The San Francisco call., 1901-10-16
Continued From Page One.
81 incident with which you are familiar
The coming in Of the Adula."
Arrival of the Adu1a

Arrival of the Adula-
The Adula arrived of the port there
and was boarded at first under orders
from Commodore Schley by the Castjne
and after Captain Berry of the Castine
had made his report TO the commodore
the commodore sent one of the officers of
the Brooklyn aboard her. After he had
returned and made report the commodore
directed me to go aboard the Aduia and
see il / could cOntriVe some manner of
Inducing The captain of the AduIa an
Englishman, TO put himself out a little 10
tell US something about what was going
on inside Of CientuegOs. The captain said
of course, he would be very glad to do It,
he was coming under some authority
from cur feet in Jamaica He suggested
that when he came out on the next day
we should bring him to with a shot. that
anybody observing it from shore would
see that he was acting under force and
that anybody who could speak Spanish
could find out all they pleased from the
refugees she had on board"
with what understanding did they go
That he was to come out the next dav
and il would be possible for us to get that
information; in fact, that it would be very
easy 10 do So"
Did he come out the next day?"
The witness also stated that Commodore
Schley had told him that Capfain Nc
cana hao brought a code Of signals for
communication with the Insurgents on
shore near Cienfuegos.
Descr1bIng the blockade ar Clenfuegos Com
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tanned from one TO four miles out and that
TIE Dupont was stationed inside with instruc-
TONS 10 Keep close in to the mouth of the har-
DOT ano maintain careful watch. reporting
any suspicious Incidents
Weather Was Boisterous.
The witness in giving the details of the
cruise from Clenfuegos TO Santiago said the
ana that coaling at sea wouid not have been
sefe before May p, when it undertaken
he also said that this voyage the squad
ron had been delayed by the small boats, and
that the ships had also been slowed up on one
occasion, when a merchant vessel was sighted
also that the collier had to stop several times
70 make repairs in her machinery
the witness said that it had been maintained
al varying distances Of from three TO six
miles In thick weather and at night the dis
tance was less than in fair weather and in
The witness said the reconnaissance of May
81, when The Colon was fired upon, developed
the strength Of the land batteries and they
had proved TO be stronger than he had sup
posed they were Commodore Schley had he
f et 5 f bs4 ttss TeTe e sd 20 he ba6
been with Lieutenant Potts. on the Massa-
chusetts, that day, and had not heard any
conversation between that officer and Com
modOre Schley.
The witness described the engagement of
July 3, After stating the preliminary Incl
I was in my room when I heard the CRY
OF the executive officer Clear ship for ac-
tionr I knew what that meant and ran TO
the quarterback I looked alcft to IL
the prescribed signal Enemy is escaping
modOre On the quarterback He directed the
signal to close IN, sll OF which were made.
FTom my position had good view Of the en-
I should say, to the westward of north. not
northeast by north. The engines had been
started by the time I got deck, and she
was gaining we, way = and was swinging toward
the enemy The flrst vessel, which proved TO
be the flagship Maria Teresa, came out She
was directly on cur hearing from the entrance
'As the ship swung toward the Teresa she
swung slowly around To me the Teresa ap-
peared not to hold an exactly steady course,
and the helm Of our ship was eased one way
the Teresa The Teresa shortly turned square
ly toward the westward, and she did
got a view Of the next ship following in her
Iyn was then held up to meet the second ship
approaching OF course We ported helm
Looked Like Ramming.
The second ship passed in the wake of the
first one and 1 said the commodore that it
looked as II the second one was going TO try
TO ram US. He, I think, assented- At any
rate. the Brooklyn was held toward her and
she appeared TO me 10 be uncertain In her
captain and qUarternaaster- She turned after
she had passed 10 the southwark Of the Te-
lesa's wake and followed her, and then il was
generally remarked on the tower bridge that
they were all going 10 try and escape to the
Just about the time the Viscaya turned.
Yeoman Ellis. who vas trained observer
form and said that his stadimeter showed 800
wards 10 tie Viscaya l Immediately took an
especial look az the Niscaya with that IN mind,
said TO the commodore: I think we are about
our tactical diameter from that ship now, and
he said i think 50, too or we are The
order was hard apOrt am not positive VINO
gave that order think the commodore said
hard aport.' The helm kept hard aport
and the ship swung rapidly IN her turning
circle. When the order was given hard apOrt
Te5ss-and in nv Judgment we were com
ME ciR Of
I1sssed well clear of her. After the turn was
completed we found ourselves abreast or per
haps a little abaft the beam of the leading
Spanish ship with a slowly converging course
we held a very straight course. The navigator
trying 70 maintain this course 70 keep
our guns TO bear to the best range. The Oregon
was astern Of US and the IeXas astern OF her:
The TfGcaya began to blaze up and she turned
in toward shore. The commodore spoke OF
the advisability Of signaling through the Ore
gOn 70 the Texas to stay by the Viscaya when
she turned in and insure her surrender, but
after moments thought he said: Philip will
We proceeded. We were increasing our speed
as rapidly as the fires could be forced, and
after the Niscaya had gone in We continued
the chase after the Colon. After we began
TO gain upon the Colon the commodore directed
the Oregon TO try her guns at her. Then the
oregon and the Brooklyn fired deliberately al
the Colon. After our fire she began TO waiver
in toward the shore. Her course was unset
tied and the commodore said he thought she
spot 70 lie upon. which proved to be the case. "
Dispatch Not Forwarded.
When Sears had concluded his description Of
the battle Raynor asked him if Commodore
schley had given him a dispatch to be sent to
battle. The witness replied in the affirmative.
Admiral Dewey then asked if this dispatch had
been sent and was informed by Raynor that il
had not been forwarded to the department, al