The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-11
PRISONERS N PORT.
ST. Louis Off Portsmouth
With TAG on Board.
CERVERA ONE OF COMPANY
The Sailors to Be Held on SeaVy'S
Island.

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the Lost ships to BE Taken to An
nnpOIis-HenIth officer Makes n
Careful Examination of the st.
Louis and Finds No Suspicion of
Yellow Fever Aboard Her-The
Captive Admiral and the Captain
of the Vizcaya on the Sick List.
Portsmouth, N. H., July l0-The auxil-
iary cruiser st. Louis with 746 Spanish pris-
oners, including "a officers, arrived In
Portsmouth harbor at $50 O'Clock this
morning and few minutes later dropped
anchor just above Fishing Island.
The big liner left Guantanamo at 6
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon July 3, and did
not make stop untn she reached Ports
mouth harbor.
Including the prisoners there were 1,O36
people on board the boat, and out of this
number 81 are sick and wounded Span
lards under the care of surgeons.
Admiral Cervera Is confined to his cabin,
having been quite i'll for the past three
days, although he was able to be dressed
this morning.
Capt Eulate, who was commander of
tllS AANOytts anu - dhAVilS tAlr ~ A9OtlSi -
is also quite i'll, having been wounded in
the head during the battle off Santiago.
At 915 this morning the tug A. w
! Chesterton went alongside the st. Louis
with Health Officer f. S. Towle, who went
on board.
! He made a thorough examination OF the
vessel, visited all Of the sick and found
that most of the sickness was due to
wounds received during the battle, or from
exposure. He says there is no evidence
of yellow fever or other contagious dis
eas ses, and the people in the vicinity Of
where the prisoners are to be confined
need feel no alarm about any pestilence
! breaking out.
All Of the Spanish commissioned officers
| have been on parole and had the freedom
of the ship, with one exception. He was
the governor of Santiago de Cuba, who
was trying to escape from the city on Ad-
miral Cervera's flagship, when she was
destroyed on that memorable morning of
July 8. He refused to sign the parole
papers, and was consequently confined in
one of the cabins under guard.
The remainder of the prisoners were con-
fined between decks and closely guarded.
A detachment of twenty-eight marines
from the United States steamer Brooklyn,
under Lieut.. Bordan, and twenty-one ma
rines from the United States steamer Mar
blehead 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 shook 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 considerate treatment from both
officers and men ever since he had been
taken prisoner. He presents the appearance
of broken hearted man and keenly feels
the loss of his fleet.
The crew of tie ST. Louis have had moth
ing whatever to do with the prisoners since
they came aboard and have been kept as
far away from them as possible There
are a number of Spanish surgeons on
board, who have taken good care of tho
sick and wounded prisoners. There are
about forty of the latter, the remainder
being Ill from the effects Of exposure No
one is allowed on board the prison ship,
and none of the officers or crew Is al
lowed on shore
Louis, Ensign Paine, arrived at the navy
yard to officially notify Admiral Carpen-
ter of the arrival of the vessel, and with
messages from Capt. Philips.
Cadet Fremont of the St. Louis landed
with a gig loaded with mail from the
fleet, and 1t was sent In bags to the post
office.
Ensign Palmer came ashore with import
ant official dispatches for Washington
on1 left at 2:21 this afternoon with
large grip, which he would allow no one
TO handle
Admiral Carpenter has perfected ar
rangements to land the prisoners at their
quarters on Seavys Island tomorrow aft
ernoon, and at 2 O'Clock the tug Piscata-
qua will take three barges loaded with
prisoners to the island.
On the way up from Santiago a num-
bcr of The Spanish seamen said that they
had had enough OF fighting, at least with
the Yankees
II is said that Admiral SIMPSONS report
10 the navy department Of the destruc-
ton of Admiral Cervera's fleet makes
about 1900 words. Ensign Palmer car
red the document, which was in book
form.
IL is understood that Admiral Cervera
has accepted an invitation to stay at
hotel at Newcastle, about four miles from
the navy yard.
Admiral Cerveras stay at the hotel will
however. be short. as the ST. Louis viii
coal as soon as the Spanish sailors are
landed, and viii then leave for Annapolis
with the Spanish officers. The st. Louis
came up from Santiago with less than 800
tons OF coal and the economy In the coal
consumption was the cause Of her slow
trip.
1t is understood that the steamer. after
she discharges her prisoners, will coal at
Newport News and then take a large
number OF troops to Cuba.
Admiral Cervera came on deck late this