The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-08-10
THE SCHLEY COURT OF
INQUIRY

| u hittu S'abth AN"f y
Throughout the storm Of abuse
that has been hurled at his head by |
the Clique headed by Sampson,
Cron,nshield, and Long. Admiral
SehIey has renamed silent, allow
ing the great journals who almost
to unit have espoused his cause, to
defend him, but the proverblal
straw in the shape of Maclsy's lis
tory has at last moved him to &C
ton, and his request for court of
inquiry, has again opened the flood
gates of the opposition as we'll as
the just Indignation of his suppor-
ters There are some of the pass
| ages IN Maclay's history referring
2 to Schley.
"In his report about the coal
G supply of the vessels under his com
: mand Schley exhibited either a
timldity amounting to absolute
q cowardlce on prevarication of
+ the facts that was iutrinslcally
t falsehood Vol HIP 29s)
4 "Schley on May 5S-lS9S turned
o in ca.nff fight from the danger
! spot towards which duty, honor
and the whole American people
were mos. earnestly urging him.
. Viewed IN whatever light it may be
} the foregoing dispatch can not be
L characterized otherwise than as
d being without exception the most
y humiliating, cowardly and lament
y able report ever penned by an
. American Naval oflicer( Vol III
9 P 99S)
u The Philadelphia Ledger In sum-
;. ming up the charges against schley
says the Brooklyn ran away.
le Capt Cook who was IN charge OF
:, the Brooklyn at the battle OF San
I'D tiago in an intevlew with a re-
g porter of the New York Herald
IL said: | gave the order for the loop
9. ssThe Brooklyn made beautiful.
OIL turn and we were able to fire di
" rectly into the bows of the leading
le ship of the enemy. Our helm wa'
es put aport to head off the Spanish
III fleet and the Brooklyn turned
'g rapidly and beautifully, | remem
CT Der distinctly giving the order t,
he the Quartermaste s'You see clearl,
tx the head Of the leading ship, sait
TO to him, "The idea is to get direct
ly ahead Of her.
eo | thought We MIGHT SACRIFICE
NJ OUR SHIP but | believed we Wouls
Ct hold the fleet for our battle ships.
'e Does that look like cowardlce o.
so the part of the officers of the Brook
u Iyn, when they were wiling t
nus sacrifice THEMSELVES AND THEI
SHIP so that the battle ships cous
be sure of destroying the enemy
'se Edward Stanton Maclay inter
ns- viewed said: If Admiral Schle
rs. had been in any other Navy in Ii
world he would have been Cour
nv Martlaled and shot. This Is NJ
;tb opinion and the opiniou of tt
majority Of the officers in the Nav.
on Maclay Is employed in the Nav
the Dept and draws his pay as Cover
lee ment officer. Why Is 1t he is ALLOW
ed 10 talk, to defame the fair nam
t1,o of true gentleman by lies the VII
ness Of which should lead to b
dismissal from the service al
=" horse-whipped, while Capt. Schl
the son of the Admiral Is told
10 the War Department to 'sClose /
my face?
In shielding such an infamo
liar, who, by his conduct is too le
utii TO associate with a common yellt
liss eur. The Navy department, San
day son aid the balance Of the ga
npd put themselves on his level AMI
not a whit better.
tied Maclay says Schley would ha
teen shot by any other Navy III
this world. The only reason We can
=. that Maclay has been allowed
Mr. breathe gods pure air Is because
at Is MT worth good honest bull
and And Sampson! who said;
ven ssIn way possibly | was resp
slble for the statements made
The history. | was commander
chief of the squadron. and was
III uonsible SO far as the reading