The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-12-02
A DINNER TO SCHLEY
The Rear Admiral Tells the
Story of His Great Victory.
AGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION
The Man Who Did the Fighting
Thrills His Hearers With a
Story of the Battle.

Thrills His Hearers With
Story of the Battle.
New York, Nov. 26 Rear Admiral
Schley was the guest Of honor at BAN
quet given tonight by the Lotos Club, at
its magnificent home in Fifth avenue.
Seated at the guests table were Bishop
Potter, Admiral Erben, Captain Sigsbee.
@ Clauncey M. D.pew, Rev. Minot ]. Saw
age, Captain A. T. Mahan and Admiral
Schley.
When Admiral Schley arose to speak
he was accorded tremendous ovation.
He said:
81 do not think deserve 30 much
praise as you are willing to accord me.
l am simply sharer in a great event,
b ad the pleasure of assisting others to q
result which has been glorious in our
history.
SIT ought to be said that the match
less victory of the peerless Dewey on
May and that of of July At Santiago,
supported by the. beautiful work of our
army in the field before Santiago, cul
minated the vigilance of the Navy De-
partment and its officers. How we'll our
work was done the wrecks lying on the
eastern end OF Cuba tell the better story.
Curious how little things determine re-
suits. 1t had been the determination for
the feet of Admiral Cervers to have left
on the night of July 2.
A Curious Coincidence.
"By some of the strange emotious Of
telepathy felt that an outward move
ment had been determined, and decided
to connect the after and forward engines
of my ship. Yet feared to be caught in
an operation of hardly an hour, but
I was told that the full speed of foar
engines and one-half boiler power was
greater than two engines and full boiler
power, so risked it. Much has to be
riaked in battle. It appeared that at
the very hour I was occupying my mind
with the question, Oervera had planned
his attempt to escape.
"Another curious fact was their army q
retreat to the hills west of Santiago, our
army's closing rapidly about them. The
insurgents took possession of the block
houses to the number of six and burned
them. That was the number Of ships in
Oervera's feet, and he thought it was q
signal to us of their intended movement
And he thought to fool the Yankees and
remain. That little fact determined the
result.
"The discipline was SO complete and
the men off Santiago 90 vigilant that the
movement of the enemy's feet was 81
multaneoualy discovered on every ship
The moment chosen by Admiral Oervers
was $50 o'clock in the morning. He as
sumed that We would be at quarters, and
we were. In three minutes the action
had commenced. They came out in
beautiful order, technically q column
under high pressure Of steam. Sinenall
we're to close in and clear for action
followed by a general inward movement
Guns were opened.
The Terrific Bombardment,
"Such bombardment az followed II
the next fifteen minutes rarely falls L
the experience of any one. The bat
teries. east and west of the harbo
opened on the vessels. The firing wa
of kind that can only come witt
. modern rapid-firing guns. The storm q
projectles that passed about US wa
simply terrific. I stood on the bride
! to better determine which of the thre
: methods to pursue. The movemen
l was made westward, the most vulnerabl
: to the enemy. We followed at big
; speed until we determined that th
attitude of the enemy was flight rathe
. than fight. Fifteen minutes would hav
been lost had not this been the cas-
q making the enemy against our fire. Th
l result in twenty-nine minutes was tina
9 four OF the enemy's ships were destroye
l and on fire and in retreat to the beac
| anu Two Iomoiucus Gu0 Va1Cbyo nA
the Colon, who put their helms
3 port and attempted to escape to tt
: west, pursued by all of our feet exceI
! the two who remained behind II
!, humanity's sake and to save life, whic
n is common to civilized warfare. Fifty
. nine minutes from the time the Terel
9 and the Oquendo commenced fight the
g suffered terribly. 1t was the fret tin
a 1 have ever seen shingles literally fl
from a ship. They were pierced by
!. hundred projectiles, the water mains CT
and set on FIRE.
One Shell Moved Down Eighty Mel
. "One she'll alone killed and wounde
i. eighty persons. At 11:05 O'Clock Il
It Teresa made movement as If to set
II sea. She received three shells, on
ct liking the soft part of the ship and Il
others in the forward part above Il
q belt. The fire and smoke burst fro
2 her port holes. q f,mes and smoke fro
her hatchways thonght she wou
:, /. capsize, so heavy was her list to pol
She fred one shot, hauled down b