The record-union., 1895-05-15

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Anthony Case, coal-passer, was killed
outright. John Plant, fireman, was
frightfully burned.
There were about forty passengers,
who rushed for the Iife-preservers, bu,
they quickly became reassured.
The Unique lay on Lake ST. Clair until
2 o'clock this morning, when a tug took
| her in tow, and she reached Detroit at !
o'clock this morning.
REAR-ADNIRAL MEADE.
May be Court Martialed for His Utter
anceS Against the Administration.
WASHINGTON, May 14.-Rear-Admiral
Meade's severe structures upon the Ad-
ministration in an Interview are cOnsid-
cred here the most remarkable utter
ances that have come from q naval officer
Of high rank in years. They have in-
censed the President and Cabinet to such
an extent that the Admiral will be called
upon for an explanation, which, if not
satisfactory, will lead to a Court of In
quiry. and probably court-martial of
that officer for violation of the ar ticles OF
naval regulations, which expressly for
| bids just such remarks as Admiral NJ eade
is reported to have made.
! Secretary Herbert makes no attempt to
conceal his surprise that an officer OF Ad-
miral NJ eades standing should have been
SO indlscreet as to crlticise his superior
| officers and attack the Administration as
| he did.
| The interview referred to in the dis
patch was printed in the New York
/ Tribune. 1t is as follows:
Rear Admiral Meade was asked about
his retirement from The navy. He said:
| 1.-The hauling down of my flag means
| simply that | have been detached from
the North Atlantic squadron. The salute
is naval etiquette. L am detached from
| my squadron through my own request"
W hen he was asked why he had asked
to be retired, he said. bitterly: MY
| ideas are not in accordance with those OF
this Administration. | am just as much
disgusted with i. as the people at large in
| this country are, and l preferred to quit
rather than continue my connection with
| it,"
What were the cause in detail?" was
asked
In reply he said: "I am young man
yet. l have five years before me that |
might serve before retiring. In two
years | would be the ranking officer of
the navy. Thai is pretty desirable
position. We'll, l preferred to resign and
sever all connection with the navy, re-
nounce all right OF succession, and begin
anew rather than to continue in charge,
with ali L had To- contend with. That
ought to give you some inkling of the
| gravity of the cause"
Had the affair of Medical Surgeon
Kirchner, the fleet surgeon, anything to
do with your retremen.?" was asked
and be replied, NO"
Admiral Meade. when asked if be
would have any official connection with
| the court martial, said: mo; they NAV
call me as private citizen to testify, but
my relief from thraldom is close at hand,
aEd my interests are not bound up in
| this case to any extent. The imputation
has been made that am trying, through
this case, to make trouble between the
officers. That is all wrong. / have al
ways been as friendly to one side as an
| other.'
Admiral Meade gave last parting shot
at the Administration as he said: II am
Republican, and a nah who lives on
the ocean is apt TO imbibe patriotism and
loyalty. L find these articles at dis
count with the present regime l want
to be untrammeled, so [ can think and
speak as l like, and to that end L will doff
tue gold lace and don the habiliments OF
citizen. who, at least, has the preroga-
tive Of standing up for his country's
| honor.o
MEADE REFUSES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
| WASHINGTON, May 14.-Secretary Her.
bert to-day, in response to inquiries, die
| tated the following official statement con-
cerning Admiral Meade
AT the Navy Department to-day it was
| learned that the department has addressed
| a letter to Admiral Meade, stating that it
desired to know if lie was willing 10
thorized what purported to be an int er-
| view with him published in the New
| York Tribune. and that he mad replied
| ack cknowledglng the receipt of the letter
and declining to answer the questions.
Tho facts in relation TO the failure of
| the department to grant Admiral NJ eade's
| request TO have the Cincinnati ord cred TO
| the New York yard instead of the Nor
| folk yard are that This vessel was ordered
| to go to the Norfolk Navy Yard for re-
pairs. This was done on the recon-
! inendation OF the Chief Constructor, who
desired that the work, which is now scarce
at both yards, might be equally divided
| between the Norfolk and Brooklyn yards.
| Admiral Meade, who had selected the
! Cincinnati for his flagship during the
absence of the New York, was thereupon
! ordered to hoist his flag on that vessel upon
| her arrival at Norfolk, in the interim
hoisting his flag on the Minneapolis. He
afterward forwarded a second request to
the department to have the Cincinnati
OTt6ESQ 10 Now i OEk lUStcGt Oh 10 N or
folk. On the day when this latter re-
quest was received Secretary Herbert was
not in the department at any time, AS
sistant Secretary McAdoo being in
charge. He did not act on the request, as
he did not think it proper to take any
action in the matter until the Secretary's
return.
ION the next morning, when Secretary
Herbert came to this office, this letter
| having brought to his attention. he at
once summoned before him the chief
constructor, and after conferring with
him and Assistant Secretary McAdoo
! jointly, decided TO order the CINCINNATI
to New York, and at once ordered Ad-
miral Ramsey, who was present, td make
out orders TO intercept the ship at yiamp-
ton Roads and order her to New York.
He also directed orders to be made out
to Admiral Meade. notifying him of
this change. Tie orders both to tho
Admiral and to the ship were
written and ready to be signed,
when letter came OH the noon mail from
Admiral Meade, asking TO be detached
! from the squadron, which request the
Secretary granted"
This constitutes all the information
| that could be obtained, and leaves the in
ference that the action, If any is to be