Evening star., 1898-09-16

sion was incommoded in the least on ac-
count of seasickness. but all of them took
their meals regularly and stood the voyage
Ike old salts.
1t expected that this would be the
case with Admiral Schley, but some doubts
had been expressed as to the ability of
General Gordon and the seNtet composing
the postal commission to stand the long
voyage. but all the boys responded nobly
to the demands made upon them
Among other comforts provided aboard
the Seneca was a hot and cold salt water
bath with shower attachment. There
was not a mishap of any kind from the
time the Seneca left Brooklyn until it was
anchored in the peaceful harbor of Ponce
CapituIation of Ponce.
By the way, Ponce was not surrendered
to the United States, as generally supposed.
but the capitulation of the city was brought
about through a shore frolic of a party OF
naval officers. three or four in number
These officers had obtained liberty to go
ashore from the Dixie and they had made
arrangements to celebrate their frolic in
a nttlng manner, such as sailors usually
do when on land.
To carry out their purpose of having a
good time these naval officers chartered
Eoiante, which answers the same purposes
as the top surreys so well known in Wash
ington, and proceeded to decorate their
equipage with bits of bunting American
flags and other patriotic devices which
came handy. Even the wheels of the vo-
lante We're not neglected, and the hubs
were entwined with red, white and blue
bunting with striking effect
1t was about two miles from the beach
to the city proper, and the volante and its
crew or naval officers proceeded up the
main road. amid a great deal of hilarity
ara vociferous. outbursts, such as might
ing Americans.
News of their coming had preceded
the[o, and before they had covered one-h half
the distance to the city of Ponce they were
met by a procession of citizens headed nv
the alcalde and other dignitaries who
promptly proceeded TO surrender the city
TO what they considered the advance guard
OF the American forces. This was an unex-
pecteG adventure far as the frolic-hunt-
ing naval contingent was concerned. but
they were equal to the emergency and ac-
cepted matters just as they found them If
was necessary, however, for them to re-
s 81 o. tilelr steps to the ship, where the
Iorinal ceremony of surrender was gone
through with, the commander of the Dixie
and the alcalde of Ponce being the prin-
ciPai parties to the agreement
When the military forces under ,5enaraI
Miles arrived at Ponce. several hours later
ana found the naval forces of Uncle sam
IN undisputed possession of the town. their
chagrln can readily be imagined.
Passengers on the Seneca.
There were eighty-five cabin passengers
aboard the Seneca, their names and desti-
nations being follows: Rear Admiral
Schley, San Juan, Porto Rico; Lieutenants
Sears and Wells and Ensign McCaulley
aids to the admiral; Brigadier General
Gordon and his son, Lieutenant Gordon;
Charles Russell, legal adviser to the COM
mission, and Captain Sewel assistant ad-
Jutant general to the peace commission
Lieutenant Colonel Beacome Ponce Porto
X a Co a..
Cuba; Major Robbins Cf the quartermas-
ters department, in charge of the Seneca:
Major Arthur, paymaSter, and Paymaster's
Clerk w. J. Munroe, Santiago de Cuba:
Rev. c. b. Carlisle, chaplain, United States
Volunteers; Major James L. Stuart chair
man postal commission; c. +. Trotter w
S. Larner, John NJ. Masten, William NJ
Mooney and Martin a. Macdonald of the
United States postal commission, Ponce
Porto Rico; Contract Surgeons Timothy
Leary, E H. Williams, F. j. O'Hara. H.
Wood, II. Scholl and NJ. Dolan, Ponce
Porto Rico; DR.. Munoz, Porto Rico: F. II.
Dexter, Ponce; Quartermaster' Clerk T..
Il. Trowbridge, Santiago de Cuba; General
Bennett, Red Cross agent San Juan Porto
Rico; Henry De Ford, Frank Dumaresq. j.
u. ID. Luce and w. S. Lothrop, fiscal
agents, United States treasury Ponce
Porto Rico; w. S. Goes, Ponce Porto Rico;
Post Office Clerks c. l.. Ayres San Juan
Porto Rico; ]. T. McKenna L. J. Robin
sen, w. j. Lawn, Charles Landreau and
Driggsr William H. Clifford and j. H Web
Der, Santiago de Cuba; II. Van Alstyne II
b. Lemke and w. A. Merritt San Juan
Porto Rico; w. c. Gott. clerk to Quarter
master Robbins on steamer Seneca; Male
Nurses {. 5. Saunders, j. w Young &
b. Livingston, j. Norwood. e. Blackden,
L. w. Johnston, George Halliday E. s.
DGrkee, George w. Cockrane j. E ShepeI
John Folsom, Charles F. Brown and w. W,
Wood, Porto Rico; Female Nurses Mrs q
G. Patterson, NJ. Mortimer, F. Alto. s,
payne, E. Miller, E. Dickerson, NJ Wilson,
NJ Ellis, M. Meingler, ]. Mcpherson. M.
burnett, L. Goodell, f. Elmquist. E. Suck
ley, j. Romel. F. Groves, E. Higgins. A.
McManus. L. Maynard, NJ. Gould. /. Rub
bic and Sisters Alexia and Frances. Porto
Rico and Cuba; Surgeon ]. D. Dabney, San
tiago de Cuba.
In the steerage were Admiral Schley's
colored servant, s. A. Williams; Captain
SewelPs colored servant, Charles ParneIl:
William Bohall, quartermasters packer,
Ponce. Porto Rico, and Sergeant Peter
Conway, Battery /, 7th Artillery. with
four soldiers, paymasters guard for duty
at Santiago de Cuba
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