The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
HISTORICAL
DEPARTMENT.
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NEW BOOK ON SEA FIGHT
AND SANTIAGO VICTORY

THICAGO, Jan. PA book entitled
"Schley and Santiago" is on the
press in this city and will be bound
within ten days. The author is George
+. Graham, war correspondent, who
was on the Brooklyn during the fight
with the Spanish fleet, and thus is in
a position to tell the story of Santiago
without fear or favor"
The book is said to have the unqual-
med Endorsement of Rear Admiral
Schley, who read and corrected the
PROOF sheets When President Roose-
welt was governor of New York he
was present when Mr.. Graham gave
an account of the battle to state Of
tcials and members of the legislature.
Roosevelt said then:
Il am sure you feel as pleased at
having listened to Mr.. Graham as 1
do, for have listened to the best ac-
count l have ever heard or read of
the naval fighting during this war"
Ihls book is the first and only COM
plete story of the work of the flying
squadron, commanded by Schley. Mr..
Graham was assisted by his camera,
which enabled him to add many inter-
esting situations, and the description
he gives of the movements of the fleet
and the battle is evidently sincere. 1t
is free of Yiruient and personal at
tacks; the aim is to give a truthful
statement of every occurrence.
In connection with the arrival of the
New York, Mr.. Graham says:
The commodore reached over to me-
took my glasses, and looked searching
ly to the east, saying slowly as he did
so, There is the Texas, and there is
the Vixen, but l don't see the New
York. And then, as he kept the glasses
up, in an instant he had evidently
found her, for he remarked:
Yes there she is. l can tell her
by her smoke
This was at 1:45 o'clock, and the
Colon had gone ashore at lis, while
Captain Cook had received the sur
render at 1:43. At o'clock, just as
the New York got where we considered
her in signal distance, Commodore
Schley ordered the signal raised:
"A glorious victory has been
achieved. Details later
This signal replaced the one which
we had been flying for nearly three
quarters of an hour:
The enemy has surrendered and
which the New York had not answered.
''Vainly the signal officers on the
bridge watched the New York for even
the courtesy of an answering pennant
showing that they understood our sig
nal. None was displayed and then it
apparently dawned upon Commodore
Schleys mind that SIMPSONS flag cap
tain on the New York was probably
intent upon ignoring him.
Picking up the megaphone, Commo-
dore Schley did the one thing that day
for which l have always criticised him.
He lowered his dignity sufficiently to
plead with the commander of the fleet
that he might have surrender of the
ship whose escape had been frustrated
by the Brooklyn and the Oregon, thus
making complete the days victory.
81 request the honor of the sur
render of the Cristobal Colon he said
in a clear distinct voice; and from the
COMMUNICATIVE chiefs flagship came
waited back the insolent answer from
a cadet, WHAT
~ request the honor of the sur
render of the Colon again called the
commodore, and this time his voice
trembled slightly.
I'VE watched the bridge of the New
York closely. waited intently for an an
swer, but none came. And that mes
sage, as had all the other preceding it
since the destruction of the Spanish
fleet, which had Deen addressed Dy
Schley to the New York, remained I'M
answered.
Somebody raised broom at our
masthead on one of the pennant hal
yards and the crew of the Oregon fol-
lowed suit and then gave three cheers
for Commodore Schley. On the Texas
the men all lined up on the forward
deck and at the request of somebody
aboard presume of Philip himself
gave three cheers for Commodore
Schley.
The little Vixen circled around three
or four times, her crew yelling them
selves hoarse for the Brooklyn, for
Schley and for the victory. But from
the New York there came never a !
sound of ioyfulness and never a cheer"