The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-08-02
SCHLEY SAYS
Time TO ACT
Admiral Will Now
Move Az ainst
DetraCtOrs.

NEW YORK, July 2O.-"This is no
time for talking; 4; is a time for ac-
ton" This was Rear Admiral Winfield
Scott Schley's answer tonight to a re-
quest for a statement of his intentions
in regard to the attack made on him in
the third volume of Edgar Stanton
Maclays History of the Navy" 1t
foreshadowed Admiral Schley's pur-
pose of taking measures to call Maclay
to account for the accusation of cow
ardice and falsehood imputed to him in
the volume which has just been issued
from the press.
Admiral Schley was found at the
summer home of his son-in-law, r. NJ.
5. Wortley, at Great Neck, l.. l. Have
you anything to say" he was asked,
lin regard to the points at issue in the
Cuban campaign"
The Brooklyn inflicted IS per cent of
the damage done to the Spanish fleet
said Admiral Schley, land she receiv-
ed "a per cent of the damage sustained
by the American fleet. These facts
speak for themselves, and 1 have moth
ing to add to them"
Admiral Schley spoke like a man who
has endured to the limit of his capac-
! ity the taunts of his opponents.
BOSTON, July 22.-Referring to Mac
! lays naval history, which has been
criticized by Secretary Long on account
of the statements considered objection
able, Rear Admiral Sampson said to-
day:
Il was Commander in Chief of the
squadron, and was responsible, so far
as reading the proofs goes. If the his
torian has taken facts from my official
I I -, hot &
all well and good.
II stand by first reports and official
communications.
Il would welcome an investigation by
Congress or by the Navy Department,
but see no hope of its being taken up.
"Schley's first statements regarding
the battle of Santiago were moderately
correct. The interviews given some
time afterward were not correct. They
were entirely different from his first
accounts and were written in a differ
+ nt spirit, l think. An interview pur-
porting to have come from Admiral
Schey, published, l believe, on Janu-
airy 6, was entirely incorrect.
I Soon after this statement appeared
, in print he came aboard my ship and
told me that he had been incorrectly
quoted. The reporter to whom the in
tervew was granted was a friend of
mine and he afterward told me that he
lad published Schleys words practi-
ICally as they had been spoken"
WASHINGTON, July 20.-OptimistiC
officers who desire an official investiga-
ton of the charges against Schey are
basing some hope on the statements in
the Schley newspapers that Schley is
being urged to demand an investigation
by Congress or to seek redress in the
courts through the medium of libel
suit against Maclay. The Navy De-
partment feels powerless to take the
initiative, 1t is understood in view of
its recommendation that Admiral
Schley be advanced for his services in
the West Indies.
Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans, in
an interview completely indicated
Rear Admiral Schley from the charge
that he was dilatory in his movement
from Cienfuegos to Santiago, which
has been the basis of the allegation
that he dsobeyed orders and should
have been court-martialed.
Thus Secretary Long and Admiral
Evans exonerate Schley from all the
charges against him. According to
Evans statement, Schley was not in
possession of the code of signals which
had been arranged with the insurgents
by Commander McCalla, whereby the
Cubans We're to inform the American
ships whether or not Cervera's squad
ron entered Cienfuegos. Thus two days
at least. were lost by the blunder OF
design of some naval officer who had
not given Schley the signal code.