. Schley and Santiago; an historical account of the blockade and final destruction of the Spanish fleet under command of Admiral Pasquale Cervera, July 3, 1898. arked: Yes, there she is. I can tell herby her smoke. This was at 1:45 oclock,and the Colon had gone ashore at 1:15, whileCaptain Cook had received the surrender at1143. Captain Cook, however, was detainedaboard the Colon in his desire to be courteous,and had not started to return by the time theNew York came in sight. At two oclock,just as she got where we considered her insignal distance. Commodore Schley orderedthe signal raised; A
. Schley and Santiago; an historical account of the blockade and final destruction of the Spanish fleet under command of Admiral Pasquale Cervera, July 3, 1898. arked: Yes, there she is. I can tell herby her smoke. This was at 1:45 oclock,and the Colon had gone ashore at 1:15, whileCaptain Cook had received the surrender at1143. Captain Cook, however, was detainedaboard the Colon in his desire to be courteous,and had not started to return by the time theNew York came in sight. At two oclock,just as she got where we considered her insignal distance. Commodore Schley orderedthe signal raised; A glorious victory hasbeen achieved. Details later. This signalreplaced the one which we had had flying fornearly three-quarters of an hour, The enemyhas surrendered, and which the New Yorkhad not answered. Vainly the signal officerson the bridge watched the New York for eventhe courtesy of an answering pennant showingthat she understood our signal. Nevertheless, as the New York approachedrapidly, Commodore Schley ordered anothersignal set, This is a great day for our coun-try. Instead of an answering pennant tothis signal, there went up on the signal hal-. Copyright, 1902, by W. B. Conkey Oompauy. ^Admiral Cufvera and his son were rescued(xxxii) AND SANTIAGO 337 yards of the New York a set of flags, which atfirst officers and men aHke on the Brooklynhoped to be a message of congratulation, butwhich proved to be a terse command, Reportyour casualties. Report your casualties, repeated Schley,turning on his heel and walking over to theother side of the bridge, a pained expressionon his face; and up to our signal masts wentthe flags, One dead and two wounded. As if in direct contrast to this curious atti-tude of Sampsons flagship. CommodoreSchley immediately began sending messagesof thanks and congratulations to the vesselswhich had been near him during his greatemergency. To the Oregon he had wig-wagged: Thanks for your splendid assist-ance. If it hadnt been for you we might nothav
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