The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-05
Speaks in Senate in Favor Of In
creased Pension Of Hero's
Widow
MRS. scHLEY IN POVERTY
Lacked Means Of Erecting Monu.
ment for Grave Of Husband,
Says Statesman

washington, June 4.-Senat0f
Raynor, of Maryland told the Sen
ate today that the famous order fol-
what Is known as the loop of the
cruiser Brooklyn In the battle OF
Santiago, given upon the spur Of
the moment and in the heat of bat
tie, decided that conflict and saved
the day for American arms. Sena-
tor Raynor sought to make this
point clear in speech accompany
ing an amendment which he offered
to the pension appropriation bill so
as to provide pension of $3.50 q
month, instead of $50 a month, to
the widow of Admiral Schley.
Senator Rayner said that the gov
ernment is now paying nearly $780,
100000 year in pensions, He
said that Admiral Schely's widow
was in dire need of the pension and
lacked even the means for erecting
a suitable memorial to the Admiral g
grave. Mr.. Rayner excoriated
critics of Admiral Schley, saying
that critic generally is person
without reputation who expects
TO rise in public estimation upon
the ruins of those whom he attempts
to humiliate. He said that Admiral
Schley was universally idolized and
challenged the AdmiraIs enemies to
point to single instance where he
ever wavered when duty summoned
him. Senator Rayner said Sch!ey
was surrounded at Santiago by a
band of heroic captains Referring
to the Brooklyn's loop as saving the
day at Santiago, he said
Then came the Viscaya, and she
made a desperate turn toward the
Brooklyn and the Oregon that were
pursuing her, but as sre did this
she was struck by a sne1I from one
of the vessels, and, hauling her COL
ors down, she was beached at Acer-
raderos The Colon, the last of the
ships was then making toward the
Torquino river. Schely slgnaled
the Oregon, under the command of
Clark, to, try his 13-inch guns upon
her, and with the combined fire of
the Brooklyn and the Oregon upon
the ship, with no possible chance to
escape, and with her human cargo
doomed to certain death If the fight
ing continued, her commander ran
his ship ashore at the mouth of the
Torquino river, fred his leeward
gun, lowered his flag, and the colors
of Spain went down before the COL
ors of the Union upon the Western
Continent"
There Is naother charge that
Schley had to meet that I desire
briefly to refer to, and that was that
in the conduct of the feet along the
Cuban coast he had disobeyed or
ders of the Navy Department. This
was not the first time that Schley
in his military career had found II
necessary to disobey the orders OF
his superior officers. During the
Civil War, at the siege of Port Hud.
son, when he was in charge of the
Monongahela, the signal was raised
upon Farragut's vessel to retreat
The quartermaster reported to
Schley that it was impossible for
him to see the signals. The order
had been previously given to storm
the battery, This was the sigma
that Schley saw, and instead of re,
treating he leveled his guns against
the fortifcations. He was rspri.
manded by Farragut, but afterward:
the admiral called him into his
private cabin and congratulated
him.
fhe time has passed wher
Secretaries of War or Secretaries O
the Navy who have never perhap,
observed any military tactics excep
dress parade and who could hard
ly tell the difference between
revenue cutter and battieship cal
fight battles with lead pencils an,
rulers and india rubber thousand
of miles away from home"
And now, all of these transac