New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-11

eral officers in praise except that Of General warren
II you had known these iActS. you WOuldns have LETT
a Oh, yes would. Let me explain. Il win be seen
that there were plenty Of the enemy she oTeeuon
have attacked there the way that he advanced Had
he been on the right Of Ayres they wouiH naTe Sotn
the OF the enemy and that Is the best way xnoT
Of taxing On enemy suppose r c bsTe TeTd not
have been enough trees there for him 10 nave gone
there was strategy in that and good strategy too r.
From this point the examination was Orougut IdPSuy
to GTers nS S9era% 70 oaus az they
did and II he tried TO get them back into proper POSI-
sc snS os o nressed In reply 10 other
questions the witness said he didn't know wna ms SIAN
officers might have told Warren II they had found MIN
that he didn't know what Warren did during the engage
ment; that he didn't know that Warren exercised COM
mand alter Gnf1p had been ordered to succeed hlD,
and that 1t wouldn't have mattered be did do he
further said that he did not know how long the delay
nor what had caused IT, He knew that he had expecta
tons aud they were realized; he didn't know
oitered on the road whether they were delayed at
the bridge He had heard that the delay was one
Suppose these facts are true how do account for
your ignorance OF them IN battle In Whlcn you hsd
command T. sharply askel Mr.. Stlokney.
Major Gardner quickly objectedand the Court decided
the question to be improper one. General Sheridan
was turned over 10 his own counsel Tor
tion and for some time explained his views OF the dis
patches received from Generals Grant and Meade and
OF gh and how he considered they had been disar-
ranged by General Warren's remissness
" Did you understand that all the divisions OF the
Fifth Corps to be at Dnwddie Court House at mid
night ." asked Major Gardner. -
didn't expect them there at ALL" was the reply,
unless they wanted to put up at hotel Ihey were
to come within supporting distance Of me-"
" II General Warren with one or two divisions, nad
taken the Crump road ordered by General Meade,
and got there BY daylight, what IN your opinion would
The enemy would have been between him and me
the result would have depended on the individuals we
would have had fair chance 20 CAPTURE them" =,
"WhaL would have been the effect OF Crawfords d.
NJ AVrp m
1.-THE battle would nave been lost and the division OF
Ayres would have gone to Libby"
Did the troops OF the Fifth Corps come up 70 your
expectations after the battle OF Fivo Forks until the
war endedP
"TneIr behavior couldn't have been better"
Major Gardner said General Sheridan had prepared
a written statement and submitted IN writing the ol-
lowing question, TO serve Tor lis INTRODUCTION VIVA
were tue circumstances which led up the operations
of your command toward Five FOrksf At the same
time describe the military situation. az understood by
you, March 81 and April IN our armies operating
around Richmond and Petersburg preliminary TO- our
and at the close OF the battle" Mr.. Stickney OBJ
Jectrd that the question wholly irrelevant, as the
Inquiry directed TO General Sheridans night To
have removed General Warren but to Imputati0ns ana
accusations contained In his official report. III Cen
era Sheridan had said that he mad acted under mis-
taken information. the Court would never have been
ordered General Sheridan expressed desire TO sub
nit his statement. General Hancock said for the Court
that though the statement by General Sheridan would
doubt prove OF great interest history wo Id not
be pertinent 10 the objects of the inquiry The Court
had therefore decided that II there were any material
Questioning. Major Gardner amended The question by
adding the words " which bore upon the removal OF
General WarreD." but the Court still rejected H. .
After several questions to General Sheridan by the
day General sheridan will further cross-examined
to-day.