The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-01
IH STORY OF SANTIAGO.
Admiral Schley Tells the Story Of
the Destruction of Admiral
Cervera's Fleet.
N 4 PLAIN UMvARnIsHED NARRATIVE.
Ms Recital. Truthful and Convincing.
Supported ny the Testimony of Capt
Clark and Others. Lcav-s No Grousd
for HE Enemies TO stand Upon
Graphic History of the Fight.

Ol fNllltl IOh-
\ lsinuei the recital of his narrative re-
y kgardIg his conduct in the Spanish
4 WAR. which he had begun Thursday.
A When the court adjourned Thursday.
N ne bad covered most of the points of
4 nhe campaign previous 10 the begin
ming of the Santiago blockade, leaving
n that blockade. the reconnaissance of
May 81. the battle off Santiago. and
n fhc famous loop of the Brooklyn yet
n 20 bc told Of.
Tickets for all the reserved seats
Y had been issued before the court was
\ called 10 order. and an hour before
n fhat time there was not an unre-
served seat unoccupied. After Thurs
days witnesses had corrected their
Testimony. Admiral Schley took the
stand and resume his story of events
leading up to the great battle of July
3. 1895, his story of which IS as fol-
lows:
On the morning Of July :. the day
with white clouds. and the breeze con-
tinued little bit longer on the land
1hatmorning than usual. After had eat
en- breakfast. ! came up 70 take a survey
OF the situation with glasses. We were
fy1nk al that time possibly three miles or
q httle bit over from the land and |
wondered very much why they had per
Matted as 20 remain close. IL was a
m2fter ~ constant inquiry and discussion
on board. and especially why the batteries
did not IRE on US AT a quarter OF nine
\ my orderly reported % me that signal
nao been made from the flagship 20 dis
rcSarc her movements and that she had
gone eastward / did not. OF course
know whore she had gone. I sat under
an awning that we had put into position
each 0lX the In order thar
the officers might collect there. | think
we also had one forward for the men.
= came on deck with my glasses after
having gone below for a little while. and
whilst | was sitting abaft on a hafChway
heard a call from the forward bridge:
Tell the commodore that the feet Is com
Ing ont That was some time after the
men had been called to quarters. about
Vas lying with her head In toward the
iand In the direction Of Cabanas. which
ws,s little cove 70 the westward and
ono OF the marking points used in
x,aintaining our positions. looked over
Hhc starbO4rd side and saw the enemy
SDrning out Of the entrance OF the harbor.
4 then looked eastward 10 see the order
Of the ships. and ! saw the Texas APP
yarently a point or more abaft the star
Board Deam. Ny own recollection now |
~ near as can state II. is that the ships |
head was near nor-norwest The Texas APP
0cered TO me TO be heading on some OF the |
Che Iowa She was. or course. TO the |
eastward Of the Texas. The Oregon was TO |
ehc eastward OF the Iowa. The Indiana |
Was eastward OF that position. and the |
Gloucester was lying in Under the land. |
Wrought. I'm the neIghboihood OF Agui- |
onres- The New York was out Of sight
0nd out OF signal distance with glasses I |
looked at that in order to dtermine what |
10y position in the action TO be. III
ohc.id have made a signal The mo-
lent | saw that. / went forward on to |
= little platform / had had constructed |
ppm the battle tower my position in |
the battle. in order to be very close TO |
Cnpt Cook l had only been there a |
1"nGnt or, or two when Capt Cook joined |
Was ON the upper bridge. sang out some |
xhfnG TO the captain about being con- |
.<,ctsd Up and an ready. and he at the
arr coming right NJ US Well" / said /
ego right for them" The helm was nut |
Al perhaps about half speed Speed 10 No., res
o1iect She took her way very quickly and /
yhen we headed around | said TO Capt. |
Cock: GO ahead. full speed. and hoist |
'8iEnai 10 clear ship for action.' We gem |
orally made that signal because there was |
around the quarter deck and around the /
1orccastle OF most OF these ships a little |
Temporary railing composed usually OF 1
cars and rope 70 keep people from falling /
-0vcrtoard. Generally an awning OF some i
~ Close UP for close action The l
brooklyn. as well as the other vessels OF I
ehe squadron. charged Immediately into
ehc entrance. In accordance with the orig |
1uai plan Of seeking the enemys ships in L
The entrance or driving them ashore. We
ronflnued directly for the head OF the
sncmys column. the idea uppermost in
my mind being that IL we could arrest L
thcsn long enough for the battleshins ~
csose IN and knock them TO pieces that \
would ~ our best point OF attack They
<ont inutd on this course. porting and i
&.Arboarding u meet the movements ~ Il
xhc leading ship. which I assumed to BE- L
the flagship from flag at her masthead Il
suppose from the time we started we
were ten 70 twelve minutes turning first |
WITH port helm ANA then advancing li-
rcctiy 20 tho enemy. ! saw the shtps to II
tht eastward and westward closing in
Close up has koieted ana Ii means 10
kecp inside ~ thousand yards out ~
1tcir effective torpedo range" Cant
Cook was standing alongside me ana |
said. Yes We Will soon BE- within the
crrs ,hre Of these ships ! said. YES"
and then saw we had advanced without l
firing. The first gun ] think. was fred
ny Lieut. Simpson. almost directly over
lcadinv ship. which appa rer,tlv mad etart-
ed with the intention 81 ranrning take
. turn ahead 20 Tho westward. leaving a
SAT between her and the shin following
which subsequently proved 10 ~ the Via-
'raSa. We were advancing IN the direction
Of the NiScaya. when she also seemed 10
nav given NJ the intention t. ram and !
turned 60 the westward. following the an I
rrctior % the leading ship II then be- Il
came apparent. as we were steering on
ORIGINAL plan had failed AMI that the
xTnnish feet, N order and apparently at
knttieship line new feature II the
1sFht became immediately apparent. Capt.
Cook gave the order 20 port helm / ana /
mo- 4 Should have done III In a second I Y
oH~ the ships head swinging very rapidly
ert ' asked him whether his helm was
1arh aport. think he said hard aport.
q never saw the shin turn more rapidly
vfsrfs shc did ~ this trn.. Her turn was
9fva.iuieiy continuous. There was no cas-
ING 81 her helm. never saw the star
Dcsrrf side OF the Texas at all We were
usktr across her low 7 never was 1T her
Do side. and she never approached anv
TnSiti1n that was within coo yards of the
i5rcohyn. She never entered into my
nean ~ ~ ~ menace or danger We l
passed completely around the circle The
A1sf range that was given was /, 100 yards
1rd the fact ~ the nearness OF that chin
(the second Spanish ship impressed itself
Spon NY mind and will never be forgot
w. because ] could see with the naked
01e men running over her turrets 10 her
2psrstructure deck and I observed the
&synxht between their legs as they ran
~ ,rned very rapidly. and had beer
1Dr long time under the impression that
Scr starboard engine was backed. from
1c TACT that was standing upon the
Iarooard. and In looking astern 4 saw an
nffual amount OF churned water N
uDDkG1 10 much 40 tt.s |