The evening times., 1901-10-14
.ommandinE officer to talk with the com

A-No. sir
Q-You have no recollection Of the
Eagle running out to meet the Flying
Squadron and the Scorpion being detach-
"a and sent Co meet the Eagle and re-
turning with information? Do you recall
that2
Al do recall something of the kind.
| There was no information that ] received
! ON that occasion. so / diG not consider II
very important.
Q.-Do YOU know whether the commo-
dOrc knew that the MaTDlehcad was COM
ing from CienfucEOSn
Al presume that he did
Firing in Cienfucgos Heard.
Q.-On the way TO Cleufuegos and he
/ fore arriving there did you at any time
during the run hear cannonading or
salute or guns fred2
Al heard il spoken OF through the
ship the afternoon before we arrived
there ] do not TeColleCt whether ] heard
II myself OF not / know II was an ac-
cepted fact az that time and 7 know the
CoDjCCtureS we made The commodore
had the idea that there was some kind
OF jubilee going on IN ClenfueEoS and
that be had the Spanish fleet there.
O--Whou You got 10 CieufueEos what
was done 20 locate the Spanish fleet OF to
ascertain whether or not n was there
/ A.--AIeu were sent aloft to look over the
hills. but they could not see much. and ]
remember seeing "a small ship come out
| from the mouth of the harbor and look
around
Q.-What other steps were taken?
A-BntWeon that time and the arrival
/ Of the AduII il was presumed that the
I whole beach was occupied We saw cav
] airy on shore, and in view OF this the
: possibility OF a boat landing was talked
i Of. That was under consideration but
/ now Tar II went ! do not know Then
! with the arrival Of the Adula. we expect
/ cd to get complete information.
Q-Did you see any signal lights on
! shOrC2
Al saw them on the night Of the
| 22d. and my impression is that thCv were
/ there on the night of the Zd. judge
/ them TO have been six or seven miles to
| the westward. There were three lights
: iE row. very distinctly. evidently signal
/ lights. The commodore thought they
/ were signals. and there was considerable
I talk about them. in which ne took part
! We thought they had some reference TO
/ the Spanish fleet, and the commodore
! thought sure that he had them in the
/ haTbor- OF that 1 am certain.
Activity on the shore.
In answer TO further questions. the
witness said the landing place near where
the lights were was rough and broken
The surf was particularly heavy lie
/ said ne saw some smoke in the harbor
but that he was unable TO tell whether
! Il arose from the city or vessels in the
harhor- lie could see some Notifications.
ho said. and some men upon them. but
hc did not think they were material He
spoke again Of the small boat coming
down 10 the harbOr and having some com
munication with one of the forts and
then returning again. He lid not notice
any operations which led him TO believe
that the Spaaiards were mining the har-
bor- The Iowa. he said. arrived on the
2d and the Dupont on the same day.
| C--DO you know whether tho Iowa gr
/ the Dupont brought in despatchss OF. NOT .
] Al DID not see the dispatches. ! only
. know about them from C0uyerSat tiOu with
me commodore- our relations were al
ways intimate in that way II he had
I any special news he gave IL to me- Ho
! discussed the situation with me and with
other o-uccrS. On that occasion ] under
I stood the situation was about tine sam.
as Il WAS when we left Key West and that
was about the purpOTt OF the dispatches
from the commander-in-chief asked
8 Commodore Schley II there was anything
new and he said the situation was about
the same That the command r-il-chi,i
believed that CieufUeROs should be held
That was the objective point of the Span
ish feet and that IL was important tC
hold that port.
Mr. Hanna mentioned the McCaUa
memorandum and asked II he knew
whether that document was among the
papers which Commodore SchIey received
by the Iowa and the Dupont
The witness said he had no know
edge Of it al all.
Q.-You are acqua nted with the gen
oral substance of the memorandum, are
YOU UOt2
A--No. 7 am not
Mr. Hanna produced copy Of the
memorandum and showed it TO the wit
ness. Captain Cook then said
Il never saw that. never heard OF
it. I had nothing 10 do with the papers;
they were IN the hands Of the. flag secre-
tary."
Mr.. Hanna read the opening sentence
of the memorandum To the effect that "a
landing pace had been selected thir-
teen miles west Of .Cicnfuegos and ask
ed the witness if that was not about
4 the place where the signal lights were
seen
Captain Cook said ne thought IL might
have been perhaps somewhere near there
SchIey's Orders 20 McCHIIH
In answer to "a further queation. h.
said Captain McCaIla arrived of Glen
fucgos on May q and came aboard the
flagship. Captain Cook was present a
the conversation which took place.
/ Q-Flyase state what occurred.
A--The talk was upon various subjects
/ commodore that he had dropped some
supplies for the insurgents and that
brought mp the question as 20 whore The
camp WAS and the commodore said tC
him that we had seen three LIGHTS in q
row along there. He said he could not
make them out, but that be thought they
start. threw up his hands nd said Why
! commodore. that is the signal from
the IusuTErut camp. they want
70 communicate can 70
there ana find out at once whethel
/ the Spaniards are in the haEbor OF not. -
tuWmcotrr SChley told him 10 20 ai
. once, to get on his boats aS soon as pos
I sIble- and 90 let him know the Informal
/ tiou which was asCeTtaiued as soon as
b. could. The subject Of coal was then
brought mp, and the commodore spoke of
( the trUgbIe We had had in getting coal on
! board ship. MCCalla said "HU not 5J
worried concerning me. The Narblchead
! can put In anywhere and take on coal
, | u she cannot coal from "a collier We viii
/ coal her from boat Captain McCaIia
} was always very cheerful about such
matters Soon after that tho AduIa cam,
Spanish fleet had gone into Santiago and
had left on the 18Th W,
were somewhat suspicious Of heI
! when she wanted To- go into
/ the harbor Of CleufueGOs. and gave no
| better reason than that she wanted "a
| communicate with the British subjects
| there Commodore Schley looked upon
/ her as entirely suspicious. ] asked him
why he allowed her 60 go in. He said p,
did not care anything about the Adu!a
but that he was bound 10 get some iufor-
1 nation from her. Her captain had prom
/ Used 10 come Out at noon the next day
! Commodore SchIey said that if tho latter
did not give him the Information h. would
/ go aboard and get n from the passengers
| She dld not come ont as agreed, dnt
| iU his belief that the Spanish fleet was ID
p | there Then thu Eagle came In the even
| ing and reported that she had cOmmuui
| Gated with insurgents. ana that the Span
, | ish fleet was not IN CienlUcgOs. That in
[ formation was positive.