Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-25

,Ilral Schley testified that he sent
Nunea' the pilot, westward TO COM
ihunicate with the Insurgents Nunez
landed near Asceredores, fifteen or ak
teen miles west OF Santiago, and join-
lfs some OF the Cuban insurgents. went
INTO the interior He returned June 1
or with detailed information OF the
location of the Spanish ships in the
harbor
l sent him. added Admiral schley.
70 the COMMANDMENTS with that
information"
THE RETROGRADE MOVEMENT.
The witness then returned to the ret
rograde movement. saying, Touching
the question Of the retrograde moves
inent after the Merrimac had broken
down, the movement was not made to
the westward until toward o'clock,
the Yale having had considerable difli-
Guilty In getting a hawser To her That
hawser parted about II o'clock. That
night ! was signaled BY Capt. Wise,
Of the Yale that II would take about
-FOUR hours to break out a steel hawser.
me snip at that time was absolutely
unmanageable She was not capable
OF turning a propeller do not think
we got under way again until four
o'clock Of the afternoon OF the 25th.
and not long afterward she was taken
IN tow stenming 10 the westward We
went little further than ! hid in
tended on account Of the difficulty In
getting the Yale TO hear our signals
We were obliged TO go four or five miles
further on that account AS soon rs
the sea Gained down and IN my judg-.
ment II was not possible u have coal
ed. las ! said yesterday that was enc
OF the conditions which I watched os-
pecially, and was better Judge ~ that
than any other officer q the neet be-
cause | was more interested In ~. I
signalled TO Capt. Philip asking him II
he could coal and I think his signhl
indicatss precisely that he was' uneasy
about Il for he slgnalled b1ck 10 rae 4
can try The impression left upon ms
mind was that at that time even he
was uncertain"
Continuing, he said that even as late
as the following morning Philip had
slgnaled that both the Texas ana tie
Merrlmac had sprung a leak.
The admiral also referred To the ey-
IRENE heat saying Il was SO great that
the men were exhausted and the doc
tors had recommended that On this ac-
count coalipg operations be suspended,
Here Admiral Schley brought his mar
rative up 70 Santiago and he said In
that connection that he had regarded
the orders Of The department concern
Ing the probable presence Of the snan-
lsh feet al Santiago as more Of n sur
gestiOn than mandatory order. He
considered that Il would take only
little while 10 Pet back IN any event.
Also he repeated that the proper mill
AIRY maneuyer would be TO proceed TO-
ward the bases at Havana and Key
West
ARRIVAL AT SANTIAGO.
He had arrived with the squadron
M Santiago NJ about 7 o'clock p. m,
May q, he said and had then taken
mp HIS position five or six miles out
afterwards holding the feet In lorna.
ion day and night. He had on that
lrst night sent the Marb'ehead close Ia
with Instructions to keep close watch
m the mouth Of the hafb0r That night
re had. he sai5. noticed tho slguols on
he shore known rs "hlinksts" ana
ie had also observed at that time
lights on the lower plans which he had
,ince become convinced we're from the
Colon lying In the harboor.
COLON DISCOVERED.
The next day he had discovered the
presence Of that Spanish vessel AZ he
rad also that OF the other enemy's war
'essels. lie said that when he hac
hus secured irrefutable proof OF tbs
act that the vessels were there and
old Capt siesbes % the fact. that Of
lcer expressed surprise. II was at this
,oint that he sent his dispatch 20 the
department giving absolute informa.
ion Of the presence II the Spaniards
md Slrsbee had carried this message
@ Mole 81 Nicholas
BLOCKADE FORMED.
Admiral schley said that after 10.
ating the feet In Santiago he testified
hat he formed the blockade In the
My way he believed such small
squadron could be utilized for such
Iuty. The ships were In column broad.
lde on 90 the entrance Of the harbor,
10 that q simple turn Of the wheel
youli bring them IN line II the enemy
.ppcared. He called the captains OF
ne ships aboard and explained his idea
L the blockade 20 them and also his
pneral plan Of attack HIS plan was
% attack the head ~ the column first
nd confuse and cripnle each in tnrn,
PLAN OF ATTACK.
Tho picket boats we're TO be used "a
,Iredo boat destroyers. The ships
.sra 10 maintain so as 10 be capable OF
velve knots The feet steamed back
M forth before the entrance Of the
arhor. Moro castle. he thought, was
! no more than five miles away He
idged this by the dlst'n7tness With
.hich he could see the surf The bot
,ms OF all the shins were foul per-
ars a knot or a knot and a half slow
r than they should have been. Tho
fmiral explained how Ne feet
canned back and forth. using the bold
radla1ds M uirht % determine their
-sitl6n with the picket hoate always
side Every night except when rain
iu4llc occurred. and ,hev were usually
.lif the admiral testified that ne
MIA eco the nIoketv pither with the
,kcd eve or with night glasses. lie
.ver went 20 bed without l0otinr for
.em aud there was not a nlght when
, could not distinguish the land and
.e Norrc
In cancludinv Me description ~ the
ocrade that had been malntalned. tire
'r-irsl cold:
"That n was mftcien, Is shown by
10 fact thai during fs existence no
eel entered or escaped from The har-
r"
RECONNAISSANCE or MAY II.
Coming O. the reconnaissance OF May
ADMIRAL S'hlav 71ii:
ION The sis, While me- Brooklyn and
@ Mahieheai ana The Texas were
aiinr 7 transferred my Tag 20 the
lseachusetts and determined 7 would
velop f0rtincations because q inforr1-
ion which We had from The hydro
aphic ofncc-thp impression now y
a, It was rather undetermined.