Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-24

give him the widest horizon
MY course projeetod,' he said,
would have carried me to China If
there had ben no islands n the way"
DID SOME GUEsswoRK.
He spoke Of the necessity Of acting
upon MS own responsibility Of haYinb
TO act without any private information
from Havana. Therefore. he said IL
had to do q good deal from guesswork
Sometimes | was right and sometimes
wrong"
Admiral schley then told Of meeting
the dispatch boats ST. Paul. Minneapolis
ard lale He said at that time there
was a heavy sea on. He remembered
capt COOK saying TO HIN on the pas
sage over that he had never seen more
motion on the Brooklyn and that some
OF the youngsters were seasck. capt.
Sigsbee came on board" continued the
witness, land think my recollection Is
almost vivid enough 10 degcribe his
dress.
II reSlelct distinctly that he had
on rubber boots and an old blockading
cap which we all wore more or less, a
heavy blouse suit. | met him at the
gangway | was very glad 20 see him
as he was OF course. to see me. The
first thing | asked Sigsbee when ne
came over the side, and / want TO say
before ! make this statement that
do not believe that Capt. sigsbee would
mistake anything for his commission,
/ do not believe that he is capable OF
stating what Is not true | think in
this instance his recollection e at fault
and not his yeracity. / said to him
Captain, have you got the dons in
hereY He said No. They are not In
here. | have been In very close
He said They are not here
they are only reported here"
said to him Have any Of the other
vessels seen them. the Yale or the MIN
Deapolis?' He said No they have not:
they have assured me So and
that was the assurance 20 which | re-
ferred when | spoke OF the assurance OF
such men as Wise and jewell and Sigs-
bee. Now do not believe that any OF
these men would mistake the fact They
did not communicate verbally to me-
but | assume. with the conversation
with SIgsbee that he was bearing to me
the assurance Of all OF them AZ the
same time Nunez was aboard and he
and I had n conversation In Spanish.
Among other things | said 'Nunez what
do you think Of the report that these
people are not here2 Well
he said. L DO not believe
that they are here at all be-
cause the channel Is very narrow, and
the buoys have also all been removed.
We have TO make the turns very quick
ly and the channel Is very crooked. II
they had n tug or a most favorable
day. perfectly smooth weather. / do
not say that they might not get in, but
] do not believe they are now there"
HE said he had been plotting six
Teen or eighteen years, We subse-
uuently found he was very expert pilot
and rendered us valuable service.
ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY.
"My habit Of life, not only in prin-
clple command of a squadron but also
in command Of a ship was to assume
the responsibility and the danger OF
censure OF my movement but / was
never willing under any circumstances
to be a participant in glorles that l
would not divide That was the gen.
cral principle upon which ! acted in
this matter. did not call any counsel
vi war lllt iN4NA NHiNh RAANH'
people gave me led me 70 infer that
the telegraphc Information was a ruse
similar to that which was tclegraphed
from Cadiz that the squadron had re-
turned to Cape Verde"
Continuing the admiral said; III any
Of us at any time made and mistakes
during the campaign Of Santiago 1t was
In supposing that the Spaniards would
ever 90 right at the right time"
At this point Admiral schley describ-
ed the movements OF hls SQUADRON
about Santiago. saying that he had con-
cluded that the move eastward TO be
unwise. II would not have been I'M
wise 20 uncover Santiago He said
that their movements every moment OF
the day were known I'm Havana.
Just az we approached Santiago on
the 26th. the collier Merrlmac, which
had been giving us a good deal q trou-
BILE, broke down. I determined that
an unmanageahle collier was not very
preferable thing 10 have with the
SQUADRON " we met the enemy, so I
flrst determined TO send her to Key
West with the Yale II then occurred
to me that " ! sent her 70 Kew West
and she was taken we would be ont a
collier. ana the Spanisn II they were
outside would he in so much coal So
! determined. therefore. on this move
ment, I'm the meantime inquirug as 20
the coal supply Of each Of these ships"