The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 8, 1901, Page 7

f " THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1901 AMUSERZNTS. THE DOCTOR’S WITH A TRIBUT e —|JUDGE ADVOCATE LEMLY CLOSES ARGUMENT E TO THE BRAV DAUGHTERS Vaudeville Entertainment DOLL SALE NATIVE SONS' HALL, | FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, a spade, cowardice—was exhi case. 3 - November 8th and Sth. ASHINGTON, Noy. 7.—After sitting In session for over Open from 11 a. m. until 5 p. m. ADMISSION - - - - 50 CENTS Children 25 Cents. Vaudeville Both Evenings at 8:30. | ADMISSION $1.00. forty days and with a record which when completed will cover about 2000 pages, the Schley court of inquiry, at 3:45 this after- noon, adjourned its last public. session. To Captain 8. C. Lemly, the judge advo- ing the closing argument in the case and soon after he hed finished his speech, Admiral Dewey, bringing his gavel down on the big flat table, said: “There being no further business, the court is adjourned.” As was the case yesterday when At- torney Raynor spoke, the attendance was | large. There was only one session dur- {ing the day. It began at 2 o'clock and | the entire time was taken up with Cap- tain Lemly’s address. He read his speech in clear and distinct tones and was glven careful attention. The speech in the main was an analysis of the testimony, | but occasionally a conclusion wes drawn ently there was criticism of course pursued by Admiral (then Commodore) Schiey. | After adjournment the members of the | court, Admiral Schley and his counsel | lingered for a time about the hall in | which they recently have spent so much of their time, and there were many af- fectionate words of farewell spoken. Ad- miral Schiey, as usual, was called upon to receive the greetings of a number of | admirers and a hundred or more people waited at the door of theihall to bid him | adieu 4 Captain Lemly used . beginning his address when the court con- vened, but rising quietly from 8 seat opposite the tribunal, began to ré8d. He | said at_the outset that his plan contem- | plated first, a response to the statements of Admiral Schley's counsel and then a | presentation of the subject in hand on an ABSOLUTE NOVELTIES | |Frgscntation of the wublectin hand on'an The Onllaw Trio, Burton’s Acrobatic | corrected if he should make any errors | of facts. He then entered upon a careful Comedy Dogs, The Lockos, Lillian | analysis of the testimony brought out at the hearing. Burkhart and Company and the| E HIS WEEK. RDAY AND SUNDAY. ng War Dramas Ever co. , 35c, Bl 2%e Reserved Sest Opera Chat the matter, the AMUSEMENTS. | OPERA | GRAN HOUSE MATINEES TO-MORROW AND SUNDAY. Explains Schley’s Mission. Biograph., Last times of Jessie| and Captain Chadwick concerning the former's convergation with Admiral Sampson at K West Captain Lemly said: ters and the Beaux and Belles. | @s a witness the well-known rule referred to 2c: Balcony, 10c; Box Seats | with such fervor by senfor counsel that where &0e. | two witnesses testify with regard to the same | other merely remembers the circumstances of SAN FRAKCISCO'S | atter, or let say the conversation, - evidence of him who remembers must be LEADIG THEATRE Sunday). MORROW. Referring to the testimony of Admiral Schley Dale, Miyo San, Harris and Wat- “I ask the court to apply to the applicant s — —_ | matter and one of them remembers and the SARAR COWELL - _— P:’:' | TO-NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT, THE FI CHARLES VVALX:‘('ERF.EY (PE(?KINS ' Y P n the Funny Comedy, DUCHESS OF =i | THE NEW BOY. MARLBOROUGH ~mamecers.” | o ot e it s Branch Ticket Office—Emporium. WILLIAM COLLIER. *TIVOLI* | oo | TO-NIGET end Every Evening at 8 Sharp. | Mtinees Seturdey and Sunday at 2 Sharp. | A OPERA HOUSE. THE TOWN TAKEN BY STORM! | Gfimmg Monday Evening, November 11. POLLARD’S AUSTRALIAN |® 7™ Siin® ompans tvom. e > JUVENILE OPERA CO. METROPOLITAN OPERA-HOUSE, In the Great Musical and Laughing Success, STANFORD NIGHT—SATURDAY EVENING. Special Programm S MAN FROM Monday evening, Nov. 11, at 7:45: ‘‘LOH > , Schumann-Heink, Van D Bispham, Ed. de Reszke; conductor, Damros: THE Tuesday evening, Nov. 12, at §: “‘CARMEN"’ | —Calve, Suzanne, Adams, Salignac, Journet, Scotti; copductor, Flon. 1 | _Wednesday evening, Nov. 13, at 8: “LA TRAVIATA"—Sembrich, Campanari, De Mar- ¥ | chi; conductor, Seppilli. Thureday evening, Nov. 14, at 8: “TANN- POPULAR PRICES-2%e, G0c and TSe. HAUSER"—Eames, Reuss-Belce, Van Dyck, Tele phone Bush $. conductor, Damros —_ Nov. 15, at §: “LES HU- OTS"—Gadski, Homer, Sembrich, De Marchi, Journet, Scottl, Ed. de Reszke; con- ductor, Flon Ssturday afternoon, Nov. 16, at 2: “FA B —C e, Homer, Dippel, Campanari, Ed. de ke; conductor, Seppilli. Saturday edening, Nov. 16, at 8: “MANON" Sibyl Sanderson, Declery, Journet, Sallgnac; ductor, Flos Seats now on sale at box office of the GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. Prices—$2, $3. $4. $ and $. WEBER PIANOS USED. RESRBAR Belasco and Thall.. appear and ride scene of | IN OLD KENTUCKY Next Sunday - “SHORE ACRES, SHATS READY. TRA—FEllinghouse and Op- | e the farewell Ex- | Piano Tuesday after- n WAGNER'S ‘“Tris- Managers , OUR STOCK IS | INCOMPARABLE ! LAST 3 NIGHTS. ' NANCY aw CO. SEE AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. MATINEE TO-MORROW AND SUNDAY. Seats on Sale Six Days in Advance. Every Week Day— Rain cr Shine. IEW CALIFORNIA JUCKEY CLUB OAKLAND RACETRACK. Races start at 2:15 p. m. sharp, Ferry-boats leave San Francisco at 12 m. and 32:30, 1, 1:30, 2, p. m., connecting trains ' stop the entrance to the Last twc train reserved for . smoking. Buy your hell Mound. “All trains via | ’ = Somment wih fan Fans wenes || EllEry’s 2 at Seventh and Broadway, Oak- ROYAL i, BAND CARMEN—-FAUST. And Other Works of French Composers TO-NIGHT. METROPOLITAN HALL. Fifth Street, Near Market. LAST TWO TIMES. MATINEE TO-MORROW and TO-MOR- ROW NIGHT. POPULAR PRICES 50c, 75c, $1 00 Seats now selling—Sherman, Clay & Co.’s. MATINEE PRICE—b0c, any seat. trains via A 2 Alameda mole con- Pablo avenue cars st Four- | oadway, Oakland. These electric to the track in fifteen minutes. Trains leave the track at 4:15 and mmediately after the last race. WILLIAMS JR., President. Secretary BASEBALL. SAN FRANCISCO vs. LOS ANGELES. lo-Day and Saturday at 2:45 SBUNDAY...... ....AT 2:30P. M, RECREATION FPARK, Eighth and Harrison streets. PALACE HOTEL. For a quarter of a century these hotels have been the headquarters of CHUTES AND Z00 p74%mee BIG VAUDEVILLE BILL. HARRY HARMON, HIGH DIVER. SPECIAL TO-MORROW NIGHT. PAST MASTER WORKMEN'S ASSOCIATION NIGHT AT THE CHUTES. tourists and travelers who have Also GRAND PRIZE CAKE WALK eyed from all parts of the world Flichone 1o its Ehdc 15 San Francisco. Guests enter- tained on the American or European NCERT HOUSE, 'q CO FISCHER’S “ONGIiT rRe Eleanora Jenkins; Swor and Hathaway; Cella De Lacy; Wise and Miiton; The Laskeys; Deets and Don; Christlan; George Jones; Hinrichs’ Orchestra. Reserved Seats, 2%c. Mat, Sunday, plan. GRAND HOTEL. | cate, hed been assigned the duty of mak-+ no formality in | .FOR FAIR VIRGINIA | PAYS TRIBUTE TO BRAVE SCHLEY. ROM my knowledge of the man, having served under his com- mand on two cruisers, I have never believed nor do I claim from the evidence that personal misconduct—or, to call a spade bited by Commodore Schley in any part of his career as commander-in-chief of the flying squadron. But I submit with regret that in the passage from Key West to Clenfue- gos, while at the latter port en route to the southward of Santiago without settled destination, in rhe retrograde. movement, in the vi- cinity of Santiago and in the affair of May 31, the admiral exhibited unsteadiness in purpose and in push and failure to obey orders.— Statement made by Judge Advocate Lemly in closing the Schley —_— accepted. If this be @one then there Is little left of the evidence given before this court by the applicant, particularly upon his cross- examination. 4 ‘'Commodore Schley has testified,”” said Cap- tain Lemly, further along in his address, “‘that he consultéd Commodore Remey at the navy base, Key West, May 18, and at that time the latter had information as to the move- Ments of the Spaniards. So had Admiral Samp- son on the 18th. And for what, if not to meet the enemy's fleet, was Schley sent to Cien- fuegos? Not because he expected to find them &lready in there, as the order No. 6 and Ad- miral Schley’s téstimony wlill clearly show. It Wwas simply understood that the Spaniards would endeavor to reach Cienfuegos and not that they were there.” Referring to Raynor's statement that when the report of the Spaniards being at Santiago Wwas) confirmed nothing was done to inform Commodore ' Schley of this until the Hawk o CAPTALY, . | SC et Yovocart 3 | was sent on the afternoon of May 21, Captain Lemly sald the Marblehead was sent at 3 a. m. of May 21 with the dispatch No. 8. “It is true,” he added, ‘‘that this copy did not reach Commodore Schley until the 2ith. When Hood, on the Hawk, was sent on the afternoon of the 2ist he carried as a separate communication the memorandum order on page 466 of the appendix, and this confirms Hood's testimony that at that time Admiral Sampson | regarded it as a practical certainty that the Spanish squadron was at Santiago.” The McCalla Mcmorandum. Both of the counsel appear, he sald, to ignore the very important parts of the McCalla mem- | erandum | ..iThe latter part clearly showed,” he sald, | “Commander McCalla’s “communication with | the insurgents and their intimate acquaintance with the matters in the city."" Captain Lemly contended that the McCalla memorandum _was delivered to Commodore Schley May 22, and charged the commodore with “fallure to attempt communication with | the insurgents after its receipt. Speaking of ] the charge of disobedience of orders Captain Lemly said: ““The applicant's disobedlence, if proved, will | be shown to be delaying in bringing his ‘force to the presence of the enemy. With the con- clusion of the very brief address with which I shall close the argument in this inquiry my offl- cial connection with it ends and the matter is placed in capable hands. I may add that while my duties here have been arduous and neces- sarily somewhat painful I am proud to have | been associated with the distingulshed court which s to pass upon the most important ques- tion ever considered by a naval court; a ques- tion as I defined it In the early course of the proceedings between the applicant and the moral effect to the service, In entering upon my dutles as judge advocate of the court I had in mind the advice given me by the Sec- retary of the Navy Department: ‘A perfectly impartial court is constituted. The judge ad- vocafe and any counsel assisting him are not (and their duty in this respect is plain) in | court to prosecute anybody or to find anybody | guilty, but to bring out the: facts and aid the court ‘in_declaring the truth.” “T have endeavored to follow this advice without fear or favor. If I have appeared to fail in_maintaiAing that Impartial attitude which | I feel and have always felt toward the appli- | cant, it is because aggression, however natural on the part of earnest counsel, begets aggres- sion and for the further reason that in many instances throughout the investigation the dif- | ference of opinion has compelled me to be contentious in order to adduce what I belleved to be material facts. I deem it not inappropriate that I should here remark that the Navy Department has maintained an en- tirely neutral attitude; that as the record dem- cnstrates. there has been go alteration of the department's ‘records: that officers on duty even in the much-abused Bureau of Naviga- tion have frecly testified in behalf of the ap- plicant; and 1 am ccnfident that the evidence ir the ‘cas> adduced fully justified the views of the department. set forth in lts reply of February 6, 189, to the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, wherein it is sald of Commo- dore Schiey, referring particularly to the battle of July 3, ‘Where so much was achieved in this culminating battle and where his ship was such a conspicuous force in the fight, his con- duct, while in indeperident command prior to June 1, the record of which has been given | above and which, by reason of his unsteadiness in purpose and in push and in failure to obey | orders, did rot meet the approval of the Presi- d:nt, yet was not permitted to stand in the way of his rrometion for the part he took in the final triamph.’ " Speed Not Great Enough, Captaln Lemly then sald that the voluminous testimony had been so fully treated that it was not his purpose to enter upon a detailed dis- cussion of it. He sald that under the then | existing conditions of the wind and weather | greater speed might have been maintained on | the passage from Key West to Clenfuegos. It should, he thought, be remembered that Com- | modore Schiey's orders required that the block- | ade of thut port be established, that the least | possible delay be incurred. Lemly added: “‘Al- | though, as apeared from their conversation, | Commodore Schley, though assured by Captain | Chester, was troubled over the coal problem, | demonstrating that at the very outset he was borrowing trouble.' Referring to the McCalla signals, he safd it was clear that the Marblehead had not ar- rived at Key West when the flying squadron seiled, 07 {herefore that these signals could not have been communicated to Commodore loy there. There is l'ttle doubt, however,” he said, that if the c(ymrcdore had, upon meeting the Marblehead, ditected Commiander McCalla to report cn beand the flagship he-would have | been fully ‘informed as to the signals, notwith- standing the commander's declared purpose to preserve them with as much secrecy as prac- tieable for the protection of the Insurgents themselves. But was it not incumbent upon the commander himself to make an effort him- selt, instead of relying solely upon the efforts of_others? The fact, however, is clear, that the appli- cant di recelve a copy of the McCalla mem- orandum_ on the morning of May 23; and at Captair. McCalla's caution the signals which he aid not wish to rluce in writing were ot em- bodled in this memorandum.’* % full as te the coal fupply and the log books of tha vessels do not record bad condition of weather, hut on the contrary. The arrival of the Adula was purely accidental and little strees should be laid upon the assumption that the vessel was peimitted by the Spanish au- thorities to return with information as to whether the Spanish squadron was in the har- bor, and this in view of the fact that a hos- tile fleet we¢ outside, ““The episcde of the dove sent out from the ark was not repeated with succese,” he said. The judge advocate said the evidence was'| 5 ERY OF SCHLEY Declares, However, the Commodore Did Not Obzy the Orders of His Commander —t A e e cunesess FOR SCI'LE)’. SCHLEY TAKE) 4 WALK ABOUT THE COURT RoON: 8 | Concerning the voyage from Clenfuegos, Cap- | tain Lemly sata: ““The commodore’s orders directed that he proceed with all dispatch, cautlously, to San- tago. He certainly proceeded slowly. But ‘cautiously’ did not weaken the force of the words.”" ’ The great military necessity at this time was to find and check the enemy's fleet. Cau- tion was needed lest it might pass unde- tected " to Clenfuegos, or lest it might be stumbled upon without preparation if neither carried lights. The greatest caution was de- manded. Finally the flying squadron did not leave with dispatch nor with caution, as shown by the fact with regard to the latter condi- tion, that he was using the Ardois signals for hours after getting under way. It would ap- po.r that there was little to prevent its d rarture for the eastward from being diseo ered and in due course communicatdd to Ban- tiago. He admitted that the weather on the voyage was bad for the smcller boats, par- ticularly the Eagle, and sald that the speed of the squadron was slowed in order that they n:ight keep up. He continued, however, say- ing that if that vessel was to be sent away she should -have been so sent at the:time when she was causing the delay and not when the voyage was practically completed and the weather fmproved. In this connection he sug- gested that all the slower vessels, in view of the urgency of the situation, might have been assigned a rendezvous, to be joined later by the light vessels. “If a drummer boy stubs his toe,” he asked, “dods the army halt?’ Having brought the squadron to the southward of Santiago on May 28, the judge advocate took up the coal- ing_ question,” quoting the testimony of Lieu- tenant Dyson on the question of the coal sup- ply In some detail. Then he considered the retrogade movement. This step had been un- dertaken without sufficient consideration of the conditions at the harbor of Santlago. leav- ing the mouth of the harbor inwatched, and Cervera free to escape, With a possibility of his making a descent upon our coast—the moral, to say nothing of the material effect, of which it is impossible to overestimate.’ Criticizes Pilot Nunez. Continuing in this connection. he said: ‘It matters not what Captain Sigsbee. or Pllot Nunez told Commodore Schley. If Nunez had displayed no greater acumen than when before this court, this information he supplied should be regarded with very little weight.' T believe the captain never sald the Spanish fleet was not there, and the commodore alone was re- sponsible for the retrogade movement. It was his duty to pscertain whether the Spanish chips were in the harbor, an obligation which no negative information of Captain Sigsbes could remove. And it is inconceivable that a positive statement as to the contents of a harbor of the wel-known curvature of San- tiago could have been made by Sigsbee.'" The details of the retrogade movement were rehearsed, as were those concerning the deliv- ery of dispatches by. the Harvard and the prof- fers of Lieutenant Beale to go ashore and communicate with the Cuban _insurgents. Captain Lemly contended that the dispateh conveylng_positive information of the pres- ence of the Spaniards must have been deliv- ered to Commodore Schley, notwithstanding his denial, but he said it was remarkable that Captain Cotton should not have communicated its_contents to the commodore. .. 'y Here he quoted In full Commodgfe Schiey's “Cannot obey dispatch of May 27, and com- mented upon it, saying: o ““Whether the department’s instructions defl- nitely directed, in positive terms, that the squadron remain off Santlago, or whether its desire that this shou!d be dome,” was simply ndicated, appears to me under all the cir. cumstances be immaterial. Disobedience of orders may be an imperative and glorious duty, but if it be not justified it cannot be condoned by terming it an error of judgmont. This was not an error of judgment, but an error of -conduct.” - Colon Not Destroyed. Bringing the squadron back to Santiago, the | judge advocate said that nothing was done toward attacking the enemy until May 31, when the reconnofssance or ‘bombardment was made, the total time of all firing then being seven minutes and forty-five seconds. > “The Colon was not destroyed ordisabled; and, with the possible exception of one shot, all ‘fell short, only three vessels of the force available were employed in this affair. It has been claimed that the effects of this affair of May 31 was to develop the enemy's batterles, and that this was accomplished there is, how- ever, a great deal of doubt, in view of the varying signals and stitements made by the commodore, both before and after the action, as to what was the real obfect, whether a r connolssance or an attempt to destroy the Co- lon. The defense to the faflure, to go in close on May 31 by rleldl.lll at this time the cau- tiol _order of April § does not appear to be sufficfent, even If the odore was ac- qual ‘with its contents. The order modifies X3 CHIEFS Oi:‘ THE OPPOSING COUNSEL DURING THE PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE AT THE SCHLEY INQUIRY AND SOME INTEREST- ING SCENES AT THE HISTORIC NAVAL COURT JUST CLOSED. 5 itself and from first to last clearly Indicates that our fleet was to be kept for the Spanish ships and that the destruction of the latter was its_paramount mission.’" Coming to the battle of July 3, Captain Lemly said: - I have never doubted, and the evidence ad- duced confirm my view in this respect, that the Brooklyn, as a ship, did conspicuous duty in this battle. On the other hand, I submit that the evidence shows that it was a captain’s fight, and, without disparagement of Commo- dore Schley’'s personal conduct on that occa- sion. that there was no such concerted action of the vessels engaged as to Indicate their con- trol by any one person. All evidently strove to | do their utmost and thus was accomplished one of the grandest naval victories ever won. Of course, the vessels stood in toward the harbor entrance when it was discovered the enemy's vessels were making a sortie. Such was their natural and proper course under such circum- stanog. In lke manner, when the Spanish fleet 8tood to the westward, it was the duty of our vessels to follow, whether or not the signal ‘Follow flagship’ was made.” Brooklyn’s Famous-Turn. Discussing the Brooklyn's loop Captain, Lerly expressed the opinion, based upon evidence, | that in tarning to starboard when all the other | American vessels turned to port the Brooklyn endangered not only the Texas, but ether ves- sels as well. It was, he said, clearly estab- lished that the Texas stopped and that she re- versed one or both of her engines. The respon- sibility for this movement, hd argued, rested entirely upon Commodore Schiey and it could nat be delegated to any one by him as a squad- ron commander. “‘Captain Cook’s evidence on this point seems as a whole,” he sald, *‘to indicate that ke con. sidered himself In a naval duel, and initiated the turn to starboard without 0 much as ask- ing the commodore, within @ few feet of him, whether he‘ approved a_step thet involved squadron tovements. This confirms the im. pression upon which I have already enlarged that the battle of Santiago was a captain's fight. At best the loop was a tremendous risk, and, I submit, without adequate justification. Whatever the distance the Brooklyn ran in making this turn he contended that she did turn around, instead of toward the enemy. “It would' seem,” he said, “‘that she should have made the other course, if not for the pur- pose of placing herself nearer Cervera's ships, at least In order to escape any possibility of endangering or_delaying the other vessels of our squadron. For, had she been more imper- iled ‘individually by starboarding her helm. no injury to her from the ememy could have equaied the dire results of the ships virtually committinz suicide. “‘And think of the effect pon the enemy of a turn 'with a starboard helm, which appears to have been disregarded. Taking the distance at the time the turn was hegun at the lowest figure given, say 1000 yards, the Brooklyn would not have run the entire tactical dlameter to- ward the enemy if she had turned to port, par- ticularly it she had backed the port engine in turning."” Commodore and the Texas. After discussing briefly the Hodgson incident and Commodore Schley's alleged remark, “Damn the Texas,”” which he sald he did ot consider a very grave matter, Captain Lemly closed his speech and the entire argument of the case with the following words: “From my knowledge of the man, having served under his command on two' crulsers, I have never believed, nor do I claim from the evidence that personal misconduct or. to ecall a spade & spade, cowardice was exhibited by Commodore Schley In any part of his career as commander in chief of the fying squadron. But 1 submit with vegret that in the passage from Key West to Clenfuegos, while at the lat ter port en route to the southward of Santlago, without settled destination in the retrograde movement. in the return to the vielnity of San- tiago, and in the affair of May 31, the com- modore exhibited unsteadiness in purpose and In push and failure to obey orders. The char- acterization_of this conduct is, however, for the court. T trust that I may be pardoned if 1 remind vou, gentlemen, that the first impor- tance of the matters before you is not as they relate”to any Individual, but as they concern the paval service. It is for you to lay down 3 sanderd of confuct, to be fgllowed In fu- ture; a standard such as that set by our great naval commanders like Paul Jones, Decatur, Perry, Farragut, the Porters and others. A sense of propriety forbids my mentioning the living.” : With the conclusion of Captaln Lemly's re. ‘marks the court at 3:45 p. m. adjourned with the intention of holding no more public ses- sions. REVIEW OF THE SCHLEY CASE Acts of the Admiral Are Justified by the: Testimony Introduced. The Schley inquiry Is practically over, as| Get }t. You'll mot regret it "~ FRIGRTENED! "My nerves are all unstrung” is the ive way in which a woman is apt to describe a condition of extreme nervousness. The figurative expression “unstrung” may be unscientific but it pathetically suggests the grand harp of the nervous system, strung and keyed for harmonies by its Maker, now become 80 unstrug that it gives out nothing but jarring discords. Nervous people rarely receive the sympathy which is their due. The dropping of a book which causes the nervous woman to start, or the slam- ming of a door which causes her to scream, are sounds which do not jar the Be2) NNUANNNANNNNNN nerves of a healthy person. 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Pierce, g:?}‘ealo N. Y. far as its stated purposes are concerned. The facts have been brought to light The case is now with the court, and in due time its finding will be formally and officially | rendered. Confident In the capacity, intelligence and uprightness of the three experienced, war-tried veterans who compose that court, and follow- ing the details of the testimony as it has becn ehcited from day to day, 98 per cent of the people of these United States and 9 per cent | of the reputable press of the country have already discounted the verdict. Schiey to-day stands on a higher pedestal | of public favor and admiration than he ever | could have hoped to do without the ordeal o which he has been subjected. Verily persecution brings its rewards. | He is to-day the most thoroughly vindicated man that ever faced a military or naval court. As his thundering guns shook the echoes of the overlooking Cuban shores and hurled dis- aster and death upon the most trusted s of the proud Spaniards’ power in the West, even so surely did the frresistible force of the truth, for the first time fully unfolded, carry discomfiture and defeat to the combination that has sought to rob him of his well-earned laurels and degrade him in the eyes of his country- men. Insult to His Career. From under the cloud of doubt and discredit engendered primarily by a most unmanly and unprofessional jealousy, and then intensified by a systematic and persistent course of m: licious _impugning of character and mot suppression of facts and fabrication of word and incident, by which it has been sought to dim ‘he crowning glory of his long and hon- orable career, Schley's fame to-day stands forth in clearer figure and more resplendent than before. the bright light of truth and pub- licity shining full upon it. And with it come forth the names of the brave and loval Cook/of the Brooklyn, Schley's flag captain, the noble and gallant Clark of the Oregon and the other officers and the crews of the two ships that made the victory so c plete that there was ‘‘enough glory for al’ names which, from the modesty of the owners on the one hand and the obscuration incident to official reports made by a non-participant in_and non-observer of. the fighting on the other, have been allowed to lack much of the honor and luster now proved to be their just right and due. Others, too, have finally met just recognition of service and deed. loyally and bravely per- formed throughout the campaign. “A Sailor’s Log Book.” And yet others—shame that it must be sald— who had enecircled themselves, or been invested by- official_partiality with an undue share of the glory that was “‘enough for all,” are stand- ing ip the.same full light, but naked of the falr renown that for stable enduring needs not resort to self-inscribed panegyrles of ““A Sail- or's Log Book™ or the clamorous claquerings of§a clique of bureaucratic conspirators, who to_rise themselves must degrade others. The *‘fin de siecle’ falsifier Maclay, the di- rect cause of Schley's request for the court of inquiry, like his more Worthy prototype, Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, which by kicking over & lamp started the Chicago fire, has been entirely lost to sight In the magnitude of the comsequences of maliclous lying affronts to history. Nobody knows _whatever became of Mrs. O'Leary's cow. Maclay will have company In the in- nocuious oblivion to which he and his histories bave been relegated by the results of the in- iry. Y% Wwas very generously conceded at the start that & naval Hpttle had been fought off San- and that the Spanish fleet tlago July 3, 1 had been utterly destroyed by the Americans, and it was abundantly and decisively proved that the destruction was wrought and the vie- tory won almost entirely by the Brooklyn and the Oregon: that Schley in the former vessel led In the fight and In the pursuit of the e: caping Spaniards. and that his directing i nals were recognized and obeved by those cloge enough In the fght fo see them: abundantly and decisively proved that his vessel, th Brooklyn, for the space of some twenty min- utes. at close range and sinele-handed, en- roged the three leadine Snanish ships ‘when the Oregon.’rushing past the fowa and Texas with a *peed that made them seem to stand still in the wrter. came to her relief and with her finished the flaht. ““God_bless the Orewon saw her coming with the @ el @ oancke Rye, Honey and Horehound. . but it was not caitift’” of the traducer Maclay's conjuration; it was the grateful recognition of the brave and prudent commander, who, maintaining his advanced and all-important position and fight- ing three times his own strength, welcomed the assistance of the mighty ship which made vietory certain with a minimum loss to his own side. It was abundantly proved that 70 per cent of the hits made by the Spaniards struck the Brooklyn and at the same time she inflicted far greater damage to them than all the Amer- ican ships together except the Oregon. Allow- ing her her pro rata of hits from the S-inch and ¢-pounder shells which were thrown by other vessels also, she has full™ credit for eighteen hits with 5-inch shells, which she alone carried, four of which struck the Teresa, six the Oquéndo, five the Viscaya and three the Colon, which with three pounders Were all the atrikee made on the latter vessel ‘Three hours and three-quarters of flerce fight- the cry of the “‘craven and ing, “‘the Oregon and Brooklyn were sheets of flame.”” And how bore Schley himself? “En. thusiastically brave and patriotic,” says the gallant Cook, who was at his side throughout the fight. The evidence adduced before the court Ras made clear the significance of many things not before generally known or well understood. A few of these may be briefly noticed. Appearance of Sampson. The echio of the lee gun fired by the Colon in token of surrender had long died away be- fcre the funrels of the New York bearing the belated commander in chief appeared above the eastern horizon. With him came a quench to the exuberant foy natural to the winmers in such a race. is first step was to intercept the Brook- Iyn's boat, which had already boarded the prize, and was returning to report to Schiey and to take the further dispositions into his own hands. Next to remove Schiey and Clark from the scene of thelr triumph by sending the Erooklyn and Oregon In search of a Spanish vessel reported to be approaching the mouth of Santiago harbor, snd this when a signal to the Iowa, Indlana and Texas, many miles pearer to the suspect, would have given them a lead of an hour in the work. Then came the handing back his report of the battle to Schley on the ground that “an important fact'" had been omitted. “The pres- ence of the New York™ was not mentioned. Sampson had been jumped several numbers over the heads of Schley and other deserving officers to make him the commander in chief. Yet Schley’s first act on joining him with the flying squadron at Key West, atter saluting his flag. was to hasten aboard the flagship, pay his respects and assure Sampson of his loyalty and ready co-operation in all his plans. The killing contrast between the magnanim: ity of the one officer and the small-mindedness of the other must have struck the court gose oreibly. Detrimental Testimony. If there was any failure to gather and bring out every item of testimony detrimental to Schley it was not the fault of the Navy De- partment. A good part of its personnel and all of its resources were devoted to that end. Secretary Long had already long before al- lowed himself to be involved by Crowninshield in devious ways for glorifying Sampson and de- grading Schley: had written an officfal lette= to the Senate fo that end and was bound to Justify himself in the premises. By his sanction and under the divection of Crowninshield emissaries were sent to every navy-yard and to every vessel in the service to search out and sound those who had any knowi- edge of facts bearing on the case. . ce Ward, a protege of Crowninshield's and an attache of the Bureau of Navigation, and the petticoated powers that work behind its scenes, was detached therefrom and sent to the Boston navy-yard to report to Admiral Samp- son, there in command. He had earned promotion and questionable fame by acting as a spy during the Spanish War, and to him was entrusted the work of “canvassing for lfars,” as it has been fermed by an Eastern writer. Supplied with a torpedo boat, he raked the Atlantic coast as with a fine tooth comb amd Qquistly herded his findings, until the time came 10. turn them loose in the court of inquiry, Little Credit to Them. The scratching of heads that followed the discomfiture of his schooled liar, Claytom, by Assistant Engineer Hunly, whose testimon; Continued on Page Nine.