cervera's flagship
when she was destroyed on that memoir
able morning of July 3rd. He refused
to sign the parole papers and was conse-
ouentIy confined in one of the cabins I'M
der guard. The remainder of the pris-
oners were confined between decks and
closely guarded. A detachment of TWEEN
weight marines from the United States
steamship Brooklyn, under Lieut.. BOr-
dan. and twenty-one marines from the
United States steamship Marblehead
were put aboard the st. Louis when she
left Guantanamo for the north, to guard
the prisoners, but they had little or no
trouble with them. Admiral Cervera
shok hands with the health officer and
in good English said he was situated very
pleasantly on the boat and had received
nothing but the kindest and most con-
siderate treatment from both officers and
men ever since he had been taken pris-
oner He presents the appearance OF
broken-hearted man and keenly feels
the loss of his fleet.
The crew of the st. Louis have had
nothing whatever to do with the prison
ers since they came aboard, and have
been kept as far away from them ds pos
sihle There are number of Spanish
surgeons on board who have taken good
care of the sick and wounded prisoners.
There are about forty of the latter, the
remainder being i'll from the effects of
exposure No one is allowed on board
the prison ship, and none of the officers
or crew is allowed on shore.
At II 80 the first officer from the
St. Louis. Ensign Paine, arrived at the
Navy Yard to officially notify Admiral
CARPENTER of the arrival of the vessel
and with messages for Captain Phillips
Cadet Fremont of the st. Louis
landed with gig loaded with mail from
the fleet, and it was sent in bags to
the post office.
Ensign Palmer came ashore with inn
portant official dispatches for Washing
ton and left at 2:21 this afternoon with
Il large grip. which he would allow no
one 10 handle.
Admiral Carpenter has perfected ar
rangements to land the prisoners ut their
quarters on Seavoy's Island tomorrow
evening. and at o'clock the tug Pisca-
taQua will take three harges loaded with
prisoners to the island
On the way up from Santiago. a num-
Der of the Spanish seamen said that they
had had enough of fighting, at least
with the Yankees.
1t is said that Admiral SIMPSONS re-
port to the Navy Department of the
destruction of Cervera's fleet is about
twelve thousand words Ensign Palmer
carried the document, which was i'll
book form.
1t is understood that Admiral Cervera
has accepted an invitation to stay at q
hotel Mt New Castle. about four miles
from the Navy Yard.
Admiral Cervcras stay at the hotel
will. however. be short, as the st.
Louis will coal as soon rs the Spanish
sailors are landed and will leave then
for Annapolis with the Spanish officers.
The st. Louis came up from Santiago
with less than 500 tons of coal. and
the economy in the coal consumption
was the cause of her slow trip.
1t is understood that the steamer. af-
ter she discharges her prisoners will
coal ut Newport News and then take
large number of troops to Cuba.
Admiral Cervera came on deck late
this afternoon and consented to talk
with representatives of the press who
wentout To the ST. Louis on Il tug.
''You ask me-" he said. 'how | like
America. and / answer You that | have
always liked. and | may say, loved your
people. but this war has been II duty
with me and the men under me. l knew
that the American fleet clearly outclass-
ed us. but it was Il question of fighting
either inside or outside the harbor. |
have many friends in america, and have
only the kindest feelings for them. but
every man has Il duty to perform TO his
country and all Spaniards tried to per-
form that duty. There has been much
feeling in Spain and I want all Spain
to know the truth, that every ship of
my squadron fought until the last and
when we could do no more, we surren-
dered.
81 have much interest to know the ex-