The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-10-03

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Hudson, part of the time on the evil
nona," and again on the "Mononga-
hela" and the "Richmond'' -.-z =.
| On July 16, 1852, he was commits
stoned lieutenant. During the years
from 1854 to 1866 he served on the
"Wateree," steam gunboat of the
Pacific squadron and DISTINGUISHED
himself in 1865, during the insurrec-
tion of the Chinese coolies on Middle
Chincha Islands. In the same year
he was at LaUnion, San Salvador, to
protect the American interests dur
ing the revolution in that country
He became lieutenant-command
July rs, 1855, and acted as instruc-
tor in languages at Annapolis from
1867 to 1863. In 1870 he was as
signed to the "Benicia," third rate,
and with that ship spent three years
at the China station. He saw some
sharp fighting in June, 1871, during
the capture of the Corean forts on
the Sulee river, leading the assault
ing column.
From 1878 to 1876 he was again at
the Naval Academy, being appointed
commander June 10. 1874. In 1877
he commanded the ESSEX" third
rate, at the South American station.
From 1880 to 1883 he was light
house inspector at Boston, became
attached to the bureau of equipment
in 1888, and in 1884 was placed in
command of a relief expedition sent
| to the Arctic regions to search for
| Lieut.. Greedy and his companions
Two former expeditions sent out for
! that purpose had failed. Command.
er Schley's expedition sailed from St.
Johns, Newfoundland, May 12, 1884,
with the three steamwhalers "The-
! tis,' ''Bear" and "Alert." After
| dangerous trip across the ice pack
Commander Schley and his men
reached the camp of the survivors of
the Greedy expedition. They found
seven survivors who were on the
verge of starvation and brought them
and the bodies of nine victims, who
| had perished before the arrival of the
rescuing party, safely back to the
ships. The expedition returned to
St. Johns on July 16 of the same
year. The legislature of Maryland
gave Commander Schley a vote of
thanks and presented him with a
gold chronometer watch. The Mas
sachusetts Human Society awarded
him a gold medal of the first class.
To further honor the gallant COM
mander the large territory west of
Cape Sabine was named Schley-
Land.
From 1885 to 1889 Mr.. Schley was
chief Of the bureau of equipment and
recruiting, and was appointed cap
tain in March, 1888. In 1889 to
1891 he commanded the unarmored
cruiser "Baltimore'' during the diff
culties with Chilli He was also COM
missiOned to carry the remains of
John Ericsson, the famous Swedish
inventor, to Sweden, for which SER
vice he was decorated by the King of
Sweden. He was made lighthouse
inspector in 1892 and from 1895
commanded the armored cruiser
New York." the flagship of the
North Atlantic squadron, until in
March, 1897, when he became chair
man of the lighthouse board He
was made commodore in February,
1898.
Previous to the outbreak of the
Spanish war Commodore
Schley was ordered on the "Brook-
lyn" and given command of the "f1y-
ing squadron" 1t was his quadron
which located the Spanish fleet at
Santiago on May 29, 1898. and
blocked the harbor. On the morn
ing of July 2, 1898, Admiral Samp-
son, who was the superior in COM
mand, departed for Siborey, leaving
Schley in full command of the fleet
on board of the flagship. Scarcely
one hour after the admiral's depar-
! turo tho SDanich foot onoorood from