The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-03-20
sOHLBY vs.. LBMLY.
Malice Towards Santlago's Hero Not 10 Be
Tolerated Sehley Won the Battle and
Destroyed the Spanish Fleet ands
lemly Can Not Change
That Fact.

One of the most outrageous attacks
that has as yet appeared comes now
from Judge Acknowledgement Lem
ley. To read the dispatches as they
come from Washington, and which
are given publicity in the daily press,
shows very deplorable condition on
the part of clques, at the head of one
of which Acknowledgement Lemley
seems to be.
Laying aside all personal animosi-
ties and reading Lemley's attack on
Admiral Schley's appeal, no reason
able mind can overcome the impress
sion that malice is the gist of the
action.
Speaking OF the Texas, the COM
mentators declare: "The question is
not so much one of possible credit
to, but of possible censure of Admiral
Schley in connection 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 splendid
performance of the Gloucester and
the three battleships Indiana, Iowa
and Texas. The officers in command
of these ships neither received nor
obeyed solitary order from him"
Next the commentators turn their
attention TO what they declare were
persistent efforts by Schley's attorneys
to show that in some manner the
Oregon at least was under his orders
during the battle, first by answering
:he signal, "Close up" and afterward
by firing its thirteen-inch guns under
signal from the Brooklyn, and they
say:
"But that attempt, as the testimony
to be quoted below shows, was
failure" ;"
They quote, therefore, passages
from Captain Clark's testimony, in
which he said in regard to the order,
"Close up" that that was 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 81 remem-
Der feeling of satisfaction that there
was an order to close in, in case any
accident had happened-and collid-
ing with other ships"
Mr.. w. B. Conkey, the Chicago
publisher of "Schley and Santiago"
was interviewed, and here is what he
says:
"The fact remains that Admiral
Schley was in command at Santiago,
controlled and directed every move Of
the squadron, that zo0n tie hattie and
destroyed the Spanish Fleet
at strikes me that no amount OF
quibbling or political wire pulling can
take that glory from Admiral Schley.
AT least that seems to be the opinion
of the American public and great
many of the leading men of that great
public. The Milwaukee Sentinel, one
of the leading papers OF the West, In
reviewing the book, gives it a two
column notice, and In closing says to
this effect:
'No patriotic American citizen
can afford not to read George Gra-
hams great book-Schley and Santi-
ago. 1t gives the facts, and proves
that Sampson uas at &bOney and
Sfhley at Santiago, where the battle
was fought and aoon.'
The book contains nearly 500
pages of authentic facts and fifty
instantaneous photographs taken by
Graham during the battle.
Read this, quotation from the
book, and then say, if the feet did
not work with Schley, and appreciate
him as the Commander-ln-C Chief
After the pattle, Schley compliments
the Oregon, Texas, in fact all the
fleet which took part in the battle:
"Somebody raised broom at our
(the Brooklyn) masthead on one O
the pennant halyards, and the crew o.
the Oregon followed suit, and ther
gave three cheers Jor Commodo,'
Sehley. On the Texas the men al
lined up on the forward deck and Al
request from somebody aboard
presume Captain Philip himself-gav'
: three cheers for Commodore Schley
The little Vixen circled around u
three or four times, her crew yelling
themselves hoarse for the Brooklyn
for Schley, and for the victory.
"Bm JrOm The Mew York tier
l., came never a S0Hnd of JcgfuI1ess an
e neVer a eheer"
= The New York was Simpsons flag
!. ship, and had just returned iron
d Siboney after the battle, and Advo
+ cate General Lemley is Sampson
friend.