The San Francisco call., 1901-11-08

, but it not the cry Of the craven and
caitif' of the tradUcer Maclay's conjuration;
and prudent Commander who maintaining his
advanced and all-impOrtant position and fight
ing three times his own strength. welcomed
the assistance of the mighty ship which made
victory certain with minimum loss to his
own side.
1t was abundantly proved that 20 per cent OF
the hits made by the Spaniards struck the
brooklyn and at the same time she inflicted
far greater damage TO them than all the Amer
lean ships together except the Oregon. Allow
ing her her pro rata of hits from the S-inch
and 6-pOupder shells which were thrown by
other vessels also, she has fuiI- credit for
alone Carried four of which struck the Teresa
six the Oquendo five the Viscaya and three
the Colon. which with three 6-pOunders were
an bIs tne se StrlHes maze on tne latter Sessei
ing. the Oregon and Brooklyn were sheets Of
flame" And how bore Schley himself? En-
Enthusiastically brave and patriotic" says the
the fight.
made clear the significance of many things not
before generally known or well understood A
few of these may be briefly noticed.
Appearance of Sampson.
The echo of the lee gun fred by the Colon
in token of surrender had long died away be-
fore the tunnels of the New York bearing the
belated commander in chief appeared above the
With him came quench to the exuberant
JOY natural to the winners IN such race.
lyn's boat, which had already boarded the
prize, and was returning TO report to Schley
and to take the further dispositions into his
own hands. Next to remove Schley and Clark
from the scene Of their triumph by sending the
Brooklyn and Oregon in search of Spanish
vessel reported to be approaching the mouth
OF Santiago harbOr, and this when a signal to
the Iowa. Indiana and Texas many miles
nearer to the suspect, would have given them
a lead OF an hour in the work
Then came the handing back his report Of
the battle to Schley on the ground that s'an
important fact had been omitted. 1.-The pres
ence of the New York. was not mentioned.
Co had kDar
over the heads of Schley and other deserving
officers to make him the commander in chief
flying squadron at Key West. after salutinT his
flag. was to hasten aboard the flagship. pay his
respects and assure Sampson of his loyalty and
ready cooperation in ali his plans.
The killing contrast between the magnanin-
ity or the one officer and the smal-mindedness
Of the other must have struck the court most
furc3bly.
Detrimental Testimony.
If there was any failure to gather and bring
out every item Of testimony detrimental 70
Sehley 1T was not the fault OF the Navy De-
partment good part of it's personnel and
all OF its resources were devoted 10 that END.
secretary Long had already long before al
lowed himself to be involved by CrownnshfeId
IN devious ways for glorifying sampson and de-
p SSlliSSs ndu "rItteh an oInSiaI letI0-
JUSTIFY himself in the premises.
BY MS sanction and under the direction OF
CroWninShield emissaries were sent to every
navy-yard and to every vessel in the service to
search out and sound those who had any knOwl-
edge OF facts bearing on the case.
One Ward, protege OF Crowninshield's and
an attache of the Bureau of Navigation. and
the petticoated powers that work behind its
scenes. was detached therefrom and sent to the
Boston navy-yard to report to Admiral Samp-
son. there in command.
He had earned promotion and questionable
fame by acting a spy during the Spanish
War, and TO him entrusted the work Of
canvassing for liars, as II has been termed
by an Eastern writer.
Supplied with a torpedo boat. he raked the
Atlantic coast with fine tooth comb and
quietly herded his findings. until the time came
to. turn them loose in the court OF inquiry.
Little Credit to Them.
The scratching OF heads that followed the
discontinue Of his schOoled liar, Clayton. by
Assistant Engineer Hunly, whose testimony
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