Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-28
WARMLY RECEIVED IN THE CAPITAL.
The Naval Hero Of Santiago and His
Wife Driven to His Hotel Amid
Cheering Mass of Humanity.
Adm. schley Called on the President and
His Re toeption Was Most Cord.ai--V,sits
the Navy Department-The Future
Movements of the Admiral.


over the Pennsylvania railroad. He
was quickly noticed at most of the
stations along the line and throughou,
the trip he was greeted with cheering
crowds When the train lulled into
the depot here ne found com.
pact mass of spectators which
filled the depot and overhowed
out into the train shed. The
admiral and Mrs. Schley, when they
appeared were greeted with cheers OF
"Hurrah for Schley.' Everybody
joined in the shouting and the depot
attaches crowded about the admiral
and insisted on handshalie. At the
gates the crowd increased and amid
deafening cheers the admiral and his
wife. the former with her hat off.
| passed through two solid lines of peo-
| pie. lieutenant and squad of police.
with difficulty, cleared the passageway
to the carriage which was in wait
ing. Through d mass of vehicles
that had been drawn ~ oy curiou S
drivers, the hanson pulled iato Penn
sylvanla avenue and proceed I'd direct
ly to the Shoreham hotel. There were
groups of cheerers all the way and a
cavalcade of cyclists formed voluu.
tary esort The admiral stayed only
few minutes at the hotel and then
drove over to the navy department
where, without any preliminaries, he
reported directly to Acting Secretary
Allen.
The latter accompanied him over tc
the white house, reaching there at
4:5o. The president gave him a most
cordial reception. The president
thanked the admiral, as he had Adm
Sampson, for the success of that mem.
orable engagement of July 8, and took
occasion to say that it was that battle
which brought about the surrender OF
Santiago. The president thanked him
in behalf of himself and the nation for
his brilliant services on that day and
asked him to describe the battle, which
the admiral did at length.
The president then entered into a
discussion 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 arrang-
ing for the evacuation of the Span.
ish from the island and other work.
During most Of the conference
which occupied about an hour, Assist.
ant Secretary of State Moore was pres
ent. On leaving The president the ad-
miral drove to his hotel. He said his
health had improved greatly. He will
have another conference with Acting
Secretary of the Navy Allen and prob.
ably early Saturday afternoon will
leave for New York.
Many of the friends of the admiral
and Mrs. Schley learned of their pres
ence at the hotel and called during the
evening Alt though considerably bet.
ter he is not we'll and said Friday
that he expected to leave here Satur-
day to visit relatives in Maryland
which probably will consume several
days, after which he will go to Con.
necticut to remain until about time tc
start for Porto Rico. Some ship other
than the brooklyn, he said, would be
selected for this purpose as the Brook.
lyn was about to undergo needed re-
pairs
The admiral during the evening
talked briefly Of 81 me of the principal
incidents of the fight which led to the
destruction of Cervera's squadron and
OF some otner pertinent matters of in
terest at this time, new features of
which he said were recurring to him
as time passed by. lie said:
1T is my opinion that the Spanish
admiral might hare escaped with pos
sibly one or two of his shirs had he
adopted different tactics III coming
out of the harbor. Had he diverted
the course of his ships sending some ot
them east and others to the west it is
my belief that he might have escaped
with one or possibly two of tbs YES.
sells. Such course naturally would
have compelled US to separate our fee,
aud some of Cervera's ships might
have been able to have reached Ha.
vana-"
Adm. Schley received great dem.
onstration at the navy department.
He came to the department quite early
and after call upon Acting Secretary
Allen he emerged IRON the main door
of the secretary's Office. His presence
in the building had become known,
however, and as soon as he wa.
seen cheers rent the air from the
clerks who had assembled to catch a
glimpse of the hero OF Santiago. The
officers and clerks from the navy,
state and war departments crowded
the corridors leading up to the navy
department until it was impossible to
pass through. They crowded around
the admiral, eagerly reaching forward
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