The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-13
GRAHAM ON SCHLEY
CORRESPONDENT WRITES A
va" BOOK.
4scHLEY AND SANTIAGO"
WITH THE ADMIRAL ABOARD
THE BROOKLYN.

.., First and Only Complete
story of the Work of the Flying
SQUADRON which Was Under Ad-
.;rsI schIey's Command, and Is
s.id to Have the Unqualified In
.ament of SchIey, Who Read
and Corrected the Pr"ofs-s"mp-
n.s UngenerOus Treatment OF
s.h,ev After the Victory of sam
tiagO.
chicago, Jan. IA book entitled
.s,,lev and Santiago" is in press in
49,. oitv and will be issued within ten
aove The author is George e. era
,.n, war correspondent, who had
.vcentional facilities for gathering ma
t.rials. as he was on board the Brook
I'm during the fight with the Spanish
s..t and was thus in position to tell
tbe story of Santiago without fear or
t.vor" The book is said to have the
nnoualifed Endorsement of Rear Ad-
,ni,al schley. who read and corrected
+hs rroof sheets. When President
poosevelt was Governor of New York
bs was present when Mr.. Graham gave
an account of the battle to state Off
cials and members of the Legislature,
and said
81 am sure you feel as pleased at
having listened to Mr.. Graham as l
do for ] have listened to the best
account | have ever heard or read OF
the naval fighting during this war"
The book is the first and only com
plete story of the work of the Flying
Squadron, commanded by Schley. Mr..
Graham was assisted by his camera,
which enabled him to add many in
teresting Illustrations, and the account
he gives of the movements of the fleet
and the battle is evidently sincere. 1t
is free of vlrulent and personal at
tacks, the aim is to give a truthful
statement of every occurrence. In con-
necton with the arrival of the New
York Mr.. Graham says:
Samosons Lack of Courtesy.
The Commodore reached over to me,
took my glasses, and looked searching
ly 10 the east, saying slowly as he did:
There is the Texas, and there is the
vixen. but / don't see the New York
and then, as he kept the glasses up,
in an instant he evidently had found
her for he remarked: Yes, there she
lS can tell her by her smoke This
was at l;4l o'clock and the Colon had
gone ashore at 1:15, while Capt. Cook
had received the surrender at 1:43. At
? o'clock, as the New York got where
cred her in signal distance.
Commodore Schley ordered the signal
raised: A glorious victory has been
achieved, details later This signal re-
placed the one which we had been fly
ing for nearly three quarters of an
hour The enemy has surrendered
and which the New York had not an
V9inly the signal officers on
The bridge watched the New York for
even the courtesy of an answering pen
nant showing that she understood our
signal None was displayed, and then
It apparetly dawned upon Commodore
Schleys mind that SIMPSONS flag cap
tain on the New York was probably in
lent on ignoring him. Picking up the
negaphCne. Commodore Schley did the
one thing that day for which l have
always criticised him; lowered his dig
hlty sufficiently to plead with the COM
mander of the fleet that he might have
the surrender of the ship whose escape
mad been frustrated by the Brooklyn
ana the Oregon, thus making complete
the days victory.
! request the honor of the surren-
DER of the Cristobal Colon he said in
clear distinct voice, and from the
commander-in-ch chiefs flagship came
waited back the insolent answer from
cadet 'What?'
Nice Treatment of Victor.
! request the honor of the surren-
uer OF the Cristobal Colon again
called the Commodore, and this time
ns voice trembled slightly. We
watched the bridge of the New York
gosely' waited intently for an answer.
git none came. And that message, as
,l .iau an the others preceding it since
uie destruction of the SDa nish fleet,
,HLuiCn mad been addressed by Schley to
N'e New York relD2i0e1 unanswered.
somebody raiSe~ 4 broom at our
,,''eas'-head OF one Of the pennant hall
3e'0s aNJ the crew of the Oregon fol-
G,"ec sur and then gave three cheers
=. Nommodore Schley. On the Texas
d 'e men all lined un on the forward
H. ana at the request of somebody
s9,iu' J presume of Philip himself.
S@t lnfee cheers for Commodore
tb,ley The little Vixen circled around
,t'er or four times, her crew yelling
SaLi Li,iselVes hoarse for the Brooklyn. for
tby and for the victory. But from
sn New York there came never
c5ea.., OF joyfulness and never