The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-10-31

have you sot the dons here2' He said to
they nGt do IN n.s hsy: Sy
what he said 'skstchins, but he certain.
ly said, They are not here, they are only
the sad Noe thes
have not; They have assured me So :"
1S ssh:s sos sHesnsS I'd ss he
saying that he had not considered the
economical aspect Of & this step. as the
ken into consideration in. military move
ments. He had, he said. made careful
inquiry as to the coal supply Of the vari-
mind the question Of their endurance in
battle III was" he said, thinking over
in my mind that squadron in its coal
endurance, was equal only to its weakest
member, Just as the speed of a fleet de-
pends upon Its slowest vessel; that 1t
as we could the standards OF steam in
| order to be of effective use as q unit, and
that determined the westward move
Adm. Schley again referred to the un-
manageable condition of the collier Mer-
| rimac, saying that no prudent comman-
ner "It was a risk that would have
been too great and danger that would
have been too imminent" he said. Il
felt that my judgment was better than
that of any one else, because ! was on
the spot looking at the scene and charged
wth that Thsh hsrefnrs %skes 9 aS
not do It. and coaled at the earliest mo-
ment when It was practicable"
| Referring to the arrival Of the Harvard,
the report of the information which Cap
tain. now Rear Admiral Cotton. of that
vessel, had brought aboard the Brook
Cotton had brought aboard had said that
the department. advices indicated that
ths spanish a.; neet w was so,.r at santiago as
patch to me from Adm. sampson stat
ing that they were there. That dispatch
newer newer heard" heard Of mt i until ' the other & day
Discussing again his dispatch to the de-
partment concerning the apartments or
hq InS OF The n he
Is not On record would like to put Il
there In the. terms sent It, because /
ton, asked him to turn IT into cipher and
confirmed 1t afterwards In a letter to
the department. which was received. The
partment for nearly three years. do
| not believe for one moment that In the
translation OF II there was any intention
of words which were not exactly of the
same meaning the dispatch did not get
to the department entirely as l intended
the charge of disobedience of orders. I
| contend that there was no disobedience
Of orders. There would have been disc;
my station, but having returned to the
station without other direction and hav-
Ing found that the departments informa-
tion, was correct. hold that did not
disobey orders and l think that dispatch,
| that charge"
court of Inquiry adjourned Friday Adm
| Schley had not completed his testimony
IN chief. He took the stand about 1850
O'Clock, after former witnesses had been
/ recalled for the purpose of making cor
| rectlons In and additions to their testi.
mony, and continued his statement until
| the court adjourned at $40 y. m. until
Monday. This adjournment, 20 minutes
| In advance of the usual time was due
has become somewhat sensitive as a re.
suit OF his continuous talking Thursday
Adm schley began his description of
the battle of July at 2:30 o'clock.
&c, "on the, the morning g Of Jlly the day broke ,k
SeSa,ptifully The skies les were aeeeSd NTH
little bit longer off the land that morn
Ing than usual. After, had eaten break.
situation With glasses. we were lying
at that time possibly three miles or
a little bit over from the land. and
| wondered very much why they had per-
| mited us to remain so close. 1t was a
matter of constant inquiry and discus
sion on board, and especially why the bat
| teries did not fire on us. At quarter
OF 0 my orderly reported to me that sig
nal had been made from the flagship
she had gone eastward. I did not. of
course. know she had gone
, II came on deck. deck with my glasses, after
whilst ! was sitting abaft on a hatchway.
heard a call from the forward bridge.
ing out That was some time after. the
s:s5 o'clock. The ship at that moment
land In the direction Of Cabanas. which
was little cove to the westward and
% the points used in
| the .starboard side and saw the enemy
coming out Of the entrance of the har-
order of the ships. and saw the Texas
starboard beam. My own recollection now
ships head was near nor-norwest. The
Texas appeared to me to be heading on
Sc her OF the bs beaftsry To the left
to the eastward of the Texas The Ore
ggon was to the the eastward Of the Iowa.
sition, and. the Gloucester was lying in
borhood Of Aguidores; The New York
With @ ooked at saa shas in ssanss Srder &c
what Position n the ac
went forward onto a little platform. j
to be very close to Capt Cook. had
only been there moment or two when
Capt, p = Cock joined me; In the meantime
bridge. SANG. out something to the cap:
tain about being connected up and all
ready. and he at the same time said TO
me, Commodore. they are coming right
"'weIl,' said. go right for. them
The helm was put aport. The ship was
sssfs % sst gsSshftos Be tsk fs
around. ! said to Capt. Cook, Go ahead,
full speed. and hoisted signal to clear ship
for action. We generally made that sig
deck and the forocastle OF most Of these
ships a little temporary railing composed
usually q oars and rope to Keep people
from falling overheard. Generally, an
awning OF some sort was UP. That signal
was followed by Close up for close ac-
ton The Brooklyn. as well as the other
vessels OF the squadron. charged imme-
the the iran ss.fnS
enemy's ships IN the entrance or driving
them ashore. We continued directly for
the head Of the enemy's column, the idea
could arrest them long enough for the
battieships to close in and knock them
TO pieces that would be our best point
to attack They continued on this course,
movement Of the leading ship, which
assumed TO be the flagship with a nag
on her masthead. ! suppose from the
tarnins arst with port helm I'm az and them ,usdA adA
shlps 70 the eastward and west
TWard, closing ~. I said to Capt.
been hoisted. and 1t means to keep
effective torpedo range Capt, Cook was
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