Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-02-20
Tinds Ne Excuse on Either Side fol
Further Agitation.
Acco.ps PRAISE r 'cHLlY AND SAMPSON
Insists, H.v.r.r, ; ~ Vi,. Captains
Belongs Rsa. y
ARROWS wNSLtY's REceGA
says ~ schIey was Reprehensibt
sampson Claimed, Latter Did
Wrong to Leave Him
in Command.

tal sections Of which are as follows
WHITE HOUSE, Feb. is;,I have S received ,sd
snswer ans rHiis thereto from the Navy department;
have examined both with the utmost
care ss well ss the the PseSsdins bsge ppeG read
through all the testimony taken before the
court and the statements Of the counsel
s%amined Sr ' ali the officiai reports Of every
kind referring 10 the Santiago campaign;
Pes sesdGy Gf Gy SefoTe SSGss TIC Of Claims
and have also personally had before me
the fogr sds f0 t6ose Of the two
mrals, which were actively ensageu AT
Santiago. ,..,... .,,oz
unanimous in its findings of fact and unani-
nous In its expression OF opinion on mosI
20 10 I1s me iils from the verdict Of the court on
these points where it was unanimous.
Satisfied with Courts Justice.
1 have, however, gone carefully over the
evidence on these points also. am satls-
d he'd that on the Whole the court uiu SUI
II should have specifically condemned the
ade at Santiago while Admiral Schley was
In command. on the other hand, l feel
that there is reasonable doubt whether
he did not move his squadron with suffi-
Client expedition from port 70 port Inc
court Is unit m II tbs Go11eb n6Snt WbeEe it seems
to me he most grayely erred ho,,a6 ms tSe
grade movement, when he apano9nee @ 5n tnS nS
misstatement of facts in relation thereto:
II should be remembered, however, that
SQUIRT censures occurred 1--WE weeks or more
before the fight itself. and 1t seems that
able he should not have been left as second
In command under Admiral Sampson.
schIey's 0nenses CondORed.
His offenses were in effect cordoned when
he was not called to account for them.
official letter 70 the department, alluded
for the first time to Admiral schleys 8
ousiy II Admiral schiey was guilty, Of
teprehensible conduct OF a Bind which called
Er ESsn s1e %dnlrSl Sss Sampson @ oasht not to Ssvs
left him as senior o1icer OF the biockading
Iuledron on the So &C. J1'E when heGns he tsamp
OF communication with General shafter. we
can. therefore. for our present puSpH.sses; I .ss
toanythins hut the battle =.
Regarding this. the point raised in the
Admiral schley as TO which was in com
mand and 10 which was entitled the
spesisy ~ sny II Unusual and preleminent credit by
any special exhibition of skill, genius and
The appeal of Admiral schley to me is
not as to this but the CHIEF point ne
raises s s an TSm Sfs e tSs
and credit that Is I to the matter which the
It is in effect an appeal from the action
Df President. MCKINLEY three years. years age ysc
promotion for the various officers con-
Pected with the Santiago squadron.
Must Judge McI1inIey's Act.
What / have TO decide, therefore, is
whether or not President mckinley did IN
Wolves a comparison of the actions OF the
different commanders engaged. On thi:
%Wnder the orders of Admiral Sampson
sxempiified by the result,
''Then occurred the incident which caused
me for a moment more alarm than any
thing Cervera did that day.
suddenly Whit OF breeze and iull o.
us sne trnni turninS e on It's ' port heim with 81,
waves curling over Its bow and grea
clouds OF black smoke pouring from III
Back both engines hard went down tn,
tube 70 the astonished engineers, ana IN
itself. The collision which seemed lmmi
nent, even II 4 was not was ayerted. an.
brooklyn struck then il would probabl,
have been the end of Texas and Its 80
"Admiral sampson was commander-in
chief before, during and after the action.
Clark Accredits sampson.
Captain cIark's statement Is as follows;
sPmpson's P @ me When hs the spanish ships cam
saw saw I New 9 YORK % I to the @ eastward but re
eeived no signal OF any KIND from NeV
enough to signal directly to me until afte
Colon surrendered.
sponsibie command during this running
fight and chase 50 far as was concerned
had had fiyinS for Close action or Something Q Q
the kind. As, however, the problem wa
rsshy ssPp @ps @ had Sssn to dOns sefon @
/ saw Brooklyn, he did not, as a matter o
fact. exercise any control over any move
form any action OF any kind whatever /
obedience 10 any order from Brooklyn
nor as to my Eunfire. during the hight Q
Admiral Evans Report.
The following is Admiral Evans state
Rsns me Ss ships az the cpeE
ing OF the night and for the trst' movement
long To Admiral sampson. whose orders v
were putting into effect. When the hgf
was In plain sight / saw Il turning
overtake US, Throughout the tight cor
'Isasd received ed mo- no orders from him until vi
caya was aground. Nor did receive an
orders Shateyer from 7, HroSskyn, Ss ya nor shoS i
inasmuch as ! considered Admiral SAM
son 10 be present and In command
The following is Admiral Taylor's stat
mat sAt the beginning Of the fight New YOr
HrooSiyn was to the westward. The on
signal / received from New York was
the very close of the light. when II sil
nailed to me TO return and guard Il
mouth of the harbor. 50 that nothir
should come OUT 10 attack our transports.
would Not Heed Brooklyn.
Il received no signal whatever fro
Brooklyn and should not have needed al
AZ one had been made, as 1 considered AZ
miral Sampson present and In command "
The following Is Commander Wal
Wrights statement;
"At the outset OF the night New York wi
not much further away from me in OF
direction than Brooklyn was In the othe
and was in plain sight OF course Admir-
Sampson was present and In command"
The question Of command Is In this ca
nominal and technical Admiral Sampson
ship. New York. was seen at the outset
1cOatlpusd on second Pase,l