Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-28

| be temporarily, produced much natural
| irritation among the naval officers
| All appearances now point to the pass
| ing away of this feeling, and hearty
| active cooperation between the army
| and navy may be anticipated.
| BY great good fortune no accident
has occurred of sufficient Importance
| to render any of our ships utterly help
| less or beyond the aid of towing dur
Ing the fleets cruising of the past
| month. Such accidents, however. are
\ quite within the bounds of possibility.
With such tender machinery as tor
pedo boats doing hard duty in all
| kinds of weather. accidents even come
into the list of possibilities which naval
commanders have to count upon.
| with base in the enemy's territory
| with harbor of refuge and a coaling
station within 20 miles of the cruising
grounds. Rear Admiral SIMPSONS task
| arduous at its best. will be made a very
! great deal easter. But such a base can
only be obtained through cooperation
! with the army. as the force OF marines
! III the disposal of the admiral is not
| large enough to cope with the possible
strength that Captain General Blanco
! could concentrate on short notice. Then
While the army of the United States ia
operating on shore, 1t is safe to say
the naval gunners will not be idle.
During the weeks cruise of the dag
| ship New York from Matnnzas towards
the eastern end OF Cuba and back
there We're many incidents of interest
Everything centered in the news from
| Commodore Schev and disappoint-
ment was visible In every face when
| II become known that the commodore
| was mistaken In thinking he had Ad-
| miral Cervera bottled up at Cienfueros.
but this feeling of disappointment soon
| gave away to renewed enthusiasm
when news was received from San
~ TAB MIL,
acceptable than the reports from Glen
| fuegos, for had Admiral Cervera sue
| ceeded in effecting landing at Glen
fuegos he would most likely have been
able to transport his alleged cargo of
arms and ammunition to Havana
while from Santiago de Cuba II will
be almost impossible for him to do so
During the first few days out from
Key West. there was a heavy sen.
which made life miserable for the tor
| pedo boats Rogers and Foote. and
whicn made the monitors roll very
The sharpest kind of lookout was
| Kept and more than once the fleet went
| into battle form showing the over
anxiety on the part of some man on the
| lookout in the tops. who thought he saw
| the smoke of five Spanish warships on
the horizon. Absolutely no lights were
| shown at night and signals were con-
| stantly exchanged between the flag
| ships and the scouts. The latter gener-
| ally were the New Orleans, Mayflower
and MRchias.
THE HARVARD BRINGS IMPORT
ANT DISPATCHES.
Kingston, Jamaica, May 2s-Copy-
| right, 1893. by the Associated Press.l-
| The U. S. auxiliary cruiser Harvard.
| formerly the American line steamer
| New York. arrived here this morning
AFTER having left the American fleet at
| noon Yesterday.
Twelve American warships are now
outside the Santiago de Cuba harbor.
| ana Admiral Cervera and the Spanish
fleet are almost certainly inside. But
nothing certain is known as to the
| communication which Commodore
| schley has had with the shore or as
| to the number of Spanish fighting ves-
| sells bottled up in the harbor.
1t is to be presumed that the Har,
ward has important dispatches for the
naval authorities at Washington.
IMPORTANT ORDERS FOR scHLEY
New York. May 2s.-A special cable
to the Evening Telegram, dated Kings
ton, May 49, says:
| BY arrangement with the Associated
| Press, the latter's dispatch boat Dandy
| took on board a messenger with dis
| patches oabled to Consul Dent here for
| transmission to the American fleet The
| Dandy left Port Maria. on the north
| coast of Jamaica, last night. The
| messenger on the Dandy is an officer of
| the navy department and 1t Is under.
stood he has dispatches OF the greatest
| Importance for Commodore Schley.
The latter, which started miles
| ahead or We're on the tanks or astern
| OF the fleet, We're always busy. Their
| location was learned every few hours
| by the faint CLEAN Of the private sig
| nal lights. They have special signals
TO display in case the Spanish fleet was
| sighted.
The eagerness with which the blue
| Jackets In the tops looked and prayed
| for that colored light was a delight
full exhibition Of the spirit which pre-
l walls through the fleet.