Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-03
when Cervera and the Spanish nee'
WE'RE at SantiagO.

when Cervera and the Spanish neet
were at Santiago.
According to Captain Evans. Captain
McCalla informed Admiral Sampson OK
the code, which was by him commune
Gated to all OF the several commanders.
excepting those of the Brooklyn. The
.Cubans followed instructions, placing
three horses in a row along the snore
In the day time nj three white llgnts
at night. Schley CAV. them no heeo
for the reason hat he knew nothing OF
their meaning. AS soon as Schley was
advised thai the Spanish fleet was not
at Cienfuegos he left within a fe"
hours for santiago.
This statement OF Evanp Is the more
astonishing following as 1t does the re-
cent statement OF Secretary 10
the effect that Schley had not, In ms
opinion. given the ORDER TOT tne iaIiouS
loop OF the Brooklyn. In the mean
time the friends OF Sambson condemn
Schley for not reporting all the facts 10
the department at the time.
Secretary Long refuses to discuss the
latest phase of the controversy except
to say: IF II is true that the signais
were withheld from Schley, why piont
he make complaint TO the navy depart
ment at the timer" !
II Is argued In naval circles that Cap
tain Evans statement makes II neces-
sary for Admiral Sampson to ask for a
court Of inquiry. AS Sampson was
commander-in-chief of the fleet, IL was
his duty TO see that every captain un,
der his command was made acquainted
with the code. The failure to have the
code made known to the Brooklyn must
rest on the commander-in-chief."
Boston, July 25.-Admiral SIMPSONS
eyes were dim with moisture last
evening, as sitting In his house at the
Charleston navy yard he answered inc
-A-A~Naa rnoo riding me
signal code brought up by "F1ghting
Bob" Evans. Still he spoke firmly. fils
recollection was keen. AS he talked
there was no bitterness.
I'm a single word. yes / gave the
order TO Captain McCalla several days.
or at least a day, before leaving Glen
fuegos," said Admiral Sampson SLOWLY
weighing each word, Ito communicate
the code TO the officers Of the fleet.
There was an understanding with the
Insurgents on shore and they were 10
communicate with Admiral Schley ana
Captain Cook. l cannot recall now
what the code was in detail. but 1t vas
given to the officers of the fleet. L
know of no reason why Admiral Schley
and Captain Cook should not have
known II. The other officers OF the
fleet had II and to say that the order
was not given to communicate the code
to them Is a misstatement The order
was given. OF course. Admiral Schley,
might have misunderstood the signals.
Admiral Sampson was asked II MS
recollection was complete relative TO
giving the orders to have the code com
municated to all the officers Of the
feet and he replied calmly: Yes, my
memory is clear upon this point. The
other officers received the code which
would indicate that the order was given
to all"
Rear Admiral Evans is quoted as
sa wing that had Schley at Cienfuegos
had the information which he might
have procured a few hours after ar
irving through the signal code he
could have gotten away thirty-siX
hours earlier. To this, Admiral Samp-
son replied with a penetrating glance:
Yes. / should say II was about that
length of time earlier that Schley
should have gotten away. But then,
said the admiral. In the same vein, and
as II the subject had been aired sufi-
ciently, this whole matter has been
settled time out of time"