Evening star., 1901-09-28
ON THE CUBAN COAST
fton1 First Pase.)
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What was the direction of the prevailing
Mind ,ps bsawesan the Ssd and the 2Sth of May,
From the 24th to the 2sth II was east
eriy. cannot remember exactly how it
was on the T23d. MY recollection is that we
had slight Head .winds, but that is only in
gi going g IfromI San Antonio to cienfuegos
we mad good weather on the 3d.
schley's BlocRade on Santiago.
Did YOU on. any occasion see the large
vessels Of the blockading force at or near
daybreak BstHeen the 18th and the 31st
day Of Mays" -
Il saw them every morning. could see
tnem at night too, because there was
some moonlight
How far were they from the Marble
nead, and how far was she from the en-
trance to Santiago?"
judge we We're two miles inside of the
large ships. We steamed up and down.
tnan at others.sI Judge we wereI certainly
tWo mlies. fand perhaps three miles, in
side of the large ships"
were you familiar with the coast Of
Cupa eq ~: the vicinity of Cape CRUZ =
II knew the whole coast pretty well, and
! nad Cuban pilot who came from the
aaIsohata, a The first prize, who ran between
bataoaho and Santiago for number Of
AT what distance from the mouth of
the harbor were the Massachusetts, the
iowa and the New Orleans during the
firing on May 1?' 'a'i'f5s
can only judge from the effect of their
proJectlles L judge they must have been
from the Colon about five miles. L estimate
now never measured 1t. that the dis
lance from the Moro to the Colon must
yards" 81
Did Commodore Schley. at any time
PRIOR 10 May q, consult with you about
the IN possibility of coaling large ships at
- =! do not remember that he consulted
with me: 1 told him I thought ships could
coal under Cape Cruz, from the Oath, the
morning 1 reported
captain MeCalla was then excused.
Commander Southerland's Experience
Lieutenant Commander W. II. H. South
eriand, who commanded the converted
yacht Eagle during the Spanish war, fol-
lowed Captain McCalla on the witness
stand He said that he had first fallen in
with the flying squadron May 19. when the
squadron was steaming toward Cfenfuegos
and Captain McCalla's subsauadron was
on Its way from Cienfuegos to Key West
he mad then, under Captain McCalla's or
GERS, undertaken to communicate to Com
mooore S2hley his Information concerning
the situation at Cienfuegos and had given
this information to the SCORPION for the
commodore, this message being as follows:
we IeIt C1eufuegos on the night of the
l6th, at which time as we learned from
the insurgents the only vessels inside the
hdr por were TWO gunboatS and several can
nCnieros."
commander Southerland also told Of his
return TO C1enfuegos May "a, and of ac-
eompanylng the Marblehead to shore for
the purpose OF communicating with the in
Sursenfs. He also related that in return-
ing Captain McCalla sent him at full sneed
IN advance of the Marblehead to notify
ehe commander of the squadron that Ger
MO-
That point and had not been there. He
mad, he said. delivered this information
about o'clock. -
At this point the court took a recess for
luncheon. A'A
Witness Was Not Heard.
Upon the assembling Of the court at 2
O'Clock the judge advocate called for Lieu
tenant eassius b Barnes, cipher expert:
or the Navy Department The fudge ad-
Vocate said he desired to question Mr..
Barnes in regard to the discrepancies exist
ing between the original of a certain dis
-palcn sent by Admiral Sch1ey, and the COPY
or the same as printed in the -appendfx to
the Navy Department report, which is be-
fore the court '',,s'st - =
Mr.; Rayrer at once argued that the court
shooio sh proceed IN its regular order. and
Inat Lleutenanr Commander W. H II
Sohtheriapd be, allowed to resume his tes-,
tlmony Wlthout Interruption. He said that
ne nac never heard of case In which a
manner ~ .s1e
The judge advoeate-"If nothing had beeny
salo' II thisshad not been brought out In a
way TO- mtslead the public, we would not
Ws Wlsn az. 60 interrupt the regular proceeding.
out. Asfhaxe right, to do it, : srrHes
Mr .hayner again renewed his-objectfon,
While the judge advocate insisted that II
ought to be allowed.
Mr. Hayner ohiaota5 10, ~ a ..5,... -,
witness while Commander Sutherla nd's TOE.
Ftimony was incomplete. He also said that
he did not consider the variations in tie
dispatch as important.
Captain Lemly and Mr. Hanna cont.,5ad
that the matter was Of grave impnrfan.ea
ana that there were precedents In both
courts martial and courts of inquiry for
the course. AVA
Mr.. Hanna asked Mr.. Rayners purnose
in making his objection to prevent tbs
truth from being brought out. -
Mr.. Rayner declared that such was NOT
his intention. Ao'
.., desire to state" said Mr.. Hanna,
that counsel. has stated upon the record
this Is an important matter and the gov
ernment ought to- account for it., ana in
stead OF permitting it to go on as he should
nave done, counsel has 1nterposed objection
as he has done many times in regard to
this trial. - ~
He has taken more time to discuss and
dispose Of questions than the matter itself
would haze required"
Mr.. Rayner1ss1 am very tired of that sug-
gestio.
Mr.. HI -na-'I am really tired of making
it. Il hope, the occasion will not occur
again" sN'
, Finally Admiral Dewey announced that
the testimony of Lieutenant Commander
Switzerland would be continued
Trouble On the EaxIe.
Mr.. Switzerland, being on the stand. re-
sumed his testimony.
Q. (By the judge advocate): What was
the condition of the weather off Cienfuegos
and vicinity on May "a? A. A very light
sea. So light that small skifr-like boats
could land on the coast
The witness said that his boats had no
difficulty in landing that he could observe
and he watched them from a distance of
290 yards. He had responded to a signal
from the Brooklyn saying that he could
take coal in six hours sufficient to last him
nine days. 4
Q. Was it practicable for the Eagle to
go alongside the collier. A. 1t was.
The squadron finally was formed in line
and got under way about 8 O'Clock. I'm to
the night of the 24th the weather was
fairly good, but from that time until the
afternoon of the 25th the weather was
bad. The sea was very trying to a small
yacht, but was mot sufficient to trouble the
Eagle had Shei been in good condition