The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-10-03
Commander of the Marblehead
During the Spanish War Con-
tinued His Testimony.
NO DIFFICULTY IN C0ALIRG ON MAY II
Witness Said When Capt Evans Asked
Commodore schley If He Would Attack
Spanish ships should They Come Out of
the Harbor, the Admiral Replied Il err
tainIy.'' and Then Put His hips in Order

| purpose OF correcting MISTAKES III
| their testimony and allowing other
| questions to be asked them when
| necessary to make clear any point
| hich had not hitherto been sutti-
ciently elucidated lay them. Capt. Nc
| Gala, who had commanded the Mar
| bIehead during the Spanish war, then
continued his testimony
When Capt. McCuIIa took the Wit
ness stand Mr.. Hanna asked him:
Were any ships assigned 10 the duty
Of engaging the batteries on tn
morning of May 81. 1895. or during
thar day or to the duty Of eutIadins
the batteries?"
The reply was: None that l know
Of
Mr. Hanna then asked: We're there
any shoals or other obstacles of any
kind To prevent the barrl.>HipS from
approaching the mouth e the har-
Dor of Santiago sufficiently close to
have been within cas- range Of the
CoIon?'
Capt. McCalla replied: None thar
know of. The only ~hoaI ! know Of
was the shoaI on the West side Of the
channel opposite the Morro.
Capt McCaHa testified a some
length concerning n" weather and
the sea on May % and =. tie said
there was no difficulty i'm coaling on
the 29th, as the SEA ".~ smooth.
The witness said thu p" had been
present during Conference of
commanding officers on he BI o"iliyn.
WhIIt me Meet was ON santiago on
Mn - n...rihin., a. bg- tool. ,taoa
he said: The commanding officers
were ordered on board the Fr""Nlyn
on May - 1t was with regard 10 the
work Of blockade. can only r"mem-
her one Np'rIhc thih@ NA-'h f"">
place al the close. aud that was that
Capt. Evans asked Commodore Schicy
ii the Spanish ships came ont il
he was going in for t-em. II" said,
certainly. and then arranged for
SUBDIVISION 81 mr." from inc >hil'N IN
der command on the Spanish should
they come out.
Relating to particulars OF the block
"de Of Santiago before Jun' :. Capt
NrCalla SAID the Marbclr"d a:d the
\'NeH had AZ night occupied petitions
inside the large ships a""u' i'F" mules
from the short line and that that line
was easily discernable- Referring I"
the fact thar he bad informed Capt
'hadWi"h. ADMIRAL Sampson : chief
ct St"ii' 81 me ""hF OF S'2""iN ar
ranged tor communicating Win the
lnSurg"nt 'ubanS. he SAID b" did not
IN any way r"mnunrat" WIN the
ndeF-in-chi"f. Mr. Hay then
asked:
"Acc"rdin@ !" tn" regular custom
and reputation observed IN case OF
that >"fi. was II h"' Your purpose
that this communication should go
To the commander-iu-chieF through his
chief OF statf?
"Certainly. was the reply.
The witness SAID further fhat ne
thought II had been common knowl-
edg at Key West after his arrival
there on May ~. that the Cuban in
,,urgeHtS We're on the coast near
Cienlueg"s. but that no information
was given concerning the secret code.
He had. he said, failed to give the code
TO Commodore Schley when he passed
him "hel. the commodore was on his
way 10 Cienfuegos. ne said, i would
have gone alongside and given him
my information. He had ordered the
Eagle IL give Commodore Schley in
formation concerning the presence OF
insurgents. but had not yiver. the Sc
cret code to the commander Of that
vessel. He would have done 50 if he
had known the destination of the
squa Iron
Replying to a question Capt. Mccall
la said that Commodore Schley's iIeet.
while off Santiago. had never to his
knowledge been Withdrawn u anv
distance from the harbor of Santiago.
Then" said Capt Parker, chat
story. by whomsoever told. is abso-