Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-09

Cuban forces that held positions on each
side of the harbor II was on that oeea-
sion that the captain obtained the in
surgents' secret code. which he subse-
quently delivered TO Captain Chadwick
of the New York.
Ii also developed during the day that
Lieutenant Commander III. III. Souther-
land, who was in command Of the con-
verified yacht Eagle. delivered message
to the Scorpion. commanded by Lieuten-
ant Commander Mark. which Captain
McCalla had instructed him to give to
Sfhley The Marbiehead and Eagle had
FALLEN in with the flying squadron on
May 10. while the squadron was on its
way from Key West TO Cienfuegos. Cap
tain McCalla did not know the port or
destination of Schley and his ships. He
said on the stand that if he had known
he would have delivered the insurgents
code TO Sehiey and also acquainted him
with the details of the result of his own
Investigations around Glen fuegos. AS 1t
was he commanded I .eutenant Conn
mander Switzerland TO report to Schley
that they had learned from the insur-
gents that the only vessels inside the
cannonieros. Lieutenant Commander
Switzerland testified thar he megaphoned
this message TO the Scorpion. The mes
sage was intended for Rear Admiral
Sehley.
Gen. Rayner, in cross-examinng Lieu
tenant Commander Switzerland. produc-
ed the log books OF the Scorpion and
Eagle and showed that neither book con-
tanned the highly important message
| which Switzerland said he M saphoned
| to the Scorpion The log took of the
| Scorpion contained an entry purporting
to give the massage which was received
| from Switzerland. 1t was trivial mes
sage and differed radically from that
which the lieutenant commander said he
| had megaph0ned, containing no reference
to landing place at Cienfuegos or the
! possibility Of communicating with the IN
surgents O., to the fact that the Marble
head and Eagle had ascertained that the
| Spanish feet was not in Cienfuegos On
the night they left port. Lieutenant Com.
| mander Switzerland met these omissions
| in the case of his own log and that of
| the Scorpion by remarking that they did
not alter the facts.
/ A very important feature of Lieutenant
| Commander Southerland's testimony was
| his declaration that the weather and sea
at Cienfuegos on the afternoon Of the
oath were both distinctly favorable TO the
coaing of ships. He was certain of this
because he had sent crews ashore IL
eockle-shell boats and they experienced
no difficulty in going through the surf ane
landing. The purpose of this testimony
was clearly to contradict Schley's state
ment that rough weather and boisterous
seas had combined TO prevent the ship:
of his squadron from taking aboard Goa
from the golfers before leaving Cienfue
Cos.
Ninth Day.
4 Captain James NJ. Miller. who com
/ manded the collier Merrimac off Santiagl
/ in May, 1893, gave testimony before tn
court calculated to throw light on tn
contention of Admiral Schley that b
could not coal his ships in those water
the week before the sea fight. Captain
| Miller was called by the department u
show whether or not the state of tn,
and weather compelled Schley to leav'
Santiago to replenish the bunkers of hi
vessels. 1t was vitality important point
and Captain Miller was kept on the stant
an hour.
/ First the judge advocate general oh
tanned the information that in the opinion
of the commander of the collier it wa
possible to coal ships at that time. Late
the counsel from Schley hammered awal