Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-30
CAPTAIN CHADWICK HERE
HE HAS AN INTERvIEw WITH THE
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
Gossip ms to the Outcome of His Critf-
cism of Admiral Schley's
Course.

Secretary Long resumed his duties at the
Navy Department this morning, after 8
short visit to Boston. One of the first mat
tiers called to his attention, after he had
disposed of large accumulation of rou-
tine work. was the case of Captain F. f
Chadwick, who has recently made himself
quite prominent in the newspapers by his
severe condemnation of the course Of Ad-
miral Schley during the Spanish war. In a
recent interview said to have been given
by Captain Chadwick he is reported to
have said that every one of US feels the
disgrace that Schley has put upon US. -
He also declared that he held Admiral
Schley in contempt. He referred to him as
having been guilty of disgracefui exhi-
bition of pettishness."
Interview With Capt. Chadwick.
Following the usual course in such cases,
the Secretary Of the Navy called upon Capt.
Chadwick for an explanation of his conduct
in publicly criticising the actions of a SUI
perior officer of the navy. In consequence
OF that action Capt. Chadwick appeared at
the Navy Department this morning and
personally handed to Secretary Long his
response.
No one was present besides the Secretary
and Capt. Chadwick when the latter's re-
ply was delivered. The two were closeted
interview Secretary Long stated that he
had received Capt. Chadwfck's letter: that
he had the subject under consideration, and
pending conclusion could not say any
thing further respecting this matter. For
his part Capt. Chadwick also DECLINED TO
talk about the interview, not even being
willing to admit that he had either received
Or written a letter bearing upon the news
paper publica ton.
There Is reason to believe, however, that
Capt. Chadwick admitted the general &C
curacy of the newspaper interview, but at
tempted to EXCUSE himself on the ground
that he had not intended his remarks for
publication.
Gossip as to the Outcome.
Although it is difficult to forecast the ac-
ton Of the department, it Is believed that
Capt Chadwick will be lucky II he escapes
with reprimand and many officers go so
far to predict his trial by court-marttal.
The naval regulations are strict In such
matters. and every effort has been made
to discourage the practice or discussing
naval affairs in the newspapers by officers
Of the service. What makes the present in
stance more serious Is the fact that the
President and Secretary of the Navy are
criticised by implication by Capt. Chad
wick inasmuch as they have ignored all
the allegations against Admiral Sch!ey and
are on record as having recommended his
promotion for services in the Spanish war,
in addition to which he has since been as
signed to an important command.It is known
that they have done all they can to stop the
agitation of the Sampson-Schley contro-
versy on the ground that it was closed
incident, and have deprecated the efforts
of friends of both officers to revive 1t. The
matter was slowly passing into oblivion,
when it was recalled to public attention by
the severe criticisms of the absent admiral
by Admiral SIMPSONS chief OF staH
VIII Confer With the President.
Secretary Long will confer with the Pres
ident before acting in the matter, and specu-
lation as to the result covers g. wide field Of
possibilities. There are several precedents
to guide the administration, but which Will
be followed is matter of conjecture Ad-
miral Meade was forced on the retired list
for his criticisms of Secretary Herbert;
Capt Coughlin was relieved Of command OF
the Raleigh andsent to the Pacific coast for
his indiscreet reflections on the German en-
peror in the hoe de kaiser incident, and
Chaplain McIntire was dismissed from the
navy for publicly commenting in an unfa-
vorable manner upon the action of his SUI
perior officer Capt. Evans) during the
Spanish war;,