The sun., 1901-10-26

10 TO east. hut 20 20 west. and 10 throw
myself nearer Havana and TO Key West.
which was the base.
ARRIVAL orr SANTIAGO.
.Iarriyed In front OF the harbor of Santi-
ago About O'Clock. II my memory serves
me 1 think there II n record In the log
OF the ship, which shows that at that time
MORO Castle wac bearing north by east
about seven miles distant. / continued
on until about !. or a little after, anu took
up a position which | estimated. from the
appearance ~ the land and the surf. to have
bs,en aboui five to six mils~. There the
sutiadron was held Ia formation during
the night The Marblehead was tnstruoeei
10 TAX. her position inside, near enough
10 guard the entrance, and let us know
n ANYTHING appeared. The Vixen blew
ont oiia 81 her gaskets at q manhole, u
was repaired hut blew out again. and
had To be repaired again. 80 that ON the
ssth she was not on the picket line at all,
hut she remained near the flagship.
-On the night Of the 18th the signals
10 her that have been testified TO were very
plain. and saw hanking lighta somewhat
below. which ! afterward concluded must
have been from the Colon. as ! had dis
covered her there.
i did not know at tho time Just how tsr
she was within the harbor. but subsequently
n wa. determined To have besn between
500 and 1000 yards We saw her quite
plainly and she could easily lie recognized
from the fact that her military mast was
Immediately between her two tunnels !
aiterward saw projecting part of what
Appeared TO be another vessel. which ne AZ
siined 20 be the torpedo boat. and others
said there was another, ] really only saw
one ON the whole | felt satisfied In my
own mind that part of the feet was not therc
unless the whole Of II was there. because
could not conceive that from homogeneous
fleet of that character the commander -in-
chief would have detached any vessel
Toward O'Clock 4. NJ, OF before that 90
nv recollection H. not clear on that point
1 saw To the east ward the smoke OF a steaIn-
er, " hich wa, subsequently, found 10 ho
the ST. Paul ! called Capt. S'gsbec on
board and told him that the squadron
wa really in the harbor. that we had seen
several OF its vessels and my impression II
that Cart Cook was standing alongside
Of me at that time. Capt. Sisrb-c ck-
pressed a great deal of surprise that the
squadron Wa IN the harbor. Thereupon
1 gave. him the letter or telegr am which
II wa. | do not nov recollect informin x
the department and Admiral Sampson
that the enemy were in port "
The message sent by Schley la Sampson
on NAV - was read and put Ia evidence.
and Admiral Schley continued
After sending that despatch the squad
ron mainta aimed its position Of blockade.
The form of the blockade adopted was
in INV Judgment the only one available
for a squadron Of that size. IL Wa 60 keep
the squadron la a constant line oil battle.
To that end I called all the captains on
hoard and explained to them not only the
plan Of block ade but also the plan Of battle
II they came out. II was a simple wheel
IN either direction, a wheel that would
throw the squadron a. unit against the
enemy The general plan was to attack
th, head Of the column, with few guns.
OF courSe, turned on the Others. The
smaller vessels were 20 occupy the lse OF
th. baitle'ship-.
The squadron then took up its position
on blockade and maintained n. During
the day steam was kept up enough Tor
twelve knots We were not at any time
NOR. than five miles from the shore
often determined the DISTANCE by bearngs
from IA. MORO In all these matters the
surf regulated me a good deal " cannot
b. made out more than five and hall or
six miles I saw the surf every day and !
watched II carefully.
AT night We formed column and steamed
east aud west a. slowly n possible. We
did not make such speed as some gentle
man has testified ~ the conditions of the
ships bottoms had much 20 do With II
We steamed on an east and west line from
two To two and a half miles on each side of
the harbor eniTance.
Il always looked for the picket boats bc-
fore ] went to led and always saw them
I aiways could 80 the outline Of the land
and the MORO That the blockade, both
at Cenfuogo- and Santiago. was sufficient,
IL borne out by the fact that M ve~~ssl en-
tered without my permlssion.
THE ArFAIR or MAY II.
while the Brooklyn and the Marblehead
and the Texas were coaling ] transferred
INV flag to the Mas-achusssts and d-,er-
mined that I would develop th" fortihcs-
tiouS because the information which l
had on board from the Hydrographic
Offics. INV impression is-was rather un-
de termincd think on" report stated that
the batteries were old aud another that
~. batteries had krupI- mounted u
as the general belief however. that all
these southern PLACES were very heaNily
fortifisd The information We had wa-
very imperf,Ct about that or about the
high-power artillery on board the span
ish HhiIs- and tatteAcs Feeling that We
ought 10 know something about II. | de-
terininsd to go in and take observations
and devplop fully what the defenceS were
and Incidentally. " We could get a shot into
the Colon. which was lying EXPOSED. 10 do
II. ! think the ships were lying to- four
or Ave miles 10 the wc-i ward
4 transferred INV flag tothe Nassachu-
sctts. a. the Brooklyn was coalins When
! went on board u happ~ned 10 he near
dinner time, however. aud Capt Htgginson
suggested that We postpone until O'Clock
going in to develop the batteries, and !
consented to that After lunch.nn We
wen, to quarters and steamed IN bead on,
80 that there was no opporun Tor any
tody to seek cover under shelter OF the
turros.
Something has he~n said about white
clothes. ! always prr-crihed IN. dress
Of INV squadron and these we're the only
clothes suitable IN that climat" for that
season. 1 took on hoard with me Lieut.