San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-05
LIEUT.. WHITE EXPLAINS.
He Did Not Prefer Charges Against
Captain Healey,


He Did Not Prefer Charges Against
Captain Healey.
New YORK, Dec. ga special to
local paper from Boston says |:
Lieut.. Chester M. White, OF the
revenue marine service, makes a
statement with regard to the
trouble on the cutter Bear, on the
Pacific station, and the charges
against Capt. Healy.
ain the first place." he said, al
did not prefer charges against
Capt. Healey and would not now
desire to say anything except in
praise Of him. l do not think that
the Captain had firmer friend in
the service than / have been and
still am. 1 left San Francisco on
account Of him, principally, be-
cause did not desire to testify at
any hearing that may be held on
the charges.
"The first charges were made by
Lieut.. Daniels and In them he al
legged drunkenness, tyranny and
abusive conduct on the cruise. /
have learned that Lieut.. Emery,
the senior lieutenant, made charges
based upon the Captains actions
at San Francisco. In neither case
did 1 have anything to do with
the charges. The two lieutenants
making them had been attached to
the Bear only a year. / have been
on the cutter on the Pacific station
four years. l was the navigating
officer and L was not transferred at
the end Of nv three years service,
but assigned again on the Bear on
special duty as navigating officer,
because Captain Healey wrote to
have me retained. left San Fran
cisco on November 10Th within "a
hours after the Bear got into port.
1 did not care to testify against
the captain and L supposed that
my evidence would be important
to the man who had made the
charges against the captain be-
cause 1 had been under him so
long and knew more about him
than they did.The only way l saw
out OF it was to resign from the SER
vice. had received an offer from a
large Chicago house to enter COM
mercial life and do business
for them in Alaska. / thought it a
good opportunity, and coming
at this time it made my decision
to resign on account of the charge
against Capt. Healey, more easily
arrived at. just before leaving
San Francisco, I telegraphed to
the department at Washington, re-
signing, and asking them to send
an acceptance to Chicago. Ordi-
narily, designations from the reve-
nue. service are accepted, and /
waited four days in Chicago to
hear about my request to be re-
lieved. Then / went to Washing
ton and saw Assistant Secretary
Hamlin and Capt. Shoemaker,
chief of the revenue marine divis.
ion. l talked with them about my
resignation, and they both tolo
me that on account OF the
charges which had been preferred
against Captain Healey aud mas
much as was the navigating Off
Ger Of the Bear, the department
did not wish to accept my resigna-
ton. then received orders to re.
port on the Dallas, stationed at
Boston, and obeyed them. Before
l left Washington L got leave of
absence until Decembe 6, at which
time l was to report on board the
Dallas. AS feel that an injunc-
tice has been done me in the state
ment that 1 preferred charges
against Captain Healey, and the
whole affair looks to me like an
attempt to force me out Of the SER
vice. will go on duty on board |
the Dallas December 6, but 1 sup
pose that in the course of a month |
[ shall be ordered back to San |
Francisco on account ofthe charges
pending against Captain Healey."