The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-29

II JAlzE a4hOMAAE NLtA bADA1A~-E
G. u. Barnes, cipher expert OF the NaRs
Department. for the purpose OF explaining
the discrepancies between the dlspatch o.
Admiral SChley, saying he could not: much
TO his regret. obey the orders OF the w
partment,' as II was, prepared by tne au-
miral and as printed by the department.
Bfr. RaynOr objected to the calling or the
witness while Commander Southerldnd ;
testimony was incomplete. He also Sald ne
patch as important. Captain Lemly ana
Mr.. Hanna cOntended that the matter was
OF graVe importance anu lnaL snd
precedentS IN DOtn cO~urtS-MdIlld ~
courts of inquiry for the course. MT. hanud
asked Mr. Raynor's purpose IN making ne
brought out. Mr.. Raynor declared that
such was not his intention.
Il desire TO state, said Mr.. anna, thal
counsel has stated upon the record, IhlS IS
an important matter and the government
ought to account for it,, and instead OF
done. counsel has interDosed objection, as
he has done many times in regard TO TINS
trial. He has taken more time to discuss
and dispose of questions than the matJeI
itself would have required"
Mr.. Raynor-I am very tired of that sug-
gestiOn.
Mr.. Hanna am really very tired of
making il: l hope the occasion Will not
occur again.
The court decided that on account of the
objection Mr. Barnes should Withdraw;
He did so. and Commander Switzerland
was then recalled.
THE EAGLES CRUISE.
Describing the cruise from Cienfuegos to
Santiago Commander Switzerland said that
from midnight of May a, to the afternoon
Of the 25th, the Eagle had made very bad
weather. This was due to the fact that the
sea had a long roll" which was very try
ing to the yacht. as the vessel was then
one-third full of water.
"A little after 1 o'clock Of the 18th, when
about twenty-five miles from Santiago
he said, I was called alongside the flag
shin and tho. nnUnnnnInEa- IIRaafnd me- 70 81
to Port Antonio for coal and TO report
rough weather south of Cuba. My answer
substantially was that L already had three
days coal, as much as the Marblehead,
meaning as much in proportion. The COM
modore told me that 1 had not coal enough
for his purpose, and directed me to carry
out his orders. L then asked him again
very earnestly to let the Eagle remain with
the fleet, and coal from the collier. He
very courteously replied to me that he
either very much regretted or else was
very sorry he could not let me do so, the
Eagle had not coal enough for his purpose
and again directed me to proceed, which L
Gid after communicating with the division
How much coal did the Eagle have?'
Not less than twenty-seven tons"
"Of course the Merrimac was with the
squadron. was she not?"
She was"
state the wind and whether practicable
TO take COAL
Without any doubt"
why didn't you do this?"
1T was rot in my power, as had no
Switzerland concerning his megaphone
message TO the Scorpion on May 10, and
displayed the log book of that vessel to
show that while other facts were men
toned as having been megaphoned by the
Eagle there was no mention of the fact
that Commander Switzerland had said any
thing about the conditions at Cienfuegos.
The witness said in reply 10 a question
that his own log made no mention of his
message. 1T was evidently" he said. "a
question Of whether the young officer on
deck at that time put down my exact
words"
TIE CIPHER EXPERT.
Commander Switzerland was then ex-
cused and Lieutenant Barnes was again
called. Lieutenant Barnes identified the
cipher copy book of the auxiliary cruiser
Harvard, which vessel during the war was
under command of Captain now admiraD
Cotton. This was the vessel which carried
Admiral Schley's dispatch to Kingston, to
be there transmitted by cable to Washing
ton.
Lieutenant Barnes said he was familiar
with the department cipher code, and that
last night and this morning he had made a
translation of the dispatch as presented.
He then read his translation and was ques-
toned concerning it by Mr.. Hanna, who
''Have you examined the duplicate Of the
cipher received at the department and
compared it with the cipher as it appears
IN that press copy book!
was this cipher message. as received by
the department., confirmed by the telegraph
company
1T was"
Il will ask you whether in cipher those
words as they appear in that press copy
book are identically the same in cipher as
those received by the department or is
there any variations whatever in word or
letter."
They are identically the same in word.
Three words. as 1 r~ecollect it. have letters
! which are indiStinct in one place or the
other and might be mistaken, although
there is no chance of mistaking the word"
Then L will ask you whether, according
to the press copyboOk, that dispatch left
Kingston as it was received at the depart
ment in cipher?'
ut did, if this was the dispatch which
was sent, of which this is a copy
Now, with respect TO certain minor Vari-
atiOns in words here in the translation you
have given and which appear, l will ask
you first, Have you compared the ~transla-
ton which you have made from cipher with
this dispatch in the appendix"
why did You not do SOP"
81 was asked by the judge advocate not
to consult any other books whatever than
the secret code. and the book from which
l took the cipher"
KNOWS THE CODE.
you are familiar with the cipher code
and handle it f~requently?"
Il am; L DO
'Is it a part of your duty to do 500"
eft is"
Mr.. Hanna, holding in hand a copy of
the appendix, containing the official print
of the Schley dispatch, pointed out the
discrepancies between that print and the
translation made by Lieutenant Barnes
from the Harvard cipher book, which.
showed that the principal differences were
as follows:
The substitution of the word heavy" for
the word helpless" III the appendix trans
leaving in the new translation, referring
to the departure from Key West.
The comparison also bowed changes
such as the omission of the word the
and the witness explained that often in
translating cipher messages the name of a
country is generally added after that of
a town or particular locality, in order to
also gave this as the explanation of the
! addition of the word leaving" saying
that it was done TO bring out the sense OF
the message. With reference to the use
of the word heavy" for helpless the
witness said:
Heavy and helpless are very close to
each other in the cipher code. A change
indicate a change of a letter in a word or
a mistaken letter in a word, would pro-
duce that sort of a change"
Mr.. RaynOr then crOss-eXamined the
witness. first asking him whether he had
any knowledge that the cipher dispatch in
question is a correct translation OF the
dispatch that Commodore Schley gave 10
Captain Cotton.
Il have no special knowledge that it
/ WIS the witness TpDlipd.