The San Francisco call., 1901-10-15

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sation with Commodore Schley after their re-
ceipt that 1t was the idea both OF Sampson
and Schley that they should continue to hold
Ctenfuegos. He did not, he said, recall the re-
eeipt OF the McCala memorandum concerning
a landing place near Cienfuegos. After read
ing the dispatch he said:
Il never saw or heard OF II. 1t may have
been referred to, but II had seen It l would
certainly remember it,
In this connection. he said. that while he
was not formally appointed as chief OF staff
that capacity, and the commodore had he
said, always communicated very freely with
him.
teryiew between Captain McCalla and the COM
modore?'
Il was in consultation"
Briefly and exactly as you can give 1t, what
I'VE talked ON various subjects at first.
think Captain Mccalla informed him he had
mining materials for the insurgents and that
he was going to communicate with the insur-
gent camp. We brought up the question
the commodore said to him: We have seen
three peculiar lights, one ahead of the other
here, but we cannot make out what they are
and believe it is something in connection
with the Spanish. fleet. Captain McCalla gave
is the Insurgents 9 from fro S the insurgent @ gent camp mp.
They want to communicate with you, and
added, We'll, / can go there and find out at
once The commodore told him to go, to get
off as soon possible. and added. You can
send a boat across and let me know
possible Then the subject of coaling came
up again about the great difficulty we were
going TO have in coaling from coliers, and
Captain McCalla said: You need not be at all
is any coal TO be obtained He was always
cheerful about everything, He started from
must get Off In the meantime, closely con-
nected with that, was the arrival of the Adula.
ported that the % Spanish M ro eet had gone ' into
Santiago and had left on the 18th. / recol-
lect that particularly. because that seemed to
confirm the commodore's idea that they had
reached Cienfuegos. 1t was suspicious craft.
They did not give any clear reason for going
their subjects, and in my conversation with
the commodore my impressions were that he
looked upon that as entirely suspicious Not
exactly his object I said something to him
ebout letting the steamer go in. He said: I
am bound to get information from her, II the
captain does not give II will certainly get 1t
out Of some Of the passengers. 1t was ar
should go aboard and get information from
them. She did not come out That confirmed
him still more that they were there. Then the
Eagle came down in the evening and reported
that they had communicated with the insur-
gents and that the Spanish squadron was not
That Information was given in positive
in Cienfuegos.
fPostive-"
Concerning Coal Supply.
the flying squadron while at Cienfuegos Cap
tain Cook said that his only anxiety was con-
cerning the Texas, whose supply was light. 1t
account Of its sponsors He n;a said in this con.
been persistent in keeping the ships as full
Of coal as possible, availng himself of every
opportunity to take on fresh supplies. In re-
ply to questions he said he had never been es-
brooklyn. although there We're times when he
should have been glad to have more.
Hon+ aIt GonI a1 ha of fho lie
patch boat Hawk on May "a with dispatches.
He told that the information was to the
but he said, II was not especially i'm
pressed with that fact, as / had heard 1t be-
fore"
He was, however, told that this infcrma-
tion was positive than any which had
yet been brought. The commodore, he said.
orders to the effect that the squadron should
proceed to Santiago If he (the commodore)
was satisfied that the Spaniards were not at
said: II am not satisfied that they are not
here: I stu believe they they ] are here"
Cienfuegos why did you leave there? asked
because of McCalla's report from the in
THAT, then made it clear that the Span
iards were not there?
Describing the departure Of the flying squad
ron for Santiago the witness said that It was
tentions and that the lights were darkened
for the same purpose. The run on the night
of the oath was. he said, fairly good.
Ships in Fighting Trim.
The next day the weather was squally and
stormy, with q sea which moderate to
rough" On the 26th the weather moderated
but there was '1ong, nasty sea-" with the
ships rolling good deal. They had been COM
PEELED to slow up in order to accommodate
the Eagle, the commodore desiring to keep
the fleet intact, as it was in column forma-
tion
There was then he said considerable talk
on the part of the commodore concerning the
ent expenditure to continue 1t would not
continue long. He was still especially cor
cerned about the Texas and had said to him
Captain Cook) that I'VE must keep the ships
in fighting trim" They had consulted charts
and talked over the case. looking for a place
hit upon Gonaives Bay and had decided to lay
a course for that point.
1.-The idea" he said, was that we should
proceed in the direction of Santiago and that
IL we found the such that could coal
we would Immediately institute the blockade,
but if not practicable to do that we would
proceed to Gonaives Bay and coal there"
''What, If anything, did you say to the
modore after he started toward Santiago?
He started as soon as he found the Texas
had enough coal. My impression is that he
said he should go to Santiago; that If he found
it practicable to coal from colliers there he
should stay If they got too short of coal
he would go to Gonaives Bay to try some
where else"
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