The age-herald., 1901-10-25

know that it would be impossible for you to be otherwise than loyal
 l asked the admiral if there had been established any means of communicating with the insurgents; whether there were pilots ~ur whether any locality was known where they were to be Iound. He told me that he did not know, but when ne got the situation better in hand he would communicate with me and he thought it would be better for me to proceed to the blockade or Cienfuegos as soon as possible. I said ''very welr'. I was very glad, of course, to go anywhere. That terminated our conversation except so far of such a visit"
 The admiral said that he then left the New York and went on boaru his own flagship in order to hasten the operation of coaling. Later the Algonquin came out with an order from the secretary of the navy to Commodore Remey directing the witness to proceed to Havana
 Admiral Schley said he signalled Ad- miral Samposn and the latter said he understood that he (Sampson) coming to Key West modified his lSchley's) orders and instructing him to carry out the plans agreed upon. The admiral then described the coaling of his sQuardon which he said was a more tedious task than it became later. He told of the quantity of coal his ship had. and said that between ' and o'clock on the morn ing of the 18th he sailed for Cienfuegos-
 Ordered to Blockade Cienfueeos.
 The admiral then read the order under which he had sailed from Key West In these orders Admiral Sampson had told Commodore Schley that he should estab- fish a blockade at Cienfuegos with the least possible delay and had said that after he had the information more in H. der the direction of this order my squad ron got under way. he said. and then he related the details of the cruise to Cienfuegos. That same night he had fall len In with McCalla and his subsequent squadron. McCalla had sent the Eagle to intercept him and had himself asked permission to pass on. He had sent the Scorpion to meet the Eagle and the former vessel had replied as was record ed in its log mat he sal lis the information she gave us. After this the Eagle came within hail. telling us there was no news. I feel very positive that this was the case. It seems burnt into I begin to think I may possible be mis- taken"
 Relating the particulars of his meeting with Captain Chester of the Cincinnati. he said that the captain was anxious to join the flying squadron The admiral said that was not possible. The captain had suggested one or two banks on the Cuban coast at which he thought coaling would be possible. Still 1t was problemat- ical. as it would depend upon the weather and sea
 After Captain Chester left the admiral said the squadron had continued its voy- age toward Cienfuegos. where it arrived on the night of March 21.
 ''roward sundown that evening I was standing on the bridge. when three or four miles out. I heard six or seven guns fired with the cadence of salute. The report was so distinct that the of ficer of the deck spoke of 1t.
 The next day early in the morning the fleet had steamed in and looked into the harbor, but it had been impossible to see in. ''I never saw any smokestacks there. he said, and was very close watcher from or o'clock in the morning until 12 o'clock or l o'clock at night Few cir cumstances escaped me.
 Toward g o'clock of the I'd" he said ''the Dupont brought to me the now eel ebrated Dear Schley letter.. In obed- fence to his dispatch he had sent the Scorpion east to communicate with the scout boats about the Spaniards. as was very doubtful of their being at Santiago. as l think the admiral was-' He recalled the arrival of the Iowa. but he did not recollect that it brought anything to him In the way of dispatches. Speaking of the blockade at C1enfuegos he said the line was three or four miles out sI came closer at night than in the day time, he said "and that was the rule always both ac Cienfuegos and Santiago"
 T believed at that time" he said. from the sound of the firing and the converse ton l had had with Admiral Sampson that the squadron was in Cienfuexos. The line Of formation was kept ready for any emergency and was never abandoned During the day we feigned a little dis