Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-08-21

DUTY. We were not personal foes. Now
that IL is all over. we are comrades and
friends. That Is the way feel toward
Americans. ! believe they have n diff
ferent opinion Of the spaniards from
what they had before the war"
Captain. do You think Hobson will
raise the Colonl'
No. he viii not She Is tipped on
her side, and her 700 tons have smashed
her. ANY vessel there will cost the:i
wboi> value. A"
''The Colon was n beautiful vessel, "
veniused the reporter.
beautiful. and every inch fighting
ship. | would have got away; not one
Of them could have stopped me. but"
The captain paused and said; Go,
away, said. you understand. | mean
IL schley knew 30. Sampson knows Il,
and ~ does Cook. / told them it was
not the Brooklyn nor ths Oregon that
kept me from escaping. They say
went only 81 miles. tell you It was
~ Divide that by the time and you
win see my average was l7.s knots an
hour and sometimes rs The Oregon
cOuld only 60 10 and was steadily drop
ping the Brooklyn behind. Oh, no;
neither OF the two kept me from escap.
ing, but cant tell you now why ] was
not able to save my ship"
and the captains voice trembled.
'You won't have long 20 wait, though,
you won't have long &c wait. ." he repeat.
ed when tell vs. y, s, viii be on the
hoor Of the cortes am member Of the
Spanish parliament I represent the
Montrill district ia Grenada province
/ have been permitted by the president
TO 20 home now. that may BE- present
at the opening OF the cortes which will
take place In a few days Then 1 will
explain much which appears dark now
/ know many Americans don't seem
quite clear from their accounts a. 20
why didn't escape Wien was in the
lead and gaining. They will soon know.
Il am no, saying this TO detraot at all
from the achievements Of the American
feet. The men did all they could do,
but there u an unwritten chapter yet to
b. known before history is written.
"Ne one will say the Colon was ma.
teriAlly damaged by the Americans, y"
he went on. "She was hit only sir
times. BY your own reports | made %
holes Ia the Brooklyn, and there we're
a. traces OF hits on her side. Does not
that speak well for Spanish gunneryl
They are saying our gunnery could not
shoot Well. the Brooklyn's sides cell
q difereat story"
why did not you sink her then. r.
"Our guns were too small. The three
vessels with heavy guns-the vizcaya,
the Maria Teresa and the Oquendo-
were on Ere. was left alone with only
rapidHrs guns Of comparatively small
caliber. II had had is-inch guns or
li.inch or i2-inch-well, there might
have been a different story. The holes
in ths Brooklyn would have meant
more.
Your naval men have learned great
deal from their fight with the Colon.
They viii not grve up their heavy guns
fcs the light, rapidhre. Sampson told
me a. much. ! told them they could
not and they smiled when asked them
where they would have been II | had
had heavy guns
at was the fortune Of war that put
the heavy guns ON board the ships with
woodwork that would catch fire. Tn,
first shell that struck any Of our ship,
started the fire. There was no fire. In
nv ship because she had no woodwork
She was ike the Brooklyn. and would
not burn"
"What do you think Of the New
York;"
"a bad ship Itwas lucky FOR her sh'
did not get into the fight She would
have burned like our three ships. Rear
Admiral Sampson was in perfect accord
with me on that subject and agreed that
n shell might have set her ON fire ant
with her woodwork she would hay,
gone the way Of the Vizcaya.
who should get the credit fog IN,
victory--Sampson or Schleyy" he VA
asked.
Both. OF course, are men Of great in
telhgence and high character" he said
"But sigsbeel An, what shall say O
himy" said the captain, bitterly. "Afte
the Maine explosion he was in Captain
Eulate's cabin in the Vizcaya. There
with tears In his eyes he said his caree
In life was ended, because he had los
his ship We rescued the American sea
mon while their officers were drinking
champagne on shore, and then Sigsbe
goes into court, forgets all about hi
tears and lamentations in Eulate's cabiI
and tries 20 shoulder the blame upon Us
Never did we have "A hand In the blow
ing up Of the Maine, and am convince,
that after the straightforward, sQuAr
way we have fought this war the Amer
rgn f,ror,io do not lalleva that We hleu