The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-31

IL because he never heard Of any ship
getting In. ON the North Cuba blockade.
when Frenchman succeeded in getting
through the blockading lime into Havana.
the fact had been widely advertised as
great accomplishment His conclusion,
therefore, was that uoue had entered
Coming 90 thc reconnaissance of May 81,
when the Spanish ship VAS bombardcd us
10 lay IN The hurhor at Santiago, Captain
Ienhy asked Admiral SchleY when b.
frst received notice tbei the commando
ness replied that the notice had come IN
the dispatch brought to him by Captain
Cotton which Was dated May 20 This
telegram was ne said. not received until
May 81 Possibly too. the New orleans
might have brought Information OF the
coming OF Admiral sampson
"Nhy did you walt two days after the
discovery Of the presence of the 0cet in
the harbor before undertaking your recon
naissauce:'
For the reason ! had used these two
DAYS for coaliug the vessels so as 70 be
prepared in case the enemy's ships should
Relating the occurrence Of the lombard
mcnt he said he recalled that captain ING
gnSon had asked after me lSrhley went
abourd the Massachusetts that The, BON
bardment be postponed until after dinner.
| That he warned some people 10 ger on
the tuwets and thai Lieutenant CON-
mandpr Potts had given notice that they
were on the range. He aid NOT recall, ne
said the signal not 10 90 il CSlScr, hut
| II was possible that such signal had been
sent and h had not beer recorded
n might br that 10 was with this as
with the other signals which had not been
received, because the writing OF ihem was
always deferred until the next day.
"No man. he said except the press
corresnondeuts who brave all dangers,
can always have paper aud pencil at hand
while battle is In progress and as con
sequence, there Is failure Ia record many
occurrences that should be recorded
Here followed an examination Of the
various signals from the Massachusetts on
| the dgy of the bomblrdment when the ad-
! mirai verified At the same time he re-
marked thai he thought there we're other
Admiral Schley said he had ordered the
range al 1000 yards for that day, but he
had not supposed the Colon was so Tar up
-" "of 70, course oUi he said 81 left the meas
urements Of the range to the executive
Does your letter to the senate, dated
February is 1899, plead the precautionary
order of the department for not destroying
~ ~ should rather think that is the infer
The admiral then at the, request Of the
Judge advocate read what he wrote 10 the
senate The le>er contained tue precan-
tionarv order OF the department at the
| onening OF the war. He again explained as
no had done before that Whgn he wrote
his communication 10 tue SENATE Ht ulu
NOT have ali the records before hlm lie
onitted To mention in that communication,
he said. Admiral Simpsons caution az
Key West. lie had prepared 1t largely
lr9 IN fnrtber support OF his position The
admiral read the departments instructions
of .June i5 specifically warning the com,
mander-in-chlef against, risklng "rnoFea
vessels 10 the hre Of land batteries
lin your report OF June ], 70 the ue'
nortment concerning the reconnaissance,
Won aid not mention ANY purpose TO SINK
or destroy the CoonF
( nm In your telegraphlc report you said
that your purpose was to destroy the No-
'0 incidentally, yes
The Judge advocate then asked the nd
uiroi 10 tell exactly what MS purpose was
on ma tven Replying that he had testi-
ma ne e,iifSS on this subject before, he then
said that the signals made lndleateu tas
purpose The slgnal lnsiIntS,se ~ CaitiP1
W. ~ u' ~, orleans with her lighter battery
r,as direoted 10 Ore al the shore DatleIles.
The instruction was 70 go 70 70 49, ya IN
and he though sS hs' Ma 49, zone In 10 that
wards, that the hhlPo 40"
d' 81 directed the ships 70 folog me nag,
10 operate against ts so, no snd tkink fhe
the IoI .i, ~ 10 fsr as II went. was emit
nentiy sucec.sful. The hatteI,es VIZ y, !,
n neeinnsd and the fact was demonsiratea
tssf ne enemy was IN port Win s,g7aaaa
ron Of only Ave Or SIX s NECESSITY os Would
tnst 9nli3,ee5 Inc risking Of vessel that
nave l9 bsslx.ee reduced the feet 70 a numef,
Icai inferory WIZ the had ens seen crpp de
| OF Two ratcbt have come out snd en-
she 81 gs with disastrous results. ~,
sas TSe Development q me facts v a. o1sI ta
| batteries ar Ths sneuy's ships could not
sa.hs s,sa,-. ana they did not get ewaJ.
g ytfr adrdrala was then asRea HhesheS