Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-07-14
cERVERA AND HIS SAILORS.
~. H.-The Admiral On the Sick List
Have Had Enough Fighting.

auxiliary cruiser ST. Louis, with TAG
Spanish prisoners on board, including
81 officers, arrived in Portsmouth har-
Dor yesterday morning. and a few min
utes later dropped anchor just above
Fishing island. The big cruiser left
Guantanam1 at six o'clock Tuesday af-
ternoon. j uly 5, and did not make a
stop until she dropped anchor in Ports
mouth harbor.
Including the prisoners, there were
1,O36 people on board the boat, and out
of this number there are 81 sick and
wounded Spaniards under the care %
surgeons.
Admiral Cervera La Confined to His Cabin
Having been quite ill for the past
three d Iys, although he was able to be
dressed yesterday morning.
Capt EuIate, who was commander of
the VIzcaya, and is among the prison.
ers, is also quite i'll, having been
wounded in the head during the battle
off Santiago.
At OILS yesterday morning the tug A.
W. Chesterton went alongside the st.
Louis with
Health Of1cer +. :. Toule, 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 bat
tie, or from exposure. He says there is
no evidence of yellow fever or other
contagious diseases, and the people in
the vicinity of where the prisoners are
to be confined need feel no alarm about
pestilence breaking out.
All of the Spanish commissioned Off
GERS have been on parole, and had the
freedom of the ship with one excep-
ton, and he 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 mem
orable morning of July 3. He refused
to sign the parole papers and was con-
sequently confined in one of the cabins
under guard The remainder of the
prisoners were confined between decks
and closely guarded.
A detachment of % marines from the
United States steamer Brooklyn. under
Lieut.. BOrdan, and II marines from
the United states steamer Marblehead
were aboard the st. Louis when she
left Guantanamo for the north to guard
the prisoners, but they had little or NO
trouble with the men.
The prisoners, as well as nearly all
the Spanish officers, are
Dressed In Clothes of Every Description.
as most of them had come aboard wi tn
very little clothing, and what they are
wearing was given them by the OIL
GERS and men of the American fleet af-
ter capture.
Admiral Cervera remained in his
cabin during the trip. Health Officer
Towle visited him and was warmly
greeted. He shook hands with the
health officer and in good English said
He WAS situated Very PIeasantIy
on the boat and had received nothing but
the kindest and most considerable treat
ment from officers and men ever since
he had been taken prisoner. He had
not been feeling well for the past three
Or four days, but expected to be all
right in a short time. He presents the
appearance of a broken-hearted man
and keenly feels the loss of his fleet,
containing the pick of the Spanish
navy.
The crew of the St. Louis have had
nothing whatever to do with the pris-
oners since they came aboard and have
been kept as far away from them as
possible.
There are a number of Spanish sur
geons on board, who have
Taken Good Care OF the lick and Wounded
Prisoners
There are about 40 of the latter, the
remainder being ill from the effects OF
exposure and the rain during the bat
tie. No one is allowed on board the
prison ship, and none of the officers or
crew are allowed on shore.
Notified the Admiral
At 11:5O the first officer fro N the st.
Louis, Ensign Payne, arrived at the
navy yard to officially notify Admiral
Carpenter of the arrival of the vessel,
and was the bearer of messages for
Capt. Philips.
Cadet Fremont. of the st. Louis,
landed with a gig loaded with mail
from the feet, and it was sent in bags
to the post office.
OmcIal Dispatches for Washington.
Ensign Palmer came ashore with i'm
pOrIanC On1clal ulSpaIcneS LOT w aSnlnS-
ton, and left at 2:21 yesterday after
noon with large grip which he would
allow no one to handle.
Admiral Carpenter has perfected the
arrangements to land the prisoners at
their quarters on Seavy's island this
afternoon.
Had Enough of Fighting.
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 de-
struction of Cervera's fleet is about
Il, 900 words Ensign Palmer carried
the document, which was prepared in
book form.
1t is understood that Admiral Ger
vera has accepted an invitation to stay
at hotel at Newcastle, about four
miles from the navy yard.