Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-06
NOBLY INDICATED.
The Great American Admiral Wind
field Scott Schley
WINS EVERY POINT At ISSUE.
His Superb Seamanship and Great FOrethought
Established by The Testimony Of Even The
Trained Witnesses OF Tho Naval Clique Credi-
table 10 the Country and Fortunate for SChIaI
Is the Establishment Of Tho Naval Court.

Is The Establishment Of The Naval Court.
It was a mean, cowardly and con.
temptible nature that conceived the
slander and first gave it utterance
touching the loop Of the Brooklyn as
affecting the tried courage OF the gal
liant Schley. Gossip and jealousy among
naval men and even rivalry Of COM
manders or high officials connected
with the navy had plenty Of sea room
for abuse or villifcatiOn Of each other
without resOrting to the vile imputa-
tion Of cOwardiCt or fear Of gun fire.
applied to either Schley or Sampson.
The Court Of lnQuirys developments
show how, from the boastful or
| thoughtless utterances Of the men of
one ship and the resentments of the
/ officers and men Of a rival vessel, this
| whole distressing controversy arose,
until even the commander-in-chief
! Sampson. was impregnated with the
virus and gave official utterance to the
uncalled for rebuke of Schley's repre-
| hensible conduct" It is worthy Of
note, however. that all through this
| old woman's iawing match between
sailors and high officials the greatness
Of SChley is emphasized over any and
all Of his so-called rivals, in the fact
that he has neither written nor utter
ed a condemnatory nor a retaliatory
word against his maligners.
The testimony of Navigator HOdg-
son, Of the Brooklyn. from whom so
much was expected by the clique perse-
cutting the peoples idol and Admiral,
completely smashes the case or allega-
tions against the Commodore, who or
dered and directed the loop of the
!, Brooklyn
Even though Schley did say, Damn
the Texas" or "let her take care Of
herself" the navigator explicitly
swears that the loop was made TO head
on the fleeing Spanish ships, and that
me result Of the loon showed the wis
dom OF the movement and the consum-
mate tactical seamanship Of Schley.
The retrOgrade movement was also
smashed the past week. and Schleys
forethought and qualifications for a
great and responsible command Of
American fighting ships clearly demon
strated. The expert naval mathema-
tician" on coal and figures. whom the
clique, OF which Crowuinshield is chief.
held as their sure and allsuficient
trump card to win the trick, inglorious-
ly fell down before the cross-examina-
tiOn Of Counsel Parker. Ships lying
at anchor or with banked fires. moving
slowly about, consume a per cent of
, their coal supply SOme1Chdt less than
when under forced draught pursuing
a heeing enemy, and Lieut. Charles
w. Dyson, the expert mathematician
, referred to, found this out, evidently
TO his surprise, Notwithstanding that
he holds down a safe berth in the Bu-
reau OF Steam Engineering. by the
grace and favoritism Of the clique. So
that the two charges going to Key
West to coal his squadron" and loop
ing the Brooklyn" were precisely what
Schley ought to have done as demon
strated by the events which exactly de-
veloped along the line of these master
. ly forethoughts OF the great American
admiral For instance. had he at
tempted to coal his squadron at sea.
the attempt would have been a fail
ure, or at least problematically a fail
ure, and Schley was playing a sure
hand eliminating all the problems and
| providing alone for the contingencies.
And, had he not made the loop" it
was problematical again whether one
or two OF the Spanish ships might not
have made good their escape. Again
Schley eliminated the problem and pro
vided for the contingency with the
loop and the result vindicated his
magnificent seamanship and cool judg
ment as the responsible commander OF
the American fighting ships then in ac-
ton
II is more creditable to his country
than even fortunate for his reputation
! (as this was safe) that this naval
! Court Of Inquiry was instituted. as the
| testimony ELECTED has established to
/ the world the high order OF abilities
| possessed by the naval commanders OF
/ the American navy; and, not one OF
/ the gallant and able officers. including
Sampson, demonstrated in the hour OF
peril and In the enemys teeth before
/ the harbOr OF Santiago on that ever
memorable day when the steel-clad
| fleet OF Spain was sent TO the bottom,
the equal courage, daring and superb
seamanship OF the victor commander
Of the American squadron-Winfeld
Scott Schley.