The record-union., 1898-08-08
FALSE IN EVERY PARTICULAR.
Schley Never Stated 1t Was Posi-
BILE to Enter Santiago Harbor.

WASHINGTON, Aug. I.-Secretary
| Long to-day requested the publication
of the following correspondence:
United States flagship New York,
first rate. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
July %, 1898.
My Dear Mr.. Secretary: / am led
to write at this time on account of the
publication of an article which ap-
peared in the papers on the 18th inst,
in which Commodore Schley is made to
say that he had stated to the writer
that he had over and over again de-
clared it was possible to enter the har-
Dor Of Santiago, notwithstanding the
mines. Commodore Schley called upon
me and voluntarily stated that the pub
| lication of the article was false in every
particular; that he not only never stat
| ed anything of the kind, but that he
had never even thought of it; that he
| had always entirely agreed with me on
| this question, and he did not know a
| single officer whose opinion differed
| from mine. AS l have reason to be-
| lieve that Commodore Schley has been
| misrepresented l have taken the lib
| erty to address to you a telegram upon
| this subject this morning; and as l am
about to sail for the East, l trust that
| it w6l receive your attention at an early
| date. Very respectfully,
wv. r. SAMPSON,
| Rear Admiral. T. S. Navy, Commander
| in Chief, North Atlantic Station"
THE Secretary of the Navy, Wash
| ington."
The telegram referred to is as fol-
| lows:
Playa del Este (via HaytD, July 81,
1872 a. m
| Secretary of Navy, Washington: /
call the departments attention to an
| Associated Press dispatch in the New
| York Times and Herald" of the 10Th
| attributng to Commodore Schley GER
tain opinions regarding mines. I re-
| quest that the manager of the AsSociat-
| ed Press be called upon to name the
| source and authority for this statement.
SAMPSON"
/ On receipt of this telegram the de-
partment wrote the following letter to
| the Associated Press:
Navy Department, Washington, D.
c., July 2S, 1898.
Sir: The New York Times and
Herald of the 10Th inst. published an
Associated Press dispatch in which GER
tain opinions regarding mines are at
tributed to Commodore Schley. This
dispatch is written in such manner as
to convey the impression that it was
received from your representative with
the SQUADRON off Santiago, and conse-
uuently had been censored by proper
naval authority. / therefore have to
request that you inform this department
at your earliest convenience the au-
thority for the dispatch, to which ref
erence is made. Very respectfully,
JOHN D. LONG, Secretary"
&c. A. Boynton, General Southern
Manager, the Associated Press, Wash
ington."
The reply Of the Associated Press is
as follows:
'Washington, August /, 1898.
"Hon. John d. Long, Secretary of the
Nayy:-Sir: Your favor of July 18th
is at hand, concerning articles published
in the New York Times and the New
York Herald of the 10Th inst, in which
certain opinions in regard to mines are
attributed to Commodore Schley. This
letter was not written by either OF our
representatives with the squadron or
Santiago, but by another gentleman
who was temporarily on one OF our dis
match boats. The dispatch was not
subject to censorship. Our Mr.. Graham,
who has been constantly with Commo-
dore Schley since his squadron assem-
bled at Hampton Roads, and is prob
ably more familiar with his views than
any newspaperman at Santiago, takes
issue with the gentleman who wrote the
letter referred to, and says that Com
modore Schley was always in complete
accord with Admiral Sampson as to the
question of entering the harbor He
quotes Commodore Schley as saying:
Admiral Sampson and 1 have always
agreed that it would be foolish to enter
the harbor with the mines in place, and
the condition of the mines proved that
Admiral Sampson was correct Very
respectfully,
CHARLES A. BOYNTON"