Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-20
PRIESTS COMMENT
ON SCHLEY'S APPEAL.
IL Finds il Was a Captains Battle Con-
ors With Board OF Inquiry that No
Further Action be Had in Matter.

the big cruiser glided past all OF us on
the bridge gave sigh OF relief. Had
the Brooklyn struck us then II would
probably have been the end Of the TEX.
az and her half thousand men.
ENEMYs SHIPS ON FIRE.
"At ten minutes TO 10 dhe Spanish
ships had appeared at about $500
the Oregon and Texas and Iowa
were pretty well punched, holding II
parallel course westward with the
Spanlards. The Indiana was also COM
ing up, well inside of all the others OF
our squadron, but little to the rear,
owing to her far eastward position at
starting. Y About a quarter past
10 the Teresa, which had been In DIFF
ncuties from the moment sha left the
shelter OF the MORO, turned TO seek
Bleaching place. She was on fire and
we knew that she was no longer to be
reckoned with. Five minutes later our
special enemy the Oquendo also
turned lnshore The Vlscaya
kept blazing away vlclously, but the
pounding she got from our four ships,
more particularly the oregon was too
much for her and IN half an hour she,
too, headed for the beach.
determined to push on with the Texas.
il gives me pleasure to be- able
to write that, old ship as she H. and
not built for speed, the Texas held her
own and even gained on the Colon IN
that chase. - Admiral Sampson
was COMMUNICATIVE during and
after the action"
CAPT. CLARK'S STATEMENT,
"The credit for the blockade which
led up 20 the fight is, Of course, AID"
miral SIMPSONS The position Of the
ships on the morning Of the fight In Il
semi-clrcle, head on to the harbor, In
consequence OF which we were able to
close in at once. was his. In closing In,
that IL, I'm making the first movements,
we We're obeying his Instructions
though as a matter OF fact we would
all have closed In anyway, In struc-
ilons or 10 instructions. When the
Spanish ships came out Of the harbor
the navigator of my ship saw the New
York TO the eastward, hut ! received no
signal Of any Kind from the New YORK
during the action nor was she near
enough TO signal directly TO me until
after the Colon surrendered.
"The engagement may be said to
have divided into three parts: First,
the dght proper, while the Spanish
sotadron WAS coming out of the harbor,
and until IT was clear of the Diamond
shoals ana definitely headed westward;
second. the running fight with the al
ready damaged vessels as they fled
westward until the Teresa, Oquendo
and Viscava ran ashore, and third the
chase on the Colon. during which there
Vns practically no fightlng
errN No,r ppooKtyN
".,
During the hrst stage ulu nol see
me Brooklyn OF receive any sisnals
IRON hef Az the CLOSE VI ms S'oss
Texas and when we burst out Of the
smoke ! saw the iour spanish snlpa
going westWaru, uppaIenus ulhnJu a.,,a
ana ionoWeu naiu aitcl, u. "e 9 ,9,'ie
ume opserNlns the prooniyi 10
oheeu ana olshore, She was p,onu '',.'
or the spanish Vesse,s ahu wac i,'vm
ing the Weisnt Oh tnel, li'e am n,o we
returning H. me brookiyli an1 o,1sol n
Thereafter occupied supstan,hliy snuse
POSITIONS as regaIus encn otnet oe ass
ABOUT equally ulslant iloin we 9puu'st'
ships as we suecessluny oVeitooA .ne' ~
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