The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
(Speciai from Commercial AsS'td Pres

General Lemley. TO read the dis.
patches as they come from Wash
ington, and which are given pub
Lefty in the daily press, shows a
very deplorahle condition on the
part of cliqueS. at the head of one
of which Advocate General Lem
ley seems TO be.
Laying aside all personal ami
moSities and reading Lemley's
attack on Admiral Schley'S APP
peal. no reasonable mind can
overcome the impression that
malice is the gist of the action.
Speaking of the Texas, the
commentators declare: EThe ques.
ton is not so much one of posi-
BILE credit TO, but of possible cen.
sure of Admiral Schley in connec
ton with the work of that vessel
in the battle of Santiago. The
plain truth is that Admiral Schley
did not during that battle in any
way direct or control the splen.
did performances of the Glou.
ceSter and the three battleships
Indiana, Iowa and Texas. The
officers in command of these ships
neither received or obeped Il soil
tary order from him.
Next the commentators turn
their attention to what they de
clare were persistent efforts by
SchleN'S attorneys to show that
iii some manner the Oregon at
least was under his orders during
the battle, first by answering the
signal, "CloSe up" and after
wards by firing its thirteen inch
guns under signal from he Brook
Ign, and they say:
But that attempt, as the tes-
timony to be quoted below shows,
was a failure"
They quote, therefore, passages
from Captain Clark's testimony,
in which he said in regard to the
order. "CloSe up" that that was
d standing order in the squadron
to attack the enemy at once If
they appeared, and to keep the
heads OF the ships always toward
the entrance" and Il remember
feeling of satisfaction that
there was an order to close in.
in case any accident had hap.
pened-and colliding with other
ships"
Mr.. W. b. Conkey, the pub
Usher of "Schley and Santiago"
was interviewed, and here is
what he says:
The fact remains that Admi-
raj Schley was in command at
Santiago. and directed every
move of the squadron, that won
the battle and destroyed the
Spanish fleet.
1t strikes me that no amount
of quibbling or political wire pull
ling can take that glory from
Admiral Schley. AT least that
seems to be the opinion of the
American public and a great
many OF the leading men of that
great public. The Milwaukee
Sentinel, one of the leading pa
pers of the West, in reviewing
the book, gives it a two-column
notice, and III closing says in
this effect:
mo patriotic American citizen
can afford not to read George
Graham'S great book - Schley
and Santiago. 1t gives the facts,
and proves that Sampson was at
Slboney and Schley at Santiago
where the battle was fought and
Won"
The book contains nearly 500
pages of authentic facts and fifty
Instantaneous photographs taken
by Graham during the battle.
Read this, a quotation from the
book, and then say, il the fleet
did not work with Schley and APP
preciate him as the Commanders
in-Chiet. After the battle, Schley
compliments the Oregon and
Texas, and in fact, all the fleet
which took part in the battle.
Somebody raised broom at
our (the Brooklyn masthead on
one of the pennant halyards. and
the crew of the Oregon followed
suit, and then gave three cheers
for Admiral Schley. On the
Texas all the men lined up on the
forward deck and at the request
of somebody abOard-I presume
Captain Philip himself = gave
three cheers for Commodore
Schley The little Vixen circled
around us three or four times, her
crew yelling themselves hoarse
fot the Brooklyn, for Schley, and
for the victory.
"But from the New York there
came never a sound of joyfulness
and never cheer"
The New York was SIMPSONS
flagship, and had just returned
from SibOney after the battle,
and Acknowledgement Lemley is