The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-08
CHARGES AGAINST scHLEY

Admiral Sampson d.I not partici- r,. m tl. naval battle of Sauuaso u which Cm,ra'- fleet was destroy eI S.u., UI Sampson wa, u com. m.aI %. the 1ert however, Jhtoush u.. present S,u.,y had Jhc actual command m che battle The differ ea... between ,uc two men have been am,I l, unreauou. ou thc part ot tt. friends co. each lutcmpcratc lao. .m.. M. been u,ol and dignity has been .ure.u.a say, ,he Orggouau
 Sampson. official announcement ol tb. lu. and oi tbc Ic,,ruction oi C.r.us f.., aa, unfortunate. and ,..a mu.t h.,au-c q, ignored Sohlcy
 I I..u Iuc Ie., under my com muI present., itc Nation with a Fourth co. July present" ctc lti, tru, ...t t.. ".,, ua. under command oi Sampson. Ion. Srmp-ou'. ship. thc New York. t... uo pau iu thc bat,le. iu- l..L u.. u.t m sigh, oi it Fuenh .. -.I..y asserted tha, Sampson wa, .ma. credit ur himself tblt diJ u., belong ,o hum. chat he gave th, m.l.u.. mo h, d,,pl,ch tbat he h3t personally I.l td, fleet tu ihe attack .u Oh, Spm.b ships aoI that this va- most wu.t ,u Seh.cy Then S1mp ,.u. friends began l counter attack .a Seh'c, asserting tdat h.. cour>, .r som. umc betor, thc battle had u..u .l.lauH- snI even u,uborlu .t. luperauau followed accusation When tay h-t oi promotion, proposed. .. reward. ur conduct during che Nlr MI. .,ut 0. the senate. 8 storm v1, raised ta.-.. .ar Samp,ous name Ua, ahead co. Sehly- Fagour,m m,l ,.o'.aoe injustice. conspiracy v,r, r..l charged aI around
 -amp.on ou In. part had asserted .u u .m.ll letter that Schle,'> con Ju.r m command ou tb, south coast .. Cuba. n,.org tbc battle. Wl- rr,h.a.,e. anI later ,hc Secretary u. .H. E.y supporting Sampson wrote tI.t ~,h'-y- conduct va. repre- u.u-.uIe b, reason oi .i, uu>tcadiue,. co. purpose and pu,h anl failure toI obey orl,r. and tba, 10 dII uot meet ,ae approval al the President and the department Specification, are pre- ..ut,I u support oi th., statement They may tbu. be ,ptomfel. While .l Deu.cu1o,. when tbe exact po.i- uou oi tbe Spanish fleet va, in doubt -.bI.y had been urs,uty directed n Inc Wa. satisfied ,ba, thc Ccrcra fleet. .a- not at Ctu.,ueo, to proceed .wtb au dispatch but cautiously to Santiago. where thc enemy was be. H.t,I to b. and where he actually was uc remained at Cgnicueo, thirty hour. without having taken any mi uau.e ta prosur. information from tle ulu,.- a. to the pre,en,c oi th, enemy mo thl. hlrbor Learning however, uuc later that he wa, not. there. tc lcb .or Santiago. May 20 lut instead oi proceeding with an d.s patch. a- ordered to do, he moved at d slow rate and diI not reach Santiago until late u che afternoon of May -o There he met che St. Paul whose com maudcr Capt Sig,bec. believed Ger vera Go b, at Santiago. and yet. thrc, hour, after arriving there. Schlcy q.
 ,I back westward. signalling Go th,
 squadron that ,bc destination was Key Nest Next morning tbc Harvard coming from tbc eastward, caught up with him and delivered the depart mrnr. order directing him Co remain at Santiago and ascertain whether the enemy was there or not
 To thi, Schlcy replied that he would have Co disobey the departments or ders and continue Co Key West He did so. and went westward until he was