The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-22

how far the fleet had Travelled In that di-
reCtiun lie stated that on tho return To
Santiago on May ~ he had sighted the
Spanish ship Colon aud that IL lay l-O
OF 1900 feet inside the harhor
The witness stated In response 90 ques-
lions by Judge Advocate Iomly thal the
squadron remained az about siN or seven
niles maintaining this distance during the
day and keeping under way, couptermnrch.
Ing eastward aud westward nt night AZ
one point they were nearer shore thhn az
another. the ships describing an elongated
eclipse in their mancuvers. me average
distance ont, however WIS about the same
at night as during the day.
Referring to the bomhardmcnt ~ the Co
lon May RI Commander Schroeder sun ne
did not observe that there was any urlng
from tho Spanish shore batteries. lie tCs.
tihcd that he was With Captain HiSyinson
when he went 10 meet Conmpdore nch5cS
as the Inter came aboard the MAssachu-
setts and Tint the commodore had re
marked to Captain lllggiuson upon board
! ing the ship: ~ am going Ina with YOU
aud the Iowa this morning 10 pot the 20
The bomhardment had, he said, begun
! about - O'Clock ana bad continued Tor
only about half an hour. lie said thAt inc
| Instructions had been to pw the fahEs ny
5000 yards aud to4 OF scelng d ins s hrSt
| hut had fallen short. There had been two
| passages across the Colon. ,,.,
/ mCptT' asked Captain Iemlyt
"Thcrc was no cfrcct OF r., SO far rs ]
count see, the witness replied. =,
] u
what was lcft tndone ON that date FOR the
| destruction If the Colon; .,. -,
zone thing Commander Schroeder re,
! Piled THAT might have been done anu
| which was left undone was 10 nave gone 20
closer range. Furthermore. We n,gnt haye
/ PASSED the mouth or the harpor Inolt
slowly so as to have given time to correct
was there anything to prevent going in
nearerE
ASKED Ss to to state in more detail any con.
! vtgsation on the part of Commodore SchlfI
during the engagement, the witness sag
] that AT the eud OF the ran to the eastward
he had gone to the coming tower ana
found Commodore Schley talking WIN can
/ tuin Uigginson The captain ma thcn ~
roctod him to port helm and he lCpmmanHet
/ SrhrocdeU had suggested that IN case ms
order should be observed tue Iowa Wo1th
! was proceeding with the statement when
/ counsel for Admiral Schey raised an OBJ
! lection because the witness did not say
/ whether inc commodore overheard the con
| ycrsAtiOn The court withdrew 10 decide
/ the objection and upon returning announced
! TINT The objection was sustained.
Witness then stated that the captain had
addressed him, commanding him TO mort
! the helm and let MS get out OF TINS. Hnt
| der that It was already being executed
| Tho witness also said that when Com,
modorc Schley first came aboard ne had
! said that It was his intention 10 take she
/ l'omhardng ships by slowly and to have
them fire delbera tely. $50 ms 20 sink tho
! Colon AZ her moorings, Thls Intention had
not been carried out he sald, as the ships
| had pissed the mouth Of the harbor at he
rate Of ten knots an hour and the fire was
ms rapid as possible to get good pointngs
Judge Wilson crossexamIned Commander
| Schroeder
! In reply TO his questions the witness said
! that he had seen what appeared to be sig
nal lights from The shore at Clenfucgos
! but that no had no dpo of what thcy
meant and that so FAR as he was Informed
no one knew anything about them until
| Captain McCalla arrived on the Marble
head. The witness recalled that the fee
did not leave Cienfucgos until after night
fall the object being Ia prevent the enemy
getting the direction OF its course. III,
weather on the trip, he said, was somewhat
| bolsterous for one night, so much so thai
| II was necessary 10 slow down for thi
| small vessels. hut so far ms the battle
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