The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 27, 1898, Page 2

CISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1898. OFFICIAL REPORTS O] . " lgrHl—: GFI-REGIT FIGHT DOCUMENTS INTERESTING AS ROMANCE Thrilling Narrative of the Destruction of Cerve- ra’s Big Fleet. Sampson Makes No Mention of the Good Work of Commodore Schley. ASHINGTON, Depar —The Na public the re- »son, Commodore f the Oregon Jul iral Sar ain Clark Cervera's squadron. 1 have report upon the bat- by Admiral Ce Cuba on Sunday and de comman, Santiago de vessels came out of the nd 10 a. m., the 3 g around g from the of my staff ¢ with Gen: 2 of the situ- be- Gen- from day from low- and xas klyn, the m the shore west of the vessels 1S from twe latter & distanc ling for Guantanamo was between the iaries Glouces- to the land and ¢ entrance than the sels, the Gloucester to the east- Vixen to the westward was in company with the ed with her during the red to discontinue, when ient service In res burning Viz- m showing ap- of the vessels se a s vessels at came rapidly out speed estimated at and in the fol- Maria Teresa tobal Colon and The distance as about 800 yvards, that from the time the first visible in the upper reach of until the last one was out rbor an interval of o minutes elapsed. Fo! twely Oquendo at a distance of abou cam 1200 yards the torpedo boat destroyer Piuton, after her the Furor. armored cruisers, as rapidly as they could bring their guns to bear, opened a vigorous fire upon the blockading vessels and emerged from the channel shrouded in the smoke from their guns. The men of our ships in front of he port were at Sunday “quarters” for in. spection. ~ The signal was made simul- from several vessels, “Enemy ships escaping,” and general quarters was sounded. The men_ cheered as they sprang to their guns and fire was opened probably within eight minutes by the ves- sels whose guns commanded the entrance, The New York turned about and steamed for the escaping fleet, flyine the signal, “Close In toward harbor entrace and at- tack and gradually increasing £peed, until toward the end of the chase £he was making sixteen and a half knots 1d was rapldly closing on the Cristobal Colon. She was not at any time within the range of the heavy Spanish ships, and her only part in the firing was to receive the undivided fire from the forts in pass- ing the harbor entrance, and to fire a few shots at one of the destroyers, thought at the moment to be attempting to escape from the Gloucester. The Spanish vessels, upon clearing the harbor, turned to_the- westward in col umn, increasing their speed to the full power of their engines. The heavy block- ng vessels, which had closed in to- d the Morro at the Instant of the en- irance and at their best speed, deliy rapid fire, well sustained and dest bich speedily overwhelmed and Spanish fire. The initial ards carried them rap- ar past the blockading vessels and the e developed into a chase, in which the Brooklvn and Texas had at the start the advantage of position. The Brooklyn maintained this lead until the Oregon, steaming with amazing speed from the commencement of the action, took first place. Towa and Tndiana had done good ‘work, and not having the Speed of the other ships, were directed by me in succession at about the time the Vizcaya was beached to drop out of the chase and resume blockading stations. These ves- sels rescued many prisoners. The Vixen, finding that the rush of the Spanish ships would put her between two fires, ran out- side of her own column and remained there during the battle. The skillful handling and gallant fight- ing of the Gloucester won the admiration of every one who witnessed it and merits the commendation of the Navy Depart ment. She is a fast and entiréely unpro- tected auxillary vessel—the yacht Cor- sicana—and has a battery of iight rapid< fire guns. She was running about two miles from the entrance to the eastward and immediately started out, firing upon the large ships. Anticipating the appear- ance of the Pluton and Furor the Glou- cester was slowed, thereby galning more rapidly a high pressure of steam, and when the destroyers came out she steam- ed for them at full speed and was able to close at short range, where her fire was accurate, deadly and of great vol- ume. During this fight the Gloucester was under the fire of the Socapa battery. Within twenty minutes from the time they emerged from Santlago harbor the vans of the Iowa on the | which resulted in the | | diana, | e | | | reers of the Furor and Pluton were and two-thirds of their people The Furor was beached and sunk the surf; the Pluton sank in deep wa- ter a few minutes later. The destroyers probably suffered much injury from the fire of the secondary batteries of the In- Vi and yet I tor in thelr fire at close ster's battery. After ivors of the destroyers did excellent service in uring the crew of the In- 1pe attempted by the Spaniards—all steering in the same direc- tion and in formation—removed all tac- | tical doubts or difficulties and made plain the duty of every United States vessel to close in and immediately engage in pur- ing these ships. which was promptly and effectually done. As already stated, first rush of the Spanish squadron rried it past a number of blockading s, which could not immediately work up to their best spced, but they suffered vily in passing. The Infanta Mar Teresa and the Oquendo were probabl set on fire by shells fired during the fif- teen minutes of the engagement. It was | afterward learned that the Infanta Ma- | ria’s fire main had been cut by one of our | fi hots and that she was unable to | gulsh the fire. With large volumes of smoke rising from their lower decks aft thes ls gave up both fight and ight and ran in on the beach—the Infan- | faria Teresa about 10:15 a. m. at Min- na, six and a half miles from Santi- | ago harbor entranc nd the Almirante | Oquendo at about 10:30 a. m. at Juan| Gonzales, seven miles from the port. | The Vizeaya was still under the fire of ese Ve the leading ves the C obal (fnl«m‘ had drawn ahead ading the chase, am‘l soon passed bey the range of thé| guns of the leading American ships. The Vizcaya was soon set on fire and at 11: she turned in shore and was beached at Aserradero, fifteen miles from Santiago, burning flercely and with her reserve of ammunition on deck already beginning to explode. When about ten miles west | of Santiago the Indiana had been sig- | naled to go back to the harbor entrance, and at Aserradero the Ilowa was s naled to sume blockading station.” The Jowa, assisted by the Ericsson and | the Hist, took off the crew of the Viz- ya, while the Harvard and the Glou- cester rescued th Infanta Ma- Teres ria This rescue of pris e Oquendo. including the bu Spanish ves- sels, w the occ on of some of the t daring and ant conduct of the . The ships were burning fore and | aft, their guns and reserve ammunition were exploding and it was not known at what moment the fire would reach the o magazines. In addition to this a ¢ surf was running-just nmu?or the | rred our | and the wounded, from the Spani office] manity was com; There remaine ships only was their best and by the situation to hug the her only chance of es and sustained speed. went ashore the Colon miles ahead of the Brooklyn and the Or gon, but her spurt was finished and che American ships were now gaining upon her. Behind the Brooklyn and the Oregon came the Texas, Vixen and New York. It was evident from the bridge of the New York that all the American ships were gradually overhauling the chase and that she had no chance of escape. At 12:50 the Brooklyn and the Oregon opened fire and got their range—the Oregon's heavy shells striking beyond her—and at 0 she gave up without firing another shot, hauled down her colors and ran ashore at Rio Toruquino, forty-eight miles from Santlago. Captain Cook of the Brooklyn went on board to receive the surrender. While his boat was along- side I came up in the New York, received his report and placed the Oregon in charge of the wreck to save her, if pos- sible, and directed the prisoners to be transferred to the Resolute, which had followed the chase. Commodore Schley whose chief of staff had gone on boar to receive the surrender, had _directed that all their personal effects should be retained by the officers. This order T did not modify. The Cristobal Colon was not injured by our firing, and probably is not much injured by beaching, though she ran ashore at high speed. e beach was 80 steep that she came off by the working of the sea. But her sea valves wery opened and broken, treacherously, I am sure, after her surrender, and despite all efforts she sank. When it became evident that she could not be kept afloat she was Rushed by the New York bodily upon the each, the New York’s stem being placed against her for this pnrpose-tfie shi being handled by Captain Chadwick wllg admirable: judgment—and sank in shoal water and may be saved. Had this not been done she would have gone down in deep water and would have been, to a certainty, a total loss. T regard this complete and mportant victory over the Spanish forces as the successful finish of several weeks of ar- duous ard close blockade, so stringent and effective during the night that the enemy was deterred from making the at- tempt to escape at night and deliberately elected to make the attempt in daylight. That such was the case I was informed by the commanding officer of the Cris- tobal Colon. It seems proper to briefly describe here the manner {n which this was accom- plished. The harbor of Santiago is nat- urally easy to blockade, there being but one entrance, and that a narrow one; and the deep water extending close up to the shore line, presenting no difficul- ties of navigation outside of the -en- trance. At the time of my arrival before the port—July 1—the moon was at its full, and there was sufficient light during the night to enable any movement out- side of the entrance to be detected. But with the waning of the moon and the coming of dark nights there was oppor- tunity for the enemy to escape or for his torpedo boats to make an attack upon the blockading vessels. It was ascer- tained with fair conclusiveness that the Merrimac, so gallantly taken into the channel on June 3, did not obstruct it. I }herelore malntained the blockade as fol- ows: To the little .MP! 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— dependent upon the condition of ‘the at- mosphere—they threw a searchlight beam directly’ up the chann it] 1 ships. But no risk dete: and men until their work of hu- lete. now of the Spanish the Cristobal Colon, but 8 1. Force uban coast, 1perior el and held REAR ADMIRAL W. T. SAMPSON, U. S. N. adily there. This lighted u dth of the channel for half s ide of the entrance so brilliantly t the movements of small boats could 1 detected. Why the batteries never open- ed fire upon the searchiight ship w ways & matter of surprise to y never did. Stationed close to rance of the port were three iches and at a little ¢ three small picket sels—us vachts—and when they w avallable one or two of our torpedo boat With this arrangement there was at least rtainty that nothing could get out of the harbor undetected. After the ar- 1 of the army, when the situation ed upon the Spanish admiral a de- cision, our vigilance incr The night | blockading distance was reduced to two miles for all vessels and a battle-ship was | placed alongside the searchlight ship | with her broadside trained upon the | channel in readiness to fire the instant | a Spanish ship should appes "he com manding officers merit the gr st prais for the perfect manner in which they en- tered into this plan and put it into exe- cution. The Massachusettts, when, ac- cording to routine, was sent that morning to coal at Guantanamo, like the others, had spent weary nights upon this worl and deserved a better fate than to be at sent that morning. I inclose for the information of the de- | partment copies of orders and memor- anda issued from time to time relat- | Ing to the manner of maintaining the | blockade. | When all the work was done so well it is difficult to discriminate in| praise. The object of the blockade of Cervera’s squadron was fully accom- | plished and each individual bore well his part in it—the commodore in command of the second division; the captains of ships, their officers and men. The fire of the battleships was powerful and destructiv. and the resistance of the Spanish squad- ron 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 posi- | tion 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 brilllant record of this fine-battleship and speaks highly of the skill and care with which her admirable efficiency has been maintained during a service unprece- dented in the history of vessels of her class. The Brooklyn's westerly blockad- ing position gave her an advantage in the chase which she maintained to the end, and she employed her fine battery with telling effect. The Dexas and the New York were galning on the chase during the last hour, and had any acci- dent befallen the Brooklyn or the Oregon, would have speedily overhauled the Cris. tolbal Colon. From the moment the Span- ish vessel exhausted her first burst of | speed, the resuit was never in doubt. She fell, in fact, far below what might rea- sonably have been expected of her. Care- | ful measurements of time and distance | give her an average speed, from the time she cleared the harbor mouth uptil the time she was run on shore at Kio Tar- | quino, of 13.7 knots. Neither the New | ork ‘nor the Brooklyn stopped to cou- | ple up their forward engines, but ran | out the chase with one pair, getting steam, of course, as rapidly as possible on all boilers. To stop to couple up the forward engines would have meant a de- lay of fifteen minutes, or four miles, in the chase. Several of the ships were struck, the | Brooklyn more often than the others, but | very slight material injury was done, the greatest being aboard the Iowa. Our | loss was one man Kkiiled and one wounded, both on the Brooklyn. It is dificult to | explain this immunity from loss of life or injury to ships in a combat with mod- ern vessels of the best type, but Spanish gunnery is poor at the best, and the su- perior weight and accuracy of our fire the picket ance farther out | converted speedily drove the men from their guns | S and silenced their fire. This is borne out bi\; the statements of prisoners and by observation. The Spanish vessels, as | they dashed out of the harbor, were fa- | vored with the smoke from their Dwn| guns, but this speedily diminished in vol- ume and soon almost disappeared. The fire from the rapid-fire batteries of the | battle-ships appears to have been remark- | from this fire. 1 p the onfl_rt\l ably destructive. An examination of the | 13-inch guns, tranded vessels shows that the Almi- inte Oquendo especially suffered terribly Her sides are everywhere pierced and her decks were strewn with the charred remains of those who had allen. Th reports of Commodore W. 8. Schley and of the commanding officers are inelo A boar pointed by me several days ago has made a critical examina- | tion of the vessels, both with a view of reporting upon the result of our fire and the ne ary feature involved, and of re- porting upon the chance of saving any of them and of wrecking the remainder. The report of the board will be speedily forwarded. Very respectfully v “ap, . T. SAMPSON, Rear Admiral, T. §. N., Commander-in- Chief United States val Forces, North Atlantic Station. The Secretary of the Navy Department, Washington, D.C. - COMMODORE SCHLEY’S THRILLING RFPORT WASHINGTON, July 26.—The fol- lowing is Commodore Schley’s report: North Atlantic Fleet, Second Squadron, | United States Flagship Brooklyn. | GUANTANAMO BAY, July 6, 1898. Sir: I have the honor to make the fol- | lowing report of that part of the squadron under your command which came under my observation during the engagement | with the Spanish fleet on July 3, 1898, At 9:35 a. m. Admiral Cervera, with the Infanta Maria Teresa, Vizcaya, Oquendo, Cristobal Colon and two torpedo boat de- stroyers, came out of the harbor of San- tlago de Cuba, in column at a distance, and attempted to escape to the westward. Signal was made from the Iowa that the enemy was coming out, but his move- | ments had been discovered from this ship at the same moment. This vessel was the farthest west, except the Vixen, in the blockading line. Signal was made to the western division as prescribed in your general orders, and there was immediate and rapid movement inward by your squadron and a general engagement at ranges beginning at 1100 yards and vary- ing to 3000, until the Vizcaya was de- | stroyed about 10:50 a. m. The concentra- tion of the fire of the squadron upon the ships coming out was most furious and nlemnc and great damage was done | them. About twenty or twenty-five minutes after the engagement began two vessels, thought to be the Terror and Oquendo and since verified as such, took fire from the effective shell fire of the squadron and were forced to run on the beach some six or seven miles west of the ..ar- bor entrance, where they burned and blew up later. The torpedo boat destroy- ers were destroyed early in the action, but the smcke was so dense in their direction that I cannot say to what ves- sel or vessels the credit belongs. This dg:xbtless was seen better from your flag- ship. The Vizcaya and Colon, percelving the disaster to their consorts, continued at full speed to the westward to escape, and were followed and engaged in a run- ning fight by the Brooklyn, Texas, Iowa and Oregon until 10:30, when the Vizcaya took fire from our shells. She put her helm to port, and with a heavy list to | port stood inshore and ran aground at Aserradero, about twenty-one miles west of Santiago, on fire fore and aft, and where she bléw up durin~ the night. Observing that she had struck her col- ors, and that several vessels were near- ing her to capture and save her crew, signal was made to cease firing. The Ore: gon having proved vastly faster than tne other battleships, she and the Brooklyn, wfether with the Texas and another ves: el, which proved to be your flagship, continued westward in pursuit of the Co- lon, which had run close inshore, evi- dently seekm$ some roed spot to beach if she shouid fail to elude her pursuers. This pursuit continued with increasing sgeed in the Brooklyn, Oregon and other ships, and soon the Brooklyn and the Oregon were within long range of the Co- lon, and the Oregon opened fire with her landing a shell close to the Colon. A moment arte: rd the Brook- Iyn_opened fire with her S-inch guns, landing a shell just ahead of her. Sev- eral other shells were fired at the Colon, now in range of the Brooklyn's and Ore- gon's guns. Her commander, seeing all chances of escape cu and the de- struction awalting his ship, fired a lee gun and struck her flag at 1'5 p. m., and ran ashore at a point some fifty miles west of Santiago Your flagship was coming up v _at the time, as was also the Tex Vixen. A little later, after your arrival, the Cristobal Colon, which had struck fo the Brooklyn and the Oregon, was turned over to you as one of the trophies of this great vic tory of the squadron under your com- mand. During my _official visit a little later Cemmander Eaton of the Resolute ap- reared and reported to vou the presence of a Spanish battle-ship near Altares. Your orders to me were to take the Ore- gon and go eastward to meet her, and this was done by the result that the vessel reported as enemy was discovered to be the A trian cruiser Infanta Marfa Teresa, seek- ing the commander in chief. I would mention for your consideration that the Brooklyn occupled the most westward blockading position with the Vixen and, being more directly in the route taken by the Spanish squadron, was exposed for some minutes, possibly ten, to the gun fire of three of the Spanish ips and the west battery at a range of yards from the ships and about 3000 yards from the batterie of the entire squadron, ciosing in rapidly, soon diverted this fire and did magnificent Brooklyn, wi:h the an I work at close range. I have never before witnessed ‘such deadly and fatally accurate shooting as was done by the ships of vour command as they closed in on the Spanish squad- ron and I deem it a high privilege to commend to you for such action as you may deem proper the gallantry and dash- ing courage, the prompt decision and skillful handling of their respective ves- sels, of Captain Philip, Captain Evans, Captain Clark and especially of my chief of staff, Captdin Cook, who was directly under my personal observation, and whose coolness, promptness and courage were of the highest order. The dense | smoke of the combat shut out from view the Indiana and Gloucester, but as these vessels were closer to your flagship no doubt ‘their part in the conflict was under your immediate observation. Lieutenant Sharp, commanding the Vixen, acted with conspicuous courage. Although unable to engage the heavier ADVERSISEMENTS. 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Charges erate, H ships of the enemy with his light guns, he,pnevertheless, was close in to the ba.lE tle line under heavy fire, and many 0 the enemy’s shot passed beyond his ves- sel. s T beg to invite special attention to m{. conduct of my flag lieutenant, James J‘. Sears, and Ensign Edward McCauley Jr aid, who were constantly at my side dur ing the engagement and who exposed themselves fearlessly in discharging their duties; also to the splendid behavior of | my secretary, Lieutenant B. Wells Jr., | wio commanded and directed the fighting of the fourth division with splendid ef- fect. e I would commend the highly meritori- ous conduct and courage in the engage- ment of Lieutenant Commander N. K. Mason, the executive officer, whose pres- | erce everywhere over the ship during its | continuance did much to secure the gopd; results of this ship's part in the vie- | | | tory. The navigator, Lieutenant A. C. Hodg- son, and the division officers, Lieuttnant T. D. Griffin, Lieutenant W. K. Rush, Lieutenant Edward Simpson, Lieutenant | J. G. Doyle, Ensign Charles Webster and | the junior 'divisional officers were most | steady and conspicuous in every detail of | duty contributing to the accurate firing of this ship in her part in the great vic- tory of your forces. The officers of the medical, pay and en- gineer and marine corps responded to every demand of the occasion and were feariess in exposing themselves. The war- | rant officers, Boatswain William L. hul Carpenter G. H, Warford and Gunner F T. Applegate were everywhere exposed in | watching for damage, reports of which were promptly conveyed to me. I have never in my life served with a | braver, better or worthier ¢grew than that of the Brooklyn. During the combat, lasting from 9:35 until 1:15 p. m.. much of the time under fire, they never flagged for | a moment and were apparently und turbed by the storm of projectiles pa: ing ahead, astern and over the ship. e result of the engagement the destruction of the Spanish squadron and | the capture of the admiral and some 1300 | to 1500 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 veoman, killed; J. | Burns, fireman, first class, severely | wounded. The marks and scars show that the ship was struck about twenty-five times, and she bears in all forty-one scars as the result of her participation in the | eat victory of your force on July 8, 898. The cone halyards were shot | away and ni all the signal alyars The ensign at the main was so shattered that in hauling it down at the close of the action it fell in pieces. I congratulate you most sincerely unon | this great victory to the squadron under | your command, and I am glad that T had an opportunity to contribute in the least | to a victory that seems enough for all of | us. I have the honor to transmit herewith | the report of the commanding officer and a drawing in profile of the ship showing the location of hits and scars; also a memorandum of ammunition expended and the amount to fill her allowance, Since reaching this place and holding | conversation with several of the cap- tains—Captain Bulate of the Vizeaya and the second in command of the Colon, Commander Contreras—I have learned | that the Spanish Admiral's scheme was to concentrate all fire for a while on the Brooklyn and for the zcaya to ram her, in hopes that if they could destroy her their chance of escaping would be increased, as it was pposed she was the swiftest ship of your squadron. T..s | cxplains the heavy fire mentioned and the Vizcaya's n in the earlier mo- ments of the engagement. The execution of this purpose was pgomptly defeated by the fact that all the shins of the squadron advanced into close range and opened an jrresistibly furious and terri- fic fire on the enemy's scuadron as it was coming out of the harbor. : am glad to say that the injury sup- | posed to be below the Brooklyn's” water | line was due to a water valve being | opened from some unknown catise an:li | | flooding the compartment. The injury to the belt is found to be only slight and tae leak small. | I beg to inclose a list of the officers and crew who participated in the com- bat of July 3, 189 T cannot close thls report without men- tioring In high terms of praise the splen- did conduct and support of Captain C. E. Clark of the Ocrgon. His vessel's speed was wonderful and her accurate fire splendidly destructive. Very respectfully, W. S. SCHLEY, Commodore U. S. Navy. Commanding Second Squadron, North At- lantic Flett. To the Honorable Commander-in-Chief | brought to bear, | had been filling, in spite of all e | ship. United States Naval Force, North At- lantic Station. CAPTAIN CLARK TELLS OF THE OREGON'S PART WASHINGTON, July 26.—Following is the report of Captain C. E. Clark of the Oregon: U.S. S. OREGON, First-rate, Off Santi- ago de Cuba, July 4, 1898.—Sir; I have the honor to report that at 9:30 a. m. yesterday the Spanish fleet was discov- | ered standing out of the harbor at San- tiago de Cuba. They turned to the west- ward and opened fire, to which our ships replied vigorously. For a short !im? there was an almost continuous flight of projectiles over this ship, but when our line was fairly engaged and the Iowa had made a swift advance, as if to ram or close, the enemy’s fire became defective in train as well as range. The ship was only struck three times, and at least two of them were by fragments of shells. We had no casualties. As soon as it was evident that the ene- my’'s ships were trying to break through and e: pe to the westward we went ahead at full speed with the determina- tion of carrying out to the utmost your order: *“If the enemy tries to escape the ships must close and engage as soon as possible and endeavor to sink his ves- sels or force them to run ashor We soon passed all of our ships except the Brooklyn, bearing the broad pennant of Commodore Schley. At first we only used our main battery, but when it was discovered that the enemy’s torpedo boats were following their ships, we used our rapid-fire guns as well as the six-pound- ers upon them with telling effect. As we ranged up near the sternmost of their ships, she headed for the beach, evi- dently on fire. We raked her as we passed, pushing on for the next ahead, using her starboard guns as they were and before we had her e, too, was making for fairly abeam, the beach. The two remaining vessels were now some distance ahead, but our speed had increased to sixteen knots, and our fire, added to that of the Brooklyn, soon sent nother, the Vizcaya, to the shore in Only the Cristobal Colon was left nd for a time it seemed as if she might cscape, but when we opened fire with our forward turret guns and the Brooklyn followed, she began to edge in toward coast, and her capture or destruction s assured. As she struck the beach her flag came down, and the Brooklyn signaled ‘‘Cease firing,”’ following with, “Congratulations for the grand victory; 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 under Lieutenant Commander Coggswell, the executive of- ficer, but before 11 p. m. the ship, which tlorts 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 all on board this 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 than the Brooklyn, they might have concentrated upon and overpowered her, and consequently I am persuaded but for the way the officers and men of the Oregon steamed and steered the ship and fought and supplied T batteries, the Colon and perhaps the Vizcaya would have escaped. Therefore, 1 feel that they rendered meritorious service to the country, and while I can- not mention the name of each officer and man individually, I am going to append a list of the officers with the stations that they occupied, hoping that they may be of service to them should claims of others for advancement above them ever be con- sidered. 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C. , see list in 833883 hat from sam vards (‘nln < vards calico, vl onicas to sell at 15 cents. e o misses' trimmed hat. pair big boy nday shoes. button Slock, 30 hours, good time-keeper.. pair ladles’ $1 buck gloves, garden Pair gents leather working gloves pair gents' button shoes, 5 to 71 25" handkerchiefs, assorted kinds. 17 pounds of the best white sugar. 1'common Kitchen table, samples. 1 croquet set, 8 balls, middling go 1 pair boys' red top boots, 7 to 10 3'yards good style quilting calico 10 ‘pounds_ speefal value cotton bats. 30 single 15 double rolls wall paper. 11ladles’ home made wrapper. 83 ke e e ek ke ot B2 8333333323333383 KLONDIKE OUTFITTING HAS COMMENGED AGAIN This week we sell spot cash Sewin White Swan Flour, fully warranted g Machines for $20 , in any quantity this week 950, Coffee reductions continue all this week. Save while you can. Our one-cent articles surprise everybody who looks at them. Wire screening, green, this week at half price—1 cent square foot. Jelly glasses with tin cover, less than barrel lots, 2 cents each. New Shoes. Newest style $3 50 vesting top, ladies’ shoes gewefl tyle Iedlef' kid shoes, ";1“ arrived. shoe, B % $1 25 , 11 Girls’ $1 50 school button, glrl-‘ or ladfes’ cloth and e Boys' heavy Boys' heavy ¥ i, heavy tan leggings, buckles. 32.50 button shoes, § to 10. SHITHS CASH STORE 25-27 Market St., S. F.