Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-24
SHELBY AROUSED.
He Now Asks For A Thorough
 Investigation.
THE NAVAL HISTORY DID IT.

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 Law-His Production is Useless as a {
 Historical Work-Schley Sent Letter
 to Secretary Long Wants Investiga-
 tion Held at Washington.
 Washington, July 24-Secretary Long has received letter from Admir- al Schley asking for a court of inquiry. Nothing, beyond this announcement was made public. The secretary is now in conference with Judge Advocate General Lemly, Admiral Crowinshield and Captain Cowles, assistant chief of the bureau of navigation, presumably concerning this matter.
 Admiral Dewey arrived at the navy department shortly after 10:30 o'clock this morning having Eeen summoned from his country home near this city by Secretary Long. The conference which was in progress between the sec retary and Admiral Crowninshield, Captain Cowles and Judge Acknowledgement Lemly was immedi- ately dissolved and Secretary Long is now closeted with Admiral Dewey. Tn his letter to the secretary, Ad- miral Schley does not specify any of the criticisms to which he takes ex- captions but asks, in view of the state ments and innuendoes and abusive language contained in Maclay's his tory, which he says he does not consid- CT worthy of use in any college in the country, that court of inquiry of the entire natter be held. He also asks that the court shall sit in Washington where his papers are stored. Secre- tary Long has replied to the letter say- ing that Under the circumstances'' he heartily approves of Admiral Schley's course and that the depart ment will act favorably upon Admiral Schley's request. It is stated that Ad- miral Dewey undoubtedly will be the
 head of the court of inquiry. The other members of the court have not yet been decided upon. 1t is not the intention of Secretary Long to have the court convened at once but to wait | until the weather becomes cooler. Washington, July 24.-The Washing ton Post last night telegraphed to k ar Admiral Schley that in an editorial it l insisted that he owed it to himself, as | well as to his friends, to begin pro- ceedings against MT Maclay, the author | of the History of the United States Navy, to disprove the charges made, and adding: twill you do this? Please | wire statement
 Yesterday it received the following l telegram:
 Great Neck. l.. T., July 23, 1901
 Editor Washington Post:
 T believe the first step should be m | investigation of all matter by a c5ur,, | then a civil action aferward. I am preparing to take this course w. s. SCHLEY'' Great Neck, l.. l., July 24.-That Rear Admiral Schley intends to take
 some step to bring to head the Samp- | son-Schley controversy was indicated | yesterday, when, i'll the presence of his wife and his son, Dr Schley, he said: T do not intend to say anything fur | ther, not at this time. The whole ma l ter has passed the talking stage and l has reached one of action. Too much has been said already, much of inn portance and much that is not import I ant, relative to this myself. I do not know that I will tissue any statement l later. I may and I may not. If a statement seems called for may issue | one, but that will be independent of | any action I may take. What I shall do do not think proper to discuss at this time"
 The admiral would not say if he had determined upon the course of action
 he will take. He said that if he made a statement it would probably c3ver ] the whole subject, but that he was not likely to make it while here, becauSe
 to make it he would have to refer to papers and documents in Washington and would not trust to memory.
 He said he had not read Admiral Simpsons contribution to the dis us- sion. He had not known that Admir-
 al Evans had spoken on his behalf, b t said it was true that neither he II r Captain Cook of the Brooklyn knew l the code arranged with the Cuban in-
 surgents by which the insurgents were
 to signal the arrival of the Spanish l fleet. He said he did not know there
 had been such an arrangement.
 Il came here to rest" said the ad-
 miral, "and to wait until the navy de- l partment filed orders for me. am t. ting what rest I can, but this contro- versy is continucl;.-r coming up find
 l have many friends who are standing
 up for me. They can re st assured that
 appreciate their good will and ia r.
 ness. l shall not disappoint them in
 anything except in their apparent de- sire to have me talk. I win not do
 that. The visits of the reporters. to me
 are annoying, not because I do not like
 them, but, because of my determina-
 tion not to talk. I must seem discour-
 teous to them. When-I am asked ques-
 tions l hate for the sake of the qres-
 tioner, to refuse to answer, fearing he
 will think 1 am discourteucs."
 The admiral obtained yesterday a
 copy of the Maclay history and began
 its perusal He admitted this much.
 but would not discliss the book. even
 in the abstract, and with all reference
 to himself omitted "I have not read
 1t all yet, and even if I had am not
 critic of such things was the ans
 swer
 It is said the admiral refuses 10 dis
 cuss the matter even with the mem
 bers of his family, and tells them, as hn tells All others that they 1n11sf waft