The herald., 1898-08-27
SCHLfY AT TIE CAPITAL
DoFrs HIs HAT TO CHEERING
THOUSANDS
He IS, THANKED BY M'kINLEY
For His Brilliant Services at the
Memorable Battle Fought OF
Santiago de Cuba


Associated Press Special Wire
WASHINGTON, August 26.-Rear Ad-
miral Winfield s. Schley reached Washing
ton this afternoon over the Pennsylvania
railroad. He was quickly noticed at al
most all of the stations along the line. and
throughout the trip was greeted by cheer
ing crowds. When the train pulled into
the depot here he found a compact mass of
spectators which filled the depot and over
flowed out into the train shed. The ad-
miral and.Mrs Schley, when they appeared,
were greeted with cheers and shouts of
'Hurrah for Schley" Everybody Joined
in the shouting, and the depot attaches
crowded about the admiral and insisted on
a handshake. At the gates the crowd in
creased, and amid deafening cheers the ad-
miral and his wife, the former with his hat
on, passed through two solid lines Of peo-
pie A lieutenant and squad of police with
difficulty cleared passageway to the car
riage which was In waiting. Through a
mass of vehicles that had been drawn up
by curious drivers, the hanson pulled into
Pennsylvania avenue and proceeded directly
to the Shoreham hotel. where were groups
of cheerers all the way and a cavalcade OF
enthusiasts fromed voluntary escort.
The admiral staid only few minutes at
the hotel and then drove over to the navy
department, where. without any prelimi-
naries he reported directly to Acting Secre-
tary Allen. The latter accompanied him
over to the White House, reaching there at
4:50
The president gave him most cordial re-
ception. He thanked the admiral as he
had Admiral Sampson. for the success Of
that szne inofable engagement of July 8, and
took occasion to say that it was that battle
which brought about the surrender of San
tiago. The president thanked him on be-
half Of himself and the nation for his brill
liant services on that day, and asked him
to describe the battle, which the admiral
did at length.
The president then entered into a discus
sion Of the work of the Poro Rican COM
mission to which the admiral has been ap-
pointed. He went over with him the gen.
eral instructions which will guide that body
In arranging for the evacuation Of the
island by the Spanish and other work
During most of the conference, which &C.
cupied about an hour Assistant Secretary
of State Moore was present. On leaving
the president Admiral Schley drove to his
greatly. He will have another conference
with Acting Secretary of the Navy Allen
tomorrow morning, and probably early in
the afternoon will leave for New York.
Many of the friends of Admiral and Mrs.
6chley learned of their presence at the no.
tel and called during the evening. AL
though considerably better, he is not we'll,
and said tonight that he expected to leave
here tomorrow to visit relatives in Mary
land, which probably will consume several
days, after which he will go on to Connect
cut to remain until about to start for Porto
Rico.
The admiral during the evening talked
briefly of some of the incidents of the fight
which led to the destruction of Cervera's
squadron. He said:
at is my opinion that the Spanish ad-
miral might have escaped with possibly one
or two of his ships had he adopted different
tactics in coming out of the harbor. Had
he diverted the course of his ships, sending
some of them east and others to the west,
It Is my belief that he might have escaped
with one, or possibly two, of the vessels
Such a course naturally would have COM
PEELED us to separate our fleet and some of
Cervera's ships might have been able to
reach Havana"