Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14


date OF August l.; note inc!osius Clipping
which rurport,d 10 he ii letter from him
TO the New York newspaper and saving:
The statements made in that letter
IN regard to me and certain officers under
my command are so absolutely false that
! hesitate to believe that the letter really
could have been written and signed py YOU
l therefore request to be informed whether
or not you did write the letter and if YOU
accept the responsibility for the statements
made therein
What particularly angered Admiral Evans
In the letter was this:
What Myers Wrote.
If Admiral Evans and certain officers
who are taking their cue from him now
feel that ii is a derogation of their dignity
for a few months 10 associate with the
common people of this country. and to
allow them to come aboard of their ships
and look them over. it will tend rather to
react and create an antagonistic feeling
such as Is already cropping up among the
papers of the country
Mr.. Myers replied to Admiral Evans
letter under date Of August % saving that
ne wrote the published letter about two
and half months ago, early in June, but
the date is omitted in Its present publiCa-
tlon- 1t was not my intention or expecta
lion that the letter should be printed, al
though l omitted to ask that 1t be not pub
llshed. l must ask that in reading the
letter yeu do SO as Of the time when it was
Mr. Myers wena on to explain that lat
that time unjust and damaging articles had
appeared in the Army and Navy Journal,
Army and Navy Register and The Navy
rejecting on the jamestown exposition.
distinctly announcing the distaste and re-
luctance with which many of the navy
Offices regarded their enforced participa-
ton in the jamestown exposition.
"A Naval Correspondent
lie added: Il refer you especially to the
Army and Navy Journal. the report of a
Naval Correspondent apparently on the
spot, who not only refers to the disinclina-
ton of the navy TO participate In the expo
sition, but says: What angered our off,
GERS and made us blush for our country
was the manifest intent of using not only
our navy but all visiting ships as an ad-
vertising scheme to exploit gang of
Greedy Money Makers
Mr.. Myers went on to explain that this
kind Of comment at that time gave the
public the impression that the quotation
voiced semi-offiCial opinion. Several daily
newspapers commented unfavorably upon
the spirit displayed by the service papers
and the members of the navy, and to one
of these, Mr.. MYERS says, he felt con-
strained to write. thanking the editor Mr.
Myers mentioned categOrically the service
papers which had criticised the exposition
and cited page and date references. nam
rebuked the service papers. He ended his
letter by expressing his pleasure that Ad-
miral Evans and his brother officers had
been misrepresented in their feeling toward
the exposition, If indeed they had.
Admiral Evans Letter.
Admiral Evans wrote in reply the day he
got the explanation from Mr.. Myers Ad-
miral Evans says in part:
Il desire to make most clear to you the
hat ba
under my command have been acting under
the orders of the Secretary of the Navy and
in accordance with the well-known wishes
of the President OF the United States
Throughout our service in connection with
the jamestown exposition the personal
opinion and desires of myself or of the
said officers and men do not enter into the
case at all
"A simple matter of duty was presented
10 US, and so far as l know ii has been
performed thoroughly and conscientiously ",
and in a manner not only satisfactory to
the President the Secretary of the Navy
and the officers OF the exposition, but in
such wise as TO contribute most highly to
the success OF the exposition at time
when i most needed such help.
- therefore feel that any reflections that
You have To make in regard to the manner
IN which this duty has been performed
should have been submitted to the proper
authorities and through proper official
Channels, and not through undignitied
and insulting letter to a da ,ly n,Wspuper
Il must also call your attention TO the
fact that You have no means Of knowing
what my opinions are in regard to the
jamestown exposition and the duty of the
r,Ct in connection Herewith. Your as
sumption that what YOU call unjust and
damaging articles appearing in the serv-
ice journals. "reieCtiug on the jamestown
exposition correctly express my personal
NV 6p!ni6n am unwarrantable piece of i'm
T~rt.nence. which l most distinctly and
'HpHatca.-[ resent. desire TO point OUT
5 "a, %
Of nv actions or of what pur9ort to be nv
views, namely. your own letters, in a man
LfF which trust VIII constitute In your
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