The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-24
Is 1t Suppression or Pares,..

Perhaps the most alarming feature OF the
revived, revised, and enlarged Sampson
scandal IN the Navy is connected with
evidence ,rosy Boston that the carse Of it
is. TO put IL .sildl.. getting absent-n inded.
Recently a newspaper man is said to
have called unon the admiral at his
Navy Yard address, and TO have shown
him a New York World" story con-
corning himself and others. Among he
bright things which Sampson is re-
ported as saving in the course of the
interview, we venture to quote the follow
ing:
Most of this is entirely new TO me. / never
heard Of il before. representative Of the World
did call few days ago with brief condensed
account Ct these exposures Of Admiral Crownin-
shield and myself simply told him there Was
nothing for me TO say, that these things were
settled long ago
What 1 q,ish somebody would explain to me
/ see II rei'eated constantly in this clipping
what is fneaat when il SAYS 'Schley ranks Ssmp
sonY f"
e Then he does net was asked
Why, hope not explained the Admiral. in
a tone which LETT no 9oubt of his view upon the
point"
Now. either The horizon east of Santiago
must have fallen on Sampson and injured
his brain. or else his friend CroNninshield
has concealed recent Naval Registers from
him. We DO not like to think that the
Navigation Bureau would cock one espe-
cially for his perusal falsifying facts for
his comfort. What was said in the SEN
ate last winter about the Higginson case
probably has made Department Off ials
careful about the accuracy Of registers We
can only conclude that Crowninshield, out
of abundant affection has withheld from
Sampson the fact that he is two numbers
behind the gallant officer who commanded
the American feet, and with il won tire
great sea fight on Santiago harbor. But.
II he has not known IL before. the truth
will now fall upon Sampson with the sick
ening thud ~ delayed conviction: that is.
if he is still mentally competent to read
and understand the daily papers. For. in
an interview yesterday, CroWninshield 10
said TO have used this language:
On Nav 5. Iss6 Secretary Long issued gen.
eral order giving the relative rank of naval officers
under the Personnel bill This showed SchIev two
numbers above simpson, which he has since re-
taned.'
Evidently it is not vindication and
needs half as much as he does another kind
Of commission. and a jury OF matrons TO in
vestisate his mental processes. Something
CT the same sort may be said OF some OF his
friends It is stated that his late flag cap
tain. Chadwick by name. has confded to
the Brooklyn Eagle" a proclamation
in which occurs the following paragraph:
a. ~
has put upon Us L Is not sampson Sckley
+ that about IRE particularly anxious
70 yindicate- Il Is the honor Of the Navy that
las been assaIied. it, esprit De corps that has
received damaging bloN and the high reput 40
Of It, officers that has been injured in the Eyes
OF naval people here and abroad by this Disgrace
iul exhibition Of pettiness OF which Admiral
schley has been guilty"
AS to everything but the 'pettiness" of
Admiral Schley We can thoroughly sympa-
thize with Chadwick The honor of the
Navy indeed has been assaIled and its
esprit de corps ratified by the contempt
BILE effort OF a supsrnumerary captain. il
legally pretending to be a commander
in-ohief," to claim the honors Of an en-
gagement with which he had nothing 10
do, and from which ne was absent many
miles. Performances of this kind truly are
calculated to injure THE high reputation"
of officers small enough TO descend to
them. What Chadwick means by the dis
graceful exhibition Of pettiness Of which
Admiral Sehley has been guilty" We are
at loss TO understand. except il be that
he and Sampson resent the victor's failure
to swear that they were present and per-
sonaIly sunk CerveTa's vessels.