The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-29


from Guantanamo and Santiago for
number of years.
AT what distance from the mouth
Of the harbor were the Massachusetts.
the Iowa and the New Orleans during
the firing on May 31?"
Il can only judge from the effect of
their projectiles- I judge they must
have been from the Colon about five
miles L estimate never measured il
that the distance from the MORO TO
the Colon must have been zoo or 1900
yards"
Did Commodore schley at any time
prior to May q consult with you about
the possibility Of coaling large ships
at Cape Cruz?"
It do not remember that he consulted
with me. 1 told him thought ships
could coal under Cape Cruz from the
gath, the morning reported"
Switzerland on the Stand.
Captain McCalla was then excused.
Lieutenant Commander w. H. H. South
erland, who commanded the converted
yacht Eagle during the Spanish war
followed Captain McCalla on the wit
ness stand.
He said that he had first fallen in
with the flying squadron on May 10
when the squadron was steaming
toward CienfuegOs and Captain Nc
Calais sub-squadron was on its way
from Cienfuegos to Key West. He had
undertaken to communicate to Commo-
dOre Schley his information concerning
the situation at Cienfuegos. and had
given thiE Information TO the Scorpion
for the commodore his message being
as follows:
we left -CienfuegOs on the 18th, at
which time, we learned from the
insurgents, the only vessels inside the
harbOr we're the two boats and several
cannonierOS."
CornDandar Soutberland also told of
his return to Cienfuegos on May "A and
of accompanying the Marblehead to
shore for the purpose of communtcat-
ing with the Insurgents. He also re-
lated that in returning, Captain Nc
Gala sent him full speed in advance
of the Marblehead to notify the COM
mander 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
abOut3 o'clock At this point the court
took a recess for luncheon.
When tire court reconvened for the
afternoon session Captain Lemly read
the agreement between himself and Ad-
miraI SchIey as to the portion of the
logs of certain vessels to be printed.
Discrepancies Explained.
The Judge advocate then brought in
Lieutenant G. B. Barnes, cipher expert
of the navy department, for the pur-
pose of explaining the discrepancy be
tween the dispatch of Admiral Schley
saying he could not, much to his regret,
obey the orders OF the department, as
il was prepared by the admiral and as
printed by the department.
Mr.. RaynOr objected TO the calling OF
the witness while Commander Suther-
lands testimony was incomplete He
also said that he did not consider the
ant Captain Lemly and Mr.. Hanna
contended that the matter was of grave
Importance, and that there were prece-
dents in both courtsmartial and courts
of inquiry for the course.
Mr.. Hanna asked Mr.. RaynOr's pur-
pose in making his objection to prevent
the truth from being brought out. Mr.
Raynor declared that such was not his
intention.
4 desire to state said Mr.. Hanna,
that counsel has stated upon the rec
ord this is an important matter and
the government ought to account for
il and instead of permitting il to go
on as he should have done, counsel
has interpOsed objection as he has done
many times in regard to this trial. He
has taken more time to discuss and dis
pose of questions than the matter it
self would have required"
suggestion.
MIR. Hanna-I am really tired of
making it. I hope the occasion viii
not occur again.
The court decided that on account of
the objection Mr. Barnes should with
draw. He did so and Commander
Sutherland was then recalled.
Cruise From Cienfuegos.
Describing the cruise from Cienfue-
COS to Santiago, Commander Souther-
land said that from midnight of May
"A to the afternoon of the 25th, the
Eagle had met very bad weather. This
was due to the fact that the sea had
a long rolf which was very trying
to the yacht as the vessel was then
one third full.
AFTER 1 o'clock of the 26th, when
about twenty-five miles from Santi-
ago." he said. Il was called alongside
the flagship and the commodore di-
rected me to go to Port Antonio for
coal and to report rough weather south
of Cuba. My answer substantially was
that 1 already had three days coal, as
much as the Marblehead, meaning as
much in proportion The commodore
told me L had not coal enough for his
purpose and directed me to carry out
his orders. 1 then asked him again
very earnestly to let the Eagle remain
with the fleet and coal from the col
lier. He very cOurteOuSly replied TO
me that he either very much regretted
or else was very sorry he could not let
me do so, the Eagle had not coal enough
for his purpose. and again directed me
to proceed. which 1 did after commu-
How much coal did the Eagle
have?"
mot less than twenty-seven tons"
''Of course. the Merrimac was with
the squadron, was she not?''
she was"
state the wind and whether practic-
able for the Eagle 10 go alongside the
Merrimac to take coal.'
Without any doubt"
why did not you do this?'
1T was not in my power as I had
not authority"
Did you suggest to the commander
OF the flying squadron that you could
do this2"
Il did not. I requested him earnest
~ to let me stay and coal from the
collier"
WAS anything else said between
you and the commodore ar this timer"
mo. 1 was so disappointed l did not
care to say anything else"
Question Megaphone Message.
Mr. Raynor questioned Commander
Switzerland concerning his megap phone
message to the Scorpion on May Is
and displayed the log book of that yes
sci to show that while other facts were
mentioned as having been megaphoned
by the Eagle, there was no mention of
the fact that Commander Switzerland
had said anything about the conditions