The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04
THE SAMPSoN-ScHLEY CASE.

Washington, d. c. Aug 3( Special to The Post THE
absorbing topic of discussion past week in Washington
the Sampson sehley case, which finally to come
before board OF naval inquiry with the result is general
y hoped Of settling this dissacefu episode once for all
Dpassonae observers profess discover the existence OF
very nasty disposition among officers belittle their
comrades and hardly denied that the controversy
has revealed deporable spirit characterized by lament
able absence Of what well expressed the esprit du corps
The absence Of this spirit among naval officers IS
in striking the spirit manifested by the officers OF
the defeated Spanish squadron Captain Eu
late and the others Although might pardonable If
Of these to attempt place the blame for the de-
strueton of the fleet upon another there evidence that
single Spanish officer has INDUCED in the contemplate
practice OF singing mud his comrade in misfortune
was riding the other evening with newspaper
man who represented the Associated Press with the feet dur
ing the investment of Santiago harbor This man is Keen
udcous and dispassonate He attached TO
particular vessel and visited all the ships at different times
was anxious to his opinion OF the situation he saw it
as believed he would Judge canddy and impartial
ly He said
As soon as got there discovered the bitter prejudice
that prevailed among the officers of the feet against Schley
interrupted him right there with the question to what he
ascrbed Schleys unpopularity.
why, don't you know he replied that naval off
the knockers in the wod They will discuss
brother officer and leave him shred of character and
it he should happen along just that they would
take their two hands clasp his outstrechd right and greet
him with the cordial Hello Bill Hello jim! as
though they delighted beyond expression seeing him
And the instant his back turned they would say
mean, contemplate thing about him tell you it's fact
could hardly aboard the New York and be of
decent treatment without saying something beasty mean
about that ship yonder, meaning the Brooklyn
I asked him whether he had discovered anything in
Schey whom he frequently that apparently justified this
spirit of luminosity the part of his brother officers
Il aboard the Brooklyn" he replied, that
wasn't treated with the courtesy by all aboard
Schey down. and that the experience of everybody else
It's all JEALOUSY of Schley any than would be the
of other brother officers who showing their heads
above the level of the line 1t happened directed
against Schey this particular OCCASION it's spirit
of the and distinction Schley the
popular man in the navy the sailors He known
the sailors friend 1t has hurt him different timeshis
habit of his of sticking up for his sailors.
you may remember the occasion when Schley after
long cruise in foreign personally pleaded the
two OF his sailors in New Yoi~ police court where they
were being tried for engaging in sailors brawl 1t
the old old story of Jack ashore long cruise Drunk
dsordery and arrested Just before sentence was passed
Schey who had read the particulars the morning papers
IN his cabin and been driven to the police asked
mission to say few What said was in effect that
the two men trial good sailors and bearing good
regulations He asked to consider that these men
had been for months foreign unfolding the honor
OF the flag For months they had had leave When
their long cruise ended they had probably oversteppcd
the limits little But he asked the court to consider all the
facts IN the case and to be lenien as possible
The court discharged the sailors with reprmand and
that settled the incident there But hurt Schey with
OF his brother officers who perhaps less of the milk of
human kindness in them.
The friends of Schey | think" continued he "co,d
have handled his much udcosy they have
done in my opinion They might much better avoided
some of the sensaonaism with bitter determinations that
has characterized it 1t has genuine feud The Of
fetal reports will tell the version of the case am IA
miliar with it as few other outsiders"
Is Ii true as George Graham claims that the official re-
ports garbed in the interest OF Sanpson?" asked
The letter of Sampson Schley transmitting the order
in card A.
Of Cienfuegos with SIMPSONS Endorsement on it stating it
his better opinion that Schey should maintain Cienfepos
blockade until convinced that the Spanish feet not there
was not among official papers the reply But there is
letter from Sampson Schley congratuang him that he
had bottled up Cerveras feet in Santiago harbo And this
IN connection with the total absence in SIMPSONS reports
he navy department of any reference to epehensbe CON
duct the Schey and the Circumstance that No
rehensbiy was charged against Schley aerward when
the people showed disposition to aud Schley al the
pense OF sampson makes the whole thing like an after
thought"
Here my interesting stopped the car and
aighted lie is not Schley partisan all He has not e
plotted the side OF either though he has furnished col
umns OF literature on the subject but somehow the scblev
sac OF the controversy crops out among the average Wash
ngonan wherever the subject under discussion II n 49,
all prejudice It casts sdeght the state of mind o
the general public and public opinion is intensely riveed
upon the case as evidenced by the large amount OF
devoted to its discussion in practically all the
the United States u
1t now probable that MIR Jere NJ Wilson the most die
nguished lawyer in Washington will represent sobev AZ
the inquiry assisted by Captain James Parker retired naval
officer who is an expert in the detail of naval procedures
Both Wilson and Parker friends OF Admiral Scb,e Ri
are nearly or quite 70 years of very active men and
would be considered vigorous they were not more than
captain Parker visited the navy department ON Tuesday and
Wednesday and made extracts from the logs of some If m
ships engaged in the action off Santiago bsrbor g. - -.
the investigation Wilson is in Europe and has 40, 49,
communicated with but will probably take charge Of the
nc has been the attorney in number of noted cases IS NJ
ona interest and is recognized as one of the abl dt
80 - ''e East FRED F. scHRADER.
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