The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-11

sci lying in the harbor, but nothing to
his knowledge had been done to de-
stroy these works.
Mysterious Vessel Avoided
Commander Grant said that he re-
membered signal from the Brooklyn
before starting from Cienfuegos
saying the fleet was bound for
Santiago and would rendezvous
at Gonaives bay. He said that on the
first night out from Cienfuegos a sus-
picious vessel. which had Enormously
been supposed to belong to the enemy,
mad been sighted. The Brooklyn,
which had been steaming just in front
of the Massachusetts, changed it's
course and turned to port. The witness
said that as soon as he observed this
maneuver he turned the Massachusetts,
so as to protect the ship following.
Then" he said, "as / knew l was
going to clear the Brooklyn, 1 went
ahead with port engine full speed and
shifted the helm and gave the whistle
signal"
Were the ships in formation of COL
umn?" Capt. Lemly asked.
The witness replied: They were not
There was a mix up"
Commander Grant placed the dis
tance 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 81 the witness said:
'Shots from the enemys batteries or
ships fell at least three miles inside of
u.s."
What did Commodore Schley say
within your hearing in relation 20 this
| battle on that day."
only in (NnT11 mn Gah1pW G
presence once, and that was when he
went over the side after the firing
was over. 1 heard these words, that
| the reconnaissance had developed
the batteries and he was satisfied, or
! words to that effect"
| do you know of any further effort
on that or a subsequent date by the
flying squadron to capture or destroy
| the Colon?"
mo, SIR
Did Not Steam Away at Night.
Commander Grant said that the
fighting ships of the flying squadron
had not steamed away for any distance
from the mouth of the harbor at night
At the time, he said, the Massachu-
| setts was always cleared for action.
Mr.. Rayner questioned the witness
| concerning the signals Of May % with
the end in view of showing that Com
modore Schley's signal saying thai
THE general meeting place will be
twenty-five miles south of Santiago,
was modified by a preceding signal.
The witness declined to admit thai
this was true.
you say there was a melee or mix
up on the night of the 25th. That was
the time you were on your way from
| Cienfuegos to Santiago. Is there any.
| t1ino n loo hnnk about that 9''
Il do not think SO, but next morn.
ing 1 made a written statement t:
Capt. Higginson. 1 have not a copy o.
the letter l wrote at that time
The court asked the following ques
tons:
Were any efforts made by the flying
squadron to discover whether or no
Cervera's squadron was in the harbo
of Cienfuegos?'
None to my knowledge
Were any orders given from tn,
flagship by signal or otherwise for thu
guidance of the ships composing tn,
flying squadron in the event of meet
ing Cervera's squadron in the passage
from Cienfuegos to Santiago?"
None to my knowledge.
The Message SchIey Never Got.
Commander Grant was then excus
ed and Lieut.. ]. H. Holden, who was
watch officer on the Scorpion during
the Spanish war. was called. Capt
Lemly only asked Lieut.. Holden con
cerning the Scorpions mission as ads
patch bearer from Commodore Schley
to the Harvard off Santiago on Ma!
22. He then stated that Lieut.. Hol
den was the writer of the log of tn,
Scorpion in which an entry was made
concerning the message conveyed t.
Commodore Schley through the Eagl
and the Scorpion from Capt. McCallt
when the flying squadron was en- routt
to Cienfuegos.
The message as communicated to tn,
Scorpion, according to the testimon!
of Lieutenant Commander Souther
land, in command of the Eagle, wal
as follows:
eve left Cienfuegos on the night o
the 18th. at which time as we learned
from an insurgent camp about thirteel
miles to the westward of Cienfuegos
some of the people from which wer'
inside the town every night that th
only vessels in that harbor were tor
pedo boat and nine cannonieros."
SCORPIONS Log Doesn't Show 1t.
The log of the Scorpion reports th
following as being the message signal
led to the Brooklyn by the Scorpion
as the result of the interview with tn
Eagle:
Eagle sent by McCalla from Glen
fuesos to report. Nashville followin;
about 25 miles in rear to westward
Starboard high pressure cylinder dis
abled. Proceed slowly. Cincinnati
and Vesuvius off Cape San Antoni
about fifteen miles to northward. Fly
ing Squadron has left Cienfuegos TO
Key West. No news of the Span
ish."
Capt. Lemly admitted that there wa
failure in the evidence to show tina
Commodore Schley had received tn
message from Capt. McCalla. He rea
a, letter from Commander Mark OF tn
Scorpion, written from Manila, whic
said:
1.-The message communicated by IN
commanding officer of the Eagle, Ma
10. was from McCalla to Schley.. to tn
effect that McCalla had left Cientuego
with his ships. and did not belleV
that Cervera's fleet had arrived ther
when Marblehead left. This messag
was communicated to Scorpion an
Brooklyn by hailing."
The court then adjourned.
SURROUNDING THE BANDITS.