The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-26

in the meantime the. utmost care should p
son arrived at Key, West on May - and cable,
New Orleans would meet him of Santiago, oil
May 20 with important dispatches, and IuTthe
emphasizing the Importance OF Immediat
to ASCERTAIN definitely whether or not CerveraI
squadron was in the port OF Santiago.
scHLEY STOPPED FROM RETURNING TO KEY WEST
ov rSfG%% n; iSC J s3ffRRlo yyr left t. cs5e !gb g n. on ON e,
ne dPSn s FsSITSS and md e sSSySs 81 s@ntiseo
made to the collier MesrrimSc,' AZ I!50.P. NJ. h
siEnalled to the squadron 'Destinati9n Key
n 3ihS"ER eo;ts aF f ISout "a . fPP = H, the squadron go
until 1ii?:336 I. NJ. stopped to make repairs L
OF. the morning, of the .27th the Harvard
from Mole st. Nicolns, delivered TO Commo-
dore schley the followlng despatch;
"wAsuISoToN. May rs. 1898.
Proceed at once and inform schlcy and also III,
senior oficer present oi santiago as toloTsi ~
70 ASCERTAIN facts and that the enemy e therein doc.
With Santiago SSy that there i are landing Places Ave
or siI nautical miles west from the mouth Of herbor,
AND n s5Ht the en Spanish ins"ff From fSs SS SSTrSu mai q hoiShta
Ssa zee the fSSF{ ds yssssl in PEo Whether g. 'C sac as a' IS tSsFS.
Gould not squadron and also the Harvard coal from
or Mole, HsytiIf. The department. viii. send coal i'm.
at Santiago dc Cuba. LoNd.
AT IL A. NJ, W hours after receiving this
despatch, from the department, Commodore
meSSiininasS Report by N signal" AZ noon the
Harvard left. carrying his reply to the depart
ment's despatch as follows:
80. Merrimao engines disabled: is heavy: am
Vixen. Brooiiyin from Collier, ali owing TO a Very
The Breofiyn alone has more than s%ufheicnt coal to
proceed to Key West; cannot remain on Santiago
TO TO GS oat lsSssra S'p %t oFGs in the 'pM% nes !, all S Svi m.
GREETED. cannot obey orders of department. Have
sSriyen earnestly forced to proceed for coal to ksy
s MSSl Gn w resp St hToa snom rS' possitiiv esn@0s As.''Ves Sr1
difficult to tow collier. to get cable to hold,
Later in the day. the squadron meantime
Stop was made to. the flying squadron. after
side the, Merrimas and, coalod,. The squadron
was ct that time distant about forty miles to the
ssopthward and westward Of Santiago, The
the direStion 0t Santiago: This course ,was
stopped for the night about ten miles to the
'%es9qES apIy t oH sS %il @eF In n y ne sS ssg sSs6 a Spanish
man-of-war, the Crlstobal Colon. was seen
lying at anchor inside the harbor, entrance, and
vessels. At 10 A. NJ. Commodore ,schley cabled
that Cervera's squadro1 was at Santiago. On
shs %tSsniih ows o. ana Sh9 NV NeS T orfea sne h @as s9-
changed fire with the ships inside the harbor
and the forts at a range OF about 1000 yards.
SAMPSON ARRIVES AT SANTIAGO.
"0n June l Admiral Sampson arrived of
ron in column to the westward of, the mouth Of
the The h "a fSa Immediately m seaba upon the eoneentrai
efficient blockade was established. Admiral
guarded day and night BY our ships in 2 semi
upon its entrance during the dark. Apian OF
attack. by which our vessels were to close In at
provided for In standing orders. On June 8 an
attempt was made to close the harbor, by sink
III aS at3smp lss t sn . nn ase eSsi'sf M IN its ob:
ject. wac daringly executed. 1t Is now ono of
the well-known, historic maryels Of naval ad-
%structor Hobson and his men won undying
fame:
possession Of the lower bay Of Guantanamo
as a harbor Of refuge for the fleet. and on June
10 the First Battalion OF marines was landed
there and went into camp. For three days and
nights these men. supported by the Marble
head and Dolphin. fought almost constantly,
to have near at hand a harbor in which ships
Gun q p the iHsi tort ao oa d tspstdE ei T On sih IN anant 8n
pamo Bay. was destroyed by the Texas. Marble
head and Suwanee.
TROOPS START FOR SANTIAGO.
IN May the. department advised Admiral
Sampson OF the intention Of the War Depart
ment to send about thirty transports with
s st4Sps tFR him T t. P4oeld Sla 4 s t. tsfbpFtie eSDv sRd n b;
ment asking 1.-THE c91voy was ready, The com
Vessels ali ready
-"on June 8 Information was received at
from hemP TWO se di{feFen tn Sources n4 r fndica II se The m pos.
silbls presence OF 2 force Of Spanish vessels in
f Eitsho5ssa o 81 fbis news mh sp war ord Department wars Iss was
to Admiral Sampson to reinforce the conveying
squadron by two armored vessels. On the next
without regard to this information. as It was
discredited both by Admiral Sampson and the
department. and the following telegram was
sent:
"W4snnoToN. June ., 1898.
"NdpdI BdSe, Key West. FId.:
" The expedition will proceed without
reference to the spanlArdG. Department will inform
FALLEN. Acting Secretary.
"A suitable convoy was retained at Tampa
pedition finally ieft Tampa FAM ae on Tie iai st thiss DE-
p par ms Ra having aP EendeIySused additional yes
Upon arrival of the. convoy of Santiago Ad-
hiiio ooLuIouu bonU uhb CHucI Ol btNL 70 COM
municate with Gen, Shafter. The chief OF staff
took with him O chart Of Santiago HRrbor and
explained to Gen. Shafter that. in order to
enable the vessels OF the navy to enter, 1t was
necessary that the positions occupied by the
eastern and western batteries Of the enemy
should be carried. The possession Of these
points insured the destruction of the mines.
the entrance Of the naval vessels. and an attack
upon Admiral .Cervera's squadron. To this
landing place on which he finally decided was
sHAFTER AND SAMPSON.
Gen. Shaftor reported to Admiral Sampson
on Juno ~ his intention to commence the land
ing OF troops, and Admiral Sampson at once put
an ofticeriin charge ofthe Decentralization which
was begun during the forenoon of the bed BY
means OF the steam launches and cutters from
the ships, OF the squadron. The naval vessels
shelled, the coast about Baiquiri. and q DEM
onstration was made at Cabanas to engage the
attention of the enemy. All the troops were
successfully landed by the boats OF the navy.
and the Joint operations OF the army and navy
began. which finally resulted In the surrender
On July !. in accordance with a request
from Gen. shafter Of June so. the forts at
Aguadores were bombarded and a demUnstra-
ton made at the entrance Of the harbor Of
and on July 2 the batteries at the en-
trance q the harbor were heavily bombarded,
especially the Punta Gorda battery by the Ore
gon and Indiana. A report Of this lombard