Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-15

board the New YORK, said next day at
luncheon: sThis ends the war. 2 and
SO it did: with her only good ships
destroyed, Spain recognized the hope
lessness of continuing the contest.
4..e l,4a York, though practically
at sea six months during the war
without entering port, was never in
need of repairs: she never even had to
slow down ON account of any hitch in
her machinery. She not only kept
herself in good order, but was a gen.
eral repair shop and source of supply
for all the torpedo boats and small
vessels. The three months Of actual
war were trying chiefly from the
watchfulness necessary and the dark
enning of the ship at night. No
lights could be shown, and the men
had To move in the gloom. They
slept at the guns with the ammuni-
tion beside them. The ship could
have gone into action in thirty sec
ones
1t was well that the enemy did not
come out during the landing of the
army. A large number of the men
were away in the boats sent to land
our troops, and the ships would have
been seriously handicapped by their
absence. But it was an absence
which could not be helped, as our
soldiers had TO be landed as rapidly
as possible, and the boats and men of
the squadron were the only available
means. And the service was admir-
ably done. Gen. Shdfter telegraphed
the War Department that otherwise
he could not have landed in ten days,
if at all. The whole 10000 were put
ashore in three days on a coast on
which there was no protected beach.
The men of the fleet had an experience
in boating during this whole three
months OF an admirable but trying
character The little steam launches
We're used as picket boats off Santiago
from evening dark to morning light,
and were nightly exposed to fire at
close range, but no one one was struck.
One cadet of the New Orleans in
charge Of launch thought he would
like a swim and landed Immediately
under the Moro and had great difficult
ty ia getting off on account OF the
surf. He was promptly put under
suspension for leaving his boat. All
the same his captain did not think
less of him for disregarding danger.
-, : - =. CiindIy immunity from in
jury is we'll illustrated by an expedi-
tion of two launches under Lieut.
Harlow, one from the New York and
one from the Massachusetts, cadets
Powell and Hart in charge of the
launches: The expedition was for the
purpose Of examining the little bay of
Cabanos, two miles west Of the MORO
entrance which was not more than
$50 feet broad, but broadening out af-
ter some little distance into deep
circular bay which it was thought
might be used for landing part of our
troops, and attacking the batteries at
the entrance of Santiago harbor. The
Spaniards were known to occupy both
sides, but it was thought they might
get through the entrance before dis
coyery in the early morning and then
run the chances of getting out. 1t
was risky adventure, and the boats
had not put their noses into the mar
row channel before the firing began;
it was clearly evident that they would
have to turn back, and this after a
short time they did under an appar-
emily murderous fire, but with not
man injured, though the New York
launch had ID shot holes in her, and
one marine in the Massachusetts
launch had his musket knocked from
his grasp by shot, there being be-
sides number of injuries to the boat.