The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-29
COULD NOT OBEY.

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PACED
there of the flying squadron, and he re-
piled:
Being on the spot and knowing the con-
dltlOnS OF the cul-de-Sdc at CienfuegOS, L
considered that il might uselessly sacrifice
the Eagle, a small ship. She would have
no escape from the funnel in which she
addition. L felt that she would have been
OverpOwered by two Spanish gunboats
which l knew to be in the harbor, from
In reply TO questions by Mr.. Hanna, Cap
tain McCalla said that the memorandum
prepared by himself and quoted by Adj
as having been placed in possession of
Admiral Schley. contained all the Informal
ton, except the secret code, which he pos
sessed concerning the insurgents when he
arrived at Key West on May 10.
Mr.. Hanna stated that his purpose in
eliciting this was to develop
the fact that the memorandum was in the
hands of Commodore Schley in time for
him TO have acted upon it before leaving
Cienfuegos for Santiago. The court asked
What was the state of the sea between
May "a and May %, when the squadron
was steaming to Santiago from Cienfu-
ITO the best of my recollection. it grew
rough during the night of the 9th. We
had. so. far as L remember, rain and thick
weather. Next day we had thick and rough
weather and a moderately heavy sea. The
weather was clear on the 26th. So far as L
remember, by noon of the 18th it was fair
weather. The sea moderated from the 18th
right on, until 1t became quite calm on
the night of the 26th."
Was the Marblehead i'm condition for any
service that might be required Of her on
May 31?'
that might have been required of her be-
yond the fact that she had not been in
dock for nearly a year"
did you on any occasion see the large
naanU - ~ hUanIEnAfn~ EAwnn N -. -
daybreak between the 18th and 31st day
of May?"
81 saw them every morning. ] could see
them at night. too, because there was
some moonlight"
How far were they from the Marblehead.
and how far was she from the entrance OF
Santiago?"
II judge we were two miles inside the
large ships. We steamed up. and down.
than at others. / judge we We're certainly
two, miles and perhaps three miles inside
the large ships"
vicinity of Cape CruZ?'
II knew the whole coast pretty well. and l
had a Cuban pilot, who came from the Ar
gonauta, the first prize, who ran between
Batabano n Santiago for a number Of
years"
FOUND SCHLEY ON MAY 10.
Lieutenant Commander w. II. II. South
erland, who commanded the converted
yacht Eagle during the Spanish war, fol-
lowed Captain McCalla on the witness
stand. He said that he had first fallen
in with the flying squadron on May -,
when the squadron was steaming toward
Cienfuegos. and Captain McCalla's sub
squadron was on its way from Cienfuegos
TO Key West. He had then, under Cap
tain McCalla's orders, undertaken 10 COM
municate TO Commodore Schley his infor-
nation concerning the situation at Cienfue-
Cos, and had given this 10 the
Scorpion for the commodore, his message
being as follows:
I'VE left Cienfuegos on the night Of the
18th. at which time. as we learned from
insurgents, the only vessels inside the har-
Dor were two gunboats and several can
nOnierOs.'
Commander Switzerland also told Of his
return TO C~ienfuegOs on May "A, and OF ac-
-companying the Marblehead 10 shore for
the purpose OF communicating with the in
surgents. He also related that I'm return
ing. Captain McCalla sent him at full
speed In advance OF the MaTblehead TO no.
tifv the commander Of the squadron that
Cervera's fleet was not inside the harbor
at that point. and had not been there. He
had. he said. delivered this information
about 3 o'clock.
At this point the court took a recess for
luncheon.
When the court reconvened for the after
noon session Captain Lemly read the agree
ment between himself and counsel FOR Ad-