The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-08-18


Dor and advanced toward us. All The mel
on board we're looking eurionsly iu our d
rec,ion. They did not see ua kuosini
that some one OF rank mus, be on beard,
waited until the launch vas quite clos,
aud hailed bsr.
My voice produced the utmost constel
nsiion on board, Every Que sprsns up
the marines crowded 10 the bow and ID,
ianuchs engines we're reversed. She MOI
only stopped but che backed oil uLu
nearly quarter OF mile away, where sn,
stayed. The marines stood ready to Ore
sl the word OF command when We climber
ed ont from under the float. There were
ton Of the marines, and they would have
lred in = minute had they no, been II
strained.
Iswsm toward the launch. and then she
started toward me. ] called out in Span
isb. is there IN oilcer on bosfd2 An
officer answered IN the Affirmative. aud
then shouted 10 Spanish again. 4 have
seven men to surrender. continued
swimming, and when reached toe side
OF the launch Was seized and pulled out
| OF the water.
As looked up when they were dragging
me into the launch, saw that it was Al
mirsl Cervers himself who had hold oi
me- He looked ut me rather obviously
at first, because ! had been down in the
engine room OF the M,rrimsc. where got
covered with oil, and that with the SCOT
sud coal dust made my appearance most
disreputAble. had put on my officers
belt before sinking the Merrimsc, as =
means OF identification no mstter what
happened to me. and ,hen ! pointed to it
10 the lsuuch the admiral understood
snd seemed satisfied. The first words be
said 10 me when be learned who ] wac,
were. Bienuenido sea u,,ed. which
means, You are welcome. My treatment
by the naval officers and that OF my men
also was courteous oil the time that was
9 prisoner. They heard my story, as
much OF it as / could tell. but sought to
learn nothing more,
My men we're rescued from the float
and we were taken to the shore and were
oil placed 10 cell IN Moro Castle. ask
cd permission to send . note to Admiral
Samp and wrote it, but when Admiral
Ceryera learned OF it he came to me and
said thst General Linsres would not per
nit me to send II. The Admiral seem cd
greatly worried about something, but il
was not until the next dsy that ! learned
what was on his mind. That same day
he said he would send . boat TO the feet
10 get clothes for rs and that the men
who went 10 the boat could tell Admiral
Sampson that We were safe. ] learned
later that General Linsres WAS inclined to
be ugly. and that General Cervera wished
TO get word to our feet as soon as possible
that We were safe. knowing that then
General Linares would learn that the
feet knew ii, and be would not dare to
harm us.
When We we're first placed 10 Moro the
solid doors TO our cells were kept closed
Tor On hour or two. bnt when We objected
to that the Admiral ordered them to be
thrown open. Then We had view OF
Hsrbor. the city and the Span
ish fleet. All OF the officers OF the army
and fleet ciled on us that day, and their
OF us was most oonsiderate and
courteous. General Linsres did not call,
but sent word that IS ell the others bad
called be thought that q visit from him
was not included in his duties. l do not
know what be meant by that, bnt am sure
that We do not owe our safety to him,
We were still In Moro Castle when Ad
miral Simpsons fleet bombsrded Ssnti
ago. The windows 10 the side OF our cell
opened west across the harbor entrance
snd We could bear and see the shell rs
they struck. We knew that we would |
not be fred upon. rs word had gone ont
as to where we we're, 80 we sat ut the win
iows spd watched the shells. Each one
.ung . different time as 1t vent by. The
.msll,r shells mosned and screecbed ~
hey passed, but the I8.inch shells left =
,ould behind them like that OF the sudden
md continued smashing OF glass. The
,rackling was sharp and metallic. some
hing like sharp thunder without the roar,
md the sound continued, but decreased
Ifter the shell had gone. In many cases
he SHELLS struck projecting points Of rock,
md ricocbeting spun end over end across
he bills. The sound they made rs they
truck again and again was like the sharp
hort ppffs OF Q locomotive starting with q
,esvy trsin.
We we're IN Moro Castle four days.
md only onoe did ! feel alarmed. The
lay before we we're taken into the city OF
,sptisgo / saw . email bost start from the
lsrbor with . flag Of truce up. When ]
sked one Of the sentries what II meant
vas told ihst the boat had gone out TO tell
,ur q ,et that my men snd ! had oil ready
,een taken to the city. Then ] feared
hat MORO Castle would be bonn bsrded
L once, snd believed il 10 be scheme got
ID by General L'nsres to end us. We
we're taken 10 the city the next day. sod
rere ss { sny way then.
10 the city We we're uealed With the
sne confederation by the naval oiiicers,
With the ,Ic ption OF General Liasrer,
ghich We got on the day Of oar capture.
believe that ve owe TO Admiral Cer,ers
ar ercbspse, and . great deal more IN
be way OF good treatment that We would