The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26
.SCHLEY'S
OWN STORY
''For4-fve Years Under the
Flag
ADMIRAL TELLS OF SANTIAGO.

EetAtef expedition - service tHuef
FGrragut In the civil war--Pars sxi.
patton IA the Dewey Reception IL
New York.
"In penning these memoirs there has
been no wisn to detract from the serv
ices Of others, no desire to enter un
kind, undignitied or rude words Of
those who may have differed IN their
views, but to set forth the facts and
services Of life that has been clean
In its devotion to home and to eoun
try and steacy IN its purpose from
youth to its meridian IN giving the
best years to duty conscientiously done
for all that is nea. and dear to man.-
honor, home, country. - Neither the
lapse Of time nor the change of cir.
cumstances has wrought any change
OF faith in the expression from the
heart penned in those first moments
Of the great battle Of July s, 1898:
~ am glad tSat / had an oppor
tunity to contribute In the least TO
victory that seems big enough for all
of us
Such are the closing words IN For
ty-fiye Years Under the FLAG" by ReaI
Admiral Winfield Scott Schley. Z. S.
N. published ~ D. Appleton & Co,
says the New York World In these
memoirs Admiral schley describes his
service in the navy from his appoint
ment as acting midshipman In 1896 IN
til his retirement
In all the book the word Il" does
not appear except In the quotation that
ends it, The admiral speaks of him
self iii the third person. but the reader
does not lose the impression that ''the
writer endeavored to do the work set
before him without fear Of personal
consequence"
Schley will be best remembered by
the Greedy relief expedition and his
part In the battle Of Santiago. lie
writes thus Of the final rescue Of Gree
~ and his surviving companions after
infinite difficulties:
"The Bear, followed closely by tie
Thetis, arrived off the wreck camp
cache about 10 p. M. and there found
Lieutenant Greedy and six of his com
rades In a tent which the violent gale
had blown down over the party as they
lay In their sleeping bags. The other
eighteen of his party had persisted,
some while seeking relief toward Cape
Isabella, some drowned while sealing
some had starved to death. The graves
Of number were on a little ridge
hardly 200 feet away.
",The condition Of the survivors was
desperate la the extreme, while the
squalor Of the camp as found was
| hcartrending and distressing One Of
the whistle blasts blown to recall the
searchers was heard in the camp, and
Brainard and Long went out TO the
cliff overlooking Kane sea TO learn
what It might mean. TO their jos the
promise was real for not long after
ward the heralded ships Were In sight
"tThe success OF the relief ships in
1884 was made possible in the fullest
measure by the officers and men who
shared the dangers and exposures with
the commander and who We're willing
to undergo any privation or to under
take any risk to reach and rescue their
imperilled countrymen
They did 50 with much credit TO
themselves and with much renown to
the navy and to the nation"
Admiral Schley deals with the battla
OF Santiago most exhaustively and bis
book viii confirm those who were bis
adherents in the lamentabIe contro-
versy which followed it In their opin-
ion that he did most to win the victory
A single extract will sufficiently indl.
cate the admirals tone in this part OF
his narrative;
From confidential document I'M
der the title, Executive G, Third SEES
sion, Fifty fifth Congress, a communi-
cation By Mr. Long respecting adj
vancements In the navy it is seen that
the commander In chiefs movements
in Siboney on that morning were un-
der orders from the department to
meet General Shafter, This order, then,
furnishes an explanation of the com
mander III chiefs signal and subse-
duent movements eastward Oh July 8.
1t supplies, too, evidence Of temporary
assignment to new duty. taking him
on shore 70 the headquarters Of the ar
my 1t fixes incontestably also the
status Of the commander Of the second
squadron as senior officer present In
command before Santiago after samp-
sons withdrawal
IF the battle here related had mis-
carried, or If through mismanagement
Cervera or any Of his ships had eseap-
ed that day, there would have been no
difficulty whatever about who was in
command, or who would have had to
bear the censure. 1t is as certain In
that event that there would have been
no effort to prove that the New York
was within signal distance, no claim
that II was a captains battle, nor any
other Of the sophistrEes that were In
vented in the aftermath Of controversy
about this great victory
"No instance Is recalled where great
success was won IN battle where every
participant was not anxious to share
in the glory, but no instance is remen-
bered where any subordinate ever de-
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