The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-15
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Wv OsAAe =
ed Between the New York
and Brooklyn After the
Battle
C,,hiicaeo. Jan Pa book entitled:
s. Schley and SAINT is IN pressln
Thiis hiS5,it u: and viii be issued within 10
days The authors George p. Gra-s
lam. war correspondent, who had
Exceptional facilities for gathering
material, as be. sWas on board the
Brooklyn during the fight with the
Spanish feet and was thus IN position:
toteu she story OF Santiago S without.
sfear5oFs favor. IS
sss The books said to have the unq1al7..
ifed endo dorsement of REAL dmlraI lr1l: al;
sssSchley, who read and coErected the
ssproof sheets When PRESIDE Koose-
YeltsWas governor Of NeW ne.
VAS present when Mr.. Graham gave an:
account of the battle to state officials
sand members Of the legislature and
said am sure you feel as pleased,
satshaying listened to- Nh. Graham as.
lido. for have listened to the best
acconnt II have ever heard or read Of.
s naval ting dnring this war. s 'ss
HIS book IS the first and only COM
snletes of the work the flying
ssouadron, commanded By Schley =.
SGraham was assisted by h5s camera
which enabled him to add many lnter5:
ses.ng illustrations and the account
hespives Of thesmovements:o OF thesh heet#
md the battle evidently sincere lt.
szssfree Of virulent and personal at.
sstacks the aimSis to give a. trt1t htul slLl:
statement Of every occurrence. 81; 2;
sscannection With the ARRIVAL of the
New York Mr.. Graham says
tshe commodo lore reached oyer, toI
took my glasses, and lookeds
ssearchingly to The east, saying slowly
sas hedd So There lssthea aleaxs, and an lc
there's the Vixen, but dont see
the New York,, and Their he kept the
g1asses up, and IN an instant ne .eEl7s
Gently found her for he IenaTked,
Eheres She is can tell her by her
smoke This was at IS o'clocks and
thesG Colon had gone ashore l.5l,ss
sa'fiIe Capt. Cook had received the
g,adsrsr:,esndersat IS: 29o,clocksasst the
New York got where we consldereds
4 hargs in signal distance, Commodore
sSch1eYsordered the signal raised - 3ass A
sgloT71ous victory has been achleEed:
sdetaiss later. tTshfis signal report re-
ssnsaeed the one Which he had been hy--
sincafor nearly three quarters ofan
shonr The enemy has s1rFendered,
and which the;sNe Yorkshad notsans-s
%ENw1iered Vainiy the singal officers on
the: bridge watched the New York tor
seVenthe courtesy Of an answering pen
nantsshowing tthatsshe understood our
signal None assdisplay ed, and then hen
si5sapparentl daWned upon G;ommo-
Sdore Schley,s min that Sampson, ,s}
sdag captain on The New Yorks was
sprobably intent pom Ignoring him. l
spfcking no The megaphene, Commo-
sdoreS SchleY did5tthe one thing shat day
for WEich have always criticised
hisn lowered hiss al gnit sufficiently
Stoe,ssplead With The commander of the 4
sHeet that nigh have the surrender OF
She ship whose escape had been pre-
vented By the Brooklyn and the Or
segon, thus making complete the days
yYietery
sss1ss request the honor Of the surren-
Sdar of the Cristobal Colon he SAID
acsear distinct voice. and from the
command cMef,s hagship came:
s1I:aft vailed back the inso1ent answer from
a cable n. hat SIS request The hon
sorofs the snrrender OF the Crlstobal|
EColonas, again called the commodore,
and His time his voice trembled
SslightIy We watched the bridge of
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