New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-13

nothing can be done until he replies to the ques-
lions which viii be asked but the powers that De
may stir UP a hornets nest II they crowd MN 'oo
far for the people who pay the bills are win him'
ana they not bound as we are Dy regulations
which prevent free speech
Another officer in speaking OF the case sdiu'
IL see that some are advising Admiral Meace TO
deny the interview and escape under techhicah'y'
He can not deny H. There Is fami!lar TING J."
every word and the officers who knew MN oe-
tected it In n moment.
Captain j. Churchill and Or. Parker OF the Eng
lsh navy. are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel "heh
asked yesterday about Admiral Meades case they
did not care TO talk. DR.. Parker. however SAD:
We have been in Bermuda for three years and
nov gre on our way back TO Engana we sa pn
Meade's case. and it seems tnat ne mas got MIN
Commodore French r. Chadwick. chief OF the
Bureau Of Equipment. when asked as tor, IN
10 have said that ii deDondo1 entirely upon whether
the Department followed the course pursued III
similar cases in Englanc the English naval "u a.
thoritles." he said. never pay any attention 10
newspapcr articles or lneryiews with naval dr gr
Pubiishei in the newspapers Aulntar
Meade had made his ATTACK AGAINST MS superior DEL
officers in The % Of 6t9ae o heTe Would Sp
be nothing for the Secretary to do but to order
his court martial"
MEADEs BRILLIANT RECORD.
Eoar-Admiral Richard W. Meade nov standing
number four on tho lst is the youngest OF officers
York City October g. 1897. and appointed mid
shipman from California October ., 1850. so that
he has been forty-four years in the naval
service His record is remarkable for hard ser
wee He was present at the celebrated hHs o re
ccved his warrant master in ls0S ana ms coi,i-
ISL he was prosTaied IN With
fever. In the next year he joined the Nor1n a.
Vice. In the same year he received his commits
son as Lieutenant commander and his FIRST com an
ma nd of he
tilla. employed ia breaking up guerilla warfare on
Re for wnoa he Ta S DaHn bn
TALON during the celebrated July RIOTS in New-iork
being stationed IN the lower part OF the city from
For a remarkable engagement while in command
he was rot only commended by his immediate SUI
perior. but was publicly thanked in official orders
motion by the Board of Admirals for gallant CON
the seventy men Of the Marbehead's crew, he re.
pulsed an attack by a vastly superior force OF
to drive General diilmorcs forces GU; of stone IN
let. Although the Marblehead was struck thirty
their batteries. Commanding, the Chocura. in the
ade-runners in the fan of 1854 and few months
later eanea official thanks by crttng our OF the
greatly superior force the blockade-runner Del
AS a commander in 1870 he made comprehensive
report on the gun factories OF the country. and in
America in the famous race with the British yacht
Cambria From 1871 to 1873 he commanded the Mar
ragansett and made OF the most remarkable
cruises on record. sailing under about 10000
miles, visiting all parts of the Pacific Ocean.
veying harbors and islands. for which he was
officially commended by the Secretary OF the Navy.
He received his commission as captain in 1850.
and on reinouishirC the command OF the Van
daa his admiral reported TO the department that
as commanding officer he has superior" After
service on number OF boards he took command
OF the Washington Navy Yard in 1851 ana trans
formed that yard into the great naval ordnance
shop II is at present. He a member % the
Government Board at the Worlds Fair. and that
novel craft. The Brick Ship" his own de
sign He became commodore in 1922 and his
present commission Rear a iniral bears date
OF September = 1884, HIS principal service since
that date has been in command Of the North
Atlantic SquaC~on IN is cruise Of evolution through
West Indian and CUR waters.