The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-27

| ,rn The navy 81 SPAN
~ A 49, ts,s American navy
~srh hostile istsEt. ssi~re
. vocss IL found aD9asfi u
H rse ssa4's tsgat.fag Hsf1siAs.1S
~ xot few n1en wso are "a
i -. grin resiltr u xsr feis
ra.sg war haye rot ysg pass
L = - haze TREY rsass1ed an age
q e.nnos render new AID s3ieFa-
u ;Fefr counssy on the seas4-
] - -. nsu vile now osecspS hsgsl
!" - axvy we're youngsters 81 ISL
- 's.r~1~s.s OF deeds Of daring 8sy
ysnx sas time rsss ~iiea ia-.S h.tssa
s.s~u sr,tse aife. bat en-" f.gatlas
..ss' srx.rsee through their veins. and
~. earabie as sser q s. display q
1.tyaI slcard, who Is IN COM
=. No-ta atiantle Squadron ara
- fhvx be conspicuous At tae
U - 81 i var ~lth Spain. WAS
-, 81 ISL when SgIntsr was fred
-. four years sc was &c aee AZ
- As al afnbtloss yos.ng OF
- ssh. tie helped IN the bo'ss~
s. -. passage % Ports JaeAsesil
p.<sr ard cbalmetfe batteries. ia
ef The Vieksburg batteries.
engagement With the caafeder-
g..sansas !rs July. 'ss2. Later he
Axt. i, the Two attacks on Fort
Nss neeemker. isss, Ia the naval
aer.uIt on Fort Fisher. January
- - ne bosnl,ardment OF Fort An
a'ses tf.., war S!oard has not had
5000 sareer. but he Is one OF the
sseo1rs OF the navy. and In time OF
Il ~ be depended upon TO render
Al account OF himself as thirty
Enaeid Scott schiey 10 a veteran
rsca.d n actual warfare. but
4 -. e.l,ant conduct during sha
hsfveen tho states has beea
.so~M BY his brilliant achieve
isrt Like Capt. Sigsbee. the
bormandfr Of the iil-faser Maine.
~ -. iaurels in time OF peace. He
usr vIard birth. and was just grad
4 I'm Annapolis when the war
n,,s He Was engaged In several
/ ,,c, Nth field batteries IN the Mis-
q, rsysr. ard during the engage
ATie,dIsg I'D 20 the capture Of Port
49, Il IsG. he waa In a number OF
s.hes one ;ryss1g bit OF service that
Xared vas cutting out. under heavy
ksN srhooners engaged In Furnishing
es 10 the enemy.
~ ~as an officer In the bureau Of
Mt 1t Washington IN 1881, when
rsme that I..eut. Greeiy and his
sre perphing In the polar regions.
~ vss chosen 10 command the ex-
ss far their relief. II was as peril
astaa as csaid have been given i'm
~af. and Commander Schley bore
tfayeiy aud acuIeved a shining
He rescued Lieut.. Greedy and
8,ryisors al Cape Sabine Had he
"a Il hours all would have died.
T. sfs,kssm snt placed Schley In the
AYessc heroes lie was put AT the
bs,m bureau Of equipment. and left
'tlar only TO take Command Of the
ii Bakimore, where a combination
N,imsBrses gave him an opportunity
By farfher distinction. lie was IN
4 kfbor Of Valparaiso during the Chill
twnIuiion. when feeling against
sss ran high. and In fight on
0ctohe- Il. 1891. between Chilean
Aynsriean sailors one Yankee blue
3Agas killed ard five others were
{Hsatsrs. Commander Schiey bore
through the trying times which
n with o GOODNESS and seh -posses-
lssrh won for him the admiration OF
d hmsry. He displayed qualities which
AZ hin as type OF tire thorough
smsfican sailor Should there be
ween the United States and Spain.
would have a command when
S9iys him ample opportunity for
!. nnaneuvers and daring deeds.
head OF the flying squadron he
NNei become the most picturesque
rcinating figure Of the war.
Schiey was displaying SO much
txmens and bravery In the harhor