The Atlanta constitution., 1901-12-16

/ ade him ia that port"
4 \ memorandum dated on Havana. May
/ q. iS9S. which directed Commodore
/ Schlcy To mask his movements in leaving
/ Cionfuegos
\ memorandum which stated that
good landing pace had been found by
/ Commander McCalla. 1919 miles west of
! Savauilia Point. that the Cuhans had
perfect knowledge Of what was going
on within CscufCcgoS. that the cuban
Z forces ia the san Juan mountains con-
trolled the railway between CtcnineCos
and Trinidad: and that there Were fair
{ roads from the landing place to Cienfue-
Eos.
+ At $50 a. m. May %. the Castine and
the collier MeTrimac arrived at Cienfue-
{ gos-
/ At noon on the same date the British
! steamer Adula was permitted 70 go into
/ CieufueEOs.
At "A n. May o. the Marbleheaj.
Vixen ana Eagle arrived at Cionfuegos
About l0 a. m. the Alarblehead and
Eagle proceeded to the landing place, 49,
miles west of Styanilla Point. communi-
4 Gated with the insurgents. landed stores
FOR th,m. learned that the Spanish
+. squadron YVES not in the harbor of Glen
fu,sos rcjoincd the squadron al 3:3a p-
IN. and reported 40 Commodore schley
+ the Information obtained.
40 EFFORT .-ADE BY SCHLEY
TO MEET THE INSURGENTS
After the receipt of this Information
E Commodore Schley wrote n dispatch 20
III. mmard,r-in-cnier i~ which De
Stated. "a shall move eastward tomor-
row lie also wrote dispatch t. tht
comman ndant of the naval base AT heS
West in which he stated;
As il is not found practicable 10 c"al
the Texas from thu collier here, Whtfc
there Is So much swell. l snail pf"o'e"
tomorrow IF Sautiago de Cuba, hrlnS
embarrassed. however. hy tho Texas
short coal supply and her inability 70
coal in tht open sea- / snail not ue abit
- remain off that port on account ol
lsnersi short coal supply al squadron :"
viii proceed To the vicinity oi Nic'ias
alole. where. the water is smooth anc can
I ,ati Texas and other ships with what
may remain in collier.
no work was. apparently in progress
un THE fortlncati"H of ticniu' s"s Mh'e
. Commodore Schley was on the port
%o efforts 1ser. made hy Commodore
SsnIev To- communicate win lhe liiS"i
cents to discover whether the Spanish
. squadron was ia the harbor oi Iitniuesos
prior ta th, morning of May "a
SIGNAL lights were displayed on shore
al ui.ht. May - and May -a. hut Com
3 noior. Schley had no Information "hit"
+
ea.-I.d him "a interpret them.
p.fore sal!ng rom Cienfuegos COM
rnsior, Schley received reliable iniofnA-
,iou that ships could ue coaiei M ine
vicinity of cape Cruz and IN NoniiFeS
{ channel ...,...
The dying squadron. with the eNcepti'h
Of thf Cl~tinc. sailed from tieniUeb"N
..f...-,r 4 a. N. -of May -i. tht heavy aalIs
j. -.I,,r,r af vessels. the light ships on
,h rfrhr ftauk and the collier Merrlinac
a.. th,. left Hank vt lulo a- m. 81 MAY
=. th. lieht vessels we're shifted 4" the
port beam ami the collier o. the star
+ board beam.
Before midnight of May ~ OWNS 20
Z heavy rolling. the i"rwaTd '"iAI''i mn
of thc Eall- hll.d Mlth NA,'l'
6ucvd her speed
en-. ,ast,ysrd. the weather was bad anu
th. SEA was heavy fer small N'@7'i9-
& s..,.s,tr,.n reduced its speed 10 ei''oie
th. Eagle e. remaia with H.
! ou May = The weather improved '"e
I rvind ve,red 10 the wcstWul" anu D'ea''e
light and thc sea moderated
RETRoGRADE MOVEMENT
DISCUSSED BY THE COURT
A.r-o, n IN. Commodore Schley sent the
( Earl. Ia Port Antonio To coat anu men
& 4. r.t,.rn to Key Mtst. At noon OF Nay
- tbe Eagle had sufficient coal 10 steam
i IL knots per hour Tor three ,"|S-
Al 5..g a. IA the Squardph stoPltN
alout ~ miles 70 the southwark oi ti'
,.r, of Santiago and was Joined hy .hc
scouts Minneapolis. Yale ami 81. iaul.
A. q n m May Is the engines ol tue
..lii.r Nerritnac were temporarily us
. abr.d tn. engines were ch"is'" 70
work .-conuouua' and at 40 y. III. "l
. ~ - she was able To make hto'S
a.. - q
/ viii, her own steam. 4 he broken pa.'s
+ -. .,,rin,. were repaired on b"1fd the
80, IN rarairs being completed at
midnight of May = fhe A"ie ''"e
Narrimsc while disabled
E tn. commanding officer ot the 81 IaNi
+ ,-fsi,,d the flagship in obedience 10 sls-
{ nal tool with him a cuban pli"'' Gnu h""
I = conversation with Commodore SenieE-
/ .ommodore Schley had no conFerSa-
{ ,fon with the senior COMMANDING ""'Cs'
of tho scouts and obtained no Posi'iNe ~
. fo-p..,tor, from tn. scouts regarding the
Spanish squadron e,.,-.
"a, - m. MAY ~. Commodore Schley
,bs,.-sa the course Of the flying squad
ron 10 the westward and sgnalied 10 ms
s.,r.5ron '.Destination Key West, VIA
souto side of Cuba and Hucatan chan-
mel as soon as collier * ready speeu
a knots The squadron proceeded
westward Is miles stopped at ll;le
,tbe tow lines of the collier
/ having parted. drifted until $40 p. m,
/ Nav =. resumed its westward course
for o miles. stopped again at I'D p. m.
/ and drifted until p. IN. of May y
At go a. m, May p. the Harvard join
ea the fiying squadron and her com
manding officer delivered TO Commodore
I Schley the dispatch dated May %
T-be report here quotes i'm full the dis
patch of the department, saying "An de-