Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-11-16
FIGHTING BOB STORY.
or the Naval Battle Of SantiagO-EE-
feet of Misreading a SignaI-A ORA
matte EPISODE.


matte EpisOd-.
Philadelphia Press: Captain Rob-
ley D. Evans was the chief speaker
at the Clover Club banquet, given
in connection with the recent peace
Jubilee exercises, Captain Evans
spoke of the naval events leading
up to the war with Spain. He
spoke for nearly half an hour and
as he showed disposition to stop,
he was greeted with loud cries OF
"More; on to Santiago and, in re-
Stunning, he said: "Of course there
has been much talk. Some say
that Shafter did not conduct his
campaign on proper lines. How
ever that may be, 1 know very lit
tie, for I am not an army man. l
submit, however, as fundamental
fact, that General Shafter was sent
to Santiago to lick the Spaniards,
and I announce most emphatically
that they were we'll licked.
"Of our little scrap 1 can only
say that it was the prettiest little
mixup that was ever seen. And /
want to say here that no fleet ever
had a Drawer enemy than we did at
Santiago. These Spaniards stood
up and got killed in the best posi-
BILE shape. Six hundred of them
died, in less than thirty minutes, so
you can see that there was no
hinching on Cervera's ships
During the fight there were two
interesting moments The first
when the tour big cruisers of the
enemy came outside of the harbor,
firing with mechanical regularity,
and presenting most magnificent
spectacle. They were not hitting
anything, but that made little diff
ference at that time; they tried hard
enough. AS we closed in there
came a moment when the fleeing
Spanish ships had almost perfect
chance to use their rams on our
vessels. I submit now that not a
single one changed his course a
single inch. They came out of
that harbor, and ran away, and that
was all they attempted to do, fight
ing as they went.
1.-The second point was when
Dick wainwright misread signal.
1 know that he wont admit that he
misread It; however, I'll tell you the
incident. In the Gloucester VAIN
right was off the harbor when two
Spanish torpedo-boat destroyers
were noticed making straight at
him. The Indiana signaled: The
enemy's torpedo boats are coming
out wainwright read it: Close in
and attack enemy's torpedo boats,
and you know the rest of the story.
"There was a dramatic picture
which I want to call your attention
to. 1t was after the Vizcaya had
run ashore, and l had t. stop the
Iowa, some 400 yards away /
saw the survivors on the sand bar,
which was merely strip of about
200 yards away from the shore, on
either side of a small inlet, On one
side school of hungry SPARKS were
making fierce rushes on The men,
and on the other the Cubdns were
shooting away, utterly regardless
of the !acr that they were fighting a
helpless foe Out in front we were
not supposed to be very friendly.
Finally, | saw aptaiu Eulate
of the DESTROYED ship, coming to-
ward my vessel in a small boat.
Now, Eulate is what YOU would
call a black >paniard; one of those
fellows that would crv as though
his heart would break every few
minutes when in trouble. He sat
in the stern of a small boat that had
belonged to his vessel. She was