The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22
THE DAUNILESS' CRUISE.
History of VOYAGE with Admiral
SIMPSONS Fleet.
SHIPS HAD 10 TOW THE MONITORS.
sampson Had Hoped TO Find the
Spanish Squadron at snn Juan,
hut Was Disappointed.
FPS HAD 10 TOW THE MONITORS.

| Correspondence Of the Associated Press Copy
righted 1898. by the Associated Press
| ON Board tho Associated Press Dispatch
! Boat pauntloss, Key West. Fla, May 1S.--The
| patntlcss was member OF Admiral Samp-
| sons fleet during the lattor's cruise to inter
| cept the Spanish squadron. The dispatch
eonts voyage lasted fifteen days and extended
| from Key West to St Thomas and return.
with two side trips TO Cape Haytion Haytl,
| tho total distance travelled being $500 miles.
| az against 1900 by the feet.
The Dauntless occupied a grand stand posi-
ton at the battle OF San Juan and bore the
iirst details OF the engagement to the st.
Thomas cable station, When the cruise began
II Was believed that the Spanish squadron Of
cruetrS torpedo boat destruyers and totnedo
noAtS which had already sailed from lac Cane
N0foo islands vas lound for the West Indies.
~ was nomlral SIMPSONS Han to nun his
meet between the Spanish vessels and the port
OF san Juan, Porto Rise and failing nm mis-
70 attack the fleet before ii lett San Juan or
y 100 late, to engage the SranIards in sight
aiywhere ADMIRAL SIMPSONS neot which
ieft hey West May g. was composed Of the
hattleships Iowa and Indiana the cruisers
New lorl tfagshim. Montgomery and De-
ttoit. the monitors Amphitrite and Terror the
torpedo boat Porter, tho coal shin Ntns,ra
tae tug Wampatuck aud the Associated l,ress
noat Dauntless. The Daintless joined the lcet
- Ns,N hNNVi udinol ~ hey west aud Wns ur.
dered by the admiral 10 tako station with,
na'nnk distance OF the New York and remain
mere On the first day OF the cruise ina
nAuhuess lowed coal lighter from Key West
70 uie Indiana to enable the battieshIp 10 iii
VET ,uhkers on time. Later she carried Ais
patenes 70 Cape iiaytion ana st. Thomas. ana
n,' uistlpuuon OF news, bananas, newspapcr,
pinhtains, chickens and pineappies made hor
NerF popular. When the Dauntiess was obliuea
70 separate temporarily from the aeet she wns
piuNldec with light signals and n saniny
VouFst, SO that she readily overlook the tieat
avg VAS never held up as suspicious,
leaving Key West on May B. the feet sailed
in ,ne direction OF Havana, then turned ensts
w"d'I along the lofty coast OF Cuba al MIR,
me heacons on the Cuban coast were iiyhfeJ
as hsuai, but they gave guidance 10 few yes-
stis besides the enemies OF Spain, for the war
nus arNen shlps from the seas At night tha
noes carried no lights, but there was n,uch
s'sue, practice with colored lamps
hSrly IN the cruise the Terror and tho Ino,.
ana became troublesome because OF mishan,
% ,heir boilers, The monitors nj the outspt
crhsRed on the progress OF the fleet. and murh
y tne way To San iuap the New York towfs !
lne terror ana tho Iowa pulled the Amnn,-
,rite the Porter often hitehing on behind tha
terror Ihe ofheers OF the feet had navy
isnNsnu tnings 70 say about the GRABS. = ns
On May the MONTGOMERY wen, mr. ., - /
tpSusn 70 send dispatches to Washinrtnn
,, Nv the next morning the Dauntless entered
n p., seme port Tor like purpose. The Mont
,on,s,ys eail caused Some stir, Il Is said 4,
'o's ~ Prince. where It was reported thai