Naval Court of Inquiry Weighs Sampson and Schley

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 24, 1901

Naval Court of Inquiry Weighs Sampson and Schley

The Spanish-American war is still going on in the United States Navy. In the hopes of putting an end to it there a naval court of inquiry is now sitting to decide upon the merits of the conduct of the two chief naval commanders who figured in the war in American waters, rear-admirals Sampson and Schley, in the naval movements leading up to and including the battle of Santiago. The court is to decide which one of these two is entitled to the chief glory of that victory. This is the point around which the conflict has been raging, and it is to be hoped the decision of this investigative body will bring the fighting to an end.