The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-15
sABINE's DIAGRAM.

from every crew. Our bugler plays Yankee
Doodle, and our commander acts as II he
thoroughly enjoys it. We hear the Alphon-
SO XIII. came out of Havana and chased the
Hawk thirteen miles. Our commander says
by C. wish he would chase u.s." More
fresh provisions and we are the people who
Sakiy towards me- saying: Il wish I was
back the farm. Cherries are ripe, and
ri like to sit down to the old mans table:
and if this boat ever touches dock again I
the expression was enough. Some of them
are pretty sick, sea sick, home sick, sick of
hard tack and hard work. The band of the
Oregon discourses sweet music, to the great
enjoyment of the assembled fleet.
May SO.-Scouting as usual. New York
comes back from Key West. No mall New
York, Oregon, Mayfiower and three torpedo
boats get under way, bound to the eastward.
Santiago. it is said. Rest of fleet goes to
westward. Newspaper boats in quandary;
don't know which fleet to follow. The hot
test day yet. All hands lying about the
deck almost unable to move. If there is to
be any fighting there will be hot time in
about sweated out of my coal passer, and he
locks like an animated dshrag.
p MIMet the ST. Louis and St. Paul.
also the Hayard They are pOkng about
Spanish fleet is in the vicinity. We cleared
decks for action, but nothing as yet has oc-
Cured Boxing matches on the berth deck
at night and some lively set-tos take place.
The captains cook, who has posed as a
scrapper. was knocked out in short order by
the deck blacksmith. We are now on the
of our torpedo boats have mysteriously dis
appeared, gone scouting / guess They are
like streak of light, and as the "fakir''
says, now you see them and now you don t.
Land in view on the starboard beam, and at
this writing, 2:30 p. M May 81, we should
make Santiago at a. m, making fifteen
at Bahia de Cuba to Santiago de Cuba is $50
miles as the crow flies. The New York lib
crates dozen carrier pigeons, and In three
or four days they will fly into their cote at
the Brooklyn navy yard. A handy way to
send Information where there are no cables.
We are now in latitude q degrees % minutes
north, Longitude 60 degrees IS minutes west.
Everything in the ship has been read and re-
read, and playing cards and also checkers
with the ships barber is now our only re-
course Eight hours work, however, helps
that she is running one does not get tired
sitting down. The tug Osceola passed, hay-
irg large steamer under her protecting
wing. The Osceoa could be put in the
steamers cabin, and it is amusing to see her
putting about, full of Importance with the
steamer towering over her. This is all for
the present. When this goes know not.
The forts fire three shots, but fall short
fully two miles. Five battleships and the
New, Orleans and Marblehead and the usual
captains with the admiral was held. 1t
is decided to send the Mayfower into the en-
trance and so entirety blockade it. as the
entrance is SO narrow that only one ship
can pass in or out at a time. We have
learned there are seventeen Spanish ships in
the harbor.
8 +. M.-Sailed right into the teeth of the
fort am we momentarily expected to be
blown into bits. They did not fire a shot.
MeErimae 6. DID not turn up: as she was not
reaoy: II is a curious feeling when a man
Is actually face to face with death, and
think our chances of coming out o. K. are
pretty SLIM But when they called for seven
volunteers for the Merrimac the entire fleet
night to take the Merrimac into the harbor
and we of the Mayfower will sail right be.
hind. sink her and take her men off and