The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-02-14
WHO WON THE BATTLE OF
SANTIAGO?
sCHLEY OR SAMPSON

Especial from Commercial Asstd Pr,ss).
What is President Roosevelt going to
do with the Shelley Appeal? Admiral
Schley is slowly vending his way to
Washington, will probably be there with
in week or ten days, and it seems to be
the general opinion that the President
will render his decision when the Rear
Admiral returns from his western tour. :
There are three ways open to the Pres
ident to decide the appeal.
1. He may send the case back to the
Navy Department, as having the sole
jurisdiction, and make no other COM
ment
2. He may declare the appeal regular
and also indorse the fin Il ACTON of Sec
rotary Long.
3. He may declare the appeal regular
and indorse some of the findings of the
majority of the court and of its president,
Admiral Dewey.
The fact that the President has accept
ed the appeal makes it reasonably GER
tain that the conclusions arrived at by
Secretary Long and the Navy Depart
mcnt are not conclusive.
It seems to be the Presidents duty to
settle the controversy once and for all
so that Congress will not find it neces-
sary to take action on the numerous bills
now before it, and which are held in
ho Whifo do.
cision.
The President has already decided that
the Court had ample jurisdiction and
power to pass on the question of absolute
command. The Navy Department has
always strenuously denied this.
1t seems the President is opening a way
to concur with Admiral Dewey, who
maintained what the Navy Department
denied, and who did in fact pass on the
question of command.
If this was suggestion from the White
House, it is generally conceded the Presi
dent was paving the way to concur with
Admiral Dewey. who had maintained
what the Navy Department denied, and
who did, in fact, pass on the question of
command
There is therefore warrant for the be.
lief that the President may agree with the
majority Of the court in non essentials,
which the court magnified into high crimes
and misdemeanors, but that as to the
ESSENTIALS of WHO WAS ACTUAL
LY IN COMMAND, WHO WON THE
GREAT VICTORY, WHO ISSUED the
ORDERS for the ACTUAL CONFLICT,
etc., the PRESIDENT WILL SUSTAIN
the broad and non partisan PROPOSE.
TONS LAID DOWN BY ADMIRAL
DEWEY.
The President was once Assistant Sec
rotary of the Navy and is aware of the
inner workings in the bureau and army
offices which led to the "Schley contro-
versy." He was on the board of strategy
and remembers, perhaps, great many
things which are generally supposed ia
be forgotten.
1t may lie further stated that the Pres.
dent is again reading George Graham's
great book--"schley and Santiago" He
has once before expressed his opinion re-
garding it in the following words: "Mr
Graham story is the best account | have
heard or read Of the naval fighting durin g
the war. 1t needed just as much courage
to go about taking photographs as it did
to work the guns"
The book published by the W. B. Con
key Company of Chicago contains nearly
500 pages of facts and fifty photographs
taken during the fight by Graham, the
War Correspondent, which will give
every patriotic citizen the opportunity te
judge the controversy on its merits.
We have read the book-it's worth &
dollar and fifty cents-yes, more thar
that because it is the only truthful anC
authentic account of the battle o.
Santiago.