Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1902 — GIST or THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION. [ARTICLE]

GIST or THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION.

It was a captain’s fight. The question of command is technical and nominal. There was nothing done in the battle that warranted any unusual reward for or Schley. Admiral Schley Is rightly entitled—as is Captain Cook—to the credit of what the Brooklyn did in the fight. On the whole she did well. The "loop'’ was the one grave mistake made by any American ship that day. If Admiral Schley's notions (prior to the buttle) were censurable he should not have been left us second iu command under Admiral Sampson. I am satisfied that on the whole the court did substantial Justice. There Is no excuse whatever on either side for any further agitation of this unhappy controversy.