Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-28
THE NAVY SENSATION.
Affairs on the Enterprise Cause Much
Talk

WHAT OFFICERS HIRE sAY-ooMNoDoRR RAMSAY
OTHER orTIoRRs OF DIFFERENT OPINION.
The arrival OF the U.S.S. Enterprise in New
York and the sensational developments that
are expected to appear when the courts-mar =
hai OF Ensign Kline and Engineer Entwisle
take place were the topic of universal
discussion among naval officers today. Most
OF them expressed a strong belief in the truth
OF the statement about the condition Of affairs
on board the ship, some thought that "there
was something in it" and few denounced the
stories as baseless exaggerations and lies out
OF whole cloth.
But the prevailing opinion is that if the SEQ
rotary orders court OF inquiry. as he probably
Will, ne will discover Q state of things that de-
serves heroic treatment
ONE oFF1cER's VIEWS.
Said naval officer to STAR reporter: "You
see, the service is in bad odor just at present
and very justly 80. Here are the stories that
Keep coming from Europe in regard to the
troubles on the squadron Of evolution and
the ordering Of Commander Coughlan, and
this affair on the Enterprise and numerous
other little incidents that do not show a very
good state of affairs. Then. too, the memory
OF the Selfridge trial is little
too recent and fresh. The example set by the
Secretary OF War in ordering q court-martial to
try Lieut.. Steele for ill-treatng private will
undoubtedly have an effect upon the Secretary
OF the Navy. II he fails to do something now
there will be some feeling among people out
OF the service that the navy is in pretty rot
ten sort Of state"
WHAT COMMODORE RAMSAY SAYS.
Commodore Ramsay, chief Of the bureau OF
navigation, was very guarded in his utterances,
but he said he did not thirk it wise to believe
too much that newspaper said. "You know,
ship that sails away from here
has on board some one who
is a correspondent of paper-sometimes there
are several-and such. fellows are usually the
most irresponsible people. They tell one
sided stories and give out very incorrect i'm
pressions. We shall order a court-martial,
of course, in the cases of the two officers
now under arrest, whose cases were reported
to US by Capt McCalla before he left En-
gland. Such courts would have to be held
on board the ship at Brooklyn"
FROM PRIVATE LETTERS.
The first information respecting the state OF
affairs on the Enterprise was published in TIE
STAR and came from very responsible men,
from private letters sent to this country from
the ship, letters that were not written with any
idea of publication.
CAPT. M'CALLA FORGOT.
There is good deal Of amusement expressed
among the officers on duty here at the state
ment that came from New York this morning
to the effect that Capt. McCalla was at first
not allowed to land ut the Brooklyn navy
yard until he had gone back
down the harbor and taken off his ammunition
at Ellis Island, where be should, according to
the regulations, have deposited it as he came
up the bay. 1t is one of the first things a
ships commander begins to think. Of as he
sights the Hook, usually, but Capt. McCalla
seems to have sailed right along regardless OF
the custom and the rules