Fergus County argus., 1902-01-22
SCHLEY AT
SANTIAGO
The Rear AdmiraI's Part in the Sea
Fight Is Told by a Competent
Eye Witness.
siGNALlED THE NEW YORK
No Reply Was vouchsafed by Ad
miraI Sampson, Who Acted
as II Angry.
sIeNALLED THE NEW YORK

will shortly be given to the public.
The author is George E. Graham, a
war correspondent who was on the
Brooklyn during the fight with the
Spanish fleet and thus in position to
tell the story of Santiago without
fear or favor"
The book is said to have the un.
qualified endorsement OF Rear Ad.
miral Schley, who read and corrected
the proof sheets.
When President Roosevelt was gov
ernor of New York he was present
when Mr.. Graham gave an account of
the battle to state officials and mem.
ters OF the legislature and said:
It Pleased Roosevelt.
Il am sure you have been as
pleased in listening to Mr.. Graham as
|. for | have listened to the best ac.
count I ever heard or read OF the ma
val fighting during this war;
This 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 in
teresting situations and the descrip.
tion he gives of the movements of the
feet amid the battle is evidently sin.
cere. 1t is free OF virulent and per.
sonal attacks, the aim is to give a
truthful statement OF every occur
renee.
In eonection with the arrival of the
New York Mr.. Graham says:
THE commdore reached over to me,
took my glasses and looked search
ingly to the east, saying slowly as he
did SO: There is the Texas, and
there is the Vixen, but | 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; | can tell her by her
smoke.
This was at las o'clock and the
Colon had gone ashore at Ills, while
Capt. Cook had received the surren-
der at 1:43. At 2:15 o'clock, just as
the New York got where we consid.
cred her in signalling distance, Com.
modore 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 an
swered.
"vainly the signal officers on the
bridge watched the New Yark for even
the courtesy of answering penant
showing that he understood the under
signal. None was displayed and then
/; apparently dawned upon Commo.
dore Schley's mind that Sampson )
flag captain on the New York. was
probably intent upon ignoring him
Picking up a megaphone Commodore
Schley did the one thing that day for
which | have always criticised him /;
lowered his dignity sufficiently to
plead with the commander of the
fleet that he might have the surren.
der of the ship whose escape had been
frustated by the Brooklyn and the
Oregon. thus making complete the
days victory.
81 request the honor of the surren.
der OF the Cristobol Colon" he said
III a clear. distinct voice, and from the
commander-in-chief's flagship came
waited back the insolent answer from
a cadet: 'What?'
~ request the honor of the surren
der of the Colon, again called the
Commodore. and this time his voice
trembled slightly. We watched the
bridge Of the New York closely. wait
ed intently for an answer, but none
came. And that message. as had all
the others preceding 1t since the de
struction of the Spanish feet, which
lad been addressed by Schley to the
New York remained unanswered.
Somebody raised a broom at ouI
masthead on one of the penant yards
and the crew of the Oregon followed
suit and then gave three cheers fol
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 circles
around three or four times. her crew
yelling themselves hoarse for tn,
Brooklyn. for Schley and for the vic
tory. But from the New York ther,
came never a sound of joyfulness ant
rever a cheer"