The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-31

20 many evidences of unrest 1t is feared :
gncasinan province, as the authorities Q
otives 70 gather on a certain day at their .
s signed by an insurgent general. In .
i'm chasing the elusive General Malvar, =
lsualties.
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squadron have passed between our ships
and the shore without being seen ~ you i.
III Ii had been at ngnt, pfobably' yes
la the daytime, think not. ..,
''NMat was your reason Tor going over
twenty miles to the southwark OF Slhlloso
instead OF near the harbors mouth MaS
"Because / laid the course for that point
sunposlng that If the squadron was sim
oar or nad got out colncldent win my
leaving they would run to the southward,
and ii was with me view Of giving me
Mas 4 ~ possible for your squadron
to bloc d. santiago on May 70 FOR rev
deys t SIN have coal enough TO run 10
IS, ii had known .1en, as l knew
subsequently, that the heet was there
Did not the order under which YOU were
acting require you to remain OIL Santi'
Possibly. yes; but ! do not think that
the order given WAS 90 deprive me OF all
discretion IN the matter II ! heard to the
Was not the situation at Santiago, May
%. such as 10 warrant you in taking con
siderable risk In coaling the ships OF your
u ihinL-that the risks would have been
very great; would have been too great in
nay Judgment We probably would have
lost the collier. ana under the cltcum-
stances Of my information there / felt
that that ought not TO occur.
Did not Captain Cotton inform you that
the Harvard had coaed at Mole St Nicho-
gOuIu
coal there in ordinary weather.
No. / don't recall that. / don't rcmem-
| Der, that h, 5a'a anything about foaling at
referred mainly to small vessels as recol-
lect
Were the injuries to the Merrmac's en-
gines, as reported TO YOU, of such a char
acter 10 convince you that she was hope
lesSly disabledT'
Yes "
What was your object 70 seeking to de-
velop the batteries, May 3lT'
simply to be able to know what was in
trent Of us. | thought we ought to know
that in view Of the possibility Of our hay.
ing to be obliged TO force the entrance.
Did you not risk having some of the YES
Sels Of your squadron Injured In making
the attack on May 3lE'
II thought that was remote at the range
l mad chosen.
You have stated that you considered
the movement to the westward on May 26,
then, did yog 70 Back OF SapptiaeoTt'
e vt tnG gep r te e" aims b btd q haep
eou,lizpI Tho flma consrn,e6 in coing
Gt uir'nSN, 80, ny t,niS TluIi9ulnV9 ~ sVinS
pScH Wfua 1e very mtif ana MAJ IL IL
>6nadron was nor tSera We ,ori3 haSa
iGst vor, gTea+ tir1o e we "'N'u n''p
"Pleo5a sgo fIat o Itif' the norticuIor norts
in the departments order of May 2j
Rcadys 9u resir6 Of I tbe a% dcnShsn nfor
nation ndioatas spartsb pJIyson i stiII
~ Santaip IS "P"ftnn ~ 7lon ~ st,h
Rdcaes hat there w i9V Gomi pf ara "a
They REQUIRED me to ascertain or suggested
ing, Tho CnSaps V wbo d are again Teq lt
Santaro say t6at there orc a IIdgr n wd5
o e or %a Six at Pnq bs ms miles s Wsj Thn oo "a
f h subsequently received occupied
asccrSaed nofyy The Gepf 1 SS@P as
b Hisu6S 'uu' occurred to me as 6elns am
"Whlt reason had YOU for supposinr that
the lnish squadron would rup south