The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-30
THE GREAT BATTLE
ci Santiago DSscribse by &he Man
Who Won lf,
GALLANT ADMIRAL ScHLEY.
An INTENSITY Interesting Story
# tbs Fight from First
20 Last Told to
Bg Audlanc

TIE following in the testimony Of
Admiral S,hley before the court Of en-
quiry describing the battle Of Santiago:
"On Jans l Admirsl Sampson sr-
rived. He brought with him the New
York, the O:ogon and the Msy flower,
and steamed down to the westward a
little inside Ct the line Of blockade.
Ea f;u2d US at tiia. time just in msk
iyg the turn AID I went Oh board. He
was very cordial, very glad to sse ne,
au& l explained to him the situation
End the facs Of the reconnaissance.
H. seemed to be very glad to fad out
sae situation there, and. l POINTED out
to him the Colon lying in the enyIaoce.
Capt. Lsmly: II tie curt please
Ne are getting beyond tie courts cen
struciion If the scoops of the prec4pt
Admiral DoSey: Gas I u1de,s.ana :,
Le is tuzni.g tie command over to tie
oo@mander.la- vhief. l Haat to hear
th4t. Ivopjd lie to hear aaas aars.
C9ntiBu;ng, Admirs; Sohley s@id: i
haa6ed hm a rumaer Of Glspa> ohas,
1xpi .inad 10 hiu the situation a9d ted
h;!a tie form Q! blockade that I Lad
maintained, srd I head no VOID Of
complaint i13m h,n, L. fsc., il via p
Ct the telegram cf c3agcaEulstiou ]
supposed naturally overgthlng w&s sp
5,c7>d. Admiral Sampsoa's relations
1re m:ne werc always cordial. I never
H>G aGy c;f:lene= w;4h him
Il sur@td the command over to Ad-
r;1ai Sascpacn aid ny equsdron YES
not broksn up until the l8.h or 1851
c! June. ! Was still in thu command
CT chc fying squs2ron ald composed
tie; left hai; O, the bloesauing line 3:
Santiago. OF courss, l have no ccisi.
cisms to Offer, merely 3, plain, strsight
story to tell Of what its operations we're
up to thai t!ns."
The admiral st the request CT Mr..
RsynoT stated his o5serva ion Of sus-
piocs circumstances or land and il
tie harbcr st Santisgo on the evening
Of July 2. Ec SAID thas ths outlying
land ioroes we-e st that time being
pressed into tle city BY the American
zld iDsurgsat FORCES, ard he had motto.
ed that le7ecai q their block houses
burnso that evening.
Hs haG :: the same time observed
.moke clm pg from over Socspa hill
sEd he thought tie srny was prepRr.
ing for sossle. Of this oitcrms stance
be had rosifad Admiral sampson ard
he .horstt the admiral ha1 aoted up
on tie Eo,ioe al the aiockading line Was
mo7ed il closer that night.
Az ia, Sohley begsn Lis description
OF tie b.stie cE July 3, about 2 sc
O'CLOCK. He said tbs day broke fail
with pleasant laud oroeze. After
had casa ny BREAKFAST" continued
tbs sGui:al, L cans up TO ses Whai
could Do OBSERVED with glasses. We
aere i;i5s at that time possibly three
miles or q little ever from the land
snd I remember to nave wondered
ahy the enemy permitted US to remain
so close without firing 81 Us. At g
ousrtsr to 9 o'clock an orderly reported
20 NE that a gipssl had been made By
he fasEhip to dicregerd her move
mepts ana that she had gone eastward
| did not, CT course, kloI where she
lad gore.
Describing tbs coming cut Of the har.
bcr Of the Spanish feet, the Witness
said: Il wso sitting on deck OF hatch.
way Whsl heard = call from the
bridge TO the commodore that the iset
is coming Gus. Thai was some time
sitter the mea had bosn called to quar-
ssrs. soous 9.35 oc.ock. The ship Has
lying 81 that time with her head in
coward the laad il the direction Of Ca.
baras, litrle cove to the westward
snd one of the marking points We used
in maintaining our position Looked
over the sta1bosrd side and saw the
enemy coming out Of tho entrance OF
the hzrDor, 1 looked eastward to zee
he order OF the ships. I saw the Texa.
apparently a point or more abafS the
s:srboasd Desm. The Texas appeared
to me to be heading on some one Of
he easterly coGrses. 10 the left ct her
was TIE Iowa, The Oregon wss 10 the
eastward of he Iowa. The 1nciana
wss to the eastward Of tlas position
sid sae G.oucnesser Was lying il under
The land. The NeR Yo5k Was out OF
sight ard OUT CT sigma! distance with
s!asses. | looked tor her in oEdas to
1e,elnile what ny position in the ac-
t;cn Was to be. Of course, if the N5W
Y.rk had no: beec oal OF distance
ncu.G rot have gwen OF meos s slagsi.
- nsa in The heaatime gore forward
o. i.t.le pia.iyrW tlas ls4 col-
s:.uct.d a1cu-d ,Ae Lz.ila t&oor as
M position 10 TIE 1gn:. L lad o4iy
Desn tneIe n, m L. Cr lW0 VICE. C4ya.
Cock ] -inod Lao. IL The ncaIl-15 .tr,
t1vG.sou, Who vas o. cLe urper Cr oSc
c3.Iei GU. so|aeLni2g 10 the o.yt.sll
1b,u Deirg cun-eGteG up aGo le@uy.
L, q ,he &anla sl.lv sal4 10 Ia, OK
uuov.s, t-sy az cGm,as rlsl; aa Us.
= eli, / sslG, 20 -l&G. Tor s4!Lm, and
eao Ie N a2s Eu9 70 port. IEe sap
IS Stated 2ncaG tgIt aG psclap5 h-!i
.peeo. i Coz rec.i.@ot .hst, So sook
her wsy quickly AID ssll TO Co9k,
'Htis. lie sig-ai cioso IL for ac,io1.'"
Ilen fol,0sa4 the signal Clcas up,
asG tie Brooklyn a. we'll ss sii tie
o.ler 5aips charged in for tho en:rs.ce
according &c tie original pian. We ali
i.uvsd directly fyr tie bssd Of the col
UNI, The l1ea ic6 to arrest and knocs
item 70 p.c,z as ;ncy cane On.
I'VE coael.ued on our course for ten
or twelve ni4u. .e-,' h. said "aad l
saw all ;hc sl!ps ui ouE fact closing Il.
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