The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27
OVATION TO scHLEY.
Washington Crowds Greeted the Adj
miral With Cheers.

Washington, Aug. 26-Rear Admiral
| Winfield S. Schley reached Washington
| at 4l0 this afternoon over the Pennsyl-
vania road He was quickly noticed at al
l most all of the station along the line,
and throughout the trip was greeted with
cheers by the crowds. When the train
| pulled into the depot here he found a
/ compact mass of spectators which hlled
| the depot and overfowed out into the
| train-shed. The admiral and Mrs. Schley,
when they appeared, were greeted with
| cheers and shouts OF 'Hurrah for
! SchIey5s" Everybody joined in the shout
! ing and the depot attaches crowded about
! the admiral and insisted on hand
| shake.
/ At the gates the crowd increased and,
/ amid deaIe1ing cheers, the ADMIRAL and
| his wife, the former with his hat off,
| passed through two solid lines of people.
A lieutenant and squad OF police with
difficulty cleared a passageway to the
! carriage which was in waiting. Through
mass of vehicles that had been drawn
up by curious drivers, the hanson pulled
! into Pennsylvania avenue and proceeded
directly to the Shoreham hotel. There
were groups of cheerers all the way and
a cavalcade of cyclists formed a volun-
The admiral stayed only few minutes
at the hotel and then drove over to the
navy department, where, without any
preliminary, he reported directly to Act
ing Secretary Allen. The latter fccompa-
MED him over to the White House.
The president gave him a most cordial
reception. The president thanked the ad-
miral, as he had Admiral Sampson, for
the success of that memorable engage
ment of July g. and took occasion to say
that it was that battle which brought
about the surrender OF Santiago. The
president thanked him on behalf of him
self and the nation for his brilliant SER
vices on that day, and asked him to de-
scribe the battle, which the admiral did
at length.
The president then entered into dis
cussion of the work of the Porto Rscan
commission, to which the admiral has
been appointed. He went over, with him,
the general instructions which will guide
that body in arranging for the evacuation
of the Spanish from the island, and other
work. During most of the conference,
which occupied about an hour, Assistant
On leaving the president, Admiral
Schley drove to his hotel. He said his
health had improved greatly.
Many of the friends of Admiral and
Mrs. Schley learned of their presence at
the hotel and called during the evening.
Although considerably better he is not
well. and said tonight he expected to
leave here tomorrow to visit relatives in
Maryland, which will probably consume
several days, after which he will go TO
Connecticut, 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 Ger
vera s squadron. He said:
1T is my opinion that the Spanish adj
miral might have escaped with possibly
one or two of his ships had he adopted
different tactics in coming out of the har-
Dor. 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 his vessels. Such a course natur-
ally would have compelled US to separate
our fleet. and some OF Cerveras ships
might have been able to have reached Ha-
Vdna.