The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

NEW YORK, Nov 26.-Rear Ad-
miral schley was the guest of honor
at banquet given tonight by the
Lotos club at its magnificent home on
Fifth avenue. Seated at the board to
greet him were gentlemen prominent
In the Ameriean-Spanish war, and 9TH
ers we'll known in professional and
commercial circles. The banquet room
of the club was richly decorated with
cut flowers, palms and potted plants,
and Immediately behind the admiraPs
chair were draped the Stars and
Stripes with the flag which the adj
miral brought back from Santiago.
Seated at the guests table were Bish-
op Potter, Admiral Erben, Capt. Sigs
bee, Chauncey M Depew, Col Robert
G.. Ingersoll, Rev. Minot j. Savage,
Capt A T. Mahan and Admiral
SchIey.
When Admiral schley arose to speak
he was accorded tremendous ovation.
He said:
do not think deserve SO much praise as
you are willing TO accord me. am simply
a sharer in great event. and had the pleas
ure Of assisting others TO result which has
been glorious in our history.
1t ought to be said that the matchless Vie
tory of the peerless Dewey, on May l, and
that of July9 at Santiago, supported by the
beautiful work of our army in the field be-
fore Santiago, eliminated the vigilance or
the navy department and It's officers How
well our work was done. the wrecks lying on
the eastern end Of Cuba tell the better story.
Curious how little things determine results:
1t had been the determination for the fleet Of
Admiral Ceryera to havesleft on the night
Of July g. BY some of tie strange emotions
OF telepathy l felt that an outward movement
had been determined, and decided TO connect
the after and forward engines OF my snip. Yet
feared to be caught in an operation OF hardly
an hour but 1 was told that the full speed
of our engines and one-haf boiler power was
III nufn and Pm hgi1p
power, so l r.sked ii. Much has to he
risked in battle. 1t appeared that at the very
hour l was occupying my mind with TINS
question Cervera had planned his attempt 10
escape.
Another curious fact was their armys re-
treat to the hills west Of Santiago and o'r
armies closing rapidly about them. The In
surgents took possession OF the blockhouses
to the number OF six and burned them. That
was the number Of ships in Cervera's feet.
and ne thought it was signal to US OF their
intended movement And he thought TO fool
the Yankees and remain. That little fact de-
termined the result
IN BEAUTIFUL ORDER.
The discipline was so complete and the men
Of Santiago so vigilant that the movement Of
the enemy's feet was simultaneously dis
by Cervefa was 9:30 o'clock in the morning.
! He assumed that we would be at quarters
and we were. In three minutes the action
/ had commenced. They came out in beautiful
1 order, technically column under high pres
| sure Of steam. Signals were to close in and
/ clear for action, followed by q general for
ward movement. Guns opened fire.
! Such a bombaEdment that followed in
4 the next few minutes rarely falls to the ex-
peFience Of any one. The batteries to the
| east and west OF the harbor opened on the
/ vessels The firing was OF kind that can
! only come from modern rapid-hre guns. The
/ storm Of projectiles that passed about us was
| simply terrific. / stood on the bridge to bet
| ter determine which OF three methods TO
| pursue The movement was made westward;
| the most vulnerable to the enemy. We fol-
lowed at high speed until we determined tnaI
| the attitude of the enemy was hight ratneT
! than fight. Fifteen minutes would ma - been
1 lost had not this been the case, mask'Hs the
enemy against our fire. The result in saty
| one minutes was that four OF the enemy s
ships were destroyed and on fire and in re-
1 treat to the beach, and two remained, the VIZ
! caya and the Colon. who put their heims to
| port and attempted 10 escape to the west,
| pursued by all OF our feet except the two
| and to save life. which is common TO civilized
warfare.
| Fifty-nine minutes from the time the Teresa
| and the Oquendo commenced flight they sur
| fered terribly. II was the first time | have
ever seen shingles literally fly from snip
the water mains cut and they were set on
| FIRE. At Los O'Clock the Teresa made
movement as II to set 70 sea She received
| three shells, one striking the sott part OF the
! ship and the others in the forward part above
| the belt Fire and smoke burst from her
| way. / thought she would eapsize, SO neayy
| was her list to port. She fired one shot,
hauled down her colors and made Tor the
beech TO her men.
The Colon steamed up then out OF range,
and I directed Capt. Cook. Of the Brooklyn.