The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-07
HITS AT DEWEY AND scnLEY.
EcHr ADMIRAL CrOwninshieId Makes
n Report TINT AmnHes Naval Men,

Pscnr ADMIRAL CrOwntnshteld Mikes
Report TINT Amnscs NAVAL Men.
New York, November "A special dis
patch to the Journal from Washington
says: Rear Admiral Crowninshield, chief of
the bureau OF navigation. In remarkable
annual report issued today. makes a covert
attack on Rear Admiral schley,, reflects OH
congress for hastily honoring Admr,l
Dewey, lauds Admiral Sampson as the
great factor in the war with Spain and
criticises the senate for failing 10 confer
honors on the men selected by the navy de-
paftment for promotion
Even naval officials of the Crowninshield
coterie are amazed at the audacity of their
chief. 1t is said in this connection that
the White House even must have be n
consulted before the report was given to
the press 1t is inconceivable. they say,
that Rear Admiral Crowninshield would
have dared to reflect OIL Admiral Dewey
had not he been stiffened up to the point
of rejecting. The attack on Admiral
Schley was expected for the reason that
the admiral Is soon to leave the country
and will not be here to answer all the
calumnies that will be started.
The part of Rear Admiral Crownin
shields report which has astounded those
who have read it is as follows:
Another condition OF affairs discourage
Ing to proud and ambitious officers wno
have rsked and accomplished Is the ragged
and irregular result that seems an newt
able consequence Of any effort TO give per-
manent or substantial official recognition
to bravery, gailantry or devotion
Then referring to the pledge of promo
tion which Secretary Long made before the
war the report says:
Every effort of the department to re-
deem this solemn pledge has been balSei,
or the officers who served in the North At
lantic waters three have been confirmed in
the recognition urged by the Department
two because their cases were presen ell a..
propitious moments; the other because OF
a misappre hension The rest. numb ug
among them every gallant captain at Sal-
tiago on July 3, and all the brave capita ns
CT the ever-ready gunboats. numbering
among them officers who risked in many
desperate eXpsditions--cable cutting as
spies seeking information, ockaiing har-
bors, scouting-numbering among them all
these who hesitated not. and including at
the head of all the able and determ!n cd
officer who planned worked out aud ex-
ecuted the whole campaign, and who finally
consummated the one victory which was
vital to the enemy-he and all the rsst
have absolutely nothing. The greatest
among these has not as much as the medal
which was given to each of the hIndre Is
who shared in victory won in more
propitious hour
The language ''has been baked Is con-
strued here as meaning that the efforts OF
Admiral Schley's friends to have justice
done him by the senate are the cause OF
the failure to have due honors done to
Admiral Sampson. The official thrust at
Admiral Dewey is considered to be In this
language:
The greatest among these (Sampson)
has not as much as the medal which was
given to each CT the hundreds who shared
in, a victory won in more propitious
hour
This sneer at the bronze medals given to
the jackies in Dewey's squadron is an open
insult to Admiral Dewey,