Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-10-25

tRGSoS, WILL Lie 1SdSEXpOSSIDler uGluy
and had said that, after he had the
information more in hand he would
write the commodore. = ,&ff# - : 4, u"
~" under the direction of, this, order
my squadron got under way, he said,
and then he related the details of the
cruise to Cienfuegos That same night
he: had fallen in with McCalla and his
sub-squadron. t,1McCalla had sent the
Eagle to intercept him and had him
self asked permission to pass on. He
had sent the Scorpion to meet the
Eagle and the former vessel had re-
ported as, was recorded in it's log.
THAT he said, '.sis all the information
she gave us. After this the Eagle
came within hail, telling us that there
was no newsrII feelnvery positive that
this was the case, 1t seems burnt into
my mind, but from what / have heard,
Ibegin to think may possibly be mis-
taken" '2' ''>t ~ ~ :.
,, Arrival at cienfuegos. e,s go,
The squadron arrived at Cienfuegos
on the evening Of May 81, the admiral
said, and continued: .a
"Toward sundown that evening, I
was standing on the bridge and when
we were 30 or 30 miles out heard six
or seven guns fired with the cadence
of a salute. The report was so dis.
tinct that the officer on deck spoke
of it. - 'fi r'+1
"The next day in the early morning
| the feet had steamed in and looked
| into the. harbor, but it had been i'm
| possible to see in. ~"
%#"I never saw any smokestacks
there,"E he said, "and was a very
close watcher from or s o'clock in
the morning until IL or 1 at night
| Very few circumstances escaped me-"
| Toward O'Clock of the 22nd,"" he
said,| "the Dupont brought out to me
the now celebrated Dear Schley' let
ter. In obedience to this dispatch he
had sent the Scorpion east to com
municate with the scout boats about
the 2Spaniards, as I was very doubtful
Of their being at Santiago, as think
the admiral was." ..
| He recalled the arrival Of the Iowa
but did not recollect that it brough
Eanything to HIM In the way of dis
|patches.
Il believed ait that time" he said
from the sound of the firing and tn
conversation had had with Admira
! Sampson ttHdL the squadron Was
Cienfuegos. The line of formation
was kept ready for any emergency AM
was never abandoned. During tn
day we feigned. a little disorder il
hopes that we might invite those pee
pie out. The movements of the squad
ron was rather an invitation for ther
to do so. That was what ! felt durin
, all the period Of that blockade
, "Lieutenant Wood has testified to
conversation" which he said he ha
, with me in relation, to the delivery {
II dispatches which for the life of me
[ cannot recall and I have a. good des
Of recollection am glad to say yer
| little Imagination. Lieutenant Woo
! when he came on board, was almos
. psostrated. He handed me the di
patch. think he did ME an injustic
when he spoke of my speaking disrt
spectfully Of Admiral Sampson.
used no such terms. There was n
, reason why should have done SO.
: invariably spoke of him as Admire
Sampson and I do not recall one wor
; Of the conversation which he, recites
: not one word and I recollect goo
. many things very well.'
, t., The court then adjourned for th
/ day.