The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-14
DEWEY UpHOLDS SCHLEY
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or to block him and to make the block
ade as close as possible.
The flying squadron arrived off Cienfue-
COS on the morning of May o. and estab-
lished a blockade During the day the
ships lay off the port at various dis
tances, in no particular order. AT night
they formed a column of vessels, headed
off shore and moved at only sufficient
| speed for keeping positions. The small
vessels performed picket duty in shore of
the large ships
Commodore Schley did not proceed with
utmost dispatch off Cienfuegos and block
ade that port as close as possible
At 10 o'clock a. M, May 49, the Dupont
arrived at Cienfuegos with dispatch
from the commander-in-chief, dated May
20 1885, which informed Commodore
Schley of the probability of the Spanish
squadron being in Santiago de Cuba, and
receipt of more positive information. At
l:30 p. m, May %, the Iowa arrived at
Cienfuegos and at p m. of the same
date the Scorpion left Cienfuegos for San
tiago.
At S:15 a. M, of May %, Commodore
Schley received by the dispatch vessel
Hawk the following dispatch and memo
randa, from the COMMANDMENTS chief.
Dispatch and Memoranda.
Dispatch (No. 81 dated Key West, May
squadron was probably at Santiago, and
ordered Commodore Schley if he was
satisfied that the Spanish squadron was
not at Cienfuegos, to proceed with all
dispatch, but cautiously, to Santiago de
Cuba, and if the enemy is there block
ade him in that port.
A memorandum dated off Havana, May
q, 1885, which directed Commodore .Schley
to mask his movements in leaving Glen
fuegoS.
A memorandum which stated that
good landing place had been
found by, Commander McCalla
thirteen and one-half miles west Of
Savaniila Point; that the Cubans had
perfect knowledge of what was going on
Within Cienfuegos; that the Cuban forces
IN the San Juan mountains controlled ta
railway between Cienfuegos and Trinidad
and that there were fair roads from the
landing places to Cienfuegos.
AT S;13 a M, May %, the Castine and
the collier Merrimac arrived at Cienfue-
COS. AT noon on the same date the Brit
ism steamer Adulo was permitted to go
into fCiepfaegos.s At "a. m. the Marble
head, Vixen and Eagle arrived at Glen
fuegoS -
About 10 a. m. the Marblehead and
Eagle proceeded to the landing place
thirteen and half miles west of Savan-
lila Point, communicated with the insur-
gents, landed stores for them, learned
that the Spanish squadron was not in
the harbor ct Cienfuegos, rejoined The
squadron at $3.50 p. m. and reported to
Commodore Schley the information Oh
tanned.
Coal Shortage Incident.
After the receipt of this information
Commodore Schley wrote dispatch 30
the COMMUNICATIVE chief in which he stat
ed II shall move eastward tomorrow.
He also wrote a dispatch to the COM
mandant of the naval base at Key West
in which he stated las it is not found
practicable to coal tue Texas from the
collier here where there is so much swell.
| shall nr0paa0 tomorrow off Santa IA
Cuba, being embarrassed, however, by
the Texas short coal supply and her III
a-ility to coal in the open sea. L shall
not be able to remain off that port on
account of general short coal supply Of
squadron, so will proceed to the vicinity
of Nicholas Mole, where the water is
smooth and | can coal the Texas and
other ships with what may remain in
collier"
No work was apparently in progress
on the Notifications of CienfuegoS while
Commodore Schley was off that port. No
efforts were made by Commodore Schlt'y
to communicate with the insurgents to
discover whether the Spanish squadron
was in the harbor of Cienfuegos prior to
the morning of May "a. Signal lights
were displayed on shore at night May %
and May 20, but Commodore Schley had
no information which enabled him to in
terpret them. Before sailing from Glen
fuegos Commodore Schley received relia-
BILE information that ships could be coal
ed in the vicinity of Cape Cruz and in
GonaIVeS enamel.
Eagle and Merrimac Disabled.
The flying squadron, with the exce2-
ton of the Castine, sailed from Cienfue-
COS about D. m. of May "a. Before nid-
night of May "a, owing to the heavy roll
ing, the forward compartment of the
Eagle filled with water which reduced
her speed The squadron reduced its
speed to enable the Eagle to remain
with it On May 26 Commodore Schley
sent the Eagle to Port Antonio to coal
and then to return to Key West: At
coal to steam ten knots per hour for
three days.
AT $50 p M the squadron stopped
about twenty-five miles to the southwarl
of the port of Santiago and was joined
by the scouts Minneapolis, Yale and ST.
Paul.
collier Merrimac We're temporarily dis
abled The broken parts of the engines
were repaired on board the flagship, all
repairs being completed at mldnlght CT
May %. The Yale toWed the Merrlmae
while disabled.
The Commanding officer of the St. Paul
visited the flagship in obedience to sig,
nal took with him Cuban plot ana
had a conversation with Commodore
Commodore Schley had no conversation
with the senior commanding oflcer OF
the scouts and obtained no positive ~,
formation from the scouts fesaruiiS LIS
Spanish squadron.
At 7:45 D. m. May 26 Commodore Scnley
changed the course of the flying SQUAD
ron to the westward, and the squadron
proceeded eighteen miles. stopped at Il Is
n m (the tow lines of the collier having
parted, drifted until $40 p. m. May q,
resumed its course for twenty-three miles,
stopped again at 7:15 p. m and drifted
until 1 D. m. of May %.
Dispatch Brought by Harvard.
At $50 a. m. May 81 the Harvard join
ed the flying squadron, and her command
the following dispatch. dated May %. adj
dressed by the department to the Har-
yard at st. Nicholas Mole, Hayti:
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