Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-02
Saves Seven of Greedy Party.

Saves Seven of Greedy Party.
The survivors. seven in number. were
found in q starving condition in a wreck
ed tent, where for weeks they had eked
out a wretched existence on nauseous
broth. made by boiling strips of their
sealskin clothing The survivors
were safely got on board the ship.
and The booIes OF nine who had died We're
slowed in the hold and the expedition
headed home, arriving at ST Johns
July III.
That the credit of this achievement be-
longed entirely to Commodore Schley was
universally acknowledged. and in recoe-
milton of his herosm the Maryland leSis-
lature gave him a vote of thanks and
presented him with a gold chronometer
watch. and the Massachusetts Humane
Society gave him gold medal of the
first class To further honor him and
perpetuate his fame for all time wide
territory, west of Cape Sabine. was
named Schley Land
Later, in collaboration with Prof. James
r. Solely. L. S. N, he wrote an account
of the expedition under the title of The
he was chief of the bureau of equipment
and recruiting, being appointed captain in
March. 1888, and in 1SS9-91 he was in
command OF the unarmored steel cruiser
Baltimore during the difficulties with
Chile arising from the numbering of two
of the crew and the wounding of some
tfiirty-siX others by a mob a Valparaiso.
Part in Spanish War.
He was also commissioned to carry to
Sweden the body of John Ericsson. the
famous inventor. for which service King
Oscar awarded him a gold medal. In
1892 he was made lighthouse inspector,
and from 1873 in command of the
armored cruiser New York, flagship of
he la drnn until March
1897. when he became chairman OF the
lighthouse board. In February, 1893. he
was advanced to commodore. Previous
to the outbreak of the Spanish-A American
war he was ordered to the Brooklyn, and
given command of the flying squadron.
May - he was ordered by Sampson TO
blockade Cienfuegos. where it was
thought the fleet of Admiral Cervera
might have secreted itself. Another order
from Sampson May 20 says: ''Schley
should hold his fleet off Cienfuegos. II
the Spanish ships have put into Santiago
they must come either to Havana or
tions of war which they are said to
bring for use in Cuba. j am, there
fore, of the opinion that the best
chance to capture these ships Will be
to hold the two points, Havana and
Cienfuegos, with all the force we can
muster.
Defeat of Cervera.
The joint command of the blockading
fleet off Santiago by Admiral Schley
and Admiral Sampson led to the bitter
Schley Sampson controversy over the
destruction of Cerveras fleet
Admiral Schley was in command OF
what was known as the flying squadron,
of which the Brooklyn was the flagship.
This fleet came around the west end
of Cuba and appeared off Santiago, after
Admiral Cervera was safely inside the
harbor. y little later. the squadron, un-
der command of Admiral Sampson, and
headed by the New York, came around
The east end of Cuba and joined the
blockade.
1t was generally understood that the
Spanish fleet was i'm the harbor. but it
was long time before this was definite
ly decided with the aid of scouts on
shore The Spanish fleet got up stream
the evening of July and the morning of
July 5 broke out of the harbor. There
was a running fight lasting till we'll into
the afternoon.
The most OF the Spanish feet was de-
stroyed Immediately. but the Christopher
Colon continued nearly fifty miles TO the
west, when she was beached before sur
rendering.
When the Spanish feet first appeared
the Brooklyn executed the famous
loop whereby she lost the time occu-
pied in turning before she again got
into the fight.
At that she was the closest one of the
American vessels to the Spaniards. and
lost a single man killed by Spanish
she'll the sole American casualty during
the engagement.
Inquiry Into Acts.
At the close of the war Admiral Schley
was detained in Washington and many
months were occupied in the court of in
ouiry to determine whether his action in
the battle OF Santiago had been proper
and courageous.
The inquiry indicated him completely
from any inputation of cowardice or i'm
proper conduct But for years afterward
there was considerable ill feeling in the
navy over the respective merits of the
two commanders of the Santiago blockad-
ing feet.
Admiral Chadwick, commander OF the
New York Admiral Simpsons flagship,
i'm book he has just printed giving a
history Of the Spanish-American war,
comments on the part the Brooklyn play
ed in the battle of Santiago, and vindi-
Gates Schleys strategy.
Admiral Schley was a member Of the
Arctic Club that collected the relief fund
for DR.. Frederick Cook. He was much in
terested in the fate of that explorer when
track of him had been lost for over a
Club, did all he could to get relief to DR.
cord to civilization.
Banqueted and Feted.