The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-10
BNEMY'S SQUADRON Wins
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to the whereabouts and intention Of
| the remainder of the squadron. They
should make use Of every possible
means to attract and draw away to the
eastward any force Of the enemy
guarding the western end of Porto
Rcio. Having accomplished this object
the scouts are to disappear from the
circle and rush to the harbor of Maya
guez at daylight of December g."
| The White Squadron sailed from
Trinidad the morning os December 4,
the Iowa, Albany, Illinois and Chicago,
! forming an indented column, left the
remainder Of the squadron and steam
ed to latitude 14.40, longitude 54.24,
| then north in line with the islands.
| The greatest care was exercised to
| prevent discovery. No lights were
shown and only small red and blue
| flags were used. An especially careful
watch was kept December when the
four vessels We're due north os Culebra
island, which Admiral Sumner sup
| posed to be the center of the North
and South line of the Blue scouts. In
order to avoid these scouts Admiral
) Sumner kept over 200 miles away from
! the land. On December the Iowa.
Albany, Illinois and Chicago ran paral-
| lei with the North shore of Porto Rico
until directly north of the Mona Pass
age, when they turned to the south
with the intention of making santo Do
I mingo, sneaking along the shore of that
island and making a dash across the
Mona Passage to Mayaguez.
| When entering the Mona Passage at
2 o'clock this morning the squadron
stopped for a shore time. No Blue
scouts were sighted until dawn glowed
in the east: then the Olympia, Cincin-
natl, Detroit and Montgomery were
seen. These vessels had been scouting
on the north shore of Porto Rico. 1t
is remarkable that they failed to sight
the White Squadron, especially as the
night was clear.
| All preparations for mining the I1ar-
Dor had been made when the four YES
sells of the White Squadron dropped an
chors in Mayaquaz harbor at 6:24 this
morning. The mining of the channel
was finished in thirty-four minutes
Upon the appearance of the White
| Squadron the Hist discharged green
and red signals and attempted to es-
; cape. No effort was made to prevent
her. The other scouts of the blue squad
ron, fearing capture, fastened away to
search for Admiral Higginson. The
commander Of the Blue squadron was
last reported at Viequez island.
After the four vessels of the White
squadron were in the farbor Admiral
Crowninshield signalled the following
message to Admiral Sumner: "Congrat-
ulations upon your great success to
which bold navigation contributed"
To this Admiral Summer replied
THANK you; accept my congratulations
upon the beautiful way in which you
mined tie harbor."
1t is expected that Admiral Sumner
will sail tonight for Culebra Island
where he will transfer his flag. Ad-
mira1 Dewey will then organize the flee;
Admiral Higginson will have command
of the first squadron; all the battle
ships will be in the second division,
which will be under command of Ad-
miral Crowninshield The second squad
ron, to include all the cruisers. will be
under the command of Admiral Sum-
|
ner.
The San Francisco and Atlanta ar
rived here this afternoon thus complet-
ing Admiral Summers squadron. Cap
tain Walker, commanding the San
Francisco, who is senior officer of the
division which took the Caribbean
course to Porto Rico, explained to Ad-
miral Summer the route he pursued and
showed that he successfully deceived
the scouts of Admiral Higginson's fleet.
After arriving at the curve a short
distance below the point reached by the
Iowa and her consorts December S the
Sanfrancisco, Atlanta, Nashville and
Eagle, about three miles apart, steam
ed between the islands of st. Lucia and
ST. Vincent until they were directly
south of the Danish islands of st.
| Thomas; they then turned to the north
as if to make the eastern end of Porto
! Rico. AT short distance from this
latter island the vessels of Captain
Walkers division turned in the 1irec-
ton of Ponce. When they arrived off
this port last night the warships show
ed lights: then steaming to the south
until they were out of sight of land,
they altered their courses the Eagle
and Nashville proceeding directly for
Mayaquez and the San Francisco and
Atlanta going farther away to increas Sc
the deception; this afternoon they made
| Mayaquez.
Admiral Sumner has officially notified
the squadron that the problem had
come to an end.
During the evening eleven vessels of
the Blue squadron were sighted but
they did not approach the port.
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