Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-06-02
FLEET AT SANTIAGO
Admiral Sampson in Command Of
Ii Warships Oonfronts Spanish
Forces in Harbor.
COMMODORE SCHLEY'S ORDER
Large Land and Sea Expedition to Occupy
Santiago d. Cuba Planning Amer
leans Accomplished Object of At
tack on Batteries.

New York, June "A dispatch to the
Herald from Washington says: Real
Admiral Sampson has arrived at San.
tiago de Cuba and relieved Commodore
Schley, in command of the entire force
of vessels operating against Santiago de
Cuba and the Spanish feet, assigning
that officer to the command of the diyi-
sion comprising the ships formerly at
tached to the flying squadron.
Fifteen warships are at Admiral
Simpsons disposal, to pit against the
16 men-ofwar flying the Spanish flag.
They include the frst-class battleships
Iowa, Oregon and Massachusetts; sec
ond-class battleship Texas; armored
cruisers, New York and Brooklyn, pro-
tected cruisers New Orleans, Marble
head and Minneapolis; gunbOat Nash
vile; torpedo boat destroyer Scorpion,
and the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius; tor
pedo boat Porter; auxiliary cruisers
Harvard and Yale, and the auxiliary
gunboat Eagle.
With such force blockading San
tiago de Cuba, naval experts who have
heretofore contended that Admiral Ger
vera had fighting chance to escape,
now concede his position absolutely
hopeless.
Admiral Sampson, before he left Key
West, was notified of the program
adopted by the government to send
troops to assist the naval vessels to cap
ture or destroy the fleet, and there Is no
reason to believe the officials have given
Admiral Sampson any further discretion
than was accorded Commodore Schley.
1t is confidently expected that the
military expedition under General Shat
ter will invest Santiago de Cuba and at
tack Admiral Cervera's feet from the
land early next week. There is strong
probability the army has already left
American soil and Is fairly on its way to
the point of debarkatioE near Santiago
de Cuba.
Commodore Schley's Orders.
A dispatch to the World from Wash
ington says: Ever since the admins
tratlon got the news that Admiral Ger
vera was bottled and corked up at San
tiago de Cuba, a large land and sea ex-
pedition to destroy or capture his fleet
and occupy Santiago de Cuba has been
planning. Commodore Schley, with a
sufficient but not powerful squadron,
was stationed at Santiago, and his or
ders were substantially these: "Not to
try to take Santiago de Cuba or reduce
the Notifications; not tonngage Admiral
Cervera II he should try to escape until
he was clear of oil assistance from the
guns in the forts; not to let him escape
or let supplies or re-enforcements get In
to him from the sea; not to let the
Spaniards make any repairs or additions
to the Notifications at the mouth Of the
harbor." On Tuesday the Spaniards at
Santiago began to repair and strengthen
the Notifications on Morrillo point, to
the right of the entrance to the harbor
Commodore Schley prepared for work,
as his orders clearly permitted him to
do. When Moro castle was In ruins
and abandoned, when the last gun in
the battery near it was silenced, Com
modore Schley gave the signal to draw
off. He had done exactly what he went
for.