The Washington times., 1901-09-29

the Eagle to report to the Brooklyn. wher
the Marbiehead, Eagle and Vixen met thu
Flying Squadron on May 10. the situation
as McCalla knew ii TO be off the south
coast OF Cuba, The witness answered II
the affirmative and was then asked
whether If the Eagle failed to acquain'
the Brooklyn with the situation she was
guilty of disobedienCe of orders.
Captain McCalla satd that supposins
that he had given such instructions the
Eagle was guilty.
why didn't you tell Commodore Schley
| when you met the Flying Squadron on
May 10 that you made the secret arrange
ments as to signals?" asked MIR, Rayner'
Il didn't know Commodore Schley was
| going to Cienfuegos, said the witness.
Il thought he was going to the Cariobean
Sea in search of Cervera.
IF you had thought that Commodore
SchIey was going to Cienfuegos. would
you have communicated to him this secret
| arrangement?
| Il would; certainly.
| Did YOU seek to discover where Com
modorc Sehley was going?"
Il did not. l asked permission to pro-
ceed on my way.
Mr. Hanna objected to these questions
on the ground that they were SUPPOSE
| tious. and Mr.. Rayner caused litter by
saying that the objection came too late.
as he was through with questions of that
| sort.
| The following questions were asked by
the Court through the Judge advocate:
/ Q.-What was the state of the sea be-
! tween May q to 81 while the squadron
ago?
A.-On the evening of the 24th we had
thick weather. The next day We had
thick and rough weather and moder,,
! ately heavy sea. The weather cleared
! up on the Goth and on the evening of the
| 26th we had fine weather and the sea
moderate.
Q-Were you familiar with the coast Of
| Cuba in the vicinity Of Cape Cruz?
| Al knew the whole coast pretty well;
! and / had a Cuban pilot who had sailed
| there a great number of years.
O-At what distance from the mouth
| of the fa-bor of Santiago were the Mas
sachusetts the Iowa. and the New Or
leans during the firing Of May 81? 49,
Al estimated that they must nave
been five miles from the Colon.
Q=And from the mouth OF the harbor!
Al estimated that the distance from
the Moro to the Colon was about l,zVJ
or 1,Sc0 yards.
- The Coal Question Again.
Odd Commodore Schley at any time
prior to May q consult with you about the
possibility of coaiing large ships at Cape
Cruz?
Al do rot recollect that he consulted
with me. l told him / thought the ships
could coal under Cape Cruz; that was on
the 2ith of May. the morning that re-
ported.
Lieutenant Commander w. H. H. South
erland, now. commanding tho despatch
boat Dolphin. followed Captain MeCaiia
He told of meeting-the Flying Squadron
in the Eagle which he commanded. while
he was with the Marblehead. on May 1s,
thirty miles to. the westward of Key
West The Flying Squadron was then on
it's way to Cienfuegos and the Marb'ehead
and the Eagle Were on their way from
(Ienrueg gos 10 Key West The witness
said that when the Flying Squadron was
encountered Captain McCalla directed
him to give the Brooklyn the situation as
we know it. The Eagle, in starting 70
tercepted by the Scorpion tattached TO the
Flying squadron which told the Eagle
to come within hail. Il informed the
comma nder of the Scorpion by mega
phone said Lieutenant Commander
Southerland, substantially as follows:
We itft cienfueGos in the night OF the
18th, at which time. as learned from an
insurgent camp about thirteen miles to
III. west of Cienfuegos. some of the peo-
pie from which went inside the town at
night. that the only vessels in that harbor
were the torpedo boat Galacia- one or two
gunboats and naval canonoros vessels
carrying one two. guns. After deliv-
ering this message the Eagle proceeded to
TO other questions the witness said he
did not carry this Information direct to
the Brooklyn because that vessel and the
others of the Flying Squadron were going
at fult speed. and lit was perfectly plain
that the Scorpion had been told TO inter-
cept me with that message may add
that l told the Scorpion to give 1t to COM
modore Schley from Captain McCalla-
When the Court reconvened after re-
cess. the judge advocate said that the
testimony of Lieutenant Commander
Southerland you'd be temporarily sus-
n nd he "a witness
stand. Lieut.. Gunior grade) Cassius b.
skarnes United States Navy. He ex-
planned that he wished to examine the
witness upon an important matter. which
he wished to bring before the Court as
soon as possible. 1t was as to the diff
ferences said to exist between the origi-
nal of a certain cablegram and the copy
az published in the appendix Crhis was
Secretary Long. saying that he could not
obey the department order to stay at
Santiago. and was obliged to return to
Key West for coal. Mr. Rayner had pro-
-lyn TO show that the message printed
in the appendix was different from the
message sent by Schley.)
Regular Order Demanded.
Mr.. Rayner objected. He said he pre-
ferred to proceed in the regular order
There was a witness on the stand and
mis- examination should be continued. He
did not think that this other matter was
one of great Importance.
r. Captain Lemiy said that If the question
had not gone out to the public. and If the
public had not been misied. he should not
have called the witness at this time.
Mr. Rayner remarked that it was not
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