Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-10-25

e1 Any. az s%4u. gave the posirIoa
that the squadron was from the beach
by the appearance Of the surf. which
ordinarily Is not seen beyond six
miles, except at very great eleva
ton
At 8 o'clock on the evening Of the
22d the torpedo boat Dupont. the aa
miral said arrived with a dispatch
from Admiral Sampson The dispatch
referred 10 was the Dear Schley. let
ter He sent the Scorpion TO the east
ward in obedience to the injunction
contained ia that letter TO communi.
cate with the scouts. about whose
presence off Santiago he was very I'm.
certain, as he thought the admiral
was
Admiral Schley also said hat the
Iowa had arrived to join the feet on
the 22d, but he did not remember that
It had brought any dispatches beyond
an envelope containing some letters,
one Of which was from his (Schley's)
wife.
Coming to the blockade Of Glen
fuegos the admiral explained the for
nation Of his feet there, saying that
the steaming which had been men,
toned in the logs was for the purpose
of overcoming the effect of current
which set directly into the beach. Ia
this same connection the admiral said
that he had fixed the position OF the
squadron every morning and every
afternoon by what is known as the
four-point bearing. They were closer
at night, and that was the rule of the
squadron always, they were closer at
night at both Gienfuegos and Santi-
ago. The idea Of keeping the squad
ron in formation during the night or
in line of battle ready for any emer-
gency was never abandoned. The ar
rangement during the day was some
little feigned disorder, in the hope
that they might invite those people
out They knew there would be diff
ficulty in getting in, because his flag
ship was of greater draught than most
of the others, the channels were very
tortuous, and their only hope, at least
their only wish, was that they might
come out.
Showed No Disrespect to Sampson.
The admiral related how Lieutenant
Wood, of the Dupont, had handed him
a dispatch, on the arrival of the Du-
pont, and added: Il think he did me
injustice when he spoke of my speak
ing disrespectfully of Admiral Samp-
son as Captain Sampson. | used no
such term" He said he did not recol-
lect one word of the conversation
which Lieutenant Wood recited.
The admiral said that the Hawk
arrived about 5 o'clock on the morn
ing of May %. This vessel, he said,
had brought the dispatch from Ad.
miral Sampson which is designated
as No. s. This is the dispatch in
which the commander-in-chief notified
the commander of the flying squadron
that the Spanish fleet probably was
at Santiago, and directed him IF sat
isfied that they are not at Cienfuegos
to proceed with all dispatch to San
tiago." The witness said that he had
received duplicate copies of dispatch
No. 8, and said he identified the copy
brought by the Hawk as the first re-
ceived by marginal notes which had
been made en- the copy. He also said
that copy of No. Z, the Dear
Sehley" letter, and also copy of the
McCalla memorandum, had been re-
ceived by the Hawk, saying that these
facts were fixed in his mind by the
circumstance that on that date a sig
nal had been given to the squadron
notifying the vessels that there was
rumor that Ceryeras fleet was at San
tiago.
Relating the fact of the arrival of
the Castine and collier on the 23d,
Admiral Schley referred to his report
ed conversation with Lieutenant
Hood which, he said, lis one of the
other conversations | do not remem-
ber | think he went on, that | can
show you by the memorandum of Mr.
Hoods that If he had any verbal or
ders he forgot to report them"
The admiral then referred to the
memorandum from the Dolphin, pub
lished in the appendix to the report of
the chief OF the bureau of navigation,
reading as follows:
The Hawk has just reported from
Cienfuegos with dispatches from
Schley. Hood says good number of
officers don't believe the Spaniarls
are there at all. although they can
only surmise."
What Hood Should Have Done.
Below it also is border informa-
ton which | should have been very
glad to have had. Mr.. Hood got into
the anchorage, think, some time
about 8 o'clock. The Adula did not
get into the anchorage at Cienfuegos
before 10 or IL O'Clock. Lieutenant
Hood did not board that ship in my
presence. She had already been
boarded. If he had boarded her and
got this news and failed to deliver
it to me, then he committed an indis.
erection, for l was the senior officer,
and he did not know what was going
to do with her, and I should have
been very glad to have had his infor-
nation"
He told the difficulties experienced
in putting a few additional tons
in putting a few more tons of coal
in this connection said: "The work
struck me as being one of such diff
Guilty that any attempt to coal
larger vessel by boats would not only
be exhausting and fatiguing, but al
most impossible beyond day or two"
The incident of the arrival of the
British ship Adula was related in
much detail, the admiral telling how