The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-02-21

Malice Towards santiago's Hero Not 10 be
Tolerated. schley Won the Battle and
Destroyed the spanish Fleet, aud
Lemlsy can not Change the Fact.


has as yet appeared comes from Judge
Advocate General Lemley. To read the
dispatches as they come from Washing
ton, and which are given publicity in the
daily press, shows a very deplorable con-
dition on the part Of cliques, at the head
Of one Of which Acknowledgement Lem
ley seems to be.
Laying aside all personal animosities
and reading Lemley's attack on Admiral
Schley's appeal, no reasonable mind can
overcome the impression that malice is
the gist Of the action
Speaking of the Texas, the commenta-
tors declare: "The question is not so
much one Of possible credit to, but of pos
sible censureo Of Admiral Schley in connec-
ton with the work of that vessel in the
battle of Santiago. The plain truth il that
Admiral Schley did not during that battle
in any way direct or control the splendid
performances of the Gloucester and the
three battleships Indiana, Iowa and the
Texas The officers in command of these
ships neither received nor obeyed a solir
tary order from him."
Next the commentators turn their at,
tention to what they declare were persist
ent 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 the signal, CLOSE up, +"
and afterward by firing its thlrteen-inch
guns under signal FROM the Brooklyn, and
they say:
"But that attempt, as the testimony 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 a standing order in the
squadron to attact the enemy at once if
they appeared, and to keep the heads Of
the ships always toward the entrance, :"
and ST remember a feeling of satisfaction
that there was an order to close in, in
case any accident had happened-and col
liding with other ships"
Mr.. W. B. Conkey, the Chicago publish
er of "Schley and Santiago" was inter
viewed, and here is what he says:
1.-THE fact remains that Admiral Schley
was in command at Santiago, controlled
and directed every move of the squadron,
that won the battle and destroyed the
Spanish feet.
at strikes me that no amount of quib-
bling or political wire pulling can take
that glory from Admiral Schey. At least
that Seems to be the opinion of the Ameri-
can public and great many of the leading
men of that great public. The Milwaukee
Sentinel, one of the leading papers of the
West, reviewing the book, gives it two
column notice. and in closing says to this
effect:
! No patriotic American citizen can af
I ford not to read George Graham's great
book-Schey and Santiago, 1t gives the
facts, and proves that Sampson was al
Siboney and Schley at Santiago, where
:. the battle was fought and won.'"
The book contains nearly 500 pages o.
authentic facts and fifty instaneous pF o
tographs taken by Graham during the bat
= tie.
Q Read this, quotation from the book
!. and then say, ifthe feet did not work with
G Schley, and appreciate him as the com
mander-in-chief After the battle, SchIey
d compliments the Oregon, Texas, in fac
j. all the fleet which took part in the battle
n Somebody raised broom at our 9TH,
! Brooklyn masthead on one of the hal
yards, and the crew on the Oregon follow
+ ed suit, and then gave three cheers TO
B. Commodore Schley. On the Texas thu
q men all lined upon the forward deck AM
p at request of somebody aboard pre-
sumo Captain Philip himself-gaye thre
i cheers for Commodore Schey. The lit
:. tie Vixen circled around us three or fou
) times, her crew yelling themselves hoars
- for the Brooklyn, for Schley, and for tn
victory.
/ but from the New York there cam
J never a sound Of ijoyfulness and never
a cheer"
The New York was Simpsons flagship
and had just returned from Siboney aft,
= the battle, and Advocate General Lemle
> is SIMPSONS friend
wanted-The public to knowthat I a
prenared to remove crpasp stains. etc