The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-24
Washington Special PHILADELPHIA prcs.
McGIENSs;X'S A1eEsr;Nr.
Ia" ArO"bie Caused by Hzahonc'>
Requests for Appointments.

Yes, said Rear Admiral Nichols. Actin
- ci'inIN q! the Navy, to ,lay. 10 lhc Irl,y cor,
respondent, " the department has been ofiic'alIv
n"'Iiicd "i the trouble bciwcrn Cnnlnu,ulr
Mny" ana Commander McGlcuScy q: the Nor
i"ih navy yard, resulting in ihc placing @. ;ti.
ittrr nm'cr arrest, and have received counter
cha'G"a from each. MAKO cHlyg,, Mra,I.nscv
Win ih>nh"r''lnItnn and dis)hcilicnccrt rt 1rc.r..
ana Hc'Ilrn,ey lays about Is grave charge
"EtinS' Mayo, and Il court Of inquiry has been
asked and Will he ordcrc,l
continuing, Admiral Nichols said tina, the
Only questions HE court would have ia cut.aider
""uiu he whether there had hcrn any violations
- naval discipline. ~ lar ;ts HE dcl,nitncn'
"a~ concerned the question ul polite, >,louil
NJ" enter into the examination. IL = !ae. :!ra:
uh' ruhiiShrd stH'omcnt of the affair h;li been
grossly exaggerated, and ihc Only ttlti,tul fact
published Was The suspension Of Mc(;l,ascy.
Concluding, he said
II IS diNasrccablc afail altogether but were
in charge OF the yard neither Mahunc nor any
other politician would be allowed TO use it for
r"liicai purposes 1t would be eHndUc,e1
strictly independent Of any OUTSIDE is,,iGs.'
Subsequently, the detail of the court Of in
curry was announced as follows: Commodore
DcCiat', President; Commodore TruAton. Cap
tam L. {. johnson and Lieutenant LrInlcL
Judge Advocate. The court will meet at The
Norfolk yard next Friday
EX-CongrcsS man Dezendorf, of Virginia, in
connection with the above, proposes, on The r.
turn of Secretary Chandler, 10 request a reopen
ing o! The investigation OF The political asp,'ciS ni
lhc case The former Investigation on that
point growing ou' Of charges preferred hy Doz-
endorl vas practical failure. To-day deem
dorf said
have now, however, better grounds to 9ro-
cced on than ever. That order in NInvo's wri,
ing, Instiucng McGlenscy to employ two col.
----i '~,ns" ~.:' - --.1: a. ~ OIL. :
suspended for refusing to surrender to Mayo is
the identical order to which / referred when |
asked for the late investigations The story e
this Malone wanted the colore,l men, Liitlcton
Green and one Jordan, The former Malone
striker III Princess Anne county and the latter
in Nanscmond county, placed on the yard pay
roll. THIS request was transferred 20 C0mmo-
dorc Mayo III letter from Commodore Earl
English. AT noon on the day the letter was re-
ccivcd, when tie officers of The yard were hold
ing little cabinet session, Mayo called Nc
GlcnsCy aside and showed him the letter and
wanted to know whether the request could he
granted without increasing the expenses of The
yard. McGlensey replied that it could not, ana
was 20 positive that Mayo exclaimed with anger,
what, sir, do you mean you won't do il -
McGlenscy replied that he did not, bnt if he was
ordered To do so he desired the order to be made
in writing. The written order was given bv
Mayo and the men appointed. The next morn
ing they were granted leave of absence with paw
on Mayos verbal order, and went ont canvass
ing Tor Malone in my district. They did no.
gel their pay, however, for the time they were
SO employed lstopped that part OF the business
just as quickly as ascertancd the facts and re-
ported them to the Navy Department. This is
my part OF the affair. The more recent develop
mcnts you arc fully acquainted with"