The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-01
The GREAT A. BATTLE.
o. Santiago Described BY Tie Man
Who Won II,
GALLANT ADMIRAL scHLEY.

an Intensely Interesting story
OF fhs Fight from First
70 Last Told TO a .8
Big Audlenc Il
The following in tho testimony 81
Admiral Sohley before tho court Of on.
quiry describing the battle Of Santiago /:
'On Juno l Admiral Sampson ar.
rived. lilo brought with him tho Now
York, the Oregon and tho May flower,
and steamed down to tho westward q
littlo inside of tho line of blockade.
He found us at thai time just in max
irg the turn and | wont on board. Ho
was very cordial, very glad to SEQ mo,
AMI | explained TO him tho situation
end the fact of tho reconnaissance.
Ha seemed to be very glad to ind out
tho aituetion thero, and rointod out
to him the Colon lying in tho outranoo Q. 2
Capt. Lemly: III the o,urt plasso
'wo arc getting beyond tho oourt's Son-
struction Of tho ocopea, Of tho psecapt."
Admiral Dewey: GAS | understand,
bo is turning tho command over to tho
commandments, chief. / want to hear
that. | would liko to bear that pars."
Continuing, Admiral Sohley said 81
handed hlm g numbor Of dlhpasohos.
explained to him tho situation aud told
him tho form Of blockade that I had
maintained, and / heard no word Of
aomplslnt irola him, III faos, in vic "
of tho telegram Of congratulstion /
supposed aaturally every tnlng was an
proved. Admiral Sampson's rotations
and miro were always cordial. [ neyor
had any ditferonoo with him"
i turned tho command over to Ad-
miral Sampson and my squadron wac
not broken up until tho 18th or 19th
Of Jnpc, | WAS still in tho command
OF lilo hying squadron ard composed
tho )tlt half Of the blookaaing limo at
Santiago. OF course, l havo no oriti-
oisms to ctfer, nloroly plain, straight
atory to toll of what its operations wore
up TO thao time"
Tho admiral at the request Of Mr..
Raynor sisted his observa ion Of sur.
pious circumstances on land and in
the harbor at Santiago on tho evening
of July 2. He said that tho outlying
land foroos were at that timo boing
pressed into tho city by tho American
and insurgont forces, and ho had MOTTO.
cd that toyeral Of their block houses
burned that evening.
lie bad at the samo time observed
smoke ccming from ovor Sooapa hill
and he thought tho army was prspar
ing for sortio. OF this croum ,tnnoe
no had notified Admiral Sampson and
he thought the admiral had actt d up
on the notice as the blookading limo wss
moved in closer that night.
Adm iral Sohloy began his description
OF tho battle OF July 3, abou. Q 80
o'clock. He aaid the dsy broke fair
With apleasant land broezo. AFTER l
had ea,en my breakfast" ,ontinued
tho sdnlfal, Il came up to eco what
could be observed with glaascs. We
we're lying ct that tino possibly throo
miloD or littlo ovor from the land
and L remember to h&ve wondered
why tho oncmy permitted us to remain
go o,oso without tiriDg at u.s. AT q
quarter to 8 o'clock an orderly reported
TO mo that singal had been made by
,ho fagship to dirrosard her move.
monts and that she had como eastward.
did not, Of course, know where nhe
lad gone
Describing tho coming out of tho har-
Dor of the Spanish foct, tho witncsH
said: 81 WAS .ittlng on deok on hatch.
way whom | heard call from tho
| bridge 10 the commodore that tho fact
is coming out. That was somo time
liter the mon had been oallcd to quar-.
tere, abou, 8. .35 o'oock. Tho ship was
| lying at that t,me with her head in
! toward tho land in the direction of Ga
banas, llttlo oovo to tho westward
and ono of tho marking points We used
in maintaining our position l looked
over tho sts1board dido aud saw tho
enemy coming out of tho entrance Of
tho harbor, [ looked eastward to SEQ
tho order OF tho chips. saw tho Toxas
| apparently q point or moro abaft tho
starDoard beam. The Texas appeared
TO mo to be heading on soroo one of
tho oasterly courses. 10 the loft Of her
was The Iowa. Tho Oregon was to tho
eastward Of The Iowa. The Indiana
WAS to tho eastward Of that position
and tho Glouchester was lying ia undor
tho land. Tho Now York was out of
sight and out Of signai distance with
glasseB. looked for her in oldor to
6otoImino what my position in the ao-
ton was to DO. Of oourbo, if the Now
Y,rk had not been out OF distance
would not have gwen or msdo singal.
~ had iI tho lleantlme gone forward
on llttlo platform that l had con-
stiuoted sround tho battle tWoer as
my position IN tho fight. 1 had only
been thoro moment or two when Cant.
Cook juined mo. La the meantime Mir,
Hod&bon, who wab on tho upper bridge
csiicd ous somothing to tho captain
about bong connected up and roady.
He at tho same timo eaid to me, Com
modoro, they sro coming right at us. ;
Well [ esid, 80 right for them, and
tho hem mSD put to port. The ship
wsB started ahead first ut perhaps hslf
speed. don'treoolleot that. Sno took
her way quickly and | said to Cook,
'Hoss nc signal ol6so in for action. !"
Then followed tho signal Close up,
ard tho Brooklyn 90 well as oil tho
other ships onarged in for tho ontranoo
according 10 tho original pl. n. We all
moved dreotly for tho hoad OF tho col.
umn, tho idoa being to arrest and knock
| thom to piCes as they oame on.