Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-28

" conditions In Cuba, but had made
. full report to Captain Chadwick, Ad-
nfrai SIMPSONS chief Of staff, when
he arrived at Key West. On this
LsiRt he said:
In addition to written reports OF
dispatches which | carried, ! ex-
planned to the chief of staff the secret
code which | had established with
the Cubans near CienfuegQs. That
as not done until heard that Com
modore Schley was proceeding to
Cienfuegos."
.sro whom, according to the best Of
-FOUR recollection, did you commuri-
cate that secret code Of signals2@
only TO Captain Chadwick, chief
of staff.'
did you make any written report
respecting those signals?"
Never. 1t was a secret csde ar
ranged by myself, and did not wish
any publicly TO be given this code,
because the Cubans might be betray-
ed by any publicity which would
reach the Spanish government in Ha-
vana
Did you have any fear Of betrayal
Of our own force in like manner?R
81 thought that was possible, of
course; that was In my mind at the
time"
His Return to cienfueeos.
Captain McCalla told of his return
to Cienfuegos on the Gath of May,
with dispatches for Admiral Schley.
He said:
1T had been reported authorita-
lively in Key West on the 18th Of
a III Oft
noon of the 21st of May, that the
Spanish squadron was still at San
tiago."
And you communicated that infor-
nation to Commodore Schley YER
bally?"
commodore Schley told me he
thought the Spanish squadron was in
Cienfuegos; that he had received
newspapers from the steamer Adula,
some days previous; that one of the
newspapers contained a cable dis
patch from Santiago, and from that
he gathered that the Spanish force
under Admiral Oervera might have
sailed from Santiago in time to reach
Cienfuegos just before the arrival OF
the force under his command. | said
that | had brought arms, ammunition
and dynamite for the Cuban camp to
the westward and that If he would
let me go | would find out at once
whether they were in Cienfuegos. He
Immediately assented. | asked him
if he had seen any lights on the
Leach. He said he had. | asked IL
lie saw three. He said he had.
then said the lights were from Gu
bans trying to communicate. | may
have asked him if he saw three
horses in line on the beach by day"
cervera Was Not There.
Captain McCalla then related how
he had gone ashore near Cienfuegos
and found the Cubans drawn up in
line He gave them food and anlmu-
nition He found that Cervera was
not inside the harbor.
Captain McCalla said he sent the
information obtained to Admiral
Schley by the Eagle, signaling that
vessel to proceed at full speed and re-
port to the Brooklyn that Cefvera was
net in Cienfuegos. At that time wit
ness was steaming with only two
boilers and the Eagle could steam
faster than the Marblehead. Later he
came UP with the Brooklyn.
Did you go on board the Brook
lynn"
Il steamed under the quarter of the
Brooklyn. and after some CONVERSE
ton with Commodore Schley / asked
il he would like me to go on board.
He said that he would. / went on
hoard ord IF enu~ea eonfrraea the
fact that Admiral Cervera's fleet was
not in Cienfuegos. saw then for the
fret limo tho IF incfrnafinnc
Commodore Schley. During the con-
yersation the commodore asked me to
read the instructions, and after had
lead them he asked me what |
thought he had better do. Previous to
this he had said that he could not
coal off Santiago; that the English
rot coal at sea. He also said that If
he returned to Key West he would be
court martialed. 1t was after this
that he handed me the orders, which
read. After reading them / said:
Commodore. think you must return
to Santiago, even If you do not stay
there"
Further along he said frat shortly
afterwards the admiral said to him.
This is matter shall have to de.
eide myself and you may return to
your ship"
Schley Failed to Obey Order.
In reply to further questions. Cap
tain McCalla said that no effort had
been made while he was with the fly
ing squadron of Cienfuegos to pre-
vent the Spaniards from continuing
the construction of earthworks, when
he had been ordered to do. He said
the Marblehead could have gone with
ir range of their works, and that he
had been told by a Cuban pilot that
the water was deep under the bluffs.
Captain McCalla said that the squad
ron had not proceeded with "all dis
patch to Santiago
The witness was asked If the Mar
tlehead could have coaled on the af-
ternoon and evening of MN 26, when
the flying squadron arrived off San
tiago He replied in the affirmative,
tut said that he had not considered
the vessel in need of coal He also
Baid in reply to questions that
he had not been at any time
anxious or apprehensive concern
ing the coal supply of the Marble.
head. He had, he said, coaled on the
night of the 9th. at first by boats
with bags, but after daylight on tha