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Ho concludes that Admiral Sampson wa3 In command and In or der to sustain this position, he quotes from several of the captains and also points out that when Admiral Sampson sailed away, ho hoisted tho signal, "Disregard tho movements of the commander-in-chief," but did not hoist tho signal to the second in command to take charge. Mr. Roosevelt even quotes Admiral Evans as saying that he received no signal from the Brook lyn and should not have heeded any if any had been made, as he consid ered Admiral Sampson as present and in command. In the same statement, however, Mr. Roosevelt, referring to certain points in which Schley was condemned by the court of inquiry, says: "It seems that if Admiral Schley was censurable, he should not have been left as second in command under Admiral Sampson." In another place Mr. Roosevelt says: "If Ad miral Schley was guilty of reprehensi ble conduct of tho kind which callpd for such notice from Admiral Samp son, .then Admiral Sampson ought not to have left Schley as senior officer of the blockading squadron on the 3d of July, while he (Sampson) steamed away." In another place Mr. Roosevelt says: "Admiral Schley, at the outset of the action, hoisted the two signals of 'Clear ship' and 'Close in,'" but, probably fearful lest Schley would obtain the slightest credit because of these facts, Mr. Roosevelt adds that these acts "were simply carrying out tho standing orders of Admiral Sampson as to what should be done If the enemy's ships atttempted to break out of the harbor." Mr. Roosevelt also admits that "during 'the action not a single order from him (Admiral Sampson) was re ceived by any of the ships that were ftfitivelv encaered." And yet after all these statements, Mr. Roosevelt con- 1 nliirloa rhnt Admiral Kn.mTSOTl was In command. Then, after devoting most of his ef forts to tho question of the command, Mr. Roosevelt concludes that, after all, that question is one of nominal char acter. In considering certain points on which the court of inquiry had cen sured Admiral Schley, Mr. Rooseyelt points out that these offenses were in effect condoned when the department failed to call Schley to account for them and when Admiral Sampson "left Schley as senior officer of the block ading squadron on the 3d of July, when he (Sampson) steamed away." Then Mr. Roosevelt says that the court of inquiry "should have spe cifically condemned tho failure to en force an efficient night blockade while Admiral Schley was in command." This night blockade was also condoned in the same way, and yet Mr. Roose velt criticises the court for condemn ing Schley on condoned offenses and then coolly proceeds to criticise tho court for not condemning Schley on another condoned offense. In several places in his statement Mr. Roosevelt seems to take partic ular pains to associate Mr. McKinley's name with the matter under discus sion. One cannot avoid the suspicion that Mr. Roosevelt was seeking to pro tect his decision from severe criticism by appealing to the popular affection for the dead president. Indeed, In ono place Mr. Roosevelt bluntly says that the matter before him "Is, in effect, an appeal from the action of President McKinley three years ago. And again he says: "What I havo to decide therefore, is whether or not President McKinley did justice in the matter." And then: 5n; another place Mr, Roose velt says: " "I find that President Mc Kinley did substantial justice and there would be no. warrant for re versing his action." And again Mr. Roosevelt says: "Under such circum stances it seems to me that the rec ommendations of President McKinley were eminently proper and that so far as Admirals Sampson and Schley were concerned, it would havo been an in justice for him to havo made any other recommendations." If Mr. Roosevelt was really con vinced that President McKinley was on trial, Mr. Roosevelt was not in a frame of mind to do justice to Admiral Schley. Even though Mr. McKinley's acts wore to be passed upon, Admiral Schley would yet be entitled to justice; but the truth is, that Mr. McKinley's acts were not necessarily under con sideration. "When Mr. McKinley sent in hjs- recommendations for promo tion of the various officers concerned in tho Santiago squadron, he acted upon Information that camo to him from tho naval department which was then under the control of men who were hostile to Admiral Schley. Since Mr. McKinley acted in these matters, the court of inquiry has been held and tho evidence has been presented. It will be remembered that tho evidence given before the court of inquiry served to confirm the popular impres sion concerning the battle of Santiago bay and no one will be justified In say ing that in the light of this testimony, Mr. McKinley would have rendered a decision adverse to Admiral Schley. "Referring to Sampson and Schley, Mr. Roosevelt says: "Thero was noth ing done at the battle to warrant any unusual reward for either;" and then he says, "It was just to Admiral Samp son that ho should receive a greater advance in numbers than Admiral Schley," and referring to the advance ment of Sampson, Mr. Roosevelt said: "It would have been unjust for him (McKinley) to have made any other recommendations." If there was nothing done at the bat tle to warrant any unusual reward for either, it seems strange that Sampson, who was not even a participant in the battle, is entitled not only to receiv ing the prize money, not only to a greater advance in numbers than Ad miral Schley, but is entitled to the honor and credit of being known as tho actual commander; while Schley, who, to say the least, was in the battle, not only is deprived of any honors or credit, but is actually the recipient of a severe condemnation. The really serious feature of the president's statement is that relating to the loop. Mr Roosevelt condemns tho loop and gives a finely veiled hint of cowardice when he says: "This kind of danger must not be too nicely weighed by those whose trade it Is to dare greatly for the honor of the flag. Moreover, the danger was certainly not as great as that which, In the self same moment menaced Wainwright's fragile craft as he drove forward against the foe." In his statement of facts concerning the battle of which statement Mr. Roosevelt says, "There is no room for doubt on any important point," Mr. Roosevelt says: "For some minutes the Spanish and American vesselB steadily approached each other and the fighting was at its hottest stage. Then tho already damaged Spanish ships turned to the westward, while at the same time tho westernmost American vessel, the Brooklyn, which was near est the Spanish line, turned -to the east ward, making a loop of three-quarter circle, at the end of which she again headed westward, farther off from and farther behind the Spanish vessels (Continued on Pago 12.) Your Sight is Precious and should bo Jealously Runrdod. Why do you risk going blind when you can bo easily and permanently cured at a small ozponse by The Oneal Dissolvent Method, atrontmnnt br Modi. cation Alone, dis covered by Dr. Oron Ounnl. 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