The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-07-24
WsCL1Y WILL HAVE TO DEFEND
LIBEL SUlL
The Admiral is f3- Action. SAYS the
Limit o. His Patience Has Been
Reached and He WiI lake
Steps 70 E0d Abuse.

This was Rear Admiral Winfield
Scott Schleys answer 20 request
for q statement OF bis intentions IN
regard 10 the attack made on him
q the third volume Of Edgar stan
ton Aaclsy's History Of the
Navy"
T. foreshadowei Rear Admiral
Sch.ey's purpose Of taking meas
ures 10 cal. Maclsy legally to &C.
couat for the accusation Of cowar.
dice and falsehood imputed to him
iu the volume which has just been
issued from the press
Beyond the declaration that the
tine for action had arrived. Rear
Admiral SeLlsy w0i . say nothing
OF bis pisus a. % the shafts which
have been aimed al him That 10
@. h.. intention, however, 10 sum
mon Mr.. Maclay and possibly also
his publishers 20 answer in the
courts his version OF the course
pursued by Rear Admira! Schley
during the operations which cul
miua'ed in the battle Of Santiago,
there could be 10 doubt.
Rear Admiral Schley spoke like
man who had endured, TO the
/ limit OF his capacity. the iaunts o
| bis opponents. Had the eontro-
yersy which has now reached its
/ climax occurred a century and a
half ago Mr.. Maclay would have by
this time received a challenge. it
was asserted, TO answer for his
words on the field OF honor.
Mr. Maclsy, in discussing bis
book, upon being reminded Of the
possibility that Rear Admiral
scnley would seek redress IN the
courts. said that he was perfectly
. willing 10 face any action that
: might be brought Al the same
time, however, he suggested that
the natural" course for Rear Ad
miral Schley to pursue would be tC
. apply for a court Of inquiry so thai
he might be Judged by his fellow
officers.
This suggestion does not com
= mend itself to Admiral Schley'i
friends, because II would not in
yolve Mr Maclsy As any pro
ceedings that may be taken vii
: have for their obiec, the punish
meut Of the author OF The His
tory Of the Navy" for what Admi
raj Schley and his friends regarC
j an uuwarrarted and scurri.ous at
tack upon his character and repu
,, ;ation. it is obvious that a reques
tor a court of inquiry would no
answer this purpose.
Rear Admiral Schley was four,
e at the summer home of his son-iu
law. r. NJ. s. Wortley. at Grea
Neck, l.. /. Have you anythini
to say - he was asked, in regar'
to the points al issue in tht 7bai
D campaign''
The Brooklyn inflicted s. pc
cent of the damage done to th
Spanish feet, said Rear Admira
Schley, and she received 81 pc
cent OF the damages sustained b!
the American feet. These fact
speak for themselves, and hay
nothing to add 10 them -
Rear Admiral Schiey was rsiuc
/ tant to say a word in regard t
1 the controversy over the uaya
I operations which ended in the des'
truction OF Admiral Ceryera
5 squadron. He has refrained hith
!. erto, from taking any part il th
i. bitter contest which hss rage,
/, both in aud out of congress eve
/, since the battle OF Santiago.
= He would have adhered to thi
rule tonight had it not been TO
the presence Of strong provocatiol
exerted by Mr.. Maclay's conelu
sions aud imputations, Evidently
I however, he had decided that
|. was due to his friends to let then
I know that he had resolved to de
4 fend himself. Rear Admiral Sac