The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
Commander Southerland and Lieut..
Barnes Were the Principal Wit
nesses Yesterday.
Capt. McCalla Testifies that He it
Was Who Said There Is Glory
Enough for All.

on board the Brooklyn on May - 1t
was with regard to the work of block
ade. 1 can only remember one speclnc
thing which took place at the close, and
that was that Capt Evans asked Commo-
dore Schley if the Spanish ships came
out if he was going for them. He said,
certainly. and then arranged for a SUBJ
division of fire from the ships under his
command on the Spanish ships, should
they come out
Mr.. Hanna-Prior to that conference on
May 29 had you at any time received
definite instructions respecting the order
of battle or the mode of procedure which
the fleet should follow in case the Span
ish vessels should suddenly appear?
Il do not remember"
Did you have any further conversa-
ton with Commodore Schleyf'
81 had a conversation with him in his
cabin after the battle of Santiago, about
July 5, in Guantanamo bay. L went on
board, making an official call to pay my
respects, and during the visit Commodore
Schley read me what I understood to be
a part of his official report of the bat
tie. After he had finished I said: Com
modore, you remember that after the bat
tie of Lake Erie there was an unfortu-
nate controversy, and I hope there Will
be none after the battle of Santiago, be-
cause there was
GLORY ENOUGH
for everybody"
Capt. McCalla said that when the nying
squadron encountered the scout ships to
the south of Santiago on May rs they
were east of direct line south.
If they had continued as they were
then going could they have arrived at
Santiago?'' he was asked, and he re-
piled:
eff they had continued as they were
going they would have struck the coast
of Hayti.''
Relating the particulars of the blockade
of Santiago before June l. Capt McCalla
said the Marblehead and the Vixen had
at night occupied positions inside the
large ships, about two miles from the
shore line, and that that lie was easily
dfScernible.
On discrimination by Mr.. Rayner
the witness said he had failed to execute
an order from Admiral Remey delivered
While he was in command off Cienfuegos
and directing that all except the smallest
vessels be withdrawn. He had, he said,
failed to leave the small vessels there.
Did you do that on your own respon>
sibility?'
"On my own responsibility
Referring to the fact that he had in.
formed Capt. Chadwick, Admiral Samp-
sons chief of staff, of the code OF sig
nails arranged for communicating with
the insurgent Cubans, he said that he
did not communicate directly with the
commander-in-chief. Mr.. Rayner then
asked:
According to the regular custom and
regulations observed in cases of that sort,
was it not your purpose that this COM
munication should go to the commander
1n-chief through his chief of staffY'
Certainly
The witness said further that he
thought it had been common knowledge
at Key West after his arrival there, on
May 19, that the
CUBAN INSURGENTS
were on the coast near Cfenfuegos. but
ohat no information was given concerning
the secret code. He had, he said, failed
to give the code to Commodore Schley
when he passed him, when the commo-
dore was on his way to Cienfuegos but
he did not know that the commodore was
sound for that port. IF I had thoughs
ne was going to Cienfuegos,'' he SAID
I would have gone alongside and given
him my information. He had ordered the
Eagle to give Commodore Schley informa-
ton concerning the presence of insur-
! gents, but had not given the secret code
to the commander of that vessel. He
would have done so if he had known the
destination of the squadron
Hepiylng to question, Capt. McCalla
SAID that Commodore Schleys fleet while
| on Santiago, never had, to his knowledge.
been withdrawn to any distance from
the harbor of Santiago Then said
Capt Parker, that story. by whom
soever told, Is absolutely false?"
Il object shouted Capt Lemly, in a
voice as sharp as a pistol Shot
The objection is sustained" said Ad-
| m1ral Dewey. THE question is highly
improper"
On redirect examination, Mr.. Hanna
asked: If Commodore Schley had sig
nailed you to come on the Brooklyn and
| had stated to you that his destination
was Cienfuegos, would you have COM
| municated to him the secret signal to
which you have referred?''
L would have given him the code of
course" answered the witness.
capt. McCalla was also asked by Mr.
Hanna why he had withdrawn the Eagle
from off Cienfuegos before the arrival
there OF the flying squadron, and he re-
piled:
Being on the spot and knowing the
conditions of the Cul-de-Sac at Cienfue-
gos, I considered that it might useIessly
sacrifice the Eagle, small vessel. She
would have no escape from the funnel
in which she would be obliged to re-
main. In addition, 1 felt that she would
have been overpowered by two Spanish
gunboats while in the harbor'
In reply to questions, Capt McCalla
said that the memorandum prepared by
himself and quoted by Admiral Samp-
son in his report of Aug. 8, 1893, as hav-
ing placed in the possession of Admiral
Schley, contained all the information ex-
cept the code, which he possessed, when
he arrived at Key West on May 49,
Mr.. Hanna stated that his purpose in
asking this question was to develop the
fact that memorandum was In the hands
of Commodore Schley in time for him to
have acted upon it before leaving Glen
fuegos for Santiago.
CONDITION OF THE SEA.
The court asked the following ques-
tions of Capt. McCalla:
What was the state of the sea be-
tween May "a and May 25, When the
squadron was steaming to Santiago from
Cienfuegos?"
ITO the best of my recollection it grew
rough during the night of the 18th We
had so far as I remember rain and thick
weather. Next day we had thick and
L Continued From Savowtf pa-a