The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-21
THE SIGNALS NOT ANSWERED.

heard CT no plans in case the enemy
should be engaged.
THE SIGNALS NOT ANSWERED.
The witness said that while lying off
Cienfuegos he, with others, had seen
lights from the shore which, from their
nature they took to be signals, but that
no attention had been paid to them until
the oath when the Marblehead had ar
rived and he understood had responded
to the signals and communicated with
those on shore
He also said that the Texas had been
in no great need of coal while lying off
Cienfuegos, but that it could have taken
more and would have been glad to get it.
The Iowa had coaled there. He said that
when the squadron arrived in sight of
the Yale and other American vessels off
Santiago on the evening of May 18th, all
the vessels cleared for action, thinking
they were vessels of the enemy. Then
they discovered their mistake, Captain
Philip had signalled Captain Wise of the
Yale saying: Have you got them in
there?" to which the reply was: Il
think we have"
Mr. Hanna, who conducted the ex-
ticularly concerning the trip from San
tiago toward Key West when the Squad
ron started for the latter place in order
to coal.
NO EFFORT TO COAL.
He said that no effort had been made
on the 18th, the day of the arrival off
Santiago, to coal ship.The sea was some
what rough but the witness expressed
the opinion that the coaling could have
been accomplished. He had succeeded
in that operation at Tortugas, when the
water was equally rough.
IF you had been instructed to coal
ship on the 18th, what would you have
done?" Mr. Hanna asked.
Il would have done it, the witness
responded. 81 don't think the sea was
any heavier than when we had taken
coal on other occasions"
Relating the particulars of the return
to Santiago, after starting for Key West,
the witness said that coal had been
taken on the night of the 9th. When
Captain Philip had been asked if the
Texas could coal he had replied: I'VE
can try The trial had been made and
the effort proved successful, the witness
said.
Captain Harder also told of seeing the
Colon inside the harbor at Santiago on
the morning of May 29th, and said it had
remained there until June 1st. The
American fleet, he said, lay seven or
eight miles from the mouth of the har-
Dor at night and further than that in
the day time.
HOW BLOCKADE WAS MAINTAINED.
Asked concerning his knowledge of the
Brooklyn's loop during the battle off
Santiago, the witness said he did not
see the loop made. He said, in reply to
questions that the blockade was main
tanned by the vessels steaming in col
umn back and forth in front of the mouth
of the harbor at distance of from seven
| TO ten miles out, the greater distance
being that maintained at night.
| At this distance there was no difficulty
| in seeing the shore during the day time,
| and on clear nights, but when the
weather was bad it was difficult to see
the shore in the day time and sometimes
under those circumstances impossible to
see it at night.
| Captain HARDER volunteered the state
ment that on May 9th before the new
supply of coal was taken on the Texas,
| there were about 400 tons of that fuel on
the vessel.
Recurring to the Brooklyn he said he
had seen that vessel Immediately after
| it had executed the loop when it was on
! the port bow of the Texas about eight
| hundred feet distant
| The Texas was not then moving at her
| full speed, because the Oregon was
| passing her. If the Texas at that time
| backed out or stopped he was not away
/ of the circumstance.
At this point the court adjourned
promptly at four o'clock until eleven
| o'clock tomorrow.