The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-05

18th at midnight to have been 315a miles.
the Massachusetts 2.51. the Iowa Z.u2S-
All Of these vessels could have gone con-
~iderabIy further than Key West The
Texas could have taken cruising radius
Of over loh' miles. II was only $40 miles
to kcy West. The b8ttlcSuIUS had ON
board at that time mon" than coal enough
tn steam twice as far as Key West
Tn, next statement Impossible TO re-
main off Santiago in present state of
squadron In answer Co questions on that
subject. witnesses have stated before she
Court here that the Brooklyn could have
remained twenty days, the Massachusetts
seventeen the Iowa eleven. and the
Texas seven days. at the same time I,ay-
ing enough coal for them Co steam 90
N't vest IL appears. therefore. that all
~ these vessels could have remained off
Santiago for considerable time Now
jhji, of course. Is paying no attention Go
iEr tact that the collier was with the
squadron and was well stocked with coal
CUmpT, hens. BILE.
The next statement Of the commodore
lS- Not possible To coal at Cape Cruz.
owing tu southwest winds CAPTAIN No
Gala had been Off the south coast of
Cuba and had learned the situation there
very We'll Captain MCCaIIa told the com
m'dorg that the ships might coal of
Cape tTuZ- ON tho question of the Gir,c-
tom uf the wind IN, captain stated that
between the I'D and IN, 1fth The prevail
ing uiTtrti-F WAS eIStoTIy. and that they
ports that only small vessels can coal at
fnnaiVC~ Bay. That statement is made.
IL has been regarded that there was no
question that the small ships could coal
have beer mo- little curtrrv r~E. h,raTse
~. commodore states h,re lhat the cap
tain Of the Harvard made "A different re-
port To him
4 Critical Time.
elm the-rsco L find a statement made
by Admiral SyhIey ON this subject. Re
ferring 10 a telegram on Maya in which
Commodore Schlsy had reported To- the
department VIII then 20 TO Guuaivos
BAY the admiral was asked Then you
concluded that You could coal there The
answer was Well. / had i'm mind that
ihr smaller vessel Is could coal In the port
while the larger ones might coal ON the
outside. off the coast That was the i'm
preston Dc gained from the report Of
Captain Cotton. But the despatch states
10 the CuItraTS. Then comes this state
mtut- 1T is TO be re- GREETED that the de-
There Is Ho doubt about that II was
critical time. and the Flying Squadron
was then within sight Of the hill which
shielded the enemy. The receipt OF this
despatch caused the greatest anxiety i'm
the councils OF our nation lie continue
Earnestly y~ VIC have StrlEsu 10 that
end Now. Captain Cook and others
have testified that they knew nothing
about the rgtrograde movement until it
was actually begun Fhe suggestion that
other officers had knowledge of this fact
BE- brought into this matter for reasons
that seem To- b. somewhat obscure. Why
does nc use the word 'WeE i am forced
70 RETURN tp Key West by the Yucatau
Passage Tor coal lS tho next statement
But oH returning 90 Key West his yes
sells Coalcd on the open sea. and after
leaving there and getting 10 their sta
ton the coal supply was as badly on as
" men the Tetr"Erade movement was start
cd
The next statement is a very surpris-
ing one. Can ascertain not hing respect
ing the situation al Santiago Now the
testimony add - % here shows that the
commodore hau very great and I'M
poridnt opportunity 10 ascertain the state
OF affairs at santiago Mr.. BGale. now
out Of the naval service. stated that upon
the receipt of tn. departing ut.s despite
he volunteered Co. make landing and try
20 ascertain the situation He considered
IL as the opportunity Of his life Mr..
EsJlC opened his plan TO his commanding
officer and asked that the commodore
might He communicated with as 90 his
ideas uu The subject. He voluu-
tetr,l tn max the landing Not
understanding This offer. however,
the opportunity 10 learn the situation was
ignored 10y Commodore SchlCy. Now DE
continues WIZ leave the st. Paul here.
And that was done. The St Paul was
sent back ON the 18th 10 the gates Of San
tiago The signals on this subject are
Interesting The flagship siEualed first
Remain where you are two or three days.
The answer of the St Paul was Then
where Follow instructions Of the de-
partmsut. returned the flagship. Captain
Sigsbee took parting shot at the com
modore by saying instructions are TO
come and meet you here.
Referring 20 ScEley's despatch to the
departm- ut Mr. Hanna said that. inter-
estiug as IT. was, it did not contain Com
mpdore ScHloy's reasons for disObedience
OF orders in turning toward Key West.
He then read Admiral SchIey's testimony
upon this point. Continuing be said:
There are four. possibly five. reasons
stated which are not included IN the re-
port tp the department on the subject
There iS a signal iustruCtiug Sigsbse
when hs was severed from the squadron
and sent back 20 SautiaE-. on the 9th to
report ss follows. II sampson Gorge
here tell him nuc-haf the squadron ont
Of coal and GOLFERS engine broken down.
4 Guarded Compliment for SchIey.
Now. Commodore Schley on the stand
says he could not have made that signal
because il did not contain a statement Of
facts, arj ] deem IL only just 10 him 20
state that h- considers there must be
some mistake about It, IL appears on the
reCOr1 dS "a signal sent by the Brooklyn
and received boy the st. Paul On the
evening OF the 9th conditions changed,
and cDallUg operations were begun The
Texas was first COalsd. COaliug an night.
the MarbI.head coaled by boat. and dur
ing the following day ,oaled alongside the
collier. other vessels cual,d during the
day. and the squadron abandoned the
TeTTuCrade movement. TeheaCrd iowa ri
Santiago. and arrived some time on the
evening of The 9th. remained of SauLi-
ago iu cruising formation that night. and
the next morning the Colon was disCgv-
cred. The Colon was seen on tho morning
Of the nth hy most of the vessels Of the
squadron
Mr. Mamma then read the specification
and refer eel tu the fact that Captain Sigs-
been had SisnaIed sighting the vessel and
to the testimony which went 10 show that
ne Was surprised when h saw her there.
Continuing De- said:
But tho vessel had been seen before
his signal was given. She appeared to
have been lying moOred in the narrow
entrance of the harb0r. as subsequent
developments showed about DO yards
inside the entrance TO the harDor She
was SEQ situated that she could Doe seen
plainly bout only at certain points.
/ There SIN, Laid iu plain view from
the morning Of the 18th all day on
the arh and until about noon Uu
the @ISt before anything was done being
almost within range. About noon on the
.lsr tho vessels OF the Flying Squadron
Z were taken iU and passed rapidly before
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