The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-11
RICHMOND VA SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER II. 1898.

we'll n instructive narrative as told by
the Doctor IN his easy, modest way. as
he sat amid a dozen or more pepni,S % %
the hattle, Including Mauser rue tahtI
from the deck OF inc H. ~ s,d dsa5iv-
forrf.o aheIla rickcd % from IN" rs
OF the Furor and Plutoh candle-suck5,
knives and forks. badly burned Dy ,tns
fire that destroyed me once pIvup
caya. and Spanish hags that once W.
"a over Arroyo There was something
sad ah0ut these relies or me kIeal "a
tis whore hundreds perished. lhsy lem lem
ei 10 be silent reminders on tne Disirs
mon who foDghi even when tne. sn,ps a,,o
nere bring crushed 20 pieces by the aw-
81 ,ffack Of the American ueet' but "elV
desfins1 10 find a Watery grave OF us ~.
~ nieccs bv Tho deadly explosion OF '"o
enemy 5 'DSL ALL LIGHTS OUT.
.grhere has been a great deal publisheu
.bout tho battle OF Santiago whlch y
ro, true" said Dr. Rransford. deliberate
10 "sInce you insist ] shall tell you OF
tbo aaht as I saw it. For weeks We had
hen doing blockade duty. and all that
broke The monotony Of this was the tar
Ger practice we got from Gay to day anu
the occasional firing we dld against 'he
onemv's batteries The whole plan was
made BY Admiral Sampson. who had
overvthing settled as 70 what should De
dome IL the spaniards tried 10 leave me
harbor Day after day We lay unde"
efcaro from two TO four miles ont All
vessels had orders o. keep with-a -FOUR
,,iloe OF the entrance TO the harbor dur
ine the day At night the ships dropped
ip nearer and varied I'm distance from
one and a half 20 two miles away Ihe
ehins would nCve slowly IN about dark
and remain there until day-break. when
thov vould 20 back TO their OH ro'is OF
dut, While living near In al night all
Urbfs we're ordered 10 be pat out so
that the shore batteries could not get our
range. The ships we're all painted lead
color Ike the water. and sucn firing as
they might do at night would have been
Of little effect For weeks this routine
biookading was kept up with 1T
tie prospect Of the Spanish fleet coming
ont During this time there were many
beautiful moonlight nights but we
thought that il dash was made 20 es-
cape IL would be on one Of the dark
nights. ana then we were more eau
tioue than ever and always on the sharp
lookout. This kept up until the men lost
hone that the enemy would come out at
an and we had about decided that Ger
vera and his ships would have 20 be taxi
en- by the American artillery from the
heights above The harbor
"The position Of the blockading squad
ron was lu tli5 oiurl. a. az around TO
the East about t~0 miles from MORO
Castle lay tho Gloucester Then came
the Indiana some distance westward.
Next was the Oregan. then the Iowa,
Texas. and Brooklyn in the order named.
The Iowa 2ls Oregon were almost %.
rtcty i'm front of the harbOr's mouth.
The Newark and Massachusetts had
gone about twenty miles down the east
ern coast 10 coal and the New York was
probably ten miles eastward gho'3 SIZE
bad gone 10 take Admiral Sampson 20
meet an engagemenf for conference
with General cllftc-.
Just in front Of MORO. along the
shore. were The heavy modern guns OF
the enemy, making a formidable battery
Further in tho hsr00r towards the cham
mel where tie Merrimac was sunk was
the EsIalla battery. while on the 0nD0-
site side Of the harbor was The /ocaga
battery. Just beyond this was what is
known as the Western battery with
heavy modern guns. With all these shore
batteries 10 can bee readily seen bow well
protected The city of Sautinec was.
THE BATTLE BEGINS.
eft was about $50 o'clock on sunday