The Duke of York, who was nine years away from becoming King George V of the United Kingdom, finished his tour of the newly-independent nation of Australia, departing from Fremantle with the Duchess of York and the royal entourage to return to Britain.
U.S. Secretary of the Navy John D. Long ordered a court of inquiry to examine the conduct of Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley during the Spanish-American War, after Schley had requested the investigation in order to be cleared of rumors of wrongdoing [REF].