The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-21

participated in the battle the president
returned the papers to Secretary Long,
with the remark that Admiral Schley
could not be cOurt-martialed on such
testimony. Admiral Schley was. how
ever, sent TO Botany bay" being re-
warded for his victory al Santiago with
command of the South Atlantic sta
ton, the most undesirable command in
the navy. In his absence the dispute
between Schley and Hodgson had
proved his determination % stand by
his story Of the loop" controversy
were the charges preferred against him
in connection with the grounding Of the
Brooklyn, of which he was navigator.
quashed. Then came the attack of
Maclay, which compelled Admiral
Schley 10 ask for a court on inquiry.
Admiral Schley requested such a court
10 decide If he had played the part of
coward and "catih," and was or
was not in command at Santiago. In
response to his request the specifca-
tons prepared when his enemies hoped
10 cOurt-martial him were taken from
the safe of the judge advocate general
and two new ones were added-One rel
ative TO the HOdgsOn controversy, which
had developed since the specifications
were framed, and another as 10 his
general conduct"
With these specifications the court Of
inquiry assumed the aspect of a court
martial, which was heightened BY the
manner of the judge advocate and his
assistants in conducting the case. That
an appeal from 5he decision Of the ma
JCrity of the court TO the secretary. Of
the navy would be futile was so appar-
ent that il was surprising that so
ShrAvvd a 1aYvV-ar- Tcg1or Dur-rlnr
Schley's counsel, should have cOunte-
naEced such a move. A further appeal
To the president would have the same
result 1t is believed Mr.. Rayner has
learned a lesson and no appeal 10 the
president is likely. Admiral Schley
therefore retires into temporary OBJ
Security. He win probably leave Wash
ington and take up his residence with
MS son or daughter and live as quiet
" as possible.
Nor does Secretary Long escape
scathless- First the president COM
PEELED him 10 demand the resignation
Of Maclay. who the ring" had deter
mined should be rewarded for the part
he played by promotion from a labOrer
TO librarian in the Brooklyn navy yard,
an6 then for fear Long would not make
public this episode, although he has
spCndence in the case, the president in
strUcted the secretary to see that news
papers were informed of Maclay's
downfall.
OF course, Secretary Long win resign,
He has wanted to leave the cabinet for
some time and viii do so as soon as
he believes his resignation will not be
directly attributed TO the Maclay in
cident-
The net result Of the Sampson-Schley
scandal up to date is: Admiral Samp-
sons mind is gone; Admiral SchIey viii
retire in as much disgrace as the de-
partn1ent can force upon MIN; Lieuten-
ant General Miles has been scathfngly
rebuked; Secretary Long was humili-
ated; Captain Cook OF the BROOKLYN is
about to die with a broken heart; Cap
tain Clark Of the Oregon is lower on
the list of captains than before he
brought the Oregon 10000 miles to helm
Schley win the battle of Santiago
Captain Chadwick Of the New York
SIMPSONS evil genius. has received
more prize money for being absent
from the fight than Admiral Dewey for
the victory Of Manila bav: Admiral
Dewey has been criticised for his dis
sentlng opinion; Maclay. the tool has
been dismissed, and. although DafnfuI
to relate, Admiral CrOwninshieId. head
of the bureau of navigation and the re-
puted chief of the navy ring" is
scheduled for the command of the
North Atlantic squadron and 10 repre-
sent the United States navy at the cor
ohatlon OF the king of England.