The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-10-25
Tho Brooklyn's Commander on
the Witness Stand.
HE TELLS a GRAPHIC 8roRY.
0apf. Cook Assumed Response
bility for tiis ahlp's Famous
Loop. achIey Brave
and Patriotic.
and Patriotic.

unOlHOl<yt Al CHo OSpNOlty VI Cu1oC vf
staff for the commodore, WAS tho frat
witness introduced for Sohloy in tn.
court Of enquiry laHt week.
@ Giving tho reasons for the departure
of the flying tquadron for Oienfuogos,
sCsp,. Oook eald the Rqusdron had boon
sent to that port 10 intercept and neot
the Spsnish squadron, it having been
determined, as &c beloved at that
time, By them to make CieNfuoeos thor
objective point" Ho had understood
thnt Tho Spapish feot carried munitions
Of war iot Habans, ana it wss believed
that they would go 10 Cicpfuosos po.
oaUso Of lis accessibility TO HaDana.
OhIt. Cook detailed conversation
between Commodore Schicy and Capt.
Chester While tho Gquadron was on
route to CicnfuoGos. He eaid thcro had
boon talk hotWecn tho1o about co&llng On
the southern ovast of CABS. Capt ue4k
said that upon arriving off CicnireEob
on the morMng Of May 22 blockade
MaB immediately established, as Tho fiji.
ing of guns Wap hoaid, ana it was bo
heved that CcrveIa had arrived aud o
EarthWorks on tho bloru Worc eeeD, but
,hey wore not FREQ ulUn teosuae itwaB
conslderco doBiraDlc not 10 UnuccGsaa,
rlly expend anlnlnMNicn.
A.'t'l think betWeer th&l timo and the
arrival Of The AoUla, IL was prcsuyAoo
that the whole bosch was occupied, he
SAID. "We Baw cavalry and otAols OH
tho bosoA. Tho possibility Cf "a beat
landing was talkoo Of On the arrival
of tho Adula, Wo fully oxpooted TO got
nll information"
Did you sec any signal lights on
shore while you woro tbore?"
Yes, the first thing after we arrived,
on May 22."
"Whole wero those signal lights and
what wero they r.
i judged them to hsvo boon about
six OF sevcn miles to tho wcBtwsrd,
three lights, ono ahead OF tho otheY,
vory distinctly, and the discussion that
took place on tho ship, in which l think
the commodore took part, Was pretty
clear evloenoe that it was signal Of
Rome kind to aesisI that floet and that
no certainty had them in there"
"Tholu could have been no doubt
whatever, from tho arranGmenis Of
those lights that thoy wore Intended ae
signalsY"
"Oh, no, tteir appearing at tho time
they did and remsining 80 long, but
We could not determine from whom OF
TO whom they weYe sent."
Speaking Of tho GOAL supply Of the
yeesela Of tho flying aquadlon wlilo al
Uienfuegop, Capt. Cook SAID that his
only anxIoty was concerning tho Texas,
whose supply WAS light. It he'd boon
tound difficult 10 GOAL that ship en- GO
count Of lib bp0nsons. He said in this
connection that Commodore Sohley had
alwsys beep persistent in Keeping tho
ships as full Of coal as possible. Uapt.
Oook said no reoalled the srrival Of
the dispatch boat Hawk on May 81
with dispatches. He WAS told that tho
information WAS to the eifccS that the
Spanish tleot was in Santi&so, "bus,"
no aaid, II wts not especially i'm,
pressed with that fact as l had ht ard it
before" Ho vas, however, tod that
this information vas moro positive
tnan any which had yot been brought.
Tho commodore, ho said, had told him
.thaG the Hswk had brought orders to
tho effaot that the squadron should
I proceed to Santiago if Ao (tho ooynno
d0re) was eatisheo that tho SpGnasrdo
were not at Clentuegoe, but he aaid
Commodore Sohiey had paid II SIN no:
satln6ed that they aro not heie. Istill
Doheve they ale hero.
Yhoro uas then, he esid. considerable
talk on the part Of the commodore con
corning the coal supply, ho 1uoing that
If the ,hcn pIesonI expenditure was TO
oontinue it would not continue long.
He was ntill especially concerned about
the Ytxep, md had said 10 him (Uapt.
Il Cook) that we must keep the shlps
IN tisntiug TRIM" 'cLoy lad oonsuitod
charts AID talked ever Tho caao, lock
ing tOr plAco liz iof ooallug. D.naliy,
no hald, they hau hit upon Gonslyep
bay ana aeoiddd 10 lay d course ior hat
point. Ilo loea," LIS said, was that
we should ptOCecu IN the diroUtiOn OF
Sansiago and that il wo found tue aen
BuGa thaC We could oUal Wo would i'm
medlateiy lnstliute tho blockade, but
II LOt prGctlchbie 70 do that Wo would
3 prOocou TO GonaiveB pay and ooal
There" Gspt. Cook related the partio-
uislB Of .Gc M@esilg with tho scout
ships Of SsntlaSo I'D told OF Uap.s.
CottOn aGd SIgbDeo coming Oh buard.
Speaking Uf Uapt. oigsDecs visit, he
told OF his blitg gips tho Pilot Nunc2
! ABOARD. Nnnlzha.d DO Gsd scon moth.
log of the Spanish fcot.
/ Replying 10 qQesslUps concerning the
blockaoo Ot SsAtiaao, Csys. Cook said
That .Uomm.dore SCAlcy's oonatant idea
Wsb that me vtsheis should bo ktp!
well supplied with ooai aud kept NOV.
ing constantly, as his theory was that
tho Spanish fleet you'd come out Of the
hnrbor.
Why vas tho oiroplar blockade not
adopted2" Mr.. Hanna asAod.
There arc many formD Of blockade,
and ! have nothing bat praise for tho
circular blockade" f" replied the witnesa,
but tho IDEA waB 10 tot the Spaninda
J to come out and to havo our ships moy.
ing aud ready for action"
Nv hat We're your orders Of battle
from May 10 to Juno II"
'Wo did not hayo any, The f'oot
!. was always in condition for action"
''Do you call that battle ordel3"
ut 10 possible to havo on order for
battle IL you know just what conditions
you are going to meet. Tho idea With
US was to bo able to fight tho Spanish
feot whenever Wo should moot it. !
. think that was understood by s1ll.
certainly 30 undorstood it," ~ t
III tho feet had come out OF tho har.