| Show r i r. p.-r. wy 7 D S 4 WAS A CAPTAINS CAPTAIN'S FIGHT Neither Sampson Nor Schley Receive Credit for Defeating Defeating- Covers Coverd New York Oct 12 Although Although the American fleet in the battle off Santiago Santiago Santiago San San- tiago on July 3 obeyed the gen general ral orders of Rear Admiral Sampson given in advance to meet just such an n nem em emergency rge y it w was essentially a a. captains cap captains cap tain's fight This is s the substance of ther the report port of th n naval avid v l board which has been investigating disputed points in inthe inthe inthe the battle Rear Roar Admiral Sampson was not present and the twp orders ig by Admiral Schley close inand in and did engage the thc enemy no good and w were re unnecessary for the ships were already closed in and aDd eng engaged engaged ged g- g ed the enemy eDemy when the orders were run up The board finds in a 0 general way that each ship in the fleet knew exactly exactly ex ex- what to do should Cervera come out and did it when he came out Each captain fought his ship on plans prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared and orders given by Sampson Even had Schley y directed the general movement of the fleet in the battle which it was unnecessary for him to todo todo todo do they would have been beeD executed because because because be be- cause of the preparations made by Sampson and within his general orders The findings of the board are summarily summarily summarily sum sum- marily as follows 1 The battle was fought and won upon plans prepared by Rear hear Adm Admiral Sampson 2 The directing of the movements of ships done by Schley during the battle battle battle bat bat- tle was inconsiderable 3 The New York had no active part partIn In the fight 4 The Brooklyn was not engaged at so close quarters as has been represented represented represented bv by the first report On an average average aver aver- age she was two miles away way from the enemy g 5 The bulk of the fighting was borne by the Oregon Texas and Iowa 6 The New York was about nine miles from the Colon when the ship surrendered and aDd between four or five miles from the nearest sister ships engaged From which si signal nal distance is taken 7 The average range of the ships most engaged was about a mile and a half hall 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 nothing- to effect the issue of the bat bat- tle When the Colons Colon's flag came down the New York was nearly ten miles to the the eastward |
