The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-25

position that the squadron was fror
 the beach by the appearance of tn
 surf, which ordinarily is not seen be
 yond six miles except at a very grea
 elevation.'
 At o'clock of the evening of the 22d
 the torpedo boat Dupont the admira
 sad, arrived with dispatch from Ad 1 mtral Sampson. The dispatch referret 1 to was the Dear Schley" letter. Re
 ferring to this dispatch the witness
 said:
 'l did not remember the fact unti within the past few months becaus,
 there were duplicates of that letter, bu
 now recall 1t from the fact that I sen the Scornon to the eastward in obed | fence to the injunction contained il | that letter to communicate with thu scouts about whose presence off Santa go l was very uncertain as l think the admiral was, on account of orders hay ing been sent directing them to pro ceed in the direction of the Spanish main to look for the squadron. The admiral was not certan whether they had got back, nor was I. Therefore sent the Scnrpion east and that fact fixed the receipt of that letter."
 Admiral Schlev also said that the Iowa had arrived to join the fleet on the 22d. bat l-e did not remember that she brought any dispatches beyond an envelope containing some letters, one Of which was from his (Schley's) wife. That fact" he said, fixed that in my mind, A good many of the things abour which I am testifying burned themselves into my memory because I was the most interested party. I can not recall anything in connection with the Iowa at all'
 Coming to the blockade of Cienfuegos the admiral explained the formation of his feet there, saying that the steam ing which had been mentioned in the logs was for the purpose of overcoming the effect Of the current which set di- rectly into the bight He said the ships were constantly setting into the beach and were obliged almost every hour to steam for a mile or two. And that" he said, accounts for a good deal of what is stated In the logs about steamine."
 In this same connection the admiral said that he had fixed the position of the squadron every morning and after noon by what is known as the four points bearing At night" he contin- ued, I've had an invaluable lighthouse which was the loom of the city on the clouds and we kept in a general direc- ton on general bearing. We were closer at night and that" he said, em- phatically was the rule of the squad ron always; we were closer at night at both Cienfuegos and Santiago. The idea of keeping the squadron in forma- ton during the night or in line of bat tie ready for any emergency was never abandoned. The arrangement during the day was some little feigned disorder i,l the hope that we might invite those rsople out. We knew there would be difficulty in getting in, because my flag ship was of greater draught than most of the others, the channels were very tortuous and our only hope, at least, our only wish. was that they might come out. The movements of the squad ron were rather an invitation usually This was what felt during all the per od of this blockade"
 At this point Admiral Schley digress- ,d for a moment to refer to the conver- ;atjcn he had had with Admiral Samp- | son before leaving Key West, which he ,aid had induced the belief that the spanish squadron's objective was Cien- uegos. The admiral then related the partic- liars of the visit of Lieutenant Wood of he Dupont, to him. on board the |
 i, ,-ir ya6 nf yienfuegos. He said tha ' LieuteEant | Wood was in pitiable condition of eX- | laustion because of his arduous duties ] m a torpedo boat. I told him, said | he admiral, that if I were a king l ] would promote every torpedo officer five ,rades if I could Continuing, the admiral related now 1 lieutenant Wood had handed him the | ispatch and added:
 T think he did me injustice when he l poke of my speaking disrespectfully of l .dmiral Sampson as Captain Sampson.
 used no such term. There was no | eason why l should have done so. l nyariably spoke of him as Admiral ampson, and I do not recollect one 1 to1 d of the conversation which Lieu anant Wood recites-not one word and
 recolect a good many things pretty ,ell, I am glad to say, and very little rom imagina ton"
 The admiral said that the Hawk ar ived about o'clock on the morning of Iay 23 This vessel he said, had rought the despatch from Admiral ampson which is designated as No, 8, he despatch in which the commander l. chief notified the commander of the ying squadron that the Spanish fleet was at Santiago and directed i'm "is satisfied that they are not at ienfuegos to proceed with all despatch , Santiago" The witness said that he ad received duplicate copies of des- atch No. 8 and said he identified the 1py brought by the Hawk as the first