Evening journal., 1911-10-02
ISANTIACO'S
HERO, DEAD
Admiral W. T. SChIey Victim
Of Heart Disease While
on Street
HAD SEEN EIGHTEEN
YEARS SERVICE AT SEA
By The United Press.

by The United Press.
NEW YORK. Oct 2.--Rear Admiral
winfield Scott Schley. the hero Of |
SSantiago Bay. now retired from ac-
ttive service. dropped dead on Forty
fourth street near Fifth avenue this
afternoon. The Admiral had long |
been a sufferer from heart disease.
Admiral Schley was one of the most |
picturesque figures in the American
lnavy. A naval court martial. wherein
lwere aired his disagreements with Ad-
tmiral Sampson in the navy engage
1ment off Santiago, Cuba, in the Span
lish-American war. served to make
thim popular hero.
I Admiral Schley arrived in New
York this morning He went TO the
lNew York Yacht Club on Forty
lfourth street where he usually stop
iped on his visit 10 New York. After
1chatting for while with some friends
lhe left the club with the intention Of
lvisiting his son, Dr. Winfield Scott
4Schley at his home at No. "a West
-FOIlN-nllu OlAC6A AAC aRRtaANA 80
Ahis usual health but had scarcely
tgone half a block from the club when
The suddenly staggered and fell TO the
4pavement doctor was hurriedly
Summoned, but he declared that death
fhad been practically instantaneous.
In recent years, Admiral Schley
was best known for his championship
Iof Dr. Frederick A. Cooks claims to
Hdiscovery OF the North Pole. Schley
Fled the Greeley Arctic rescue expedi-
Htion and was familiar with Polar
Hconditions.
I Since his retirement from active
Eservice the Admiral has lived very
Equietly in Washington and New York.
ENative OF Maryland.
Winfield Scott Schley was a native
Eof Maryland. where the people since
HJuly 3, 1898, called him the hero OF
ESantiago." Although strict ds-
Hciplinarian, he always was kind and
Flair to his men and to his subordi-
Enates and in this way won their con-
tfdence and endeared himself to them
i Admiral Schley was born in 1888
Twas appointed a cadet in 1856, grad
Huated from the Naval Academy in
H1S60 and appointed master, taking
i Hservice on the Winona, of the West
Fern Gulf blockading squadron; al.
Hterward ne was engaged with a field
Hbattery al Port Hudson, and was II
Fall engagements that led up TO tht
Hcapture OF that stronghold for which
Hhe was made lieutenant.
He served two terms as instructor
Bat the Naval Academy, two terms ai
81 lighthouse inspector, commanded tn'
Hereby relief expedition to the Arctic
Bregions in 1884, was promoted to cap
" Ht,f.- -, 1909 and had command of TN
Bcruiser Baltimore for two years, dur
q Bing which time he conveyed the bod
BOT john Ericsson inventor of tn
X Monitor" back TO Sweden, his father
Bland
. He was chairman Of the Light Hous
BBoard in 1897, and in 1898 was place
Bin command of the first American Fly
Hing Squadron, organized in Roadl
BHe went to Cuba to engage the span
Bish squadron under Cevera but faile
Ito intercept It.
81 = On July 3, 1898, Cevera attempted |
Hescape and in the absence of Captai
HSampson, Commodore Schiey TOO
81 Hcommand and annihilated the spar
Fish squadron.
= In 1893 Admiral Schley was en-
Hployed on shore ruty and was the
Hgiven command of the South Atlanu
HSouadron, being ordered home earl
Hthis year. Later he asked for a coul
Hof inquiry relative to his action
HSantiago. moved thereto, by a crit
Hrism by MacClary's History of I'll
HNavy." in which the admiral wa
Hcalled "A coward and a caitin. h
was convicted of having made tact
Zeal error by the court of inquiry. III
Aboard condemned his action in mane'
Hvering his ship, the Brooklyn, in
Eloop. This was the only point on VINO
Ethe report was against him. Ihe Vo
I was two to one on the loop questo
tAdmiral Dewey was the one who vote
Lltor Schley.
Admiral Schley married Anne RI
Ebecca Franklin, one Of the bellies
HAnnapolis, and they have three chi
Edren living. The eldest, Virginia,
tthe wife of halph Montague Stewa
hWortley. am Englishman residing
5New York, who is a nephew of tn
rEarl of Wharncliffe. and is in line
5succession to the title The admiral
4eldest son and name sake is a dii
htinguished surgeon of New York an
IA younger son, Franklin Schley, is
flieutenant of the Twenty-third Infai
Itry.
MI He was in atcive service at sea Il
"a total of eighteen years. He ha
twenty-five years and seventh monti
Tof active shore duty. He spent abol
Flour years awaiting orders on leav
HE was retired October 9, 1901 al
Ereceiyed $4,000 a year. He maintaint
Ia residence in Washington, where
Husually spent his winters His houi
lis now closed, having been shut 1
Fwhen he started for his vacation tr
Hast spring