The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-13
SANTIAGO IS AT
SCHLEY'S MERCY.
He Has Found the Range
and Does Good Work.
FIRES FROM SHELLS.
The Place Can Be Burned by the
Guns of the Fleet.
WAS ASREGULAR AS CLOCKW0RK
The Bombardment Proceeded i'm q
Business-Lil<e Manner, the Firing
Being Done at Regular Inter-
vals-The Spanish Guns
Made No RepIy-Schley
BY Request stopped,

OFF AGUADORES. July IL p. NJ
via Kingston, Jamaica, July 2.-2Io r.
M.-The United States navy has the fol-
lowing problem presented TO it:
What is the best manner Of effectively
bombarding a city distant four and half
miles and concealed from view by a
range Of hills go feet high at its lowest
part? The problem has been sausfac-
torily solved. So if the army hereafter
never fired shot and merely guarded
the roads the navy could make Santiago
untenable if indeed it did not totally
destroy it in a few days.
/ FINE PRACTICE.
Sunday and Monday the sea was calmer
than usual so that the opportunity foi
good practice was afforded. IN pur-
suance Of General Skaters request
Commodore Schley Admiral Sampson
being absent at Guantanamo, at O'Clock
on Sunday moved the Brooklyn, Indiana
and Texas 10 q point a distace OF a
little over four ad a half miles Of Sanu-
ago. Men were posted on a crest OF
hill nearly opposite the ships, az point
overlooking the city. for the purpose OF
signalling the gunners IL the shells went
too high or too low
The New York returned here last
night and to-day the New York and the
Indiana were the ships which partici-
pated i'm the Smelling.
The ships ran out their big guns on the
side opposite the firing in order 10 secure
the desired list 10 port or 10 starboard.
General Shafter slgnalled about noon
thats"some Of the shells fell in the bay
and some in the city. The latter do not
appear TO do great damage
THEY GOT THE RANGE.
Comment on the subject was changed
Immediately by a message saying: 'the
last shot struck ST. Michaels church,
where powder was stored, blowing up the
same and doing great damage The
bombardment closed for the day az p.
NJ at General Skaters request, as he
was about 10 send nag of truce into
the city i'm order TO demand its surrender
for the third and last time.
The whole proceeding was business-like
I'm the extreme. The ordinary avocatiOns
on ship board went on, punctuated at in
tervals Of five minutes by the roar Of the
big guns. the scream Of projectiles and
the echoes from the mountains in the
rear Of Moro Castle plainly visible 10
lilt NtHLWd ara duA uhNll- Ail' bbiiiNaA Hiii-
ships well in range. But not a gun was
fired by the Spaniards.
EFFECTIVE WORK
The effect Of the shells when they did
hit can easily be imagined when it is
known that each of them carries 2O
pounds of explosives and travels G25 feet
per second. When such a missile lands
at a distance of four and a half miles
from the muzzle TO the city it occupies
22 IA second i'm its fight Four shells dur
ing the bombardment to-day started fires
in different parts of the city proving the
feasibility Of burning the place by using
the guns Of the fleet alone. II was
strange to see our soldiers repairing
locomotive on the railroad track running
along the beach. while. like the strokes
of a slow clock the guns were fred ana
sent shells screaming over the men at
work
Death must have come to many in the
city by reason Of the sheiling. but it is
impossible TO do more now than surmise
as to the extent OF the mortality.