Evening star., 1901-10-24
the ships until the Spanish fleet was cut
of the way.

the ships until the Spanish fleet was cut
of the way.
Cervera.s Destination.
I'VE discussed Cerveras probable desti-
nation. He said that his information was
that the orders Of the Spanish squadron to
reach Havana or some point within railroad
communication were imperative. and ne be-
lieved that Cienfuegos would be the point,
as that came under the acceptation OF the
order more directly. We looked over maps
and must say that agreed with him.
II could not imagine that any one who
had studied the military situation of the
island at all could have supposed that San
tiago would have fulfilled any of. the con-
ditions of his instructions. We had quite
talk together. told him that l had been
ordered to report for duty to Admiral Re
mey, which I imagined necessarily meant
himself, and that / wanted to assure him
at the outset that 1 should be loyal abso-
lutely and unreservedly to the cause that
We were both representing.
Il asked the admiral If there had been es-
tablished any means of communicating
with the insurgents; whether there were
pilots or whether any locality was known
where they were to be found. He told me
that he did not know. but that when he
got the situation better in hand he would
communicate with me, and that he thought
1t would be better for me to proceed to the
blockade of Cienfuegos as soon as possible.
l said, Very WELL I was very glad, of
course. to go anywhere. That terminated
our conversation except SO far as 1t re-
lated to complimentary illusions of such
visit"
The admiral said that he then left the
New York and went on board his own nag
ship, 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 signaled Admiral
Sampson and the latter said he understood
that his (Sampson's) coming to Key West
modified his (Schley's) orders, and instruct
Ing him to carry out the plans agreed upon.
his squadron. which. he said, was a more
tedious task than it became later. He told
Of the amount of coal his ships had, and
said that between and o'clock on the
goS-
His Orders.
The admiral then read the order under
which he had sailed from Key West. In
this order Admiral Sampson had told Com
modore Schley that he should establish a
blockade at Cienfuegos with the least pos
sibe delay, and had said that after he had
write the commodore. Under the direc-
ton of this order my squadron got under
way" he said and then he related the de-
tails Of the cruise to Cienfuegos.
On the Way to Cienfuegos.
He spoke of his trip from Key West to
Cienfuegos and his meeting the Marblehead
and the Eagle. He was under the impress
sion that the Eagle passed close enough to
the Brooklyn then to hail through the
megaphone that there was no news, but
since he had heard the testimony given in
this case he thought he might be mistaken
about that, though it was well impressed
on his mind.
He met Captain Chester, who passed in
his vessel and wanted to go with the flying
squadron to CienfuegoS, but not having
coal the commodore declined to let him go
alone on that account. He asked Captain
Chester if there was any place on the south
of Cuba where he might coal from the
collier, as he, Commodore Schley, had not
before been on the south coast of Cuba.
Captain Chester told him he might coal
east of Cienfuegos, but it was problematical
whether he would succeed in doing so. as
it would depend on the state of the weather
and the sea. Approaching Cienfuegos at
sundown of the 21st of May Admiral Schley
said he distinctly heard six or seven guns
fired as if making salute.
He distinctly remembered this firing, the
officer of the deck speaking Of it at that
time.
He got the now celebrated Dear Schley"
letter by the Dupont on the 22d. He got no
letter by the Iowa except an envelope con-
tanning some private letters. He could not
recall having received any official letters
by the Iowa.
Blockade of CIenfuesos.
At Cienfuegos he fixed the position of the
squadron in front of the harbor, and it was
closer in at night than during the daytime.
He believed then that the Spanish squadron
was in the harbor of Cienfuegos, and there
was no time when the flying squadron was
not ready to meet it.
During the day at times the flying squad
ron was disarranged in formation in order
| If possible, to invite the Spanish squadron
to come out of the harbor.
He spoke of the conversation in which
Mai Wood testified Admiral SnhlNV Sn0ke q
In disrespectful way of Admiral Samp-
son.
THAT conversation I cannot recall said
Admiral Schley land I have a good recol-
lection and very little imagination. Lieu
tenant Wood was almost prostrated not
from fear. but suffering from exhaustion of
torpedo boat service, and 1 told him if 1
were king 1 would promote every torpedo
boat officer five grades if l could.
He handed me a dispatch, and l think
he did me an injustice when he said I
spoke of Admiral Sampson in a disrespect-
full way. l always spoke of him as Ad-
miral Sampson.
He could not remember that Lieut. Hood
of the Hawk had told him positively that
the Spanish squadron was at Santiago. He
spoke of coaling the Dupont at Cienfuegos
and said it was difficult, and by working
all day they only got five or six tons on
board the little boat.
Suspicion Confirmed.
The war bulletin given him by the cap
tain of the Adula at Cienfuegos, saying
that the Spanish fleet had entered and left
Santiago, confirmed his suspicion that the
fleet was really in the harbor of Cienfue-
gos.
He had let the Adula go in on the promise
that he would come out the next day. The
captain told him he would bring him to
with shot he could send on board and get
full information from refugees.
PERMANENT CENSUS BUREAU.
Movement for Its Establis hmen to Be
Renewed.
It is expected that the census committee
of both houses of Congress at the coming