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Secretary of the Navy Long encloses a letter he wrote to President McKinley on July 3, 1899, which refers to the “responsibility for waiving the delinquencies prior to the Santiago battle.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-14
Admiral Schley and his advisers should accept the decision of the court of inquiry. President Roosevelt has made his opinion known in the past and the country is tired of the dispute.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12
The Schley-Sampson controversy has been settled by the court of inquiry and the matter should now be dropped.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12
Benjamin F. Tracy defends Admiral Dewey and the judgment of the court of inquiry which was examining Admiral Schley’s conduct at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
Secretary of the Navy Long defends the Navy Department’s treatment of Admiral Winfield Scott Schley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-19
The dispatch, which was printed in a variety of Associated Press newspapers on May 30 and May 31, 1898, reveals that American warships have located and trapped the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. The Americans have also captured a coal ship meant for the Spanish fleet. The dispatch also reports that the temperature is 110 degrees in the shade, and that the American warships involved include the Brooklyn, Texas, Massachusetts, Iowa, Marblehead, and Vixen.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-29