The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-06

patch and ON the l2d the AduIa went i'm
That was better than sending ire "a row
boat against that powerful surf
signals From the shore
Vow aHou, these signal Hzlta of tie
insurgents. Captain Evans has said THAT
he knew Of these signals Fe said Doe HaI
received information concerning them
from Captain Chadwick Chadwick says
mat he did not remember giving any such
| Information to Evans This is all Some
thing seems impossible Evans says he
got his information somehow that three
signal lights meant that the insurgents
wanted TO communicate with the Amerl-
cans Chadwick says he doesn't rcmom-
Der anything about this. There is one
thing certain. however, and that is some
one must have known il when SehlDy laft
Key West. but why was the Dupont al
lowed 10 leave without one single word
Of Information Co the commodore
As quickly as Sch,,y received this i'm
formation De- sCDt th- Marhl'heIu I'm.
and then Doc learned fuI the first tim,
that the Suauigris were not I'm the har-
hoT of ti.utu,EFS, ard that they bad
sailed Tor Santiago There is something
peculiar about AN this.
Now I don't want To critics., except
where IL is necessary. ECg about this
| meeting with the Narhl,L-ad- don't
want 10 comm, gt on Captain NstHla
actions al an The Eagle was sent out
! 20 communicate with the Flying SQUAD
ron Now SChlcy knew THAT D. had boon
at Cieufusgos and ] want Co say right
here that Captain NCCafIl never intended
to land any boat on the Cuban coast II"
was around there eight days. until by "a
/ fortunate Circumstance me picked up some
| struggling 1uhans of the water, and that
he there arranged the signals about
! which there was so much secrecy and so
| much mystery, and about which Comma
/ durc Schlcy was not supposed 60 know
! anything. Now we find the Eag5- -vut
/ ont Schlcy, of course, thought tina; The
! Eagle would give him an tho Information
! IN her possession regarding the situation
/ at CicnfUg Cos.
I What was done2 The Scorpion went
/ out 10 meet the Eagle McCaIIa toid
] Sutherland to give the situation. but he
/ did not toll him 90 give anything To
/ Schlcy about the signal LIGHTS Comma
/ dCre SChiey was suppose TO De- given
! no information ON the srhig,t The Scor-
! plcn met the Eagle There peculiar in
/ CiGeut occurred.
Information Kept From SchIey.
! Where was that message CT Mr.. South
| orlando IL may be sin in In. uoEa1hone-
/ ILau Ehter.l Mr.. Sutherland irav have
/ taken the wrong enc of that Instrument
! Laughter At any rate. one thing is
certain. and that is that when the Scor-
] pluu was sent out 10 meet the Eagle and
/ 10 get The news from CigufUrg1s she did
not get u ALL
What was given about the subject O;
! a Cuban camp i'm the uJiEHIurh.ud Of
4 CIeufut SoS2 Not word What was told
| about "a signal code having BEEN arranged
with the insurgents That was mystic
I TiOuS secret that was not intended 10 le
| c"nmN ilcaled. Inc news ihai '"mE'"-
I dore SChiCy did get that there was up
! news That WAS the thrilling intelligence
] Ihdt was all that was given hE the al- ga
/ phone and with that the Marb.vLtTj went
, rejoicing on hef way 10 Jlr lf Ig" Oh
I the commandments % communicate
I 10 him the important iUf0rWaEi.l.
There stood Commodore Sch.ry. iguo-
rant OF every circumstance tG1- is cleared
| lf now. anu my III please inc '"aft l.
there Is not q thread l'it upon which my
~. eI,.,f+i...+f,r r..-'-i---- -.-..-- rA=s 80
ture 81 the case Commodore Srh-yy obey
81 even order sent q" nun There is $40
s,,-,'5 ~, ,.-i- = ,,.. -t -
Vow. ann crira. ID fIe with th- CONT
"a minute of the principal points THAI have
hetn i'htn INTO l,-,.nnHE ON lIr e4lti-
~. rfsffrrrr,- If non -E, ltr,y ~ i-,-,-r..
. In an the facts tuat the condition of the
I surf was one of extreme danger. and that
~ @Y4it Hat. ,,,- .--.'..7-l"l, 10 i-.
+ "N-,y- v-bst 4. W. sd ,-hs,, +ra Hawk
- al Cioufu-EoE- Let MS take tho testi-
mony OF iLeulenaEt Hood a1n ike
NJ, 49, N. NJ -, 5,., n 5i-,
self into "A situation here from which h,
cannot very EASILY eNtricate himself
r ne nss ly-Sll,a hrTt .hal ne ma I
Who ray. him Fsfnif.. irfo-ra-i,D ma
I tho Spanish feet was I'm Santiago. Vow
r how can W" nossibly believe that2 y
Z could nos have been said This r-Mar-
q IS an ImpuJau"n upon the commandments
! chief more so than 10 D. upon Commodore
. Z Schley- He was handed written mes
sage from Lieutenant Hood saying Don
e { leave ficufUeCOs unless YOU are Sa-iSfe.
% the Spauiards are not there Then a
a I the same time he was given verbal in
r structions by Lieutenant Hood which sal.
] that tn commandments had definite
H. Information that The Spanish fleet was iT