New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
aCcJDEyTS TO WAR VESSELS.
ALLEGED INJUSTICE TO THE NAVY-REM""N'
ASSISTANT SECRETARY MADoo.

,,rcrD txrrrsTICE TO THE NANf-hbM""H' "
ASSISTANT SECRETARY MADoo'
william McAcoo. Assistant Secretary OF the NaNy, ~
-, ,ho A.hermarle Hotel yesterday. lie mas Deei,
n,i,h Lord Chief Justice Russell ana MS pa' -. O.
Yesterday was busy making inquiry as u VINO .a
- rnussnent tvpically American could oe io
for Lord Russell and his friends MI -i0i1 CO.
visited I'm the afternoon by captain INoSe'' , a.
tain Evans Of the Navy. Thev ieh N'.o 49,
discussion of Navy affairs ana the suoJ',. " oi,o
roxas grounding Was referred to. Mr. McAuoo spun.
rather feelingly about the way some he"sP'ps'' nov
,aLe, ,cca zion TO attack the Department lot lhe HIS
hans that have occurred TO vessels. MT. McAu"o '
ferred to the Texas incident not 10 eNcu9 "
b.ame as he explained. but to set matters rK"''
without prejudgng the court when Is yet u W
.,,r h r.n,,ked "and not disparaging the mer-
chant marine or beittlng any one, VIII sa! ''"'
tho feet of warships Of the United states Navy i''
had fewer accidents and cleaner Dill OF rea" '. Ia
any similar set Of ships in the merchant marNne' "
Texas incident not as bad as soHie p'oP' 10
said The Texas was not. as reported uhder "ea'
way She was Just going to come TO ahchor' ',e'
,,r,b had heen selected and everything was READY
The engines were stopped and the Doa' was Sun
under her own momentum. 1hen. a. - t' '"'
when the anchor is about to be droppei anu ''e '''p
is still moving from her own momentum the s'k','
wos given TO reverse the engines. by some his'aNe
tho ongineer misunderstood the signal No one not
aar no himself knows how he did 1t, but ne thous"t
the signal was 10 90 ahead lie starteu me e'e'
and the boat forged ahead Before she was stopped
che noked her nose in the sand She was not injured
I'm, a hubbub has been raised about IT, There was
NOT possbly any need for court OF inquiry ""'
,ne ia 10 be held possibly to prevent some anonymous
writer from turning up in month or 80 anu sasi"s
that everv hand on board was drunk when the a"a'i
h,nnened The different vessels In the squadron nave
h.en doing IN the last three months what no member
NJ the merchant marine did These big Nesse.S draw"
ing more water than the most of the mercnan! ma ma
rne have been coming in ard oui OF hdrDor VIM"
"A pI.Ot. That Is an d'hl'N'n'"' ~ -" '
And" broke in Captain Evans the vessels VI ...e %
Norh Atlantic SQUADRON have been at sea more ia.
ud soon more actual sea service this summer ina"
any vessel of the big transatlantic lines. ,,,.o,
And" said NJ. McAdoo. 1t seems tna "n,riiie..ei
a little thing happens to one of the hcct II l. ~
unon too much. why. recently ferryDoaI: crosSlns
he North River met with accident me pio' :
ON those boats accustomed 10 conlns ~ az ,
ouf OF the sip that If the boat Iu-hcs mo ny
sln The Messengers are not alarmed, a. they nav {
conndence Tals boat dashed into the SLID ana .Vre
{, nm and killed a man. and shook the r"st up lhat
AID nor cause ls much comment in the papers as tne
Texas Incident. / simply say N all justice tnat i, ~
romuari.0n with any other set 81 Nrss's oi si'hlla
ch,rlrt.r our Navy stands forth In good shape
When an attempt was made 10 gel Mr' .HuVo =
refer To the political situation. he SAID No. FIJI
cannot tax about that . A ,.. OF, ans,
"Whaf's the use" asked Captain Evans. ~ any
on. wants 10 know all about the poltcal SITUATION
siI he has 10 do Is 10 come up Broadway. ndptalh
and 1t was until we reached t"rhty Inn -
that We saw A Bryan banner. ana then ~ ~onr ON,
Is for Mckinley banners. there was "hOle le''d'e
of fhetn-One every b.Ock