The age-herald., 1899-03-19
WAS SERVING ON THE WANDA At the Time the Historic Bat
 tIe Occurred.
 WICKER ARM CHAP /sGNT ASHORE
In Which to Convey Wounded Sailor to Vessel, and This Chair Became the Admiral's Dying Dying Couch
 and Afterwards Sepulchre.

New York, March B-The sensational finding of the body of Admiral Villamil, of the Spanish navy, sitting in an arm chair on the Cuban cost about four miles west of the entrance to Santiago harbor calls forth a statement from the correspondent who witnessed the destruction of Cervera's $ fleet on July 8 last from the yacht Wanda, a dispatch boat in the service of the Asso- ciated Press. Admiral Villamil was an of ficer of considerable renown in the Spanish service and he was in command of the tor pedo fotilla which accompanied the larger vessels of Admiral Cervera's fleet from the Cape Verde islands to Martinique, and thence to Curacoa and Santiago last spring. He was badly wounded aboard the destroy CT Fulton in the engagement between the American and Spanish fleets near Santiago on July 8 last, but managed to reach the shore and the American sailors did not find him. As he never appeared in Santiago, and as his brother officers on the Fulton knew that he had been desperately wound ed, having lost an arm and a leg, his death was never doubted. But the finding of his body in chair and it's positive identifica- tion by means of his uniform and papers found in his pockets is the first absolute proof of his death. The mere finding of the body Is not such a remarkable fact, but that it should be found seated in an arm chair on that rocky coast several miles away from any habitation calls forth the statement from the correspondent referred to who accounts for the presence of the chair which for more than eight months past has been the strange tomb of the Spanish commander.
 Could Not Be Correct
 The first report from Santiago about the finding of the body, which was received here on Friday, March 10 stated that 1t was believed to be that of the captain of the Fulton. The statement of the corre- spondent shows that this could not be cor rect, for by a peculiar chain of circum- stances, connected very closely with the presence of the chair on the Cuban shore, he was obliged to have an interview with the captain of the Fulton, aboard the aux Hilary g-unboat (conyerted yacht Gloucester an hour or more after the Fulton had been sent to her destruction.
 Tho correspondent says:
 During the sea fight off the cost of Cuba on July last l was on the yacht Wanda, the commander of which was Captain F. c. Miller. We came upon the Spanish tor pedo boat destroyer Furor, just as she was sinking, and the destroyer Fulton, which had been cut in two by shells from the Gloucester, and was pounding to pieces on the rocks along the shore. This was at a point about three or four miles west of Moro, at the entrance to Santiago harbor, and about one mile east of the point where the Marie Teresa and the Almirante Oquen- do were driven ashore. The Wanda ran in shore half mile from the Fulton.
 The Gloucester "Standing By''
 The Gloucester was standing by," half mile or more to the westward. From the deck of the Wanda we could easily see a score of men on shore near the wreck of the Fulton. but we could not tell whether they were Americans, Spaniards or Cubans. took one of the Wandas small boats with a quartermaster and one or two sailors with me and went ashore to the place where the men were for the purpose of get ting their "story" of the destruction of the Furor and the Fulton.
 I found that most of the men were Span- ish sailors, belonging to the Fulton. They were being guarded by small squad of sailors from the Gloucester who were wait ing to take them abroad the Gloucester as prisoners of war. One of the American sailors told me that an officer of the Gloucester was up on the bluff of rocks overlooking the Wreck OI the flutcil, leW hundred yards away and he also told me that there was a wounded sailor from the Fulton there with him. He asked me if could not get litter or something from the Wanda so that they could get this wound ed man off to the Gloucester. l sent my boats crew back to the Wanda with in- structions to report the circumstances to Captain Miller and see If he could do any thing to help the wounded man. l then climbed over the rocks in search of the Gloucester officer and after great deal of difficulty found him near the wreck of the Fulton with a navy rifle in his hand standing guard over an officer of the Plu- ton. who was almost naked and had his feet tied up in burlap to protect them from the sharp rocks. I have forgotten the name of the American, but he was young ensign or naval cadet.
 A Pitiable Specimen
 The spanish officer was a very pleasant fellow, but he was most .pitiabie speci- men. had evidently concluded that he had been up against it" sufficiently and he could pot surrender quickly enough. All that he wanted then was boat to get him out tofthe Gloucester as prisoner. He could slpeak a little English, and with my mongpn Spanish we could understand each other kery well. In the next few minutes did sEme very rapid fire'' interviewing with both the American and Spanish off, cer Then asked the Gloucester officer about the wounded man, but he had lost him for the time being, and the three of us commenced search for him.
 There was no shade nor vegetation of any kind where we were. It was bluff cover