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return to Key West. At noon on May 26 the Eagle had sufficient coal {5 steam ttH knots per hour for three days. 1t 5:90 D. III. the squadron stopped about twenty two miles to the southward of the port of Santi- ago and was joined by the scouts Min neapolia, Yale and St Paul At D. h. May 26 the engines of the collier Meuimac were temporarily disabled. hut at 4:20 D. m of May 2 she was able to make six knots. The broken parts of the engines were repaired at midnight of May 2S. The Yale tow ed the Merrimac while disabled.
 The commanding officer of the st Paul visited the flagship in obedienep To signal. took with him Cuban pilot and baa=a= conversation with =Gomme- =dofe= =Sehlet.= Commodore SeHleY= had no conversation with senior command ing officer of the scouts and obtained no positive information from the scouts regarding the Spanish squad ron.
 At 7.I5 p. m. May 26. Commodore schley changed the course of the fly ing squadron to the westward and sig naled to his squadron. @Destination Key West. via south side of Cuba and furatan channel as soon as zollier is ready pod. nine aaats.
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 Proceed at anee and inIo4m S0hIey and alsa Inc senior officer present off Santiago deA Cuba as follows:
 z5sAIf= =tbe=e departments 5 information. indicates the sffHistl division is stiii at santta4o de= eaba The department looks ta= saa# to azeeafafe=f =faef=a.#1 thu ztheaenel5aF.= ftseHeift.= =z5#i4ss HaGleaTes without a=d##zis#f9.e=9 action .e4h4fz= milan Utth Santiago aa Cuba s1y Ina. thefe E I3adins place five aa0iieai miles 0ast a' sfz miies from mouth 3f taIbQ and thsI theta insurgents aeaDs ahle 44i4 Ae-f+4aa 4.f4 H=t Sz==-.=.. ..zi}4. From #ls2 snraesmang aeisAai eaH see eFt= 5zsss=el tH tifa==sft *# seen as a#eelta5Hea Retif8= =t'te dsBaettasa## whether t4e enemy is t4afe. eaHl not soaadJon sad also the Harvard coal from tlaa Neuimaa. ieeWaFa eape Graz edha. GonaiFss. iEayd eaaaaal or Mole fEaNdo TEe deHaftmel5 will send coal Immediately u Mole. HaYti Repor= without =as=9as= =...t.safiaa .ssa ssssa=a tiaso de Cuba
 Comm 6dore #Schley aItsz==55d 15oa noon tfsg =, ee1. as failo15:
 Received dispatch of May es 1 li4erea by Harvard aa Santiago ae CH ba Mgrltmaeas ensiue disabled aud she is helpless; am ob.igad to aaAa her toWed to key Vest Have taz1 absolutely unable ta aaal tha Fexae Nablahead. Vixen a..d Brooklyn fron collier. owing to very raash sets an.s hoiatefee# weather s.tee laa4iH5s Key West Brooklyn $ tAa efa4 et5s iH squadron having moee than sutdeleet coal to reach Key West; impossible to remain oft santiasa ia present state of eeaI account ot the sqaad1ea. Noi paasslta t9 coal to leewara Of Cape cruz in sumner owing to se4thwast winds. Harvard just reports to me she has only ea.d enough te reach Jamaica and she vii proceed Port Royal also reports only smail vessel eoali coal at Gonaiyes or Mole. t.ayti Min neapohs has only coal enough to reach Key West and same of 4ale, which will toE the Ne1ejmae. t is; to be 10. grotted that the departments orders cannot ha ebeyea earnestly as " haze all striven to flat end an forced to return to Key West Nia M catan passage e5r g0at Can ascertain nothips certain concerning enemE. Was obliged to md EaSin te Feff Antonio. 5snaie8. yesterday. as sh@ had onIy twenty seven tons Of e3a aH board Vii! leave St. Paal here. Will require 5a9 tons of coal r i4A5 West
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