The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22

IN the DAYTIME and closed in a little at
night Later on we were all close in day
and night and there was battIeship
stationed about a mile from the entrance
all night with searchIight. The Iowa.
the Massachusetts and the Oregon took
two hours on and four off searchIight
watch at the entrance all through the
night
Mr.. HANNAH the court please, 1 Should
like to ask the purpose of these inquiries
as to the conduct of the blockade"
Judge Wlsou-WeI, I want to show, as
a matter of course, that when you are
complaining of the blockade that was
made, a day or two after, when Samp-
son came up and. brought additional
ships. the distance out was just about
the same as these others were that were
cruising backward and forward
HANNA OBJECTS.
Mr. HANNAH that is the purpose, may
it please the court we desire to object
TO any comparative statements of this
blockade with any other blockade fnsti-
tuted at any other time and place. We
have avoided Introducing comparisons.
Judge Wnson-Well. for the present
withdraw the question. Hereafter 1t
will become a very material question, and
/ don't want to take the time of the
court now in discussing it,"
Commander Schroeder said that during
the Sehley blockade his vessel md not
get off twenty-five miles from shore at
night.
Judge Wilson questioned the witness
concerning orders for battle. Commander
Schroeder said he had heard nothing con-
corning an order not to expose ships to
the fire of land batteries.
He made the same reply to an inquiry
concerning the orders to the flying
squadron with reference to what should
be done if they found the Spanish fleet
ia port. He then read the order of Ad-
niraI Sampson of May 2, beginning
Spanish squadron probably at Santiago
de Cuba, four ships and three torpedo
boat destroyers. If you are satisfied
that they are not at Cfenfuegos proceed
with all dispatch, but cautiously to San
tiago de Cuba. and if the enemy is there
blockade him in port.
The witness declared that he knew
nothing at all about this order at the
time or until he saw it in the official
report of the campaign.
There would be no way of knowing
he said, there was no communication
with the flagship" =
Mr. Wilson then returned to Com
nander Schroeder's statement concern
ing the bombardment of the Colon and
secured from him the statement that the
eE4y suggestion he had to make in con-
nection with that event was that the
vessels should have gone in closer and
tired more deliberately.
On redirect examination Mr. Hanna,
speaking of the departure from Glen
fuegos for Santiago, asked:
TOOK THEIR TIME
Presenting, then, that the admiral
was satisfied that the Spanish squadron
was not in that harbor, did you proceed
with an dispatch to Santiago de Cuba 2''
mo, sir
when you left Cienfuegos was it day
light or was it after dark?
when we left Cienfuegos it was after
dark, about o'clock.
Mr.. Rayner-You said you did not pro-
coed with all dispatch to Santiago?
THAT is what l said, sir"
What was the condition of weather
and sea between Cienfuegos and Santiago
that prevented you from proceeding fast
er than you did, if it did prevent your
81 do not think there was anything
IN the weather to prevent the big ships
going. One of the small ships was de-
layed and that may be the cause of the
other ships slowing down. "
How about the MerrimHe2 What Wac
her condition between Cieufuegos and
Santiago?''
Il expect her condi--5n was very bad. /"