Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-20

wise they will probably remain at home
most of the time although the admiral will
accompany General Henderson down town
during n part Of the forenoon.
No one who has seen the frequently pub
lished portraits of Admiral Schley would
have the slightest difficulty in recognizing
him under any circumstances His mus
tache is not quite so heavy as it is pictured
in his portraits, but otherwise there is
scarcely a preceptible difference In spite
| of his long and arduous service there is
| scarcely strand Of gray in his dark brown
! hair and no one would believe that he is
! more than 90 years old. There is sugges-
| tion OF the fighter in the firm lines Of his
chin and the steady glance that shoots from
under his heavy eyebrows, but his manner
is that of a thorough good fellow, who would
like to be at peace with all the world
Incidents of the Trip to Omaha.
! This was plainly apparent during the long
! trip from Washington to Omaha. While the
! admiral made no secret of the fact that his
J trip is intended as holiday after the mar
/ tial activities of the year just passed, 1t was
! impossible to prevent his progress from
suming something of the nature of a tr-
umphal procession. The enthusiastic greet
ing Of the people was everywhere apparent.
I At nearly every station between Chicago and
| Omaha the people congregated at the depot
to cheer the passage of the great fighter
J and if possible to catch glimpse of the
features that they associated with one of the
most magnificent victories of our naval his
tory. That the admiral appreciated the
tribute was apparent, but he did not seek to
make his own personality prominent. AT
Mendoza he left the car and shook hands
with several hundred of the immense con-
course that had assembled to greet him, but
I he studously refrained from speechmaking
and met his admirers on equal ground. His
handclasp recognized no distinctions and was
as heartily extended to the workman whose
finger nails were suggestive of the CRIME of
the shops to the banker who drove to the
! depot with liveried footman on the box.
| There was another big crowd at Gales
burg, and here the admiral was again in
duced to show himself in response to tu-
multuous cheering. After leaving Gales
burg he retired to his berth, but the late
| ness of the hour did not prevent the people
| from mobilizing at the stations There was
: a united audible cheer as the train whirled
| by at a sixty -mie-an-hour pace. and the
people reluctantly dispersed with the salts
faction of having made their plaudits reach
the ears of the traveller, even If they had
, been denied a glimpse of his face.
Among his fellow travellers the admiral
achieved a marked popularity that did not
depend entirely on his naval personality
He was sociable and easily approached ana
displayed none of the excusveness that
might be pardoned in a man whose fame is
Worldwide He proved himself an excellent
story teller, and while he mOdestly rcfrained
from discussing his own exploits, he was
easily induced to talk most entertainingly on
general topics and in regard to the achieve
ments of his fellow officers
A Pleasant Recollection.
The presence of Colonel Clark E. Carr.
who accompanied the party from Mendoza
to Galesburg, revived the recollection of
Of one of the pleasant incidents of Admiral
Schley's career. Colonel Carr was minister
of the United States at Copenhagen when
Commodore Schley, on the Baltimore, con-
veyed the remains CT John Ericsson, the con-
structor of the Monitor, to Stockholm. At
that time Denmark made a requisition on
the Navy department of the United States
to have the admiral and the Baltimore pro-
ceed to Copenhagen, where they were mag
nihcently entertained by the Danish govern
ment The Baltimore was the first American
ship and Commodore Schley and his officers
ana crew were the first American seamen
that had ever been seen at Copenhagen. The !
ship was visited in the harbor by the king
and queen, with their attendants and numer-
the queen was 70 years of age and was COM
PEELED to walk with cane, which she used
as a crutch, she insisted on visiting every
part of the vessel She climbed up and
down the ladders and even penetrated into
the magazines and engine rooms During
her Investigations she noticed the guard
room where a couple of seamen CHANGED to
be confined, and she Immediately inquired |
what they were accused of. They had been
put in irpnc for Of mn
Commodore Schley answered that the ship I
belonged TO the king and queen while they |
were on board and the queen accordingly |
asked that the men should be released. Her |
orders were Immediately obeyed and the !
admiral recalled with some amusement that |
one OF the prisoners was a white man and |
the other a negro. The white man
shambled away without word but the col
ored man bowed low toward the queen ana |
thanked her for her benevolent intercession. !
During the stay at Copenhagen the party |
was entertained by Minister Carr at the !
American embassy and this and other in
cidents of the trip formed the subject Of a |
delightful chat during the short time that |
Colonel Carr remained on the train. The |
admiral was earnestly urged to stop a day
at Galesburg on his return trip and he
pl omised to do so If his arrangements could
be made to permit it.
The Battle at Santiago.
1t was impossible that the conversation
should not turn to the great sea fight that
is inseparably associated with the person
ality of Admiral Schley The admiral spoke
freely OF the engagement in a general way
but was considerably silent in regard to
Nhat has been made to appear as the con-
troyersy between the two great com,
manders. He declared that there was never
any doubt as to the result of the naval
around Santiago harbos
The American gunnery was SO
that nothing could stand
against 1t. II could beat the world The
fire of the American gunners reached an ef-
fectiYeness OF over 50 per cent, while the
best record of the British marksmen is
little over 40 per cent 1T was Just as
though | should fight Fitzsimmons." de-
lllral the admiral ..Thn nrIard. l.nA ~. |