The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-28

/ .sn Il was the proper military ma
heuvre under the circumstances. it-net
WITH MS approval and saved the dav ~
4efsd any doubt But observing that ~.
| DEo9kiyh bow was swinging raufdlv 10
| s 800 oo S the inquiry was made % Cap
TAN COOK whether the helm was ha5S
aport The proximity of the BroojSIs-,s
/ a. the TINE OF the turn 90 the second
snip. afterward recognized as the Viz
| Ssya. is Fenemb ered distinctly from the
TACT tnat 4 number Of men were rt.uuinx-
| on her decks between the suDsrxtructure
ara hcr forward tuTre: and that Gav-
] iignt was observed by the naked eve he
| tween their legs as they ran
/ There was no c0iloGuy of anv kind or
OF ny Claracfer with any one At the time
! a5telt ne turn and none would have been
I Pc nltIed With any officer. That was one
OF many fictioas that grew IN anaorr
others. six or eight months after tho
j issnte Among them was the Texas flef-
1cht: nat snip was never for a moment
/ N the least danger from the BROOKLYN
During the turn her distance va never
nearer than 800 OF 500 yards from the
1 Srcokiyn. Some testimony before the
eourt OF inquiry. in 1901. placed her at
the starbcard side of the Texas was never
seen from the Brooklyn at all
/ After completing the account Of the
pursuit OF the Spanish ships. he goes on
The fight having euded At rs 2. m. a
/ natural interest IN the vessels following
prompted survey of the horizon with
/ etcS7'S 4 he i1dSIS OF TWO SninS and 4l1
smoke OF third were deserted away en-
the horizon. Later the first two were
! discovered to be the Texas and tho VIx-
en-. me third, whose smoke was visible
proved 70 be the New York which a-s
! rived on thezscene at 2:23 u. m. one h0.1r
/ ana eight minutes after the battle ended
/ ~ the New York was making q the TIM
| me speeq OF seventeen knots as CAPTAIN
/ ShadWlck reported In his letter dated
July y. 1875. to the commander in chief
! 81 guantanamo. then at tho time Of the
( Coions surrender she could not have baen
I nearer Than about nineteen naiIes-tno far
/ to be within SEEING distance. and too far
away to be anywhere within signal dis
lance wheh this great hattie ended.
The grand resUlt-of the day was that
the bT0oklVu and the Oregon won 2 re-
nown which cannot be "impugned bv dis
/ appointment or mitiEated by jealousy. or
cont emned by envy. as long as justice
holds empire in the reason OF our coun-
/ tTvmen-
As the New York was aDproacb:nr the
final scene of the trseedy signal was
made from the Brooklyn we have
! gained great victory. details wiz he
| communicate - This signal was KEN
/ FLYING quite half an hour before II was
| answered hv the New York but The omfS-
| sion was thought TO arise from the fact
/ tsat the New York was at too greet a
/ distance 70 read IL. hen If finally was
answered however. il was in the form
I OF an order to Report YOUR casualties -
/ u il to he regretted that no word Of CON
graduation. SO much valued by men and
otGcaFS on such occasions issued frora
/ the flagship. Notwithstanding this a.
z-l9 p m. while the New York was s-ff
some two miles 2 wav. another signal vras
made from the Brooklyn. This is a great
/ day for our country" This sixnaI 49,
| merely Acknowledged with an snswerins
made. "as
| At 2;2S D. M the New York arrived and
T TsSaITls INTO position between the
I T44E
detained for some time on hoard +he Co
! Ioh IN arranging the surrender; when this
vas concluded he was returning AZ the
NeW hork arrived and was ordered on
DoaIo that snip to make a report As
LOOKS orders were given BY the com
rnanoer Of the second squadron If v1-o,,Id
nave relieved the official records OF an or
Ut 1T IL the latter officer had heen able TO
say that no orders had been given bv him
mat the Spanish officers in surrenderinp
unconditiOnally should retain their ef
Iscts. II would have given the opportu-
nifty 70 state that the O-ezon did nor 49,,
front position in the chase TIE o.,
8on services on the day of battle wers
superb. neT position was always close r.
/ ne Brooklyn from beginning to end. bit
She was at no time ahead CIarE's tezff
mony at the inquiry. three yesrs affs--
WdId- IS conclusive upon this ryoint ae
Nsii as the part taken By the two sbiDs
IN tne result Of the days battle.
AS soon as Cook returned from, the
New 4 rk the commander of the second
seUaoron went in the same boat to the
. New York to report. as customary. As
thiS boat showed off from The sbfD's
slde with the commodore's Dennauf fi,--
Ii,g from q staff in the boat the crews
o. the BROOKLYN Oregon Texas and Wv
en- manned the rail shouting IN tn
multuous huzzas that fairly shook the
ar. 1t was a tribute OF confidence ar
expression of approval in the very smoke
OF 9attis that cannot be dimmed or d.
IIllnIshed by envious disappointment
shown afterward-
Arriving or board the New York. the
comInander-in-chief received the com
manuer OF the second squadron. Very
naturally. he appeared TO be dfsaDnofufaS1
mat an unfortunate circumstance. had
prevented the New York from particf-
patins in the glories of the DAYS wort.
After running hastily over the events of
the battle the suggestion was made 10
helSt our flag over the Colon coupled
n S,I, me offer Of the boat flag of the
BTooklyn.S boat for that purpose This
was declined by Captain Chadwick who
had Tag of the New York brought
M from below for this duty Several Of
flcers OF the New York were on the OPP
pcsitre side Of the quarter deck and ap-
pared anxious TO hear the incidents OF
The incident OF the visit made TO the
flagship on, that July g. after our sig
TAI Nletory. recalls another made after
the great battle of st. Vincent. more
than hundred years before. when the
immortal Nelson went on board the flag
ship Victory TO present to his commando
1n-Chlef. Sir John JerViS the sword of tho
spanish admiral. Nelson in that battle
wore ship turning away from the
Spanish feet. and thus increased his dis
tance from it by the tactical diameter of
his vessel instead OF lacking and turn
ing In toward the enemy. Grand old Jer-
Wis took Nelson IN his arms. saying he
could not thank him enough but insisted
tnat Nelson should retain the sword he
had so yaliantlv won The sequel IS 2
matter of history. also. that Captain Cal
der Of the Victory, chief of staff. sug-
Eested to Admiral Jervis that night. in
the cabin of the flagship that Nelson
had rendered himself liable to a court
martial for disobeying the order of bat
tie The valiant old admiral Is reported
to have replied: IF you ever disObey or
oers IN the same way / will forgive YOU
But more significant still is the fact
that this self-Safe chief OF staff who
had suggested to the admiral the la
biiity OF NelsOn-to court martial FOR do
ing what was thought proper az st. Vim
cent. as a vice admiral, afterWard IN
1870 was deprived Of his command OF
fleet of some nineteen ships for failing
10 improve the opportunity on June p
of that year 10 destroy the fleet of Vii
leneuve. which Nelson met. overwhelmed
and almost annihilated four months later
al Trafalgar
The victory OF July at Santiago de
Cuba was even more decisive than St
Vincent or Trafalgar. in that every ship
of the enemy was destroyed and the en-
tire personnel from the admiral TO the
least of the seamen with few exceptions.
were captured. It resulted in the expul-
sion OF the Spanish flag from the waters
'of the American continent
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one foOzle so much in my life.
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