Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1898, Page 11

F THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1898-12 PAGES. - ——————— 11 UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER! The Magnificent Consummation of a Glorious Campaign. ‘ind Its Splendid Paratiel in the Daily Life of American Men and Women. Yes; rouse, Americans! And cheerl And let yoar voice be heard Wherever men love liberty And prize that sacred w Por antlago’s heights Our gallant standard waves, And freedom dawns on souls of men Ww ay were slaves. eads his conquering train; Miles Fair Cnos And lifts her head and smiles. © proud Castilian hirelings bow ight's stern deere * now The haughty. domineering power of fntolersble we 1m hever maintain Itself against the might nd mafesty of universal freedom. ‘The spir hberty and right, however shackled fn; ering power. The tng because they ought to win. just. 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His great thousand-page | Ulustrated “People's Common Sense Medical Ad- viser” has had a greater | book ever published inn } Nearly a million copies were sold at $1.50 each. | A free edition has been issued of which one vers Will be sent on recelpt of 21 om pS to pay the cost of mailing only; or, ps 8 heavier, handsomer cloth-bound nt. TROOPS IN THE FIELD. Those at the Front, on the Way and Ordered to Go. The New York Herald prints the follow- ing list of United States troops, volunteers and regulars, now in the field of active operations or under orders to proceed: The Army in the Philippines. Sailed—Company A, United States Engi- neer Battery; Troops C, E, G, I, K and L, United States Cavalry; Batteries G, H, | K and L, 3d Artillery; Batteries D and G, ) 6tk Artillery; 1ith Infantry, 13th Infantry, 4 Infantry, Ist California Infantry, 1st eae Infantry, 13th Minnesota Infan- try, Montana Infantry, Ist Nebraska Infantry, loth Pennsylvania Infantry, 2d Oregon Infantry, lst Wyoming Infantry, Ist Troop Nevada Cavalry, Astor Battery, detachment California Artillery. About to go—Tth California Infantry, 20th Kansas Intantry, 51st Iow Infantry, Ist see Infantry, 1s w York infan- ist South Dakota Infantry, Wyoming Battery, Ist Troop Nevada Cavalry, two Bateries Utah Artillery. The Army in Cuba, Troops E and C, United Stat ; Battery, eight troops Ist C. alry, four treops 2d Cavalry, eight troops 3d Cavalry, eight troops 6th Cavalry, eight troops 9th Cavalry, eight troops 10th Cavalry, two } batteries Ist Artillery, two batteries 2d Ar- tillery, two batteries 4th Artillery, two bat- teries Sth Artillery, Ist Infantry, 24 In- fantry, 4d Infantry, 4th Infantry, 6th In- fantry, 7th Infantry, 8th Infantry, 9th In- fantry, luth Infantry, 12th Infantry, 13th Infantry, 16th Infantry, 17th Infantry, Infantry, 21st Infantry, 24th Infantry, 25th Artillery, eight troops Ist Volunteer Cav- alry, Ist District of Columbia Infantry, ist Ihinois Infantry, 2d Massachusetts Infan- try, 33d Michigan Infantry, 34th Michigan Infantry, Tist New Yerk Infantry, 8th Ohio Infantry, Ist Volunteer Infantry, 2d Velunteer Infantry, The Army Invading Porto Rico. Now on Porta Rican soil—sth Massachu- setts Infantry, 6th Illinois Infantry, Bat- teries C and F, 3d Artillery; Batteries B and F, 4th Artillery; five batterles Sth Ar- tillery, 275 recruits. On the way to Porto Rico—19th Infantry, Sth Infantry, 2d Wisconsin Infantry, 3d Wisconsin Infantry, 16th Pennsylvania’ In- fantry. Ordered to Porto Rico—8d Iilinols Infan- try, 4th Ohio Infantry, 4th Pennsylvania Infantry, lst Kentucky Infantry, 34 Ken- tucky Infantry, 6th Illinois’ ‘Infantry, Troops A and C, New York Cavalry; Gov- ernor's Troop, Pennsylvania Cavalry; Sher- tdan Troop, Pennsylvania Cavalry; Phila- delphia City Troop, Pennsylvania Cavalry; Battery A, Illinois Artillery; Battery B, Pennsylvania Artillery; Battery A, Missouri Artillery; 27th Indiana Battery, ‘1st Flor- ida Infantry, 2d Georgia Infantry, 5th Maryland Infantry, Company H, 6th Cay- alry; Company F, 8th Infantry; Company B, 2d Cavalry; 5th Cavalry. - ore THE DRINKING HABIT. Result of Inquiries ployers, “The Economic Aspect of the Liquor Question” form the subject of an interest- ing articles in the current issues of the bulletin issued by the department of labor. It originated in a desire to ascertain how the drinking habit affected a man’s chances of obtaining employment. Also to what ex- tent men compelled to do night work were Influenced to drink, and finally the best |mean for lessening the consumption of liquors. generally. Schedules of inquiry were sent to 30,414 employers, but only 7,025 sent replies. They represented, however, a total of 1,745,923 employes. ‘The inquiries wer: on general lines, such as what consideration was given to a man’s habit regarding the use of liquors, and how they made the investiga- tion. From the reports of 6,976 employers an- swered this question, 1,613 stated the liquor habit was not considered. by them. The rea- sens generally ascribed by the 2mployers for prohibiting the liquor habit among their workmen were to guard against accident and responsibility of position. The reports weré surprising in one respect. ‘They ‘show- 2d that men accustomed to work at night were no more addicted to the use of intox- icants. than others. So also with men who work over hours. Tt has generally been supposed they re- quired. and imbibed more stimulants than others... The reports. show to the-contrary. The statistics shcw, as generally supposed, that men drink more directly after pay day than any other time. The principal means. given -by employers to prevent in- toxication appears to be change of pay day, Among Em- BATTLE OF JULY 3 The Long-Awaited Report of Ad- miral Sampson. END OF AN ARDUOUS BLOCKADE Commanders Tell How Cervera’s Fleet Was Sunk. PRAISE FOR ALL. WHO FOUGAT a The long-awaited report of Admiral Samp- son upon the destruction of the Spanish fleet off the Cuban coast, July 3, was given out by the Navy Department yesterday af- tsrnoon, Admiral Sampson regards the re- sult of the battle as the finish of a long and arduous blockade, maintained with the utmost vigilance. He says: “I regard this complete and important victory over the Spanish forees as the suc- cessful finish of several weeks of arduous and close blockade, so stringent and effec- Admiral Sampson. tive during the night that the enemy was deterred from making the attempt to e at night and deliberately elected make the attempt in daylight. to That this was the case 1 was informed by the com- manding officer of the Cristobal Colon. It seems proper to briefly describe here the manner In which this was accompl The harbor of Santiago is naturally to blockad2, there being but one entrance, and that a narrow one, and the deep w: extending close up to the shore line pre- senting no difficulties of navigation outside of the entranc>. At the time of my arrival before the port—June 1—the moon was at its full, and there was sufficient light dur- ing the night to enable any movement out- side of th? entrance to be detected; but with the waning of the moon and the com- ing of dark nights there was opportunity for the enemy to escape, or for his torpedo boats to make an attack upon the block- ading vessels. It was asc2rtained, with fair ecnelusiveness, that the Merrimac, so gal- lanuly taken into the channel on June 3, aid not obstruct it. “I therefore maintained the blockade as follows: To th2 battle ships was assigned the duty, in turn, of lighting the channel. Moving up to the port at a distance of from one to two miles from the Morro, de- pendent upon the condition of the atmc phere, they thr:w a searchlight beam di- rectly up the channel, and held it steadily there. This lightened up the entire br2adth of the channel for half a mile inside of the entrance so brilliantly that the mov>ment of small boats could be detected. Why the batterles never opened fire upon th» search- light ship was always a matter of surprise to me; but they never did. Stationed close to the entrance of the port were three picket vessels, usually converted yachts, and, when they were available, one or two of our torpedo boats. With this arrange- ment thers was at least a certainty that nothing could get out of the harbor unde- tected. After the arrival of the army, when the situation forced upon the Spanish ad- miral a decision, our vigilancs increased. The night blockading distance was re- duced to two miles for all vessels, and a battle ship was placed alongside the search- ght ship, with her broadside trained upon ths channel in readiness to fire the instant a Spanish ship should appear, Praise for the Officers, “The commanding officers merit the great- est praise for the perfect manner in which they enter2d into this plan and put it into execution. The Massachusetts, which, ac- cording to routin, was sent that morning to cecal at Guantanamo, like the others, had spent weary nights upon this work, and deserved a better fate than to be absent that morning. I inclose, for the informa- tion of the department, copies of orders and memorandums issued from time to time, relating to the manner of maintain- ing the blockade. “When all the work was done so well it is difficult to discriminate In praise. Tae object of the blockade of Cervera’s squad- ron was fully accomplished, and each in- dividual bore well his part in it, the com- modore in command on the second division, the captains of ships, their officers and men. The fire of the battle ships s powerful uid destructive, and the resist- ance of the Spanish squadron was, in great part, broken almost before they had got beyond the range of their own forts. The fine speed of the Oregon enabled her to take a front position In the chase, and the Cristobal Colon did not give up until the Oregon had thrown a_ thirteen-inch shell beyond her. This performance adds to the already brilliant record of this fine battle ship, and speaks highly of the skill and care with which her admirable cffi- ciency has been maintained during a ser ice unprecedented in the history of ve: sels of her class. The Brooklyn's westerly blockading Dosi- tion gave her an advantage in the chase which she maintained to the end, and she employed her fine battery with telling ef. fect. The Texas and the New York wi gatning on the chase during the last hour, and had any accident befallen the Brook- lyn or the Oregon, would have speedily overhauled the Cristobal Colon. From that moment the Spanish vessel. exhausted her first burst of speed the result was never in doubt. She fell, in fact, far below what might reasonably have been expected of her. Careful measurements of time and distance gave her an average speed from the time she cleared the harbor mouth un- til the time she was run on shore at Rio Tarquino of 13.7 knots. Neither the New York nor the Brooklyn stopped to couple up their forward engines, but ran out the chase with one pair, getting steam, of course, a3 rapidly as possible on all boilers. To stop to couple up the forward engines would have meant a delay of fifteen min- utes or four miles in the chase. Brooklyn Hit Oftenest. “Several of the ships were struck, the Brcoklyn more often than the others, but very slight material injury was done, the greatest being aboard the Iowa. Our loss was one man killed and one wounded, both on the Brooklyn. It is difficult to explain this immunity from loss of life or injury to ships in a combat with modern vessels of the best type, but Spanish gunnery is pocr at the best, and the superior weight and accuracy of our fire speedily drove the men from their guns and silenced their fire. This is borne out by the statements of prisoners and by observation. The Spanish vessels, as they dashed out of the harbor, were covered with the smoke from their guns, but this speedily diminished in volume and soon almost disappeared. The fire from the rapid fire batteries of the battle ships appears to have been remark- ably destructive. An examination of. the stranded vessels shows that the Almirante Oquendo especially had suffered terribly from this fire. Her sides are everywhere pierced and her decks were strewn with the charred remains of those who had fal- len.” -Admiral Sampson’s Absence. ~.Admitral Sampson ‘thus explains his ‘ab- sence. from. the blockading .station at the time the enemy came out: Deg Rk! “The flagship New York was four miles east-of her blockading station and ‘ebout seven miles from thé harbor entrance. She had started for Sibouney, where I intended to land, accompanied by several of my staff, and go to the’ front to consult with General Shafter. A discussion of the situa- tion and a more definite understanding between us of the operations proposed had been rendered necessary by the unexpected- ly strong resistance of the Spanish garri- son at Santiago. I’ had sent my chief of staff on-shore the day before to arrange an interview with General Shafter, who | had been suffering from heat prostration. I made arrangements to go to his head- quarters, and my flagship was in the po: tion mentioned above when the Spanish squadron appeared fh the channel. ‘The re- maining ves: were in or near their usual blockading positions, distributed in a semi- circle about the harbor entrane unting from the eastward:to. the westward, in the following order: The Indiana about a mile and a half from shore, the Oregon the New York's place between these two, the Lowa, Texas and Brooklyn, the latter two miles from the shore west of Santiago.” Praise for the Little Gloucester. After describing the battle as {t appeared from the rear, the admiral proceeds to give high praise to the Gloucester as fol- lows: = The skillful handling and gallant fight- ing of the Gloucester excited the admira- tion of every one .who witne it and merits the commendation of the Navy De- partment. She is a fast and entirely unpro- tected auxiliary vessel—the yacht ¢ ir and has a good battery of light rapid- guns. She was lying about two m the harbor entrance, to the eastward, and immediately opening fire upon the large pating the appearance Furor, the Gloucester ning more rapidly am, and when th teamed for them at full to close at short range accurate, deadl. teamed ships. Antici- the Pluton and slowed, thereby high pressure of | me out | ed and was where her fire E (of great volume. During this fight the Gloucester was under the fire of the Socapa battery. Within twen- ty minutes from the time they : fi ntiago harbor the care d_Pluton were ended their people killed. shed and sunk in the Pluton sank in deep water later. in, a destroyers ca and The surf; a few The destroyers probably suffere much injury from the fire of the se batteries of the and the two- Furor the minutes ndary attle ships Jowa, Indiana exas, yet I think a very con actor in their speedy destruction e fire at close range of the Glou- battery. After rescuing the of the destroyers the Gloucester lent service in landing and sec! the crew of the Infanta Maria Teresa Rescue! 6f Prisoners. The rescue of prisoners was a dificult and dangerous task, ‘The admiral says: his rescue of;jwisoners, including the wounded, from tlé burning Spanish ve sels. was the occasion of some of the most daring and gallant tonduct of t ‘the ships were befrhtifg fore and a‘ guns and reservy” athmunition ploding, and it Was not known moment the fire would reach the main nagazines. In addition to this, a heavy surt was running @ust#inside of the Span- ish ships. But no risk deterred our offi- and men until’ fhefr work of humanity vas complete.” Injuries‘to the Colon. Regarding the injuries to the Cristobal Colon he says: “The Cristubal Colon'was not injured by our firing, and probably fg not much in- jJured by beaching, though she ran ashore at high speed, The beach was so steep that she came off by the working of th. sea. But her sea valves were opene broken treacherously, | am sure, after surrender, and despite ail efforts sank. When it became evident that could not be kept afloat she was pu the New York bodily upon the bi the New York's stem being placed against her tor this purpose, the ship being handled by Capt. Chadwick with admirable juégment, and sank in shoal water, and may saved. Had this not been done she would have gone down in deep water, and would have been to a certainty a total lose. The Order of Battle. The order of batie under the ships fought was issued June and ts transmitted by the admiral with his re- bert. It follows: “The fleet off Sautiago de Cuba wil! be organized during. the. operations against gn port and the Spahish squadron es fo!- ow at what by which 2 irst squadron, under the personal com- mand of the commander-in-chief: New York, Iowa, Oregon, New Orleacs, May- flower, Porter, “Second squadron, Commodore Schley: Brooklyn, Massachusetts, Texas, Marble head, Vixen. “The vessels joining subsequently wil! be sned by the commander-in-chief. The Is will blockade Santiago de Cuba closely, keeping about six miles from the Morro in the daytime, and closing {n at night, the lighter vessels well in shore. The first squadron will blockade on the east side of the port, and the second squadron on the west side. If the enemy tries to escape, the ships must Close and engage as soon as possible, and endeavor to sink his vessels or force them to run ashore in the channel. It is not considered that the shore batteries are of sufficient power to do any material injury to battle ships. In smooth weather the vessels will coal on station. If withdrawn to coal .elsewhere, or for other duty, the blockading vessels on either side will cover the angle thus left vacant.” COMMODORE SCHLEY’S REPORT. Saw the Enemy Simultaneously With the Iowa, The report of Commodore Schley, who was at the battle throughout,,is of espe- Cia! interest as being the result of obser- vations of a close spectator. He says: “At 9:35 a.m. Admiral Cervera, with the Infanta Maria Teresa, Vizcaya, Oquendo, { that the Bre faster than the other battle ships, she and the Brooklyn, together with the Texas z ancther vessel, which proved to he flagship, continued westward in pursuit of the Colon, which had run close in shore, evidently seeking some good spot to beach if she should fail to elude her pursuers. “This pursuit continued with increasing speed in the Brooklyn, Oregon and other ships, and soon the Brooklyn and the Ore- gon were within long range of the Colon, when the Oregon opened fire with ber 1 inch guns, landing a shell close to the Colon. A moment afterward the “Brook: lyn opened fire with ler 8-inch gun: ing a shell just ahead of her. other shells were fired the Colon, now in range of the Brook! s and Oregon’ gun Her commander seeing all chance of escape cut off and destruction aw ing his ship, fired a lee gun and struck her flag at 1:15 p.m., and ran ashore at 2 point some, fifty mites w of Santiag harbor. Yor flagship was coming up ra idly at the time, as so the T and V A little after your a rival, Cristobal Colon, which had struck to the° Brook! nd the Oregon, was turned over to Ss one of the trophies of this great victory of the squad- ron under your command. “I would mention for your consideration Klyn occupied the most west Ward blockading position, with the and being more directly in the ro by the Spanish squadron, was ex; some minu ten, to gur fire of thre ships and the st battery at 1,500 yards frém ips and about ards from t atte but the of the entire squadron, closing in rapidly, soon diverted, this fire and did magni work at close range. I have never ed such and fatal = by the shooting as command closed in o: panish squadron, and I deem it h privilege to commend to you, for such action as you may ¢ proper, the ntry and dashing coura the decision and the s prompt Commodore W. S. Schley. observation, and whose coolness hess and courage were of the highest order. The dense smoke of the combat shut out from my view the Indiana and the Glou- cester, but as these v. were closer to your flagship, no doubt their part in the conflict was under your immediate obser- vation. “Lieutenant Sharp, commanding the Vix- en, acted with conspicuous courag: though unable to engage the heavier Ship of the enemy with his light guns, neverthe- less was close in to the battle line under heavy fire, and many of the enemy's shot passed beyond his vessel. “Mention is also made of Flag Lieutenant James H. Sears and Ensign Edward Mc- Cauley. jr, aid; Lieut. B. W. Wekls, jr., Lieutenant’ Commander N. E. Mason. the navigator, Lieut. A. C. Hodgson, and the division officers, Lieut. T. D. Griffin, Lieut W. R. Rush, Lieut. Edward Simpson, Lieut, prompt- J. G. Doyle, Ensign Charles Webster and the junior divisional officers, the officers of the medical, pay and engineer and marine corps, the warrant officers, Boat in Wm. L. Hill, Carpenter G. H. Gunner F. T. Applegate. “The result of the engagement,” he con- tinues, “was the destruction of the Span- ish squadron and the capture of the ad- miral and some thirteen to fifteen hundred prisoners, with the loss of several hundred Killed, estimated by Admiral Cervera at 600 men. The casualties on board this ship were: G. H. Ellis, chief yeoman, killed; J. Warford and Burns, fireman,” first class,’ severely wounded. The marks and scars show that the ship was struck about twent: times, and she bears in all forty-one scars as the result of her participation in the great victory of your force on July 3, 1898. The speed-cone halliards were shot away, and nearly all the signal halliards. The ensign at the main was so shattered that in hauling it down at the close of the ac- tion it fell in piece: é “I congratulate you most sincerely upon this great victory to the squadron under your command, and I am glad that I had an opportunity to contribute in the least to a victory that seems big enough for all of u ince reaching this place and holding con- yersation with several of the captains, viz., Capt. ulate of the Vizcaya and the second in command of the Colon, Commander Con- treras, I have learned that the Spanish admiral’s scheme was to concentrate ali fire for a while on the Brooklyn, and the Vizcaya to ram her, in hopes that if they could destroy her, the chance of escape would be increased, as it was supposed she was the swiftest ship of your squadron. This explains the heavy fire mentioned and the Vizcaya's action in the earlier moments of the engagement. The execution of this purpose was promptly defeated by the fact that all the ships of the squadron advanced into close range and opened an irresistibly furious and terrific fire upon the enemy’s squadron as it was coming out of the har- or. ss “I cannot close this report without men- tioning in high terms of praise the splendid conduct and support of Capt. C. E. Clark of the Oregon. Her speed was wonderful Cristobal Colon and two torpedo boat de- stroyers, came out of the harbor of San- tlago de Cuba in cdélumn at distance and attempt24 to escapg tg.the westward. Sig- nal was made frem the Iowa that the enemy was coming?dué, but this movement had been discovered ffom this ship at the same moment. is, vessel was the far- thest west, except thea¥ixen, in the block- ading line; signal was’made to the western division as prescrtijed*In your general or- ders and there ediate and rapid movement inward, by, Your squadron and a Screral engagement atyranges beginning at 1,100 yards and:avarying to 3,000 until the Vizcays was Mesfroyed about 10:50 a. m. The concentr#fior’of the fire of the Squadron upon the ships coming out was most furlous and terrifie, and great damage was done them. xd»: 4 “About twenty Bk fwenty-five minutes after the engagenréntbegan, two vessels, thought to be the Teresa and Oquendo, and since verified@as such, took fire from the effective shell fre-of the squadron and were forced to rua on*the beach some six or seven miles west of ‘the harbor entrance, where they burned and blew up later. The torpedo boat destroyers were destroyed early in the action, but the smoke was so dense in their direction that I cannot say to which vessel or! vessels the credit be- pone This doubtless was better seen ‘rom your flagship. . “The Vizcaya and Colon, perceiving the disaster to their consorts, continued at full speed to the westward to escape, and were fellowed and engaged in “@ running fight with the Brooklyn, Texas, Jowk and Ore- gon until 10:50, when thi caya took fite from our shea. She > her -helm to port, and. with..a- vy list te. port stood in shere and ran aground at. Ascerraderos, abcut twenty-one miles“wést of Santiago, on fire fore and aft, and "where she blew up during ché ee ing that she had struck her colors, andythat several ilogertyra ates 8 Nearing her to — and Save the ‘crew, sigial was made to cease firing. The Oregon heaving proved -vastly and her accurate fire splendidly destruc- tive.” CAPT. EVANS’ STORY. Part Taken in the Engagement by the Iowa Described. The honor of discovering the attempt of the enemy to escape is claimed by both the Iowa and the Brooklyn. Capt. Evans of the former ~eport: “On the morning of the 3d, while the crew was at quarters for Sunday inspection, the leading vessel of the Spanish squadron Was sighted at 9:31 coming out of the har- bor of Santiago de Cuba. Signal “enemy's ships coming out’ was immediateiy hoisted and a gun fired to attract attention. The call to general quarters was sounded im- mediately, the battery was ready for firing and the engines rung full speed. “The position of this vessel at the time of sighting the squadron was the usual block- ading station off the entrance of the har- bor, Morro Castle bearing about north and distant about three to four miles. The steam at this time in the boilers was suffi- cient for a speed of five knots. “Immediately upon sighting the leading vessel fires were spread and the Iowa headed toward the leading Spanish ship. About 9:40 the first shot was fired from this ship at a distance of about 6,000 yards. The course of this vessel was so laid that the range speedily’ diminished. A number of shots were fired at ranges varying be- tween 6,000 and 4,000 yards. The range was ee reduced to 2,500 quently to 2,000 and to:1;200-yards. Whew ‘dt. was «certain “uae “thé Maria: ‘eresa, uid pass “ns. the’ helm was prigigi og Starboard. and the star- hoard broadside delivered at a range of 2,500 yards. The helm was then put ty port and the ship headed across the bow of the second ship, and as she drew -ahead: the |* helm was again put to starboard and she received in turn the full-weight of our star- yards and wupes-; e board broadside at a range of about 1,800 yards. The lowa was again headed off With the port helm for the third ship, and as she approached the helm was put to starboard until our course was approxi- Mately that of the Spanish ship. In this Position, at a range of 1,400 yards, the ‘ire of the entire battery, mcluding rapid-fire guns, was poured into the enemy's ship: ‘About 10 o'clock the enemy’: torpes boat destroyers Furor and luton were ob- served to have left the harbor and to be following the Spanish squadron. At the time that they were.observed, and, in fact mest of the time that they were under { they were at a distance varying from 4,500 and 4.000 yards. As soon as they were dis covered the secondary battery continued to engage the Vizcaya, Oquendo and Maria Teresa. The fire of the main batte this ship when the range was below yards was most effective and de: and after a continuance of this fire haps twenty minutes it wa for per- pticed hat the Maria Teresa and Oquendo were in flames and were being headed for tt beach. Their colors were struck about and they were beached about eight st-of Santiago. pout the same time (about 10: fire of this vessel, together with th Gloucester and another smal ve so destructive that one of the : pedo-boat destroyers-(Ptuton) was sunk, and the Furor was so much damaged that she was run upon the rocks. “After having i, at Oquendo and Maria Ter on fire ashore, this vessel continued to ¢ hh a fire upon the Vizcaya until 10:36, when 10:35, th ans, sounded o7 urd. it having been discovered that the Vizcaya had struck her cole Af rew of | the Vize: “Att 1 cre to kading station in made by the comma. arriving Glouceste vessel Rear Adn th rescued by the Glouc He commends Lieut. Lieut. W. H. Sehuetze and Lieut. Hill for their coolness and efficien: S a warm tribute to his crew in thos nnot expre y admiration for my ificent ¢ § long enemy skewed his flag th America seamen; but w own they Were as gentle and tender as American women, “In conciusion, sir,” he to congratulate you’ on tory achieved by our fleet. CAPT. CLARK'S REPORT. Prompt and Decisive Work of the Orego: of Capiain Clark th Oregon, whose speed and marksmanship forced the © to yield, writes an interesting report of hi experience. “At 9:30 am.,” he “the Spanish fleet was discovered standing out of the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. Th turned to the wi rd. and opened fire, to which our ships replied vigcrously. Capt. Chas. E. Clark, Of the Oregon. a short time there wo ous flight of projectil when our line was fai Towa had made a 5 ram or close, the enemy's fire fective in train as well as r: ship was only struck th times a at least two of them were by fragments of shell: We had no casualties an almost continu- s over thi , but 8 soon as it was evident that the enemy’s ships were trying to break through and escape to the stward, we went shead at full speed wita the of carrying out to the utr getermination t, your orde ‘If the enemy tr to escape the must close and engage as soon as pws- sible and endeavor to sink bir vessels or force them to run ashore.’ We soon sed all our ships except the E aring the broad pendant of Commodore Schi At first we only used our main battery, but when it was discovered that the enemy's torpedo boats were following our ship, we used our rapid firing guns as well as the six-inch upon them with telling ef- fect. As we ranged up near the sternmost of their ships she headed for the beach, evidently ou fire. We raked her as we tenant and comm: ; pedo-boat destro. Vluton; | and also one man of the Oquendo's crew, — | |SHAFTER'S SHARP REBUKE Called Senor Ros, Santiago's Civil Governor, “A Presuming Batcal!” Cubans Are Reported to Be Highly Indignant Because of 1t—The Horrible Prisous. From the New York Herald, Today, SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Tuesday.—General Shafter and Senor Ros, the civil governor of Santiago, have had a serious clash over the governor's officious and unauthorized dismissal of Spanish officials. General Shaf- ter undid the governor's work, #! arply buked him and finally i him a “pres suming rascal.” As a re of this heated interview. nor Ros ar Ss that he } will resign, The j { | “Is it true you have ¢ name h were to bo hav yecur under ain and dging the supremac3 »wi- ot the United States. Appeal to Washington. General Shafter was exceeding indig- |mant when he saw that th resignations | were directed to the civil governor, thro | whom the court usually acts busin | General Shafter strongly objected to such a course, and said the resignations should have nm made to him direct, as Senor Ros had nothing w mattes. The court niments made ever to do with the closed until new ap- are enor Ros says he will resign today His officials had caused considetable elation. e been reinstated the r anything. A meet- ight at t carlos resolved to send a cor nt McKinley protest- ‘tion of General Shatte: al Garcia has withd int r a few ef the ins near the elty. Gen, Dc with Brebrece and just outside the city walls ion of the American adm dismissal of § the Cubans to Since the officials h Cubans seem ripe held last . When it wa munication to Pi ing against the Although Gen an fe h Waiting the nistration when prisoners are deported tillo Was appointed military goy ntiago by Gen. Gareja, and deci has a right to enter the city. Dr. Joaquin illo, brother of the gen- eral, who is c me that the Cubans w nted and disgusted at the Shafter in prohibiting th from en- tering the city. NEW YORK s¢ Law. State Officials Taking Steps to Carry Out Its Provisions. To carry out the provisions of the sol- dier vote law Secretary of State Palmer of New York yester appointed Major Geo. W. Hobbs of New York city to go to Santiago de Cuba and Porto Rico to make registry lists of the New York state sol- diers in the fiel He also wired to Col. Barber and Lieut Col. Stackpole of the Ist Regiment, at San Francisco, requesting them to have a reg- istry list of the regiment made and for- ward 1 to him before they leave San Fran- cisco. A cablegram was sent to Mani Hong Kong, for a similar list of th. Battery voters upon arrival there. a - COL. BRYAN via Astor LONIZED. Tendered a Rousing Reception by Jacksonville Citizens and Soldiers, A rousing reception red 10 Col. William J. Bryan of the 3d Nebraska Re z- iment at the Windsor Hotel, Jacksor Fla., last evening. The band of the st reg ment was selected to give one of the week- ly concerts at the hotel, and this being its fi appearance in public near, the entire Nebraska regiment took adyanté of the occasion to come to the city the camp just outside the limits, a spe train being chartered for the purpose Gen. Fitzhugh Lee showed Col. Bryan much attention and detailed Major Russe! B. Harrison to the special duty of looking after him. The high officers of most of cial passed, pushing on for the next ahead, using our starboard guns as they were brought to bear, and before we had passed her fairly abeam she too was making for the beach. The two remaining yessels were now some distance ahead, but our speed had increased te sixteen knots and our fire, added to that of the Brooklyn, soon sent another, the Vizcaya, to the shore in flames. Only the Cristobal Colon was left, and for a time it seemed as if she might escape, but when we opered with our for- ward turret guns and the Brooklyn fol- lowed, she began to edge in toward the coast ani her capture or destruction was assured. As she struck the beach her flag came down and the Brooklyn signaled ‘cease firirg,’ following it with, ‘Congratu- lations for the grand viccory, thanks for your splendid assistance.’ “The Brooklyn sent a boat to her, and when the admiral came up with the New York and Texas and Vixen she was taken possession of. A prize crew was put on board from this ship, unaer Lieut. Cogs- well, the executive officer, but before 11 p.m., the ship, which had been filling in spite of all efforts to stop leaks, was abandoned, and just as the crew left she went over on her side. “I cannot speak in too high terms of the bearing and conduct of ali on board this ship. When they found the Oregon had pushed to the front and*was hurrying to a succession of conflicts with the enemy's vessels, if they could be overtaken and would engage, their enthusiasm was in- tense. -“As these vessels were so much more heavily armored than the Brocklyn, they the regiments in camp were present, and after the concert an informal reception was held, all being introduced to Col. Bryan in turn. The outpouring of peopl from the city was tremendous. There we many calls for a speech, but Col. Bryan did not respond. ———+0-+____ Ohio Regiments to Go. Orders will be tssved teday for the Ist, 3d and Sth Onto Regiments at Tampa, Fla... to prepare for service in Porto Rico. Ar- rangements will be made as soon as possi- te for their transportation. 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