New-York tribune., 1901-09-29
6O-62 West 23d Street.

communicated to him the secret signal to which
you have referred?"
Il would have given him the code, OF course"
answered the witness
Captain McCala also asked by MI. Hanna
why he had withdrawn the Eagle from Off Glen
fuegos before the arrival there of the Flying
Squadron, and he replied: Being the spot
and knowing the conditions OF the cul dc sac at
Cienfuegos ] considered that IT might uselessy
sacrifice the Eagle, small ship. She would have
no escape from the funnel in which she would
have been Obliged to remain. In addition felt
that she would have been overpowered by two
Spanish gunboats which knew to be in the harbor
from Cuban intelligence"
In reply to questions by Mr.. Hanna Captain Nc
Gala said that the memorandum prepared by him
self and quoted by Rear-Admira Sampson in his
report of August g. 1898, having been placed I'm
possession of Rear-AdmraI Schley. contained all
the information, except the secret code which he
possessed concerning the insurgents when ne ar
rived at Key West May 10
Mr. Hanna stated that his purpose in asking this
question TO develop the fact that the memo
randum was in the hands of Commodore schey in
time for him TO have acted upon it before leaving
Cienfuegos for Santiago
The court asked the following questions of the
witness:
., Q-What was the state of the sea between May
Santiago from Cienfuegos? A.-To the best of my
9eGoileetlop II grew rough during the night OF the
weather Next day we had thick and rough
weather anu d moderately heavy The weather
was clear on the 18th. So far as [ remember by
noon of the 18th il was fair weather: the sea mod
calm on the night Of the 2sth m u" 1t became quite
QLWas the Marbehead in condition for any
service that might be required of her MAY 81
nigSt ha was In condition for any service which
been in dock for nesTg Year. s1s iS'' mat she
S9uWhat was 80 the direction of the prevailing wind
the 24th to the 26th it was eastery. / cannot re-
eefon is e1hst tbst m how & i on the d My rego
rs Us only MY IN going from San Antonio TO Cienfuegos
Odd you on any occasion see the large vessels
OF the plockadlng force at or near daybreak be-
them every mornins- could see them at night
Glow far We're they from f6e Marblebeao and
Al judge two miles inside of the large
ships. We steamed up and dowr somet.reS We
were nearer the entrance than at others. l Judge
miles, inside of the large ships
the vicinity of Cape Cruz? Al knew the whole
coa c9aSt fro RTGtty % vel and had Cuban pilot who
between batabano and Santiago for number of
Q.-At what distance from the mouth of the har
Dor were the Massachuse the Iowa and the New
Judge from the effect Of their projectiles Judge
they must have been from the Colon about five
the distance from the MOTTO to he Colon must
haye twee or gben hundred nv
May q consult with you about the possibility of
member that he consulted with me. I told him
thought ships could coal under Cape Cruz from the
Captain McCala then excused
PASSED IT ALONG FOR sCHu.EY.
Lieutenant Commander w r. H. Switzerland
who commanded the converted yacht Eagle during
the Spanish war, followed Captain McCalIa on the
witness stand. He said that he had first fallen in
with the Flying Squadron on May 49, when the
squadron was Steaming toward CienfuegOS, and
Captain McCalla's sub-squadron its way
der Captain McCalla's orders, undertaken to give
Commodore Schley his information concerning the
situation at Cienfucgos, and had given this in
formation to the Scorpion for the Commodore, his
message being follows: I'VE left Cienfuegos on
the night OF the 10th. at which time, learned
from insurgents. the only vessels inside the har-
Dor were two gunboatS and several canuoneros.'
Commander tooutherland also told of his return
Cienfuegos on May "A. and OF accompanying the
Marblehead TO shore for the purpose of communi-
eating with the insurgents. lie also related that.
in returning. Captain McCala sent him at full
speed in advance of the Marblehead to the
commander Of the squadron that Cervera's fleet
not been there He had. he said. delivered this in
formation about O'Clock
The Judge-Advocate here brought in Lieutenant
c. b. Barnes cipher expert OF the Navy Depart
ment, for the purpose of explaining the discrep-
ancies between the dispatch of Rear Admiral
Schley. saying he could not much TO his regret.
pared by the Rear Admiral and as printed by the
department.
while Commander Southerland's testimony was
incompIete He also said that he did consider
the variations in the dispatch as important Cap
tain Lemly and Mr.. Hanna contended that the
were precedents in both courts martial and courts
Of INQUIRY for the course Mr.. Hanna asked If Mr..
Rayners purpose in making his objection
prevent the truth from being brought out Mr. Ray
ner declared that such was not his intention
''I desire to say" said Mr.. Hanna. that counsel
has stated upon the record, This Is an important