The age-herald., 1901-10-11

that the Il sO signal also specified the latitude and longitude of Gonivas Bay. showing, as he had, that that signal re- ferred to a former signal. and that the 4;30 o'clock signal for a rendezvous twen- ty-flve miles south of Santiago was in- dependent and was not modlfed.
 Ships Were Mixed Up.
 MT. Rayner questioned the witness con- corning the encounter with a suspicious vessel while enroute to Santiago,
 You say there was melee or mix up on the night of the 18th. That was the time you were on your way from Cienfue- gos to Santiago. Is there anything in your log book about that?'
 '1 do not think so. but the next morn ing made written statement to Cap tain Higginson. am very sorry l have not a copy of the letter wrote at that time.''
 ''Is there anything in your log referring to the ineident7"
 There is entered undoubtedly in my log the fact that the Marblehead fixed up those two stars, and we were stopped and went to general quarters, l think. was getting the ship clear for the min ute"
 'Is there anything in that log about the Marblehead fring?"
 NO sir"
 "Is anything there about backing en- gines?"
 "No, sir"
 "or danger of collision of anything of that sortf" sss
 No, sir"
 Have you a copy of the report you made to Captain Higginson7"
 T have not"
 Could you tell us what was in that re- port?'
 Tt is what have stated here. only I had to put it in written language"
 Concerning the land batteries at Sam tiago the witness said that previous to the bombardment he had general knowl- edge of them from the naval intelligence and knew them to be manned by old guns.
 The court asked the following ques- tions: Were any efforts made by the flying squadron to discover whether or not Cerveras squadron was in the har- Dor of Cienfuegos?'
 None to my knowledge"
 Were any orders given from the flag ship by signal or otherwise for the guid- ance of the ships composing the flying squadron in the passage from Cienfuegos to 5antiago9'
 None to my knowledge"
 Commander Grant was then excused, and Lieut.. J. H. Holden, who was watch officer on the Scorpion during the Span ish war, was called.
 Captain Lemley only asked Lieutenant Holden concerning the Scorpions mission as a dispatch bearer from Commodore Schley to the Harvard off Santiago on May 22 He then stated that Lieutenant Holden was the writer of the log of the Scorpion, in which an entry was made concerning the message conveyed to Com modore Schley through the Eagle and the Scorpion from Captain McCalla when the flying squadron was en route to Cienfue- gos.
 Written Messages introduced.
 MT. Rayner then addressed the court quoting me message which Lieutenant Commander Southerland, in command of the Eagle testified Le had mogaphoned to the Scorpion on AaJ i9 iiI order to intercept the Brooklyn. This message as the Lieutenant Commander gave 1t read: We left Cisnfuegos on the night of the 18th at which time, as we lcarnrd from an insurgent camp about thir teen mics to the west ward of Cienfuegos. some nf the people from which were inside The town every night. that tie only vessels in that harbor were a torpedo boat and nine cannieros.
 Captain Lemley said they were pre-
  were summoned from Cavlrs he would not say that communication had been made to the Brooklyn as 10 the presence of the insurgents with woom communica, ton had been had near Cienfuegos"
 Reading from the log Captain Lemley quoted the entry for May 19 showing that the Brooklyn had instructed the Scorpion to speak to the Eagle and obtain news and the names of the vessels off Cienfuegos."
 The entry then tells of the carrying out of the order and reports the following as being the message signalled to the Brook lyn by the Scorpion as the result of the interview with the Eagle:
 Eagle sent by McCalla from Cienfue- gos to report. Nashville following about twenty-five miles in rear to westward. Starboard high pressure cylinder disa- bled.. Proceed slowly Cincinnati and vesuvius off Cape Cienfuegos for Key West. No news of the Spanish"
 MT Rayner: Are you able to state what Lieutenant Commander Mark would testify to before the court if he were here?"
 Captain Lemley: q have 1t in the shape of cablegram and in the shape of a letter; neither of which Is properly evil dence before the court because it Is not sworn to-"
 
 that letter and cabiegram. do not know what is in either of them.''
 The cablegram and letter were then read as was also Associated Secretary Hacketts cablegram requesting the in- formation. The secretary's cablegram was as follows:
 Washington, August Il, 1901. "Remey. Manila:
 "See Mark and obtain a correct state ment of information comnrntca f ad through Eagle Bay 19. Did he commu Ai- (signed) "HACKETT."
 The letter received in reply, which gave fuller details than the cable was as fol- lows:
 "On Asiatic Station. August IS, 1901.
 ''Remey, Manila Commander Adolph Mark, U. s. N., deposes as follows:
 'The message communicated by the commanding officer of the Eagle May ls was from McCalla to Schley to the effect that McCalla had left Cienfuegos with his ships and did not believe that Ger 'yera's fleet had arrived there when the Marblehead left This message was com municated to the Scorpion and the Brook lyn by hailing do hereby swear the foregoing to be true statement.
 (Signed) "A. MARIX. "CommAnder U. s. N"
 In reply to MT. Rayner's question MT. Holden said the message was received by Lieutenant-Comman Mark. There was considerable difficulty in receiving 1t on account of the distance between the ships and the wind. which was blowing from the Scorpion towards the Eagle.
 Mir. Rayner: Was the Eagle so close to the Scorpion that she had to back off for fear of a collision?