The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
THE EVIDENCE
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 Continued from Page one.) s------------~--------- -----------------~------ objected to the introduction of the article as testimony; He said among other ticles myself for prominent gentlemen whose names were signed to them"
 He said, however, that he did not doubt that the article was Admiral Sampspn's. The question was ultimately withdrawn for the time being Captain Lemley then askeds
 Wasn't 1t your understanding thar the Adula in the communication with the Brooklyn led the officers of the Brooklyn to believe that the Spanish fleet had arrived at Santiago one day and come out of the harbor the next dayy Wasn't that the impression it left on your mind?' 'The impression made On ihy mind was no impression whatever. It is my'recol- lection that at that date l knew the fleet was in Santiago"
 Captain Lemley questioned Lieutenant Hood concerning the dispatches deliver ed by him to Admiral Schley, eliciting from him the statement that while he carried two dispatches to the Admiral from the commander in chief he knew the information contained in ,one was later than, than in the other because .S the the one was was West. The Havana dispatch had con- tained more positive instructions about proceeding to Santiago.
 Captain sMcCalla Examined.
 Lieutenant Hood then was excused and Captain Bowman H. McCalla, who com manded the Marblehead during the Span ish war, was called. Witness had first come into contact with the flying squad- ron on May l9 1893. When he was pro ceeding from the south coast of Cuba to Key West he met the squadron on it's way to Cuba. Witness said he had not been asked to come aboard the Brooklyn for the purpose Of making re- port on conditions in Cuba, but had made a full report to Captain Chadwick. Ad- miral Sampson's chief of stef, when he arrived at Key West. On this point he said
 Tn addition to written reports or dis patches which I carried, 1 explained to the chief of staff the, secret code which I had established with the Cubans near Cienfuegos. That was not until heard that Commodore Schley was proceeding to Cienfuegos."
 What was that secret code, brieAy?' "On the 18th and 16th of May, 1898, ] had been in communication with threo Cuban officers and two privates on the Marblehead and I had arranged with Lieutenant Lavarez, who spoke English very we'll a system of signals Tn case they wished to communicate with the Marblehead or my force. There were to be three horizontal lights at night and 'To whom. to the best of your knowl. edge, did you communicate that secret code of signals?
 "Only to Captain Chadwick, chief Of staff"
 Captain McCaIla told of his return to Cienfuegos on the 24th of May with dis patches for Admiral Schley.
 He said: Tt had been reported aushori- tatlvely in Key West on the 18th of May and when 1 sailed on the afternoon of the Fist of May that the Spanish squad ron was still at Santiago.
 And you communicated that informa- tion to Commodore Schley verbally"
 Commodore Schley told me he thought that he had received newspapers from the steamer iAdula. Some days previous; that one of the newspapers contained a cable dispatch from Santiago, and from that he gathered that the Spanish force under Admiral Cervera might have sailed from Santiago in time to reach Cienfue- EOS just before the arrival of the force under his command. said that l had for the Cuban camp to the westward, and that if he would let me go l would find out at once whether they were in Cien- fuegos. He immediately assented. asked him if he had seen any lights on the beach. He said he had. I ask if he saw three. He said he had. then said the lights were from Cubans trying to communicate. I may have asked him if he saw three horses in line on the beach by day"
 Captain McCalla then related how he had gone ashore near Cienfuegos and found the Cubans drawn up in line. He gave them food and ammunition.
 we found' he added A''that Cervera was not inside the harbor. and that, in fact, the situation in Cienfuegos was ex- actly as 1t was when left it on the 16th of the same mouth."
 Captain McCalla said he sent the in- formation aboard to Admiral ,Schley by the Eagle signalling that vessel to pro- ceed to full speed and report to the Brooklyn that Cervera was not in Cien- fuegos. Captain McCalIa followed with the Marblehead, reaching the Brooklyn between 8 and o'clock somewhat behind the Eagle.
 ''Did you go on board the Brooklyn?"
 Asked McCalla's Advice.
 "I steamed under the quarter of the Brooklyn and after some, conversation with Commodore Schley, I asked if he would like me to go on board. He said he would. 1 went on board and, of course, confirmed the fact that Admiral Ceryera's feet was not in Ctenfuegos. l saw then for the first time the set of instructions for Commodore Schley. Dur ing the conversation, the Commodore asked me to read the instructions. and after I had read them, he asked what 1 thought he had better do. Previous to this he had said that he could not coal off Santiago; that the English had dem