Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-02-20
Who Won The Battle Of
Santiago /?
who Commanded The Fleet. 7
ScbIey or Simpson !?
Three wsJs osen 70 Tbs President.
The Public Want Decision in
SchIey's Favor.

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What is President Roosevelt going
to do with the Schley Appeal2 Ad-
miral Schley is slowly vending his
way to Washington, will probably
be there within a week or ten days,
and it seems to be the general opin-i
ion that the President viii ranaer
his opinion when the Rear 4 Adlniral
sesssa - y sssHs
There are three ways opcn to the
President TO decide the appeal.
!. He may send the case hack 10
the Navy Department a. having the
sole Jurisdiction, and make no other
comment.
2. He may declare the appeal
regular and also indorse the FINAL
action of Secretary Long.
3. He may declare the appeal
regular and indcrse some of the
findings OF the majority Of the court
and of its president. Admiral Dew
ey.
The fact that the President has
accepted the appeal makes it reason
ably certain that the conclusions ar
rived at by Secretary Isong and the
Navy Department are not conclu-
sive.
Ii seems to be The Presidents s du-
ty to settle the controversy once and
for all, so that Congress win Dot
find it necessary TO take action on
the numerous bills now before ite
and which are held in abeyance,
pending the White House decision.
The President has already decided
that the Court had ample jurisdic-
tion and power to pass on the ques-
tion OF absolutecommand The Ma,
w Department has alaays strenu-
ously denied this.
1t seems the President is opening
a way to concur with Admiral Dew
ey, who maintained what the Navy
Department denied, and who did in
fact pass on the question OF corr
mand.
There is therefore warrant for the
belief that the President may agree
with the majority of the court in
non-essentials, which the court mag
nified into high crimes and misde-
meanors, but that as TO the essenti-
ais of who was actually in COMMAND,
who won the great victory, who IS
sued the orders for the actual con-
flict, etc., the President will sustain
the broad aud non n-partizan PROPOSE
tions laid down by Admiral Dewey.
The President was once Assistant
Secretary of the Navy and is aware
of the inner workings in the bureau
aud army Offices which led to the
''Schley controversy. He was on
the Board Of strategy, and remem-
bers, perhaps, great many things
which are generally supposed TO be
forgotten.
1t may be further stated that the
President is again reading George
Graham's great book 'Schley and
Santiago. He has once before ex-
pressed his opinion regarding it in
the following words: Dir. Graz
hams story is the best account
have heard or read of the naval
fighting during the war It needed
just as much courage TO go about
taking photographs as 1t did to work
the guns.
The book published by the w: 3.
Conkey Company OF Chicago con-
tains nearly 500 pages OF facts aud
fifty photographs taken during the
fight by Graham. the War Cores
pondent, which will give every pa
triotic citizen the opportunity to
judge the controversy on its merits.
We have read the book-it is worth
dollar and fifty cents-yes, more
than that because it Is the only
truthful and authentic account OF
the battle Of Santiago.