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Show WAS A CAPTAIN 3 FIGHT. llliMaani"Mi nr "elite llereWel rertll lor llafrallnc Oeier KW rU Oct. It Altbough the Ainerltnn flei t In the Initio off ian tlago on Inly olieyed tlra general ordera ot Hear Admiral Hampton given in adiance to meet Juat Mich an emergency ll wa essentially a captain cap-tain " tight Thl la the aubaUnce of the r i' port of the naval lmnnl which haa licen inveallgatlng ilUputctl JwInU In tho batHe Hear Admiral t-nmpnon waa not preaent and tho Iwo order atgnallrdi by diniral Schley, "cloe In" aud 'tngagc the enemy" did no good, and were unmcciuiary, for the ahtp wero already cloatil In nndeni("g cil tho enemy when the onhra were run up Iho Iward And In n general a that each nhlp In the licet knew e nelly what to do ahould Otrvcra pome out, nnd did It when he came out, I a h cnplaln fought hi ahlp on plans pre pared and onler given by Hanipwui liven hml Hthley tllrccteil (hegineral movemiut of the licet In tho battle whleli ll wna nnneeeaMiry for him to do they would have lievn oxeeuted If enuao of the preparatloua made I y Naiupvin, and within hi general orders Tho flndlnga of the board nro aum marlly n follona 1 Tho Utile wa fought and won upon plan prepared by Itear Admiral Hampton J. Ihadlrt'ctlngof tho movemtnU of ahlp done by Nchler during tho bat Ho waa Ineontldtrable 3 'I In' Nuw utt hadnonctlvc part lu (ho llghU -I 1 he llrooklyn wa not engagril at aoiloteouartira naliaa bull rtpre tented bv (he 11 ml rtiort On mi mrr ago alio a two uillea away from tin enemy i 1 J ho bulk of (he flgliltng wat borne by tho Oregon Iixaaanil Ion a S. The New orl wa about nine mile from thu Udou when lha ahlp aurrrmlored and belwien four or live mile from the tienreat alttcr ahlfit rngageil (I'ruinwhlthalgiialdlatnuie ia taktn) 7 I he avi rago range ot the alilp luott engaged wa nlMiil a milo nud a half. a N'o American ahlp nt any time during the Imttle wa within n milo ol nil uiiatirrmdered Hpanlth ahlp Ihn N'aw ork, the UKinl llnd, did nothing tool'itt Hie Itaueof thu bat Ho. W lien the lolon a ling mmo don n the New ork wna nearly ttn mite b tha C4itwnrd |