Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-07-26
SCHLEY TO TAKE ACTION
Will Ask for Investigation By a
Court Of Inquiry.
SUIT AGAINST MAcLAY NEXT.

stung BY Adverse Criticism, the Hero
of Santiago Will Request Judicial
Research of His Conduct at the
Fourth Of July Battle.
Washington. July 24.-The Washing
ton Post telegraphed Admiral Schley
that in an editorial it insisted that he
owed 1t to himself as well as to his
friends to begin proceedings against
Mr.. Maclay, the author of the History
Of the United States Navy" to dis
prove the latter's charges, adding:
will you do this? Please wire
statement"
Yesterday it received the following
telegram:
Great Neck, L. l.. July %.
l believe the first step should be an
investigation of all matter by court,
then a civil action afterwards. am
preparing to take this course.
W. S. Sch!ey.
The Post, as result of extensive
inquiries based upon the admiraPs dis
patch, said in part this morning:
admiral Schley proposes to ask an
Investigation at the hands of a naval
court of inquiry and then to sue His
! torian Maclay for libel His action
is the sequel to the developments dur
ing the past week, when the entire
country has been stirred by the publ
cation of the unexampled abuse poured
out upon him in the third volume of
r. S. Maclay's History of the United
States Navy in which publication
Schley is said to have run away in
caitiff fight, and is, in addition. de-
nOuneed as a coward, eur and trail.
tor.
THE Schley court of inquiry will un,
doubtedly be one of the most cele
brated cases in the naval or military
history of the country. The high rank
of the officers involved in the contrO
versy, and the intense public feeling
which has been aroused will combine
to give to the investigation a dra
matte interest. Nothing has occurred
I
will compare with 1t.
THE appointment of the court O
inquiry is expected to be made by Sec
rotary Long. though it would be II
the power of the president to MAKE
the selections if he chose. This Il
hardly likely to occur, however.
Mr., Long has already stated tina
if Admiral Schley requested a cour
OF inquiry he would grant the request
} and has also expressed his willing
ness to personally select the court
While he has not made any state
ment as to its personnel, there i
every reason to believe that he favor
Admiral Dewey and Rear Admiral
Ramsey and Denham, the two latte
being now upon the retired list. TIL
, name of Admiral Walker has been sui
. gested. but it Is known that he ha
expressed views upon the Sampson
ScAley controversy in antagOnism I
Schley, and his appointment woult
therefore, be seriously questioned"
Owing to the fact that so many pro-
able witnesses are at widely diffuse
points, it is not likely that the coul
will get to work for some time. A.
miFal Sampson, who will, next to A.
miral Schley, be the principal figul
at the inquiry, is stationed at the 30
ton navy yard. The captains of IL
vessels participating in the Santiai
battle are at various stations. Captat
Cook, of the Brooklyn, Is at Annapoli;
Captain Clark, of the Oregon, is
League Island; Captain Chadwick,
Admiral Simpsons flagship, the Ne
. York, is at Newport; Captain, no
Rear Admiral, Taylor. of the Indian
is at the Brooklyn navy yard Ca
n tain, now Rear Admiral, Evans, Is d
/ tailed as a member of the board of
/ spection and survey in this city, b
S is now off on yachting trip; CAPITA
n Higginson, of the Massachusetts,
commander of the North Atlant
ar Squadron; Lieutenant Command
Wainwright, of the Gloucester, is s
y perintendent of the Naval Academy
II Annapolis; Lieutenant Sharp, of t
lie Vixen, is executive officer of the Ha
re ford, which is now off the coast
Sweden, and Captain Philip, Of t
Iowa is dead.