OBITUARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 89, 5 October 1911, Page 5

OBITUARY.

A FAMOUS AMERICAN ADMIRAL. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, October 2. Rear-Admiral Schley, of the United States Navy, and prominent during the Spanish-American war. dropped dead at a club at New York. Admiral Schley .sink Admiral Cervera's licet oil' Santiago harbor in •July. IS.KS. lie was horn in Maryland in 183 a. and served through the Civil War. and in the Pacific, China, Japan. Korea, on the West Coast of Africa, and in South America. In 18S4 he commanded the expedition to the Arctic that rescued Lieutenant C.reoley.

Rear-.\,lmiral VY infield s r ott Schley wa- appointed to the United State's Naval Academy in lSJii. and graduated in ISliil. lie v.-iis promoted midshipman in dime of the last-named year, master in ISiil. lieutenant-commander in lSlifl. commander in IST), captain in ISSS. commodore in IN!\S. and rear-admiral in ISIMI. lie stormed the forts on the Sjlce river. Korea, in .June-. IsJI. For his work in rescuing Cr»eley ami >i\ companions at Cape Sabine he was awarded a gold watch and vote of thank.- of the Maryland Legislature, and a gold medal from the Ma-.-achii-clt- Humane Society. During the war with Spain in lSali he commanded the Filing Souadron, and wain immediate command in the Battle of Santiago ile Cul.a (.Inly :{. ISDSI. which r"-u!tef! in tlie d.-; ruction of Admiral lervera's licet. Admiral Schley was Commander-in-Chief of the South Atlantic Squadron from Isyil >.„ J'Kl] ; he retired in the la Iter year. He was presented with a gold -word, a -iiver -word, a gold and jewe'led medal, with the thank- of the Maryland Legislature, a silver service, and other giffs for the part he plaved in the Buttle of Santiago. Admiral Schley wrote two books. "The Rescue of Creelev." and -Forty-five Year, Under the Flag"