The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-12-20
Blockade Of CienfueQos

was maintained; that the majority o.
the court entirely ignored the. uncon
tradtcted testimony proving, that The
British steamer AduA Was allowed t
enter Cienfuegos to Obtain Information
Regarding the Spanish neet: that, the
order Of Admiral Sampson, known, a
No. I, was an imperative order fo1
Commodore Schley 10 hold his squad
ron OF :Ctenfuagos whether tho Span
ish heet was In ,that harbor. Ok not;
that the majority Of the 'ccodutt have ig
nored the admitted 1act that tie com
mander Of the Eagle. did NOD: communi
cate the situation ct ClenfuegQs: 10
Commodore Schley; that they ignored
the fact 'tha& Captain .Evahs failed to
cpmmunicate, ~ ;QommedeGet schlay
s the n :: e 81 SRs1 a5Sta g
6chley, g proven BY NE evidence
Ind no knhtdtixoiedEe 6f q osbs tights until
Tho night Sof 1Mau T93, 1tsas; f:thaa: the
majority of t4s Goa.Ft 81 silent s:ttu
nenifs u ,{t6s tdy1htk sdttSdioIs ii front
Of CteuduPsos; that ths7matouity biased
snSs as s$on 1885, sSs& Sa$
modofes% FscNley, bsS8fs sa1hng iffom
Cienfuego&, bad reliable Conformation
that ships could be epaled in thu yicin'
ity u cape Cruz Ahd Gonaaves chan.
mel, Whereas r. Ii denied itkaf there
was :eany such posthke:.. information,
and the reforde shoW that not until
thies days after leaving Ctentuegos
did Commo dd0re: Hchley receive definite
ipfeematton concerning ne feasibility
Of coaMpg ships from = collier in Con
aaveS dbanmel; THAT the majority erred
in stating that Commodore Schley re.
ceived mo positive information from
the scout chips :as to the enemy's pres.
encey In Santiago harbor. because Cap
tain Sigsbee had reported to Commu.
dore schley thzt: the Spanish
Fleet Was Not in That Harbor.
The bin denies that the conditions OF
wind, sea and weather from May &c
to June / were FAVORABLE for taking
coal from q collier off Santiago; It
tlso claims that the coal charts sub.
mitted in evidence, showing the chas'
ing capacity Of the flying squadron,
have been ignored; chat no reference
has been made to the orders of the
secretary of the navy. rorbtdding the
hazarding OF American. ships against
shore batteries: that the majority opin.
ION failed 20 contain any reference to
the character OF the blockade Of San.
tiaRo. .ai&hough covered In the specif:
cations; that the demonstration made
bye mmodore }9chlsy before' Santiago
On, May 40 and 80 was predetermined
and executed solely as 4 .reconnois-
San ce fxttJd 1ot as d FORMAL attack upon
the Colon Or TIE other. vsssels In the
.harbor; that, the majority, opinion OF
tie court 10 ambiguous With respect to
HE bop q The sBrotok1yn ID that It
holds that said loop was meae to avoid
getting into dangerous Proximity to
the Spamdsh vessels without Stating
whether !bpcn ct .YHs d'?s: tn, he ::sor a.!
fears Of Commodore :,~biey or TO his
desire to preserve the .ljp intact and
Asldy: tor further work; taat che ma
ejnrdty ,of ne count entirely ,ingored Aho
Overwhelming testimony in arriving AZ
thu 40panfUn that Comanodfore Schley
erfed % commencing the engageincrt
on, July; 3 with tho, port battery, ann!
that the Brooklyn did not lose either
distance or position with the Spanish
ships In making the turns that the
majority opinion Is ambiguous. upon
the subject OF the backing Of the Texas
in that II does not state whether the
danger OF collision was real or imag-
jnary; that Captain Cooks testimony
III Tits Point was entirely ignored: