The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-28

structed him before he left for San
 tiago to satisfy himself that the Span
 ish fleet was not at Cienfuegos." 1 The reply was: II gathered from his | conversation that he had in some of the | dispatches which were written previ- ! ously to the dispatch I carried him,
 which was of considerably later date
 and therefore of course annulled all the
 others"
 But this dispatch you carried gave
 him that discretion?" ! That was not the latest dispatch
 whose contents I knew"
 MT. Rayner questioned the witness
 concerning the report of the presence
 of the Spanish fleet at Santiago and at
 tempted to read a quotation from a
 magazine article, alleged to have been
 written by Admiral Sampson to sustain
 his point that the Adula had reported that the fleet remained at Santiago | only one day. MT. Hanna objected to
 the introduction of the article as testi-
 mony and it was withdrawn for the time being. Captain Lemly then asked: Was
 not it your understanding that the
 Adula in the communication with the
 Brooklyn led the officers of the Brook lyn to believe that the Spanish fleet had arrived in Santiago one day and came out of the harbor the next day. Wasn't that the impression 1t left on your mind?''
 The reply was: "The impression made on my mind was no impression what ever It is my, recollection that at that date I knew the fleet was in Santiago"
 Captain Lemly questioned Mr. Hood concerning the dispatches delivered by him to Admiral Schley, bringing from him the statement that while he car ried the two dispatches to the admiral from the commander-in-chief he knew the information contained in one of them was later than in the other, be- cause the one was dated at Havana and the other at Key West. The Ha- vana dispatch had contained more pos- itive instructions about proceeding to Santiago.
 Lieutenant Hood was then excused, and Captain Bowman H. McCalla, who commanded the Marblehead during the Spanish war, was called Witness had first come into contact with the flying squadron on May 19, 1898. When he was proceeding from the south coast of Cuba to Key West he met the squadron on it's way to Cuba. Witness said he had not been asked to come aboard the Brooklyn for the purpose of making a report on conditions in Cuba, but he had made full report to Captain Chad wick, Admiral Sampson's chief of staff, when he arrived at Key West. On this point he said:
 '1n addition to written reports or dis patches which carried, I explained to the chief of staff the secret code which had established with the Cubans near Cienfuegos. That was not done until I heard that Commodore Schley was pro- ceeding to Cienfuegos
 Q.-"What was that secret code brief ly?"
 A-"On the 18th and 18th of May, 1898, I had been in communication with three Cuban officers and two privates on the Marblehead; and I had arranged with Lieutenant Lavarez, who spoke English very well, system of signals | in case they wished to communicate with the Marblehead or my force. There | were to be three horizontal lights at | night and three horses in line on the beachgby day"
 Q.-"To whom, according to the best of your recollection, did you communi- cate that secret code of sgnals?"
 A.-"Only to Captain Chadwick chief of staff"
 Q.-"Did you make any written re- port respecting those signals?"
 A.-"Never, It was secret code ar- ranged by myself. and I did not wish any publicity to be given this code, be- cause the Cubans might be betrayed by any, publicity which would reach the Spanish government in Havana"
 Q.-"Did you have any fear of be- trayal of your own force in like man. ne-?"
 Ar thought that was possible, of course; that was in my mind at the Iime'
 Q-"How long after you reached Key West before you made that communi- ,ation. to theSchief of stsff?"
 Also soofl|as Itreached the flagship md found that the flying squadron lad been directed to Cienfuegos."
 Captain %McCallaS next told of his re- urn to Cienfuegos oh' the 24th of May with dispatches for Admiral schley. He 'aid:
 Tt had been reported authoritatively n Key West on the 19 of May and when ,sailedY on the afternoon of the 1e+ If May that the Sna nish eoJa 1ron l