The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-13

board batteries. Tho guns and build
ings adjoining Moro received awful
punishment. The Spanish llas 1Sing on
Moro castle was shot away, another
was quickly hoisted.
AT 0a5 when there was no further
response from the enemy the New. York
signalled cease firing and stenmed
away. The Yankee wns allowed to still
batter away Mt the three guns 10 the
eastward all that was left.
When the New York passed the New
Orleans, Captain Chadwick hailed her,
on the admlrals order. and shouted to
her through the megaphone to Join the
Yankee and disu,ount the three glina to
the right OF Moro castle. Captain Fol-
ger shouted back: AYE, aye, cir; we
can do &C."
The New Orleans crew gave nm en-
thusiastic veil as they heard Captain
Folger's reply and followed this up with
three ringing cheers for the New York.
The 'nugship's crew gave Il back with
interest. Then the Oregon, which was
close by. followed the New Orleans. ex-
ample and cheered heartily. The New
YoEk's crew did not seem to realize that
the Oregon had che0red them and did
not reply. sI =
Answer that chcerl" shouted Cap
tain Chadwick, and great yell went
up from the New York.
The navy regulations forbid cheering,
but regulations don't count for much
when the enemy's guns ore silenccd.
The New Orleans proceeded on her err
rand, Joined the Yankee and Dolphin,
and banged away merrlly at the silent
guns. The New York steamed across
the mouth Of the harbor to the westerly
OF the column. One mortar battery In
side the harbor which had not been
seen before. sent one or two shells in
the direction OF the flagship, but not
dangerously close. The Brooklyn. Tex
as, Massachusetts. Marblehead and
Vixen were still firing, At 1921 i(not
1;2l) as previously cabled, o general Sig
nal to cease firing was hoisted, the
smoke cleared away from the sides OF
the ships and they resumed their block
ade stations.
One OF the officers OF the flagship was
heard to remark:
There is nothing more to fire at Just
now. We have silenced their fire effec-
tually. What destruction was done by
our shells 1t Is impossible TO tell. The
defenses OF Santiago de Cuba cannot be
compared to those OF San Juan dc Por-
to Rlco."
The bombardment was little mora
than target practice. Il.
The enemy apparently deserted their
guns soon after the firing commenced,
and had 1t not been for the Merrimac
heroes being thought to be In Morro
castle there would now be little left OF
that,picturesque pile.
The men behaved splendldIy through
out. The bombardment OF Santiago de
Cuba, although perhaps more effective
than the bombardment OF San Juan de
Porto Rico cannot be compared with the
cannonading of the latter.
The work done this morning should
make 1t easy for land attack By the
troops.
AS ut Matanzas and at San Juan,
smoke and the distance made It i'm
possible to tell the exact damage done
by the shells. The firing at times was
short and wild, due TO those causes.
AT about noon, while the Dolphin was
lying close into cove. q few miles east
OF Moro castle she commenced firing
on the shore, apparently Mt some troops
She kept this up for an hour or more.
The other ships lay quietly In their
usual positions and there was nothing
TO intimate that heavy bombardment
had been progressing q few hours be-
fore. Later the Dolphin signalled that
she had disa bled carload of soldiers
and had knocked down blockhouse.