Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
THE STORY OF SANTIAGO.
Admiral Schley Tells the Story of
the Destruction of Admiral
Cervera's Fleet.
IN A PLAIN UHVARHIsHED NARRATIVE.
His Recital, Truthful and Convincing,
Supported by the Testimony of Capt.
Clark and Others, Leaves No Ground
for His Enemies to Stand Upon
Graphic History of the Fight.

for His Enemies to Stand Upon
Graphic History of the Fight.
Washington, Oct. 26.-In the Schley
court of inquiry, Admiral Schley con-
tinued the recital of his narrative re-
garding his conduct in the Spanish
war, which he had begun Thursday.
When the court adjourned Thursday,
he had covered most of the points of
the campaign previous to the begin
ming of the Santiago blockade, leaving
that blockade, the reconnaissance of
May 81, the battle off Santiago, and
the famous loop of the Brooklyn yet
to be told of.
Tickets for all the reserved seats
had been issued before the court was
called to order, and an hour before
that time there was not an unre-
served seat u~noccupied. After Thurs
days witnesses had corrected their
testimony, Admiral Schley took the
stand and resume his story of events
leading up to the great battle of July
s, 1898, his story of which is as fol-
lows:
On the morning of July 8. the day
broke beautifully: The skies were heeced
with white clouds, and the breeze con;
tinued a little bit longer OF the land
thatmorning than usual. After 1 had eat
en- breakfast, / came up to take a survey
lying at that time possibly three miles or
a little bit over from the land, and ]
wondered very much why they had per-
mttted US to remain so close. 1t was a
matter of constant inquiry and discussion
on board, and especially why the batteries
11d 1 opde fFs G papo osi 1t to a G ggaT 1bat of f,R plng
had been made from the flagship to dis
regard her movements and that h had
know whore h had gone. 1 sat under
an awning that we had put into position
sseh of Say as m the sun so, arsse fb In order tb that
we also had one forward for the men.
I came on deck with my glasses after
whilst I was sitting abaft on a hatchway
] heard a call from the orwar bridge:
,nS o, the oe That lore mat the tfrf feet sf Is c9 tpe
men had been called to quarters. about
S:S5 o'clock. This ship at that moment
land in the direction of Cabanas, which
a little cove to the westward. and
one Of the marking points we used in
the starboard side, and saw the enemy
coming out of the entrance of the harbor
of the SHIPS. and enaddeTassaa saw 10 the nee Texas er apr
parently a point or more abaft the star
board beam. My own recollection now,
head was near nor-norwest. The Texas ap-
peared to me to be heading on some of the
easterly courses. To the left of her was
eastward of the Texas. The Oregon was to
the eastward. of the Iowa. The Indiana
Gloucester was lying in under the land, 1
thought; in the neighborhood of Aeui.
and out of signal distance with glasses. 1
looked at that in order to dtermine what
position in the action was to be. If
the vessel had not been out of sight, 1
SHOULD nav made a signal. The mo-
ment / saw that, I went forward on to
a little platform L had had constructed
upon the battle tower as my position in
Capt. Cook. 1 had only been there a
me. In the meantime. Mr.. Hodgson, who
was on the upper bridge, sang out some
thing to the captain about being con-
same lime said to me: "sCommodore, they
are coming right at us We'll" 1 said,
aport. The ship was started ahead, first
at perhaps about half speed, 1 do not rec
ollect. She took her way very quickly. and
Cook: Go ahead, full speed. and hoist
signal to clear ship for action" We gen
orally made That signal because there was
f~orecastle of most of these ships a little
railing composed usually of
overheard Generally an awning of some
sort was VI. That signal was followed
Brooklyn. as well as the other Vessels of
the squadron, charged Immediately into
the entrance, in accordance with the orig
plan of seeking the enemy's ships in
the entrance or driving them ashore. We
continued directly for the head of the
enemy's column, the idea uppermost in
them long enough for the battleships to
close in and knock them to pieces that
on this course, porting and
to meet the movements of
the leading ship. which I assumed to be
tho fa UGhin fFnnr q 6aO af hor nnoofhnoI
I suppose from the time we started we
were ten to twelve minutes turning first
rectly to the enemy. I saw the ships to
the eastward and westward closing in.
e,o sa.a nc 70 has Sap'i bo mSod and dio # m aes,oa 4 fo
their effective torpedo range" Capt.
cross:fre Of these ships" 1 said: Yes
firing. The first gun. I think, was fred
by Lieut.. Simpson, almost directly over
the f~orecastle of. the ship. I saw the
ed with the intention of ramming. take
a turn ahead TO the westward, leaving a
subsequently proved to be the Wis
caya. We were advancing in the direction
of the viscaya, when she also seemed to
turned to the westward, following the d.
of the leading ship. 1t then be-
diametricaiiy opposite. courses, that h
original plan had failed and that the
had succeeded in passing the
line. A new feature of the
fight became Immediately apparent. Capt.
gave the order to port helm. / did
I should have Tor it in a second. I
saw the ships head swinging very rapidly
and I asked him whether his helm was
aport; t | tnl 5bin ne su SAD mar nard a pc
than she did at his time. Her turn was
continuous. There was no cas-
of her helm. I never saw the STAR
never across her bow. I never was at her
port side, and she never approached anv
that was within 500 yards of the
head at all as q menace or LANCER. We
passed completely around the circle. The
and the fact of the nearness of that ship
(the second Spanish ship impressed itself
upon my mind and will never be forgot
ten. because I could see with the naked
eye men running over her turrets to her
su~perstructure deck, and I observed the
between their legs as they ran.
for a long time under the impression that
our ~starboard engine was packed, from
the fact that I was standing upon the
s~tarboard, and, in looking astern l saw an
amount of churned water. 1t
CINE had been backing. Though the mat
out, subsequently, I had always been UNI
der the impression that that engine had
backed. During the u Mr.; Hodgson.
very properly made some alluSion to look
out. perhaps, for the Texas. ] do not
recall what II was, but there was never
MY NJ Gso od Q s on any yse e%nara Eirst he e" wss
too good an officer to have ransgressed
one of the plaineot duties of an. officer
at snen a inc and seeond, oI II ne nsrm MAJ
ted 1t for a second. That is a fiction;
there was no colloQuy-
Before we turned the leading ship was
ahnom nr q lfff1o ahaff the ham and