The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-11
With the Spanish Admiral and
745 Others.
CAPTAIN EUL&TE ONE
Second Visit to the United
States in a Short Time.
Officers Will Be Confined at An
napOlis.

land. The big liner left Guantanamo
at o'clock Tuesday afternoon, July 5,
and did not make a stop until she drop
ped anchor in Portsmouth harbOr. In
Guiding the prisoners, there were 1O36
people on board the boat, and out of
this number there are 81 sick and
wounded Spaniards 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. Captain Eulate,
who was commander of the Vizcaya,
and is among the prisoners, is also
quite ill, having been wounded in the
head during the battle off Santiago.
The tug A. W. Chesterton went
alongside the St Louis with Health Of
ficer 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 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 exception,
and he was the governor of Santiago
de Cuba, who was trying to escape from
-
when she was destroyed on that me
morable 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
q marines from the Z. S. S. Brooklyn,
under Lieut.. BOrdan, and q marines
from the L. S. S. Marblehead were put
aboard the St. Louis when she left
Guantanamo for the north, to guard
he Ho11+ how had 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 with very little
clothing and what they are wearing
was given them by the officers and men
from the American fleet.
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 pleasantly on the
boat, and had received nothing but the
kindest and most cOnsiderate treat
ment from both officers and men ever
since he had been taken prisoner. He
had not been feeling we'll for the past
three or four days, but expected to be
all right in short time. He presents
the appearance of a broken hearted
man, and keenIy 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 Is far away from them as
possible. There are a number of Span
ish surgeons on board who have taken
good care of the sick and wounded pris-
OnerS. There are about 40 of the lat
ter, the remainder being i'll from the eff
fects of exposure and the rain during
the battle. No one is allowed on board
the prison ship, and none of the officers
or crew is allowed on shore.
At 11:5O the first officer from the st.
Louis Ensign Paine, arrived at the ma
w yard to notify Admiral Carpenter of
the arrival of the vessel and with mes
sages for Captain Phillips.
Cadet Fremont, of the st. Louis, land
ed with gig loaded with mail from
the feet, and it was sent in bags to
the pOStOffice-
Ensign Palmer came ashore with i'm
portant official dispatches for Washing
ton, and left at 2:21 in the afternoon
with a large grip which he would allow
no one to handle.
Admiral Carpenter has perfected the
arrangements to land the prisoners at
their quarters on Seavey's island this aft
qua viii take three oarges loaded with
prisoners to the island
On the way up from Santiago a num-
Der of the Spanish seamen said that they
had had enough Of lighting at least with
1t is said that Admiral SIMPSONS re
port to the navy department of the de-
words. Ensign Palmer carried the doc
ument. which was in book form.
has accepted an invitation to stay at a
hotel at Newcastle, about four miles from
the navy yard.
Washington, July 1.-THE St. Louis ar
rived yesterday at Portsmouth. N. H. with
1Ot spanish enlisted sailors and forty Of
hcers aboard captured from Cervera's
squadron Her coming was heTalded by
the United States coast signal service
The fidelity with which the course of the
big ship was traced and reported to the
navy department at short intervals from
the moment that she was first sighted off
the coast affords striking illustration of
the perfection with which this branch of
the naval service has attained under the
energetic direction of Captain Bartlett.
Every life saving station and every light
mashed 1tS-repOrt by telephone and tele-
graph straight into the Headquarters of
the service in the navy department. where
SHlued operators are on duty every min-
ute Of the day and night. The incident
IS gratifying as showing the remote dan
ger OF any hostile ship apprOa ching the
edge of the navy department
Admiral Cervera himself was among the
unwilling passengers on the St. Louis. He
will not remain in Portsmouth. however
but soon the enlisted men are land
ed on Seaveys island. in the quarters pre-
pared Tor them at short notice by Captain
CroWninshield, he, with the officers of
his squadron, save the surgeons. who will
be left with the men. will be sent to An
of the naval academy reserva ton Captain
Cooper, the superintendent, has prepared
ers in the cadet buildings, and will come
TO Washington to consult Secretary Long
as to the exact measure of Indulgence to
be SHOWN his charges. The bringing of
Admiral Cervera to the United States does
not signify that the proposition to parole
him has been finally dismissed. 1t has
been simply postponed for time though
it may be surmised that the admiral viii
be much more comfortable here until the
against him i'll Spain has subsidized.
Admiral Cervera' $ stay at the hotel will,