The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-20

THAT SCHLEY WAS IGN0R ED.
The following is Admiral Evans state
ment:
''rhe credit for the blockade, for the
arrangement of the ships at the opening
of the fight, and for the first movement
forward into the fight, must of course
belong to Admiral Sampson whose orders
we We're putting into effect. When the
fight began Admiral SIMPSONS ship, the
New York, was in plain sight. I saw
her turning to overtake us. Throughout
the fight I considered myself under his
command, but received no orders from
him until the ViZcaya was aground. Nor
did I receive any orders whatever from
the Brooklyn, nor should / have needed
them If 1 had received them, inasmuch
as I considered Admiral Sampson to be
present and in command.
1.-THE heavy fighting was during the
time the Spanish vessels were coming
out of the harbor, and before they had
stretched fairly to the westward. When
they thus stretched to the westward,
we all went after them without orders
Of course we could do nothing else. Until
the Teresa and Oquendo ran ashore the
Iowa was close behind the Oregon and
ahead of the Texas, and all of US were
firing steadily at the Spanish ships The
Texas then recovered her speed-for she
was dead in the water, after having
backed to avoid the Brooklyn when the
Brooklyn turned-and she went ahead of
the Iowa. Both of us continued to fire
at the Vizcaya until she went ashore.
Then stopped. but the Texas followed
the Brooklyn and the Oregon after the
Colon
when the battle began the New York
was not much farther to the eastward
of me than the Brooklyn was to the
westward. After the Vizcaya had ground
ed the New York overlook me and sig
nailed to return to the mouth of the
harbor to prevent any other Spanish
ships from coming out and attacking the
transports.
-sI received no signals of any kind from
the Brooklyn. All we had to do was
to close in on the Spanish squadron as
it came out of the harbor, in obedience
the the orders of Admiral Sampson, and
over, and the Spanish ships were trying
| to escape to the west, to follow them
and of course there was no signal nee
essary to tell us to follow fleeing en-
emy.
| FIGHTING BOB APOLOGIES
FOR MACHINERY OF IOWA.
1.-THE machinery of the Iowa was not
| in condition to get the best speed. though
every effort had been made to make 1t So
Her cylinder heads had not been off for
more than six months, owing to the
service she was performing. Her bot
tom was very foul as she had not been
doclxed for period Of seventeen months
The Indiana was in even worse shape
1.-The New York had left the blockading
line flying the signal Disregard the
signal frequently made and we'll I'M
derstood by the entire fleet. It did not
transfer the command. No signal was
made for the second in command to as
sumo command of the feet, which was
usually done by the commander-in-chief
before reaching the limit of signal dis
tance when he proposed for any reason
temporarily to relinquish his command
to the next ranking officer"
The following is Admiral Taylor's state
ment:
"At the beginning az the fight the
New York was about as far to the east
ward of me as the Brooklyn was to the
westward. The only signal [ received from
the New York was at the very clese of
the fight, when She signaled to me to
return and guard the mouth of the har-
bor so that nothing should come out to
attack our transports. received no sig
nal whatever from the Brooklyn, and
should not have needed any if one had
been made, as considered Admiral
Samson present and in command.
From her position the Indiana took
full part in the actual fight as the Span
isa ships came out of the harbor When
they ran to the westward, the Indiana
fell behind, but continuing firing at them
and at the torpedo boats until all but
the Colon We're sunk or beached. l saw
the Brooklyn turn and run out seaward,
seemingly over mile, about the time the
rear one of the Spanish ships turned to
the west; if instead of making this loop,
the Brooklyn had stood straight in to-
tcan ships did, it seemed to me that the
fight would have been settled then with
out need of the long chase
WAINWRIGHTS TESTIMONY
AGAINST SCHLEY QUOTED.
The following is Commander Vain
Wrlght's statement:
AT the outset of the fight the New
York was not much farther away from
me in one direction than the Brooklyn
was in the other, and was in plain sight.
A signal from Admiral Taylor in con-
nection with my moving forwa1l to at
tack the torpedo boats was the only
signal l received. / made one to the
New York just before the last torpedo
boat sank. The New York at that time
was coming up under the fire of the bat
teries and herself fired a couple of shots
at the torpedo boats. OF course, Ad-
m1rai Sampson was present and in COM
mand
"I received no signals from the Brook
lyn, and would not have noticed her a..
all had it not been Tor the fact rnat
when the other vessels closed in, she
mace mace what has been since called the
loop so that my attention was attracted
| by not seeing the Texas because she
| stopped, and by not seeing the Brooklyn
| because she went to seaward away from
! the Spanish vessels. In other words the
| left or westward part of our line was
refused, and this attracted my atten-
ton, because it seemed to me from where
| was that this permitted the Spanish
u.
The survey of the damages of the
! four Spanish war vessels shows that in
ADDITION to several score hits by the six
| FOUNDER and one-pounder guns of the
American fleet, they were struck forty
| three times by the larger guns or four
| inch caltber and over. The Colon which
came out inside the others, and did
| comparatively little fighting, received but
three Of these hits The other three
] ships, which bore the brunt of the ac-
ton, received forty among them. OF
port Of the board which examined into
them, were by four-inch guns, ten BY
| iIve-inch guns, four by either four or
| flye inch (the board could not determine
| which,, while one was by either a five
or six-inch, twelve Were by an eight-inch.
/ and two by tWe1ve-inch guns
had Al diaP Of our our big ships except the Texas
/ Iowa had tWelve-inch guns
| The Oregon and Indiana had thirteen
/ inch guns, and they and the Texas had
six-1nch guns. The only four-inch guns
were on the Iowa; the only five-inch guns
| were on the Brooklyn. Therefore on
| the three Spanish ships, which did the
bulk OF the fighting out of the forty large
| certainly came from the Iowa; ten GER
| tainly came from the Brooklyn, -four
from either the Iowa or the Brooklyn and
| Two from either the Iowa or the Texas
| OF the three which struck the Colon two
were hve-inch and must have come from
| the Brookiyn; one was either a five or a
S1A-AASh sun. II must De r0m6mEerGd
that the four and five-inch guns were
| the only quick-frers above six-pounaars
| In our fleet, and that they We're not only
much more rapidly, but much more SIRE
| ", hanSled than were the larger and
slower firing guns.
CAPTAINS STATEMENTS
COMr71ETE TESTIMONY.
The damage and loss of the American
vessels were trivial The only loss suf-
fered was aboard the Brooklyn, where one
man was killed and one wounded. The
cost of the repairs shows that tho Iowa
suffered most, and the Oregon least. The
American ships engaged possessed more
than two-fold material superiority over