The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-24
ADMIRAL SIMPSONS REPORT
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 which were to be followed in the event that Cervera left Santiago on the ap- proach of Schleys fleet from Glen fueSos and attempted to cruise around the coast to Havana, in which case the Havana squadron would attempt to in- tercept him by going east about 2G0 miles beyond the junction of Santaron and Nicholas channels. Strict orders were given for shading all lights and to see that none were accidentally shown The squadron was to cruise to the eastward in the day and westward dur ing the night. In one of his dis patches the admiral complains that his movements are greatly hampered by monitors constituting the principal force under his command On May 23. as shown by the report, Commodore Schley expressed the belief that the spaniards were at Cienfuegos. On the 27th the admiral sent word to Schley. directing him to proceed with all pos sible speed to Santiago because of in- formation received that the Spaniards were there The same time orders were sent to have the collier Sterling dis patched to Santiago with an expression of opinion that the commodore should use it to obstruct the channel at it's narrowest part leading into the bay and details of the plans were left to the commodore's judgment and earnestly wished him good luck.
 Sampson apparently felt certain of the presence of the Spanish at Santiago and urged that the channel must be blockaded at all hazards At one time Commodore Schley contemplated going to Key West with the squadron for coal, but this was abandoned, the re- pairs to his collier having been tempo rarily made and the necessity for a trip to Key West being avoided San tiago was then blockaded. The admiral congratulated the commodore on his success and directed him to maintain a close blockade at all hazards, especial ly at night. Then follow telegrams from Schley showing that the enemy was in the port and from Secretary Long to Schley. pointing out that the most urgent thing was to know positively whether the Spanish division was in the harbor. If they were an immediate army and navy movement was to be made. In one dispatch the secretary said 1t would be discreditable to the navy if the presence of the Spanish fleet were not ascertained immediately. The commodore's dispatch evidently had not been received at the depart ment when the secretarys telegrams were sent
 Meantime Admiral Sampson had made arrangements to proceed to San tiago with a number of his vessels. He arrived there July l. Then follows resume of the doings of the fleet while off Santiago, of the bombardment of the forts, of the taking of the lower bay at Guantanamo by the Marbleh ad, and the Yankee, copies of the memoranda regarding methods of hlockades, tele- grams bearing on the proposed army movement to Santiago, etc, practically all of which is told in official tele- grams. On June the admiral urged up on the department as he had previously done to expedite the arrival of the troops for Santiago, the difficulty of blockading the Spanish ships daily in- creaslng. On June 10 a dispatch was received showing that the army expe- dition was temporarily stopped because of the reported observation of addition al Spanish vessels in American waters.
 In memorandum dated June 15 the admiral says:
 The commander-in-chlef desires again to call the attention of commanding officers to the positions occupied by, the blockading feet, especially during the daytime and it is now directed that all ships keep within a distance of the entrance to Santiago of four miles and this distance must not be ex- ceeded. If the vessel is coalng or is other wise restricted in her movements, she must nevertheless keep within this distance. If at any time the flagship makes signal which is not visible to any vessel, such vessel must at once approach the flagship or repeating vessel to a point where she can read the signal Disregard of the directions which have already been given on this head has led to endless confusion. Many times during the day the fleet is so scattered that it would be perfectly possible for the enemy to come out of the harbor and meet with very little opposition. The commander-ln-ch hopes that strict attention will be given this or der.
 The admiral reproduces the order of