The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
SCHLEY IN WASHINGTON
CROWDS THRONGED THE DEPOT ON
 HIS ARRITAL THERE.

They Cheered Lustily and Elboved for
 n HandshnI c Police Make n Way for
 the Admiral With Escorted
 to Hotel by Cyclists Greeted by Me-
 Kinley and Thanked for His Part Ina
 Battle of July 3.
 Washington, Aug. 26.-Rear Admiral Winfield s. Schley reached Washington at 4:1O o'clock this afternoon over the Pennsylvania railroad. He was quickly noticed at most of the stations along \ the line, and throughout the trip he was greeted with cheering crowds. When the train pulled into the depot here he found a compact mass of spec tators which filled the depot and over flowed out into the train-shed. The ad- miral and Mrs. Schley when they ap- peared were greeted with cheers and shouts of "Hurrah for Schley!" Every body joined in the shouting, and the depot attaches crowded about the ad- miral and insisted on @ handshake. At the gates the crowd increased and amid deafening cheers the admiral and his wife, the former with hat off, passed through two solid lines of people. A lieutenant and squad of police with diff f1culty cleared a passageway to cab which was in waiting. Through a mass of vehicles that had been drawn up by curious drivers the hanson pull ed into Pennsylvania avenue and pro- ceeded directly to the Shoreham hotel There were groups of cheerers all the way and a cavalcade of cyclists formed voluntary escort.
 The admiral stayed only few min utes at the hotel and then drove over to the navy department, where, with out any preliminaries, he reported to Acting Secretary Allen. The latter &C., companied him over to the White house, reaching there at 4:50. The president gave him a most cordial reception. The president thanked the admiral, as he had Admiral Sampson, for the success of that memorable engagement of July 3, and took occasion to say that it was that battle which brought about the surrender of Santiago
 The president then entered into dis cussion of the work of the Porto Rican commission to which the admiral has been appointed. He went over with him the general instructions which will guide the body in arranging for the evacuation of the Spanish forces from the island and other work. During most of the conference, which lasted about an hour, Assistant Secretary of State Moore was present. On leaving the president the admiral drove to his ho- tel.
 Many of the friends of the admiral and Mrs. Schley learned of their pres ence at the hotel and called during the evening. Although considerably better, he is not yet well, and he said tonight that he expected to leave here to-mor- row to visit relatives in Maryland, which probably will consume several days, after which he will go to Connec- ticut to remain until about time to start for Porto Rico. Some ship other than the Brooklyn, he said, would be select ed for this purpose as the flagship was about to undergo repairs. The admiral during the evening talked briefly of some of the principal incidents of the fight which led to the destruction of Cervera's squadron, and some other pertinent matters of interest at this time, new features of which, he said, were recurring to him as time passed by. He said:
 Tt is my opinion that the Spanish admiral might have escaped with pos- sibly 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 to the 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 compell- ed us to separate our fleet and some of Cervera's ships might have been able to have reached Havana"