The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-07-25
Gen. Felix Agnus Telegraphs Nc
Kinley in Regard to MacLay's
History of the Navy.
The WORK USED As A TEXT BOOK.
1t Calls Rr. Adm. Schley q Coward, .
Liar, a Caitiff. an Incompetent
and an Insubordinate.
Secretary Long Ordered the His
tory stricken on the List of
Text Books at the Naval
Academy.

Baltimore, July 2O.-Gen. Felix
Agnus, publisher of the Baltimore
American, has telegraphed to Presi-
dent Mckinley the following:
civilian Mckinley. President, Can
ton. O.-MacLay's History of the
Navy is the standard in ,rse at the
naval academy. In the third volume,
just issued, the historian charges Rr.
Adm. Schley with being coward.
liar. caitiff, an incompetent and an
insubortlinate. In an interview in the
American MacLay, the historian, who
is a navy department clerk, classed
as laborer and attached to tie
brooklyn navy yard. says that proofs
of this third volume, which should
have told the most glorious story in
all our naval annals, were submitted
to Secretary Long and Adm. Sanp-
son and approved by them in advance
of publications; also, that Long put
him in his present position after hi
had read and approved this scurrilous
attack upon Adm. Schley. These
proofs were also submitted to Adm.
Dewey. who refused to read them.
If aught were needed to convince any
fair-minded man that a clique in the
navy department has conspired to
traduce the hero of Santiago, and
that the conspiracy was carried into
execution while that brave and gal
liant officer was suffering expatriation
on the fever-infected coasts of South
America, this should furnish it.
will, you, Mr.. President, in view
of all this, sit quietly by and permit
these conspirators to continue their
work? Every iustice-loving
American appeals to you to inter-
vene in the name and for the sake
of fair play. Next to being right all
the time, which no man ever was,
the best thing is to find out as soon
rs possible that you are wrong and
right yourself Immediately.
"FELIX AGNUS,
publisher Baltimore American"
Washington. July 2O.-Secretary
Long has directed Commander Vain
wright, the superintendent of tie
naval academy. to strike off the list
Of text books used by naval cadets
MacLay's History of the United
States Navy" He has also written
a sharp letter to MacLay demanding
to know the truth of a statement
made by him in an interview that
'he had shown the proof sheets Of
his book to Secretary Long and re-
ceived his Endorsement"
Mr.. Long denies ever having seen
any proofs except those of one chap
ter on the "Mobilization of the New
Navy"
New York, July 1O.-Edgar S. Mac
Lay Friday replied to the criticism
which has been made upon his histcr-
ical works dealing with Adm. Schley
and the navy during the Spanish war.
lie said in part:
II did not appreciate at the time
l wrote the book that the terms were
and intemperate. It is
only recently that it has met with
adverse criticism. 1t is now my in
tention to revise that portion of the
work that deals with the battle of
But shall not alter the
facts, for they are correct. I must
first be assured that they are in
error. The proofs were submitted
to the officers who took part in the
battle OF Santiago, as we'll as to Sec
retary Long, and received their ap-
proval. I should explain that only
those portions of the book were sub
nitted to each officer that related
to him personally or to the part he
took in the battle. The proofs sub
mitted to Mr.. Long dealt with that
part of the war that concerned him.
have never had any animus against
Adm. Schley, and wrote as I did
because I believed it to be the truth"
MacLay is an employe of the Brook
lyn navy yard.