Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-17
AT OLD ANNAPOLIS
CERvERA AND = HIS OFFICERS
REACH PRISON QUARTERS.
RECEIVED WITH ALL HoNoRs
CERvERA MAKES A FORMAL CALL
on, ADMIRAL M'NAIR.
Cruiser Harvard Arrives at P0rts-
mouth With a Cargo of Prison-
=,e erx-Much sickness Among ,,-
Them-HOspitnl Full
to Overlooking.


to OverflOwinE.
ANNAPOLIS, MD, July 16-Admiral
Cervera, the recent commander of the
Spanish squadron which was destroyed off
Santiago, and about forty Spanish officers
Were brought to this city to-day and are
now prisoners of war within the historic
precincts of the United States Naval acad-
emy. The auxiliary cruiser st. Louis
brought the foreign visitors up Chesapeake
bay this afternoon. Her black hulk was
sighted by the tugs off Annapolis at
o'clock this afternoon. and Immediately
fleet of small craft that had been waiting
far outside the city since early morning put
on all steam, and half an hour later were
surrounding the great cruiser in the hope
Of seeing the Spaniards.
Soon after she came to anchor. the st.
Louis few signals for the government tug
Standish. which had been tied to the wharf
at. Annapolis with her fires up since 3
o'clock this morning: The tug at once put
to sea. About O'Clock She tied up TO the
starboard side of the ST. Louis and for
nearly an hour there was a transfer of
baggage and bundles between the two ves-
sells. Then three wounded Spanish officers
were swung down to the Standish in litters.
Admiral Cervera took courteous leave of
: the officers of the st. Louis and marched
down the gangway of the ship. He wore
a black derby hat and the dark clothes of
civilian. On his left arm he carried a
brown overcoat. Immediately following
him were the recent governor of Santiago,
also an old man, in civilian clothing; Cap
tain Eulate, late of the Vizcaya. and the
rest of the Spanish officers. A few of them
in he Uniform
most of them were rigged out wholly or in
part in duck uniforms that had been fur
nished them by the American officers.
Chairs had been provided in the rear of
the tug for the accommodation of the pris
oners, and here they sat while the tug
steamed up to the old city of Annapolis.
At the wharf, Commander Edwin White,
with detachment of United States ma
rines. was awaiting their coming. He re-
ceived the admiral in person and escorted
him Immediately to the superintendent
carriage. Commando White. Admiral Ger
vera and his son then drove to the resi-
dence of Admiral McNair. the superin-
tendent of the naval academy. brief
formal call was made there. at which
courtesies were exchanged, and Admiral
McNair explained to the visitors the ar
rangement that had been made for their
comfort. Admiral Cervera was then es-
corted to his quarters. plain brick struc-
ture of three stories in what is known as
Buchanan row. The house has been well
furnished and is in all particulars the
same as the houses occupied by naval Of
ficers on duty at the academy.
Soon after their arrival which was at
$50. dinner was served for the admiral and
his staff in their own quarters. The other
officers signed the parole and were con-
Quoted to quarters in Stribling row, which
is used by the cadets in term time for
dormitories. They spent the evening after
dinned in strolling about the grounds. All
will attend ST. Mary's Catholic church
tomorrow noon. The naval academy yard
where the officers are Quartered, is careful
ly guarded, and no civilians are allowed to
enter.
PORTSMOUTH, n. H.. July 1s.-Ports-
mouth has presented a busy scene to-day,
thousands of citizens, many from out of
town, assembled along the water to get
view of the captive Spaniards who are be-
ing transported from the cruiser Harvard
to Camp Long on 7Seaveys island. The
work of unloading the prisoners was begun
at o'clock this forenoon, but the opera
ton was a slow one on account of the
determination of the officers in charge to
have the men mustered by crews and to
have them leave the Harvard in that or
der.
The first barge carried AS half naked
seamen who belonged to the Almirante
Oquendo. They reached the island at noon.
The work continued until nearly O'Clock,
when the last bargeIoad was put ashore.
Forty-six men in the sick bay were left on
the ship.
Four deaths have occurred during the
trip north among the prisoners, two Of
whom have died on the island and two on
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sci was due to malarial fever and the other
to heart disease. One man who died on
the island was apothecary on one of
Ceryera's s ships. He was a. victim of paraly-
sis. The other died from wounds. The
condition of those who are under the care
of medical officers, with the exception OF
two, is improving.
The large number of sick men more than
filled the hospitals, and one of the new
buildings at the camp had to be turned
into a temporary hospital.
1t was late tonight when all the pris-
oners had been assigned to quarters. 1t is
thought the men will be kept on the island
all summer, the length of captivity. of
course, depending upon the duration of the
war. Orders have been already given for
the erection of a mammoth mess hall, with
a capacity of feeding 1,ooO men at one time,
and this building is expected to relieve
greatly the crowded conditions now exper-
fenced. Since the removal of the prisoners
from the Harvard the ship has been thor
oughly disinfected.
Early Monday fourteen coal barges will
be moored alongside the ship. and the work
of partially filing her coal bunkers will he
gin. Her stores are to be renewed and her
water tanks filled. 1t is the intention of
Captain Cotton to leave for New York not
later than Wednesday.
The forty-six Spanards now in the sick
bay of the Harvard will be removed to-
morrow and placed in the new hospital
building.
All the examining physicians. local. naval
and militia, report officially that the dis
ease with which half of the Harvards s
I,0eo prisoners have been afflicted is nothing
more serious than malarial fever.
Everything is being done to aid the suf-
ferers. and the medical men expect the
disease to disappear rapidly in this climate.
John Worth, an alleged German news
paper correspondent, arrested near Santi-
ago by order of General Shafter, who sus-
pected him Of being Spanish spy, and
who sent him aboard the Harvard. was
put ashore by Captain Cotton and given his
liberty. He was confined in the brig of the
Harvard. He claims to be a correspondent
of the Frankfuerter AnZeiger.