The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-15

lout from Cienfuegos a suspicious ves-
Isel which had enormously been sup
lposed to belong to the enemy had been
lsighted. The Brooklyn, which had
been steaming just in front of the
Massachusetts, changed its course and
turned to port.
The witness said that as o az he
Iobserved this maneuveI, he turned the
Massachusetts SO as to protect the ship
following. Then he aid. las I knew
1 was going to clear the Brooklyn 1
went ahead with port engine full speed
land shifted the helm and gave the
whistle signal"
Were the ships in formation Of COL
umn?" Captain Lemly asked
The witness replied: They were not.
There was a mix up"
THE SQUADRON OFF SANTIAGO.
Commander Grant placed the dis
ltance of the blockading fleet from the
mouth of Santiago harbor at from six
to nine miles and said it was about the
same day and night.
Describing the bombardment OF the
colon on May 31st, the witness said:
Shots from the enemy's batteries or
ships fell at least three miles inside
Iof US"
What did Commodore Schley say
within your hearing in relation to this
battle on that day?"
II was only in Commodore Schley's
presence nee and hat was When he
iwent over the side after the firing was
lover. / heard these words: Thai the
Reconnaissance had developed the bat
I~teries and he was satisfied. "or words
to that effect"
10 you know of any further effort
on that or a subsequent date by the
lying squadron to capture o. destroy
the Colon?"
NO. sir"
Commander Grant said that the fight
ing ships of the flying squadron had
not steamed away. for any distance
from the mouth of the harbor at night.
lat that time, he said. the Massachu-
Isetts was always cleared for action.
Mr.. Rayner questioned the witness
concerning the signals Of May 2Sth with
the end in view of showing that Com
ImOdore Schley's signal saying that "the
general meeting place will be twenty
five miles south of Santiago" was mod
lified by a preceding signal.
The witness declined to admit that
this was true.
You say there a 4 meIee or mix
Iup or the night of the 18th. That was
the time you were on your way from
lCienfuegos to Santiago. Is there any
thing in your log book about that?'
Il do not think so, but next morning
l. AA-otAS " ~ ONPN0A
lHfgginson. 1 have not a copy Of the
l%letter [ wrote at that time"
QUESTIONED BY THE COURT.
The court asked the following ques-
ltions:
Were any efforts made by the fly
ling squadron to discover whether or not
ICervera's squadron was in the harbor
lof C~ienfuegos?"
None to my Knowledge"
sJVpro anu orders piyon from thc
flagship by signal or otherwise for the
guidance of the ships composing the
flying squadron in the event Of meet
ling Cervera's squadron in the passage
from Cienfuegos to Santiago?"
None, to my knowledge"
LEMLY ADMITS FAILURE OF
SUPPOSED IMPORTANT EVI-
DENCE.
Commander Grant was then excused
land Lieutenant j. H. Holden. who was
watch officer on the Scorpion during
the Spanish war, was called.
Captain Lemly only asked Lieutenant
Holden concerning the Scorpions mis-
sion rs a dispatch bearer from Com
Imodore Schley to the Harvard off San
ltiago on May 22nd. He then stated
that Lieutenant Holden was the writer
of the log of the Scorpion in which al
Ientry was made concerning the message
conveyed to Commodore Schiey through
the Eagle and the Scorpion from Cap
tain McCalla when the flying squadron
twas en- route to ~CienfuegoS.
The message as communicated to tn
scorpion, according to the testimony o
Lieutenant Commander Switzerland, il
lcommand of the Eagle was as follows
w left CienfuegoS on the night o
the 18th. at which time, rs we Learned
from an insurgent camp about thirteel
miles to the westward of Clenfuegos
some of the people from which were in
!. Iside the town every night. that the onl,
vessels in that harbor were a torped
boat and nine -cannonieros.
The log of the Scorpion reports tn
following as being the message signal
ed to the Brooklyn by the Scorpion a
the result CT the interview with tn
Eagle:
Eagle sent by McCalla from Glen
lfuegos to report. Nashville following
l Iabout twenty-five miles in the rear t
!, westward. S~tarboard high pressur
, lcylinGer disabled. Proceed slowly
!. lCincinnati and Vesuvius off Cape Sal
| lAntonio. about fifteen miles to north
| ward. Flying squadron has left Glen
: lfuegos for Key West. No news of tn
| Spanish
, Captain Lemly admitted there was
l failure in the evidence to show tina
Commodore Schley had received tn
: message from Captain cCalla II
: Tread a letter from Commander Mari
: lof the Scorpion, written from Mani
which said:
"The message communicated by tn
commanding officer of the Eagle Ma
18th, was from McCalla to Schley t
the effect that McCalla had left Glen
lfuegos with his ships and did not be
Ilieve that Cervera's fleet had arrive
There when the Marblehead left. Thi
message was communicated 70 tn
scorpion and Brooklyn by hailing."
The court adjourned.