Show WAS A CAPTAINS FIGHT neither sampson nor schley receive bredig for to Deleat defeating lag colem new york oct 12 18 although the th american Amerl caa fleetin etlin tho the battle battlo offS off santiago on july 8 3 obeyed the general orders order of rear bear admiral Saul sampson paon given in advance to meet just such an emergency it was essentially a captains I 1 fight this Is s the substance of the report of the naval board which has haa been investigating disputed points in the battle rear bear admiral sampson was not present and the to orders signalled signal led by admiral schley chloee inand in and engage the enemy did no good and were unnecessary for the ships were already closed la in and engaged the enemy when the ciders were run up the board finds in a general way that each ship in the fleet knew exactly what to do should cervera como come out and did it when hen he came out each captain cap fought hla oddon ship on plans pro pre and ardeis given by sampson even had schley directs d the general movement of the fleet in the battle which it was unnecessary for him to do they would have been executed because of the preparations preparation made by sampson and within his genethal orders the findings of the boivid bott daie aie summarily as follows I 1 the battle was fought and won upon plans by hear bear admiral 2 the dinc ting of tile the movements of ships done by schley dui ang the battle we waa able 3 the new york had no active part an in the fight 4 the 1 he brooklyn vv was as not engaged at so close quarters as has been beca c dented by bv the first report on tin an aver ago she was two miles away it aiom om the enemy 5 the bulk of the fighting was borne by the oregon texas and jowa iowa 0 6 the now new yolk N as aa about nine miles from the colon when tile the a ship hip surrendered and between four or five miles from tho the sister ships engaged from which signal distance is taken 7 the avei average ago range of tho the ships most engaged was about a mile and a half 8 no american ship at any time during the battle was within a mile of an spanish ship the new york the board finds did nothing to effect the issue of 0 tho the battle tle ahen the colons flog flag came down tha new york was nearly ten miles to the eastward |