Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-03
SCHLEYS NAVAL CAREER
Admiral Of American Navy Un-
recognized In New York.
DEATH DUE TO APOPLExY.
Naval Hero Burst Blood Vessel In
Brain-FaIl Fractured Skull.

| dead yesterday afternoon in New
York on Forty-fourth street, the cen
ter of the Club district
The strange part of il all was that
man so worldwide known should
lie on the curb for some minutes un-
recognized in a big city like New
York. He was picked up and medi =
cal aid summoned. No one knew the
neatly-dressed elderly man in a gray
sack suit.
The doctor opened the collar and
on the shirt were the letters "W
S. S., U. S. N" They were large,
such letters as the laundry on bat
tleship could not fail to recognize. At
once the athletic instructor who had
picked the Admiral up said: Its
Admiral Schley beyond a doubt. +"
Word was sent to the New York
Yacht Club and Commander j. d. j.
Kelley, retired who was there, called
up DR.. w. S. Schley at his office in
Forty-fifth street. DR.. Schley went
to the Algonquin and told his mother
that his father had been taken sick
in the street. Later he told her of his
| death.
Winfield Scott Schley was born on
a farm at Richfelds, three miles from
Frederick City, Nd, on October 9,
1889. He was son of John T. Schley
and Georgianna Virginia Schley. His
father had served in the navy. Young
| Schley went to the schools at Fred
| erick, Md, and in 1856 he entered
the Naval Academy. He was gradu-
| ated in 1860. He was almost at the
| foot of the class and the instructors
did not hold him in high regard. He
got many demerits for pranks and
tricks which did not meet with the
| approval of the instructors. With his
classmates he was said to be very
popular.
His first assignment was with the
steam frigate Niagara to Asiatic
waters and then around the Cape of
Good Hope. 1t was on this cruise
that he got the name of Peggy. He
had very small foot, of which he
was roud, and he usually wore patent
| leather shoes. In order to emphasize
the smallness of his foot he had his
white trousers made very large and
baggy at the knee. For many years
|
For three years he was assigned to
duty at the Naval Academy, and then
he took part in the Corean troubles
in 1871. A year later he came back
to the Naval Academy as head of the
department of foreign languages.
He was made a Commodore in 1874,
and for five years he was at the North
and South Atlantic stations and on
the west coast of Africa
One of the things that distinguish
ed Schley's career was the rescue of
the Greedy party in the north polar
regions. He was put in command
of the relief expedition and he found
Lieutenant Greedy and six survivors
at Cape Sabine. He brought them
back and Congress gave him a gold
medal, the Legislature of Maryland
gave him gold watch-the one he
carried erday-and the Humane
Society of Massachusetts gave him a
gold medal. Further recognition
came from President Arthur, who put
him in charge of the bureau of equip
ment and recruiting.
After three years, in which many
bitter statements were made, Schley,
who had become a Rear Admiral in
1899, demanded a court of inquiry.
The court consisted of Admiral George
Dewey, chairman, and Rear Admirals
A. E. K. Benham and F. M. Ramsay.
Schley's appeal for vindication result
ed in a general condemnation by the
court for his conduct in the Santiago
campaign. The members of the court
unanimously held that Schley's con-
duct twas characterized by vacilla-
tion, dilatoriness and lack of enter
prise
The court was unit in reporting
adversely to Admiral Schley on his
delay at Cienfuegos, the character of
the Cienfuegos blockade and his dis
obedience of the Navy Department s
orders to remain at Santiago. The
loop manoeuvre, the court held. was
made to keep the Brooklyn from get
ting too close Ito the Spanish ships.
and that this manoeuvre at a critical
period in the battle endangered the
Texas, causing her to stop and
back her engines.
Admiral Dewey made a separate
| III lE SdlQ he regarded
Schley as commander in chief of
the Santiago battle. For this Ad.
miral Dewey got a mild reprimand
from Secretary of the Navy Long,
who approved of the courts findings.
and later President Roosevelt said
that there was no commander at the
battle, but it was a Captains fight.
Schley said he was glad that he had
had IAN opportunity to contribute
to victory that seems large enough
for all of us.
Schley appealed from the decision
of the court, saying that the most
important question, "Who was il
command at Santiago?" had beer
ignored. His appeal was denied
In 1905 he published book called
"Forty-fve Years Under the Flag
In one part of it he wrote:
i IF ssthe battle here related ha,
miscarried or if through mismanage
( raent. Caryera or any of his shins ha,