The morning news., 1891-08-27
TIE TWO ApMIRA1s.
rov tire Trouble Between Cherardi
and Walker Criginsted.

ana w W6ikSI SI1s
Nrw York, Aug. 2S.-The Times to-day
finishes the first authentic account of the
iisarences between Rear-Admiral Cher
a,di second ranking officer of the navy
and Acting Rear Admiral Walker, chief of
,ba squadron of evolution.
cberardi is an officer pure and simple,
4i,h only long record of duty well and
!.irbfulIy performed tehiad him. Walker
!. an officer and politician and a schemer
-i1b a pull" The rules of the navy have
hen violated to advance him and he has
hen allowed to insult his senior officer un~
rebuked. In. A.,
ma (Iherardi with his fleet was in the
iorbor of Port-au-Prince. the squadron of
avahItion entered and anchored. Walker
,on,Tletely ignored the fact that his senior
1f,icer vas in port. This, in the face Of
nayal regulations, which required him to
.;,nal the senior officer for permission to
arrhor. The regulations also required him
- renort at once on the flagship OF his supe-
r;or The next day Admiral Gherardi sig
roled the Younger man on board his flag
.b,n and sternly rebuksd him. He de-
landed of him his sailing orders, and
,mong other things said: II have
sxamined your orders. admiral. and
/ fail to find anything here which
Sxempts you from the duty Of asking
oarmission to anchor or which exempts
kmr flagship, sir, or any vessel in your
sonadron from obeying such evolutions as
NAV be ordered by this flagship; nor do l
find ANYTHING in these orders, admiral,
which permits your arriving in this port
and failing to report aboard the flagship of
q senior flag officer, all of which infrlnge-
ments of the regulations you have been
guilty Of. Consequently, Admiral Walker,
fsball expect you and every vessel in your
feet to OBEY all orders from this ship so long
as YOU remain within signal distance; any
failure to comply shall report to the navy
department as direct diso5edience of Or
ders' In the meantime | shall inform the
Secretary Of the Navy Of the above occur
rences."
The Young admiral was dumfounded, if
the language Of those in position to know
expresses it. He recognized that there was
only one thing to do--namely, get away
from Port-au- Prince without delay, ami
right then and there, in Admiral Cher
ardi's cabin, he asked permission to get up
anchor.
"You can fly the signal for permission to
get up anchor and will reply to it," was
the quiet reply. Admiral Walker with
drew ard Immediately repaired aboard his
flagship, where, before going below, he or
dered the permission signal TO be hoisted.
The signal was read by every officer in the
two fleets and in less than thirty seconds
they all read the reply: "You will remain
at anchor until further orders" and what
made it more aggravating. young officers
declared, was the fact that the signal re-
NAMED up tautalizingly long.
For thirty six hours Rear Admiral Cher
ard held Acting Rear Admiral Walker in
Port-au- Prince, and when finally the White
Squadron was allowed to sail mail
steamer carried to the United States full
ana official account of his conduct.
The Times has the following special from
Washington:
ut is not expected in navy circles here
that Rear Admiral Gherardi will be ousted
from command of the North Atlantic SO
long as he insists upon his right to serve out
his three years. when he will be retired on
account Of age. In this case popular senti-
ment, both in and outside the navy, is likely
to prove stronger than any political pull.
The fact that President Harrison and the
Secretary of the Navy have sought to in
duce Admiral Gherardi to consent 10
transfer before the expiration of his term
in order to crafty the ambition Of Acting
Admiral Walker has provoked great deal
Of adverse criticism, and the oustlng of
Admiral Gherardi without cause will be
regarded as a scandal in the service"