The sun., 1901-10-30

days' A | think so At least had 10
within easy reference.
Cannot OBEY ORDERS DESPATCH
The Judge Advocate took up tho despatch
of Admiral Schley to tho Navy Department,
| known a. the cannot ot-y ORDERS do.
! spatch. page Sa7. AppendixD
y Why did you say on the morning Of
tho 27th that you had b@en absolutely un-
able to coal the Brooklyn from oollieri Had
you tredY A No
40 And the Brooklyn did not need 0o"i'
Y. Now. in this SANE despatch. the de-
spa,ch IN which you say you cannot obey
orders ---
Admiral schley (in,ernuptng)-I did not
say, Cannot obey orders
Y. What did you sayl A. | said II was
much to be regretted that the Depart
ment's orders could not be obeyed
The Judge Advocate-I simply wanted
70 identify the despatch.
Admiral Schley-Well, you want TO bs
more specific.
The Judge Advocate-It IL not my pur-
pose to put any words into your mouth.
but do you recognize the despatch bv your
description or by mine1 A ] recognize IL.
y | want 20 ask you II you named in
that despatch the vessels or the number OF
vessels that required coal' A. l mem
toned three or four that Il was difYicult
20 coal and specified that the Harvard
reported only coal sufficient for Jamaica,
anc that the Minneapolis was only coaled
BY request of Mr.. Rayncr tn. entire
despatch was read.
O. l. that the despatchi A. I recog-
nize IL
O. Why did you omit 70 say IN that de-
the Iowa, tho Marblehead. the Castine and
the Dupont A. IL IL very difficult 70
say. Perhaps 1t was an inadvertence.
=. What particular purpose had You
L. All.
you had been absolutely unable TO coal
the BrooklynP A. Well, ] couldn't have
coalcd II II had been necessary. That's
what ] meant
=. Wa the Brooklyn the only .hip In tho
squadron that had more than sufficient coal
TO proceed To Key West, you stated in
your despatch? A. Probably no. at an
economical rate OF speed. but under tho
service that the feet might have been
called on TO do she would have been the
only one
q Why did you telegraph to the Navy
Department that IL was not possible TO
coal To leeward OF Cape Crut In summer
owing 10 southwest winds' A. Because
II was perfectly open port and there were
occasional southwest winds IL was the
approach Of the bad season. and tho south-
west winds work up n very heavy sea In
there. That Was the only Information
had.
. Did Capt sssbee suggest oepe crus
~ HIaCOtal 10 COdlF ~ 20 not
recollect that he did. think his infors
nation was that under the lee Of the
Haytian coast was the best position.
y. Capt. Cotton has testified that he was
not concerned about his coal supply, a.
he could get coal al Kingston or Port Royal.
In view of that what have you 10 say about
your desI.Aich ot MAY q that the Harvard
had just reported that she had only coal
enough to reach jamaica Because
that was the statement which Capt Cotton
made to me.
Y Then you differ from Capt. Cotton in
regard TO the terms % his statement A.
Yes, that IL a decided difference re-
member that he was very greatly concerned
about Il.
Y why did you. on May -. after You had
turned back toward Santiago. telegraph
that you would go 20 coal al GonaiNcs
whore two DAYS before vou said that YOU
could not coal YOUR large ships' 4 I
think that explained that very fully ye--
terlay that INV statement rpf-rr,,i 20
coaling out~d" % ~. marine limits and
not a, Gonaivc- or Cape Haytien meant
hat ] could not Cpnl a. tho hArhur q
t'onaivc~. but could coal ~ 40. coast
q. WHY did YOU sugcr~t, IN Nav -.
that admiral Sanp~pn's squadron lr' s"ut
10 reli"yo vours' 4 Simply D~Uau-e l
thought u would 10 n vcry Wl-r measure
not 90 leave IA" port unhlpckndti
= Nhv did vuu. At Sautiagp. turn 20