Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-12-27
SECRETARY LONG APPROVES
VERDICT OF SCHLEY COURT.
lie Dismisses the Subject and Hopes
the Matter VIII he DrOpDed-DOes
Not Listen to Sampson OF schiey
Attorneys-Kayner Is quite Ind.s-
nNnt.

! Washington, Dec. 22.-Secretary Long
has disposed finally OF the Schley case,
50 far as the navy department lc con
ccrned, by acting upon the findings and
conclusions of the court Of inq"iry. lie
approves the findings of fac. and the
opinion of the full court; he approves
the majority opinion where there is a
difference in the court: he holds that the
court could not have entered into consid-
Grafton Of who commanded at Santiago
and finally he accepted the recommended
ton that ne further proceedings be had
The secretary also has declined the ap-
plication Of Admiral Sampson counsel to
enter upon an inq.iry into the question
OF command and has notified Admiral
Schleys counsel Of hat fact as reason
for declining to hear them on that point.
Secretary Longs approval OF the ma
jority report was as follows:
The department has read the tcsti-
mony i'll this case, the arguments of
counsel at the trial, the courts findings
of fact, opinion and recommendation; the
individual memorandum of the presiding
member, the statement OF exceptions 10
The said findings and opinion by the APP
plicant; the reply To said statement Ivy
the judge advocate of the court and his
assistant, and the brief this day sub
mitted by counsel for Rear Admiral
Sampson traversing the presiding mem
ber's view as to who was in command
at the battle Of Santiago And after care
ful consideration the findings of fact and
the opinion Of the full court are approved.
AS to the points on which the pre-
siding officer differs from the majority
OF the court, the opinion of the majority
is approved.
As to the further expressions if his
views by the same member with regard
to the questions of command on the morn
ing OF july 3, 1898, and of the title 10
credit for the ensuing victory, the con-
duet of the court in making no finding
and rendering no opinion on those qnes-
tons is approved; indeed it could With
propriety take no other course, evidence
on these questions during the inquiry
having been excluded by the court
The department approves the recon-
mendation of the court that no further
proceedings be had in the premises.
The department records its apprecia-
zion OF the arduous labors of the whole
court. JOHN d. LONG,
Secretary of the Navy
Letters to the Admirnls.
The text of the secretary's letter to
ADMIRAL SIMPSONS attorneys and to All
miral Schley follows:
Navy Department, Washington, Dec
y, l90l.-Gcntlemen In view of the
departments approval this day of the
recommendation of the court of inquiry
in the case of Admiral Sehley, that no
further proceedings be had, and of the
fact that the question of command was
excluded from consideration by the court.
he department will take no action upon
the brief filed by you in behalf of Rear
Admiral William T. Sampson Very re-
spectfully, JOHN d. LONG, Secretary.
" Aessrs Stayton & Theall, Johnston
Building, New York"
Attorney Rnyner Is Indignant.
Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2l.-Isador Raw
ner attorney general of Maryland AMI
counsel for Admiral Schey, when shown
the decision if Secretary Long today. de-
cared that THE whole proceeding is arDi
trarv md tyranncal" He manifested the
,.eate>t surprise and Indignation