Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1899 — SCHLEY GIVES HIS SIDE. [ARTICLE]

SCHLEY GIVES HIS SIDE.

Says He wae in Command nt the Fa mom Battle of July 3. Admiral Schley, with permission of the Naval Department to answer chargee preferred against him, has sent to the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs his defense to the accusation that he disobeyed orders in thoroughly exploring the harbor of Clenfuegos before sailing to to seek Cervera’s fleet and his version of the inner American naval history of the famous sea battle of July 3.