The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-23
OUR SEA Dogs
ARR NOW MOVING.
Banked Fires on All Vessels
Transformed Into Blaz-
Ing Furnaces.
FAREWELL TIDlNGS
WRITTEN HOME.
The Squadron or Key West Gath
cred Around the Flagship Of
Captain Sampson.
SAILED FOR HAVANA
TODAY AT SUNRISE.
The Boys Are In Fighting Spirits
and Are Confident They win
Win Other News OF the
War With Spain.
SAILED FOR HAVANA
TODAY AT SUNRISE.

Wn WIN Npdths !
Key West, April ~. The North At |
lantic squadron. except for tho monitors
Terror and Puritan and the smaller
cruisers, sailed from Key West at 5 IS
O'Clock this morning headed for the
Florida straits The skies were growing
gray with the coming dawn when the
formidable army Of destroycrs quietly
and unostentatiously steamed away,
presumably for the shores Of Cuba.
Besides the two monitors which
the ships left behind are the
gunboat Helena, cruiser Marblehead,
Detroit, dispatch boat Dolphin and the
torpedo boats Cushing, Dupont and Por.
ter Throughout the long night un.
usual activity ON the vessels OF the fleet
told weary watchers on shore that the
long awaited advance ON Havana was
near at hand, yet there was nothing Of.
fetal on which TO found that belief.
Washington advices Of yesterday after.
noon indicated the probability OF q
movement during the night or today,
but the naval men ashore disclaimed
any knowledge Of orders.
The first sireaks Of the morning light
were crossing from the east and two
bells had just sounded from the ships
when tiny, and two unfamiliar eyes, an
almos, impcrceptihle line Of fire ap-
peared ON the sky above where lay the
flagship A moment or two after and
the signal staff Of the Cincinnati, lying
of Fort Taylor in the inner harbor.
flashed a colored light, acknowledging
the call.
The. Puritan and Helena joined in the
incandesceni conversation, and soon the
skies became Kaleidoscope as ship after
snip answered New lights ticked OF
messages fraught with the gravest inn
port aud creative Of history. WHAT the
words were, Of course, no one ashore
knew, but the few who watched with
straining eyes from sea and docks need
no interpreter TO tell that It mCant hos.
tile action.
The message was not long in delivery,
but sunrise had fully come as the last
letter fickercd and went out. Then the
witnesses saw that the movement had
actually begun under cover Of the night.
Tho big ships could still be discerned IN
the distance, but the others had moved
toward them, the flagship drawing the
other ships Of the squadron to her
The Wilmington and AmphiTite had
slipped from their anchorage and adj
vancod within hailing distance Of the
flagship
II was 6;42 when the New York
without unnecessary delay, moved
pompously and slowly toward the outer
waters OF the gulf. The red lighi
flashed the signal to eager eyes on th'
following feet and told them TO get II
motion at last.
To those ashore 1t looks as II tho New
York was somewhat in advance Of tn,
line, with the Iowa and Indiana follow
ing on either side, but separated fron
her by good stretch Of water. As IN,
line advance toward the horizon, thC
ships spread ont until perhaps there wa
a distance Of three miles between th
tips Of the crescent. The ships OF tn
inner harbor had slipped out one by on
and stopped at various stations until IA
entire formation was ready to NOV,
The exact order OF the ships could nc
D he ascertained from the shore. FroI
!. the highest point in Key West the lin
was semi-circular. The ships that 10
lowed the three leaders wcro tho cruii
ers Cincinnati, Detroit, Nashville, IN
= gunboats Wilmington, Castinc, Mach
!. as, Newport, Monitors Amphitrite, IN
Mangrove, Mayflowor and torpedo bo'
Foote.
Why the powerful monitors Purita
and Terror did not accompany the fec
: could not officially be learned, but II
said they may follow shortly. II
Marblohead is taxing on water, and wi
= doubtless join the squadron in day ,
two.
: The Fern went to Tampa for amml
milton for the feet, and will Join tl
\ squadron in day or two
Key West, April 90 -At2;SS o'cloC
=, this morning the warships lying in Il
y inner harbor were apparently drawn