The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-10-17

fuegos, but the witness could not re-
call any conversation with Commo dore
Schley relative to the occurrence
Speaking of the Adu1a the witness
said the papers of that vessel were
all right; he had looked into that mat
ter himself. Speaking of; the arrival
of the Hawk at Cienfuegos with dis
patches on May rs, the witness re-
ferred again to the McCalla memoir
anda which stated that there was a.
good landing place 13 miles from
Cienfuegos, but he said in reply to
questions that no effort had been
made prior to the arrival of Captain
McCalla on May "a to find this land
Ing place. Continuing, the witness
said that instructions we're given i'm
mediately after Captain McCalla's re-
port that the Spaniards were not at
Clenfuegos to proceed to Santiago.
He had not heard that the commodore
had other Intentions than to leave
forthwith, and he knew nothing of an
alleged letter written on that date by
Commodore Schley, saying that he
would not leave until May rs, the next
day. The witness. with reference to
the alleged difficulty of
Coa!Ing the texas at sea,
said that he had had the authority of
Captain Philip for that statement.
Speaking Of the speed Of the Brooklyn
in the chase of the Colon, the witness
said it had been Increased gradually.
The record made of the revolutions
of the engines showed that the vessel
had covered 40 miles on that OCCASION
Mr.. Hanna asked why the Yucatan
channel, rather than the Windward
passage had been selected in making
the retrOgrade movement. The wit
ness replied that his opinion was that
the selection had been made because
OF the general feeling that the ships of
the enemy might have gotten out of
the. harbor at Santiago and gone to the
westward. In that event it was felt
that the 4ucatan channel route would
be the better. The impression that
Cervera had left Santiago, he said,
had been created by information re-
celved from the Adula, but he could
not now recall just what that informa-
ton was. The witness said that the
fleet under Commodore Schley never
had been withdrawn from Santiago to
a distance out at sea at night. AS a
rule. the ships were further inside at
night than during the day The ships
never had gone farther off than six
miles. On one occasion the Golfers
had been sent 25 miles away.
Examined by the Court.
In reply to questions by the court
the witness said that no boat was sent
from the squadron to examine the
shore at Cienfuegos with the view to
ascertaining the practicability of
Commander Sears also de-
tailed the signals to the squadron by
the Brooklyn from the time the Span
1sh squadron appeared until the Colon
ran ashore. The signals were obeyed
by the squadron but the witness could
not say whether they were answered.
The witness also said that no ex-
animation Of the coast around Glen
fuegos was made to find a suitable
place to coal the Texas. He knew of
no orders issued by Commodore
Schley regarding the blockade of
Cienfuegos. The Brooklyn in making
her loop on July turned steadily and
rapidly: Mr.. Sears also described the
ish ships during the battle
In reply to the judge advocate the
witness said that the signal "enemy
escaping" was first hoisted by the
Iowa. In making her loop he was GER
tain the Brooklyn did not cross the
bows OF the Texas. There was a
order by the commander-in-
chief that if the enemy attempted to
escape the squadron must close in
and destroy it, or words to that effect
Commander Sears was excused and
the court adjourned for the day.