The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-02-25

repeated a signal he bad flying, for close
action or something az the Kin ~
! however. the problem was perfectly sim
| pie, namely. 70 pursue the Spanish ships
| Is I had been doing before l saw the
| Brooklyn, ne did not as n matter Of fact
exercise any control over any movement
| or action Of the Oregon, nor cid ! per-
form anv action OF any kin whatever in
! obedience 10 any order from the Rrook-
iyn. neither as 10 NY course nor IS 10 my
speed, nor as to my gun fire. during the
fight on chase.
The Oregon always a fires under all
| boilers. In spite Of the speed shown b.
he Oregon in This fight she had not been
and is not classed as the fastest ship:
but during all her service, in order thai
10 scale should form in them. not ono OF
| our boilers was used for condsnsing.
though tie rec ulting discomfort for all
| hands was IN additional hardship for her
| commanding officer"
WHAT ADMIRAL EVANS SAID.
The following is Admira! Evans state
ment:
The credit for the blockade, foc the
arrangement of the ships at the opening
OF the fight, and for the first movements
| forward into the fight must or course bc-
loTg 10 Admiral Sampson, whose orders
/ we we're putting INTO effect. When the
fght began Admiral SIMPSONS ship, the
New York, was iE plain sight. ! sa@ her
| turning TO ovcrtake us. Throughout the
fight | considered myself as unde- his
/ command, but ! received no orders from
him mt. the Viscaya was aground. Nor
did | receive any orders whatever from
| thu I,~oohlyn, nor should l have needed
them if / had received them. inasnuch
rs I considered Admiral Sampson To be
present and IN command.
The heavy fighting was during Tire time
when the Spanish vessels were coming
out OF the harbor and before they had
stretched fairly to the westward. When
thoy thus stretched to the westward We
all went after them without ocders-of
course we could do nothing else. Until
the Teresa and OQuendC ran ashore the
Iowa was close behind the Oregon and
ahead OF the Texas, and all OF rs Were
firing steadily At the Spanish ships. The
Texas then recovered her speed-fOr she
was dead in the water after having backed
10 avoid the brooklyn when the Brook
Ign turned-ani she went ahead OF the
Iowa. Both OF us continued to hre at the
Viscaya Unit! she went ashore. Then
stopped, but the Texas oiloWed the
brooklyn and the Oregon alter the Colon.
.sWhen the battle began the New York
was not much farther TO the eastward
Of me than the Brooklyn was TO the
westward. After the Niscaya mad
grounded the New York overlook me
and signalled me to return to the mouth
Of the harbor to prevent any other Span
ish ship from coming out and attacking
the transports. I received no signals of
49, - lew mo haEt
10 DO was TO close in on the Spanish
squadron as ii came out of the harber.
in obedience to the orders Of Admiral
Sampson, and then, when the heavies-
fighting was over and the Spanish ships
We're trying to escape to the west, TO
follow them-and of course there was
no signal necessary TO tell us 10 folio"
4 fleeing enemy.
THE machinery Of the Iowa was not
in condition to get the best speed, though
every effort had been made to ma ke it
so. Her cylinder heads had not been off
for more han six months, owing to the
service she was performing. Her bot
to1n was very foul. as she had not been
locked for q period of seventeen months.
The Indiana was upavoidably in even
worse shape.
The New York had left the blockad
ing line flying the signal Disregard the
movements of the Con1mander-in-Chief,
= signal frequently made, and we'll un-
derstood by the entire fleet. 1t did not
transfer the command. No signal was
made for the second in command 10 as
sumo command Of the fleet, which was
usually lone by the COnmaDder-in-Chie
before reaching the limit OF signal dis
tance when he proposed for any reason
temporarily TO %relinquish his command
TO the next ranking officer"
ADMIRAL TAYLOR TALKS.
The following is Amiral Taylor's state
ment:
cat h beginning of 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 I received
from the New York was at the close Of
the fight, when she signaled to me to
return and guard the mouth Of the har-
Dor so that nothing could come out TO
attack our transports. I received ~
signal whatever from the Brooklyn, and
should not hav heede any if one had
been made, as l considered Admiral
Sampson present and IN command. From
her position the Indiana took full par
in the actual fight as the Spanish ships
came W Of the harbor. When they ran
TO the westward the Indiana fell behind,
but continued firing at them and at the
torpedo boats until all but the Colon
were mi or beached. I saw the Brook
Ign turn and run out seward, seeming
~ over q mile, about the time the rear
one of the Spanish ships turned t. the
west; if instead Of making this loop the
Brooklyn had stood straight in towards
the Spaniards, as the other American
ships did, 1t seemed to me that the fight
would have been settled then, without
need of the long chase"
THE STORY BY WAINWRIGHT.
The following is Commander Vain
Wright'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 forward to at
tack the tOrpadO fOatS wac fha op}v oiU-