The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-10
CHADWICK CALLED DOWN.
Secretary Long Writes the Cap
tain a Scorching Letter Anent
That Interview.

tain Scorching Letter Anent
That Interview.
A Washington special says: Secre.
tary Long, after conference with the
president, made public Wednesday
the correspondence which has taken
place between the navy department
and Captain Chadwick respecting the
published interview in which the cap.
tain is reported as severely rejecting
upon Rear Admiral Schley.
The departments action in the case
is severe reprimand, and it is note
worthy that its letter has been made
public; fact which. in itself, adds to
the weight of the punishment admin
istered. The correspondence consists
of two letters, one from Captain Chad
wick and the other from Secretary
Long.
In his lette, to Secretary Long, dat
ed New York, April 9th, Captain
Chadwick says be was in no way privy
to the publication Of the article. On
the 18th or 18th of this month he said
he met The Brooklyn Eagle CORES
pondent, whom he had known for some
years and always favorably. The lat
ter had previously called his attention
to an Eagle editorial discussing the
controversy over Rear Admiral Schley
and proposing remedy, viz, the pro-
motion of both Rear Admirals Schley
and Sampson :obe vice admirals.
At the casual meeting mentioned he
conversed with Mr.. Atkins, the cor
respondent, regarding the editorial,
and said in speaking of Scbley:
"That very sentiment of military
honor demanded that Admiral Schley
should ask for a court to clear himself
of the charges against him, and that 1
believed every officer OF the navy
would be most pleased to see him
cleared, for the honor of the service,
and that could certainly say SO for
myself.
"That 80 long as he remained ei!ont
under these, would not take his hand
or meet him socially. That it was i'm
possible to advance Admiral Schley
las the editorial proposed) so long as
he rested under these charges without
destroying the whole standard of
honor and duty in the navy. That the
whole navy so far as I knew it was OF
this opinion, and that its attitude was
matter of self-preservstion.
''The conversation was entirely pri-
vate, and was so regarded, I supposed,
by Mr.. Atkins"
Secretary Long in his letter says:
"Ihe department regrets that it has
provocation to reprimand an officer of
your rank and experience for inexcus-
liable indiscretion and offense against
the navy regulations.
cit appears from your letter that In
your interview with Mr.. Atkins, whom
you knew to be a newspaper CORES
pondent, you spoke of fellow officer,
your senior in rank, in a way caleu-
lated to bring him in contempt. You
knew this to be violation of the naval
regulations, which forbid the commu-
nication by interviews of such COM
ment and criticism. You knew it to
be against the good order and disci-
pline of the service because it is the
example of one officer in high rank re-
fecting upon the honor and character
of another-an example which, unre-
buked and followed, tends to bring
the whole service into contention and
scandal.
"You knew that the professional
business of your interviewer is to col
lectmaterial for publication. While he
may not have justification in publish
ing what you understood and regarded
as understood by him, to be private con-
versation, you knew the risk you ran
and within year had been reprimanded
for similar misconduct in putting
yourself and the welfare of the ser
vice to the same risk with the same
result. You have thus again and fur
ther impaired the confidence of the
department in your direction.
1T is true that your case differs
from some recent cases of ofense on
the part of other officers, ip that OBJ
iectionable remarks made by them
were made on occasions and under
circumstances which they knew assur-
ed their publicity.
"In your case the department IN
reservedly accepts your statement that
your remarks were in no sense sad
in no part intended for publication
nor considered as an interview It is
| for this reason that it takes no action
than this emphatic reprimand, the re-
ceipt of which you will acknowledge.
Very respectfully.
| .sTour n 1,oNn Socrafrrv I"