Show WHAT THE COURT OF INQUIRY FOUND A good deal of confusion appears tQ exist In the public mind In regard to I the findings of the Schley court of Inquiry In-quiry For Instance itJs commonly supposed that Admiral Dewey differed from the majority of the court Ad mirals Benhain and Hamsay throughout through-out In the Schley case This Is a great mistake The court was unanimous on most of the points finding We copy the summary from the New Yoik Tribune That Commodore Schloy should not have made the retrograde turn westward with his squadron Thai ha should have promptly obeyed prompty wthTJ1a the Navy departments order t of May That he should have endeavored to capture or doatroy tho Spanish vessels at anchor uedr the onlronco dC Santiago llnrbor on JMYiy 23lh and 30th That nho did not nnl hIs Utmost with the force uud r hlM command to capture nc or destroy tho Colon and other vessels oC the enemy which ho attackci i on Hay tilHt Thct by commencing the > f engagement thcenggement on July 3rl with the port battery and turning the Brooklyn around with port helm Cqnrmiodonj Schlcy cilhedher to lose dlblancQ and position with tho Span ish eels l qHpoclally wiLlie th6 Vlxcaya and Colon Tliat the turn of tljo Brooklyn to starboard was made to Avoid getting her Into dangerous proximity to the Spanish vessels The turn wasmudo toward tho towrl Texas and caused that vessel to stop and back her engines to avoid possible cnSlnes collision pssible That Admiral Schley did l Injustice to LlcuUCornmnnder A C Hodgson In pub llHhlnB only n portion of the correspond I ence which parsed between thum That Commodore Schle conduct In connection with tho events of tho Santi ago campaign prior to June i ig3S Snnt I 18 characterized b by vacillation dlhitoilneas and lack of enterprise That his official reports regarding tho I coal supply and the coaling facilities oC tho flying squadron were Inaccurate and misleading The court also unanimously found to the great satisfaction of the country which believed and expected nothing olse that Commodore Schloyfl conduct during dur-ing tho bnttlo of July 3rd was sclfpos InS and he encouraged In his own poruon his subordinates olllcers and men to fiGht courageously All these findings Admiral Dewey I agreed to Those therefore who take tho judgment of Admiral Dewey In the matter as Gen Miles expressed It 1 Jlnc a good many things to censure In so < Admiral Schleys course during that J campaign Admiral DeweyH separate I I findings in disagreement were not numerous and did not by any means affect the above adverse findings They were these In tho opinion of tho undersigned the passage from Key West to Clenftiogos was made tho Hying squadron with 1 posslblo dispatch Commodore Schley having In view tho Importance of arriving off Clenfuegos with as much coal tU possible pos-sible In tho ships bunkers j Tho blockade of ClcnfucgoB was ef icctive I Commodore Schley in permitting the steamer Adulo to enter the port of Clenfuegos expected to obtain Information Informa-tion confccrnlnV the Spanish squadron from her when she came ouL The passage from Clentuegos to n point I about twentytwo miles south of Santiago Santi-ago was mado with a much dispatch as was possible while keeping l tho squadron a unit The blockade of Santiago was effective ef-fective 1 Commodore Schley was tho senior of Jlcer of our squadron at Santiago when I tho Spanish squadron attempted to escape en the morning of July 3 38SS Ho was In I absolute command and Is entitled to tho credit duo such commanding officer for the glorious victory which resulted In tho total destruction of tho Spanish ships Admiral Deweys opinion Is entitled to due weight on all the separate findings that he made except the last ope and It Isnd doubt to thisthat the Schley partisans give their special adherence But the question ofwho was In command at that battle was not before the court Admiral Dewey himself him-self ruled out all questions onthat point declaring that It was not bef lethe le-the court the official recognition of Admiral Sampson as such commander Is complete and the U S Admiralty courts have also found the same after thorough judicial hearing In the prize cases So that on the very point where Dewey Is most praised he is i utterly ut-terly at fun V t |