JOINT RESOLUTIONS

Assented to by the General Assembly of Maryland, at a

Session begun on the first day of January and ended

on the thirty-first day of March, 1902.

	No. 1.
	WHEREAS, A Court of Inquiry was held at Washington, D. C., under the Navy Department of the United States, at the request of Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, of the United States Navy, for the purpose of inquiring and examin- ing into the conduct of said Rear Admiral Schley, "the Commodore," during the Santiago campaign of the recent Spanish-American war; and WHEREAS, The president of said Court of Inquiry, Admiral George Dewey, made a separate or minority report or finding of the facts from the evidence submitted and heard ; be it	Preamble.
	Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Congress of the United States be and it is hereby memorial- ized and requested that it endorse, approve and accept the said report or finding of the said president of said Court of Inquiry as the opinion, views and verdict of said Congress of the United States.	Request made.
	Resolved, That the Senators and Representatives in Con- gress from the State of Maryland be and they are hereby requested to specially urge this resolution, or one similar thereto, in order that full credit may be given said Rear Admiral Schley for the glorious achievements of that battle in which he was so nobly assisted by the valiant sailors of the United States Navy under his command.	To whom credit was due.
	Resolved, That the Governor of this State be and he is hereby requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions, under the seal of the State, to the Senators and Representatives now in Congress, with the request to each to duly present the same to their respective Houses in the 57th Congress.	Copy of resolutions to be sent.