The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-15

/ Marblehead with the flying squadron on
! route TO CientucgoS. but could not recall
only very indlstmcty the fact that the
| any information from the Eagle nj tbar
| time. ~ '"a'
Il did not receive any information. no
! important" '"N'ueu'
r., Captain Cook said that upon arriving on
] C'enfuegoS on the morning Of Nav 50
| nlockhqe was Immediately established, as
! me hrlng of guns were heard, and If was
| neneNed that Ceryera had arrived md n
| ttrte III hohor OF MS appearance was on
EaHhWorks on the shore also were seen,
! Dut they were not fired upon because If
was considered desirable not to unno.es.
! snrlly eNpend ammunition.
mink between that time aud the ar
| rnhl OF the Adula II was presumed that
me whole beach was occupied he snld
| I'VE saw cavalry and others on the beach
tihs possibility of boat landing was
| have TO go In pretty we'll to the wcSt.
| ward at night may have had some con.
/ YeIsatlon with the commodore about it, but
Adula we fully expected to get all Infor.
"Pnid you see any signal lights on shore
| while you were thCreT
on May %. ''N'
Where were those slgnal lights and
II Judged them to have bccA about six
! or seven miles TO the westward three
| lights, one ahead of the other very dis
unctly and the discussion that took place
! on the snip, in which | think, the com.
| modore took part. was pretty clear evidence
! mat H. was a signal of some Kind Ia assist
the feet and that he certainly had them
IN there. ! know he felt doubly sure at
that time that he had them there. There
was some discussion whether these were
signals that they were going there or
whether they were already there Rut Of
one thing l am very positive that the
| commodore was satisfied he had them in
there at that time"
mere could have been no doubt what
/ ever from the arrangement of those lights
that they were intended rs signals"
ON no; their appearing at thu lime they
4 did any staying so long, nut vt could not
were sent"
Mr. Hanna questioned the witness con
corning the arrival Of the Iowa and the
4 Dupont oil Cienmegos atain Cook said
/ ihe{ had brought dispatches and he had
d"re Schley after their receipt that il was
me idea both of Sampson ana Schlcy that
/ they should continue to hold CicufuegaS.
( lie did not. he said, recall the recent OF
| the McCala memorandum conveying in.
fuegos After reading the dlspatcR NE he
! said:
II never saw or heard of it, It may
have been received, but If had seen il
certainly would remember it,
In this connection he said that while he
was not formally appointed rs chlct OF
stan to Commodore Schley he had often
acted in that capacity and the commodore
had' he said, always communicated very
Mr.. Hanna asked: Were you present at
any Interview between Captain McCala
and the commodore?'
u was In consultation. ~
Briefly and exactly as you can give 1t,
tell what occurred
We talked on various subjects at FIRST
think Captain McCalla Informed MIN he
had mining materials for the insurgents
and that he was going to communicate with
the lnsurgent camp.
camp and where It was and when the com
modore said to him; We have seen three
peculiar lights, one ahead of the other mere.
but We can not make out what they are
and ] believe II is something In connection
with the Spanish fleet, Captain McCaiia
gave start, threw up his hands and said:
That Is the signal from the inSurgent
camp. They want to communicate With
YOU, and added, Well | can 60 there and
find out at once. The commodore told him
to go; to get of as soon as possible and
added, You can send a boat across ana
let me know as soon as possible.
Then the subject Of .coaling came mp
again. about the great difficulty we were
going to have in coaling from golfers and
Captain McCalla said: You need not be
at all concerned about me. | will get l9e
coal If there's any coal to be obtained. lIe
was always cheerful about everything. He
started from the ship almost Immediately
and said, Il must get of. IN the mean,
arrival of the Aduln. This steamer came
in from Jamaica and reported that me
Spanish fleet had gone into Santiago ana
had left on the 10th. | reCollect that par
tlcularly because that seemed to confirm
the commodores idea that they had reached
Cienfeugos. 1t was suspicious craft
They did not give any clear reason for GO
Ing in except they wanted to communicate
with their subjects and In my 'onvcfSa
tion with the commodore my impressions
were that he looked upon that as cnllreN
suspicious Not understanding thf matfers
and not knowing exactly his object ] salu
something to him about letting that steam
or 90 in. He said Il don't care ahElu. Nv
about that steamer, hut am pound 20 ~
information from her II the captain doe.
not give IT, | will certainly get II our o ~
some of the passengers It was arrange
That when she came out the officers shoulI
60 aboard and question the passengers an.
get information from him. she did MOI
come out That confirmed him SliIl n, NOR OF,
came down In the evening and reporte'
that they had communicated with the ~
surgent camp aud that the spanish squ"u
ron was not In Cicnfuegos. ~
THAT information was given IN poS'u''
form, was ne
positive
Speaking of the coal supply OF the yes Yes
sells of the flying squadron while at Ciem
: fuegos. Captain Cook said that MS ON!
anxiety was concerning the Texas, WhpS'
supply was light II had been FOUND az
} ncuit to coal that ship on account OF ~
He said in this connection that Commo
dore Schley had always been persistent u
keeping the ships as full of coal as poSsl
ble nyaillng himself of every opportunlt.
to take on fresh supplies. In reply ~