The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-26

I Some of it reached me-" he said. He
saw Lieutenant McCauley and the doctor
pick the body up and carry it to the side
| as II to throw II overheard. He called tC
| them not to do so; that one who had fallen
so gallantly deserved a better burial.
Continuing the story of the fight proper
the Admiral described how the viscaya
had turned toward the Brooklyn just be-
| fore she went ashore. AS she turned he
distinctly saw the effect of a shot which
| then entered her bow, whereupon She
wheeled back and headed for the shore. As
| she did SO. he saw her raked fore and aft
! by big shell and she listed far over
that he thought she might turn turtle. 81
signaled the Texas to look out for her. but
received no answer" Admiral Schley testi-
! fled. THE Texas was TOO far back. prob
| ably. l remarked at the time: 1t does not
matter. Captain Philip is always sensible.
He needs no instructions.
| Speaking then Of the effect that the Span
| ish fire had on the Brooklyn. he said 1t
! was 50 heavy that all the rigging of the
Brooklyn had been cut; even the. speed
| cones had been shot away, one of them
| nearly striking him as he stood on the
| bridge.
i After the viscaya hauled down her colors
| the chase of the Colon continued. She edged
| in shore, and appeared to be following the
| contour Of the coast. He thought she was
, looking for soft place to go ashore. but
| she kept on. She was then out Of range,
! up and get breath of fresh air and some
thing to eat. He himself went into the con-
through the tube that all hands except one
bad gone ashore, and that he would depend
upon them to get her.
There was much jubilation among the
men, he said, but the Brooklyn's motion
seemed slow and heavy. and the Admiral
said he directed Captain Cook to make an
examination. The result was the discovery
that watcr-tight compartment was full
1t was at first thought that there had been
an injury to the ship below the water line
After AfoaE,t that howeyer the speed Of the
for Torquino Point. on the theory that the
Colon, to get away, would have to pass
tLat point. He ordered extra ammunition
brought up for use when they came to close
quarters.
SIGNALED THE NEWS
OF THE ENEMY'S SURRENDER.
The Colon was gradually overhauled and
he signaled the Oregon to try one of her
l3-inch guns. He said he had supposed un-
til Captain Clark testified that the order
had been received. The Oregon, he said.
was abaft the beam of the Brooklyn work
ing up little occasionally during the chase.
but he did not think the two boats were 500
yards apart at any time. At 1880 both the
Oregon and the Brooklyn opened. the
former with her 13-inch and the latter with
her S.inch guns. The shell from one of the
lS-inch guns he distinctly saw fall beyond
the Colon. and also one of the S-inch guns.
Suddenly the Colon turned her nose in
down her flag.
The Admiral said that he at once sig
nailed that the enemy had surrendered. He
IN getting boat out to board the Colon.
We steamed into a position, l should say
Gr o., thousand yards. l remember distinct.
slow up. l said. No: continue in As the
Colon hauled down her flag 1 think she was
ABOUT Tour miles from us We were rum
hn Atyht hts,~1 ~1Dn x,P
knots think It was about 1:3D .. m When
the surrender occurred. l looked for the
% other vessels OF our fleet. saw three ves-
could see only the smoke of the third one.
When Captain Cook started for the
Colon, !;n1dt after the surrender. he said to me.
render: l said to him, Unconditional.
These are matters the Commander-in-Chief
must arrange. About 2:23 o'clock the New
York came up. l made signals to her.
When she came UP made the signal to
her that 1t was a glorious day for our
country: count AS soon as possible went on
what had occurred
NV While Ia., talking with the officers of the
up to me and said. Commodore. your work
is not over yet. The Resolute has just Dr.
rived and reports a Spanish battleship on
you. 1 found Captain Clark with the Com
mander-in-Chief. l made some suggestion
to him q, about hoisting the flag on the Colon
and said to him that / was prepared, IL he
had not come up. to have sent a force of
nfty or SIXTY men On board to take pos
session and avoid anything like 'monkeying
When he mentioned to me to take the
Oregon and go eastward to meet this ship.
! must say l felt some little delight be
work cf the squadron on that day on the
part Of the Oregon and the Brooklyn that
there was not anything that carried the
hat -l,r H1.l
tated to meet
The witness then told of starting to fol-
low the Spanish ship. having made signal |
of meeting the Vixen and being informed |
that the Spanish ship was the Pelayo. The |
witness described the overhauling Of The |,
cruiser.
The Admiral then told of returning to |
the fleet and taking position before Sand- |
ago. |
sCHLEY's CONVERSATION
WITH ADMIRAL CERvERA.
Admiral schley told of passing the |
Evans. who Informed him that admiral /
Cervera vas on board and would like very
much tc see him. Admiral Schey said that
he then went on board the Iowa. having !
in the meantime directed his men not 70 |,
cheer; : as he did moi think it would be
proper !. exult over foe who had fought
II found the Spanish Admiral greatly de-
1ecteo, said the witness. Il said to him
1 knew he had lost everything, clothing as
well as money, and I informed him that |.
my wardrobe. as well as my purse, as far /
as that would go. was at his service"
Admiral Cervera, the witness said,
thanked him for his courtesy. saying he
had never met a sailor who was not a
gentleman. but declined the proffer. only
asking to be allowed to send a dispatch to
his Government announcing the fate of
his squadron.
Il told him there would be no objection to
that whatever" said the witness. land
that the Admiral said, closing his mar
ratfve, impressively, "ended the battle Of
the third day of July 1885,"
II wish to add" he continued, "that
was very much impressed on that day with
the TACT that the officers and the men who
were engaged in that struggle fulfilled In
the very highest and in the very noblest de.
gree the traditions of the American Navy"
Admiral Schley then took up the testi-
mony OF Captain Taylor and Lieutenant
Hoogson concerning statements they, were
alleged to have made. The Admiral de-
MED the truth Of the statements directly
ana Poimediy. The Admiral laughingly re-
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