Arizona daily citizen., 1901-10-18
THE HERO OF SANTIAGO.


once of clique or cabal in naval
circles, the main object of which
has been to belittle and defame
Admiral Schloy. Another thing
which has been established is that
there was an entire lack Of CO.
operation with Schley on the part
Of some of the officers who were
under his command. Dispatches
sent to him seem mysteriously to
have miscarriod and important in
formation and facts bearing upon
the campaign seem to have been
known to every commanding otfi-
Ger in the feet before anyone
thought of communicating them to
the commander of the squadron.
One did not tell him of the code
of signals agreed upon at Cienfue-
gos because he thought, of course,
he knew it. Others were too mod
est and timid to impart informa-
ton to their superior officer. tits
because of these things-and the
people knew them long before the
Court of Inquiry was thought Of
that the entire people of this land
have been in sympathy with Ad-
miral Schley, have admired his
skill and gallantry at the battle of
Santiago and have detested the in-
Justice which has been done to the
winner of one of the greatest naval
victories of modern times.
The charges which have been
made against Admiral Schley and
which have been countenanced
directly or indirectly, by persons
in authority and some of his
brother officers, have been in effect
charges against the United States
Navy, 1t has been charged that
Schley is "caitiff' and coward
and that he turned and ran from
the enemy, II a caitiff and a COW
ard can reach the highest rank in
the United States Navy, then the
United States Navy is rotten to
the core, We cannot believe it,
and yet among the high officers Of
the navy there seems to be lacking
the disposition to maintain the
honor and credit Of the service.
The proofs of scurrilous attack
upon Admiral Schley, the attack
which gave rise to the Court Of
Inquiry, were submitted to Adj
miral Sampson and he approved
them and let the vile epithets
directed against n brother officer
pass without a word of protest, so
far rs the public is advised. 1t
seemed as if he was only looking
out for himself and that the re-
putation of the service and of his
brother officers was indifferent to
him, This is one of the worst fea
lures of this whole deplorable
business.
After the battle of Santiago a
board Of naval survey appointed
by Admiral Sampson examined
the wrecks of the Spanish ships,
and found that more than one
third of the shells which had des-
troyed them were tive-inch shells
and that the Brooklyn was the
only ship in the feet which had
five-inch guns, And the fve-inch
guns were only a portion of the
battery with which the Brooklyn
attacked the enemy, The Brook
lyn was hit more times than any
other American ship, and the only
man killed on our side was stand
ing on the deck OF the Brooklyn .
not far from Admiral Schley when
his head was taken off by a Span
ish shell. The Brooklyn was up
with the Colon to receive her sur
render when the colors were struck !
on the last of the Spanish ships,
and when firing ceased, according
to the evidence, SIMPSONS ship
WAS hull down below the horizon.
He had withdrawn tho fastest ship
Of the fleet at time when he had
been advised that the Spanish
feet WAS probably getting ready to
come out
Another important matter which
has been brought out by the in
quiry is that every captain was
not fighting on his own lines, as
has been claimed, but that Schley