The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-06
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Accused schley Of Rank !, 0Isob b q I:
Of Orders.
CAPTAIN PARKER TX E. MADE ]. REP {: y Y 7,
lie Had Not Flashed Wien Court Adloarfsd
and Admiral Dewey Iaterrupiee 1tiia SIS
lnfMidst Of Sentence, Says. , ss3--s
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Accused sctley Of Rank Disobedlee &! z
CAPTAIN PARKER MADE 5R {: Y.

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WASHINGTON, Nov. q5.-rIhc ,tmc u
tho. Sckley court of inquiry was entirely
devoted to-day TO hearing acsumcns11h
the casa Of Admiral Schcy. Mr. Hafn,s
finished his argument in behalf ~ inc
Department, which he had begun ycstsl-
day, and Captain Charles Parker began
his argument Hut did not conclude MS
presentation OF the case for Adrn'ral
Schley.
Mr. Hama. TO-DAY considered the retro-
grade movement and the 5onibarcinsiit,
:andtaccuscG Admiral Schley OF olscc1-
dience OF orders. !s,t:. q
CAPTAIN Parker had only reached the
coaling question when court adjourned
He defended the conduct of his client
at all stages of the campaign, so 1;lr as
lie went. ] t is said that Captain Parker
viii conclude his speech Tomorrow, Whcn
Mr. Rayner will begin.
Admiral Schlcy reached the courtroom
at an. early hour and his tr!ends We're
gratiiicd to iini that tie sever COLO WIN
which he suffered yesterday had gteatI!
improved.
Mr.. Hanna continued his discussion OF
the retrcgrade movement, saying : tnat
but one explanation had been SiNelli7ior
it in admiral Schley 8 dispatch 'tnali'eiy,
. the tinadequaty ofdthe coal supply. - -,
."There is,''ahe said, mo suggestion OF
any other reason in this d!spatch, ~
his testimony before this court Aun'i,. al
Schley gave four reasons for.leaVlns ms
station off Santiago, but no one OF these
four reasons appears in MS telesi PM
report made at the time:'
ORDER SUPERSEDED.
MI. Hanna contended that, while Com Con!
modore Schley was acting unuer tnss -.
siders contained in dispatch No. when the
rctrograde movement began May -otif
that order was superseded by the ols-
patches delivered on sthe Brooklyn Nay ttl
18th by Captain Cotton. Mr. llama TOOK
issue with, Admiral Schley that this was
1a suggestion and not, a mandatory otuSt-
: h:tso far from being suggestive, uoupt-
FIJI or uncertain, are the terms OF t.is
order chat they approach the verge-cL
retroof,', seid Mr.. Hanna, -I....f,... 2
Mr. Hanna. quoted Admiral Schleys
dispatch on. May 9th, in which he eN-
pressed regret over, not, being abe 10
obey orders, saying Chat, as 1t was VIII VIII.
ten after the Cotton dispatch ;had peen
received it was an explicit COME 5SIlo2
that the Cotton telegram was an order.
Commenting. upon tl.is dispatch, be de-
ciarcd that it was "the most reInarkaple
one to be found in the annals OF the
American navy. lie contendcd that the
repairs to the Merrimac could have tbeen
made as they We're, without going y
Key West, and that the Texas was nc, nof
in severe straits, for fuel. as lofaIHc
Vixen -slleT was not; q. fighting sup, gnu
could have been sent for coal. The Brooh-
}1x.C
EVIDENCE OF -LOGStis.iEJ. s,
"Referring,..,r he said Ito the .indispqta-
bic evidence Of the squadron logs, 1t ap:
peared that the Brooklyn could have re-
mained on blockade@ about rthirty-t"o
DAYS. the Massachusetts about twenty
four days, the Iowa eighteen days we
Texas forty-siN days andt the .Mal9lS-
head six DAYS. retaining still coai ehousii
to reach; Gonaives; Havti, i point where.
hv Adn,iral=S chley's IN testimony, he
could have coaled tie smaller vesseis IA
the ports and the larger ones Oil me me
coast. ls;:ligi
,a7 Quoting tire expression from the sane "a
dispa tclhn;tIt is toube regretted ina INC
Hcpartments orders cannot pc op2N es eN' II
Mr.. Iian7la remarked a-t .goa,i
>I"NTnst uud uIotediy7 it, was a critical
time, and the action OF Commodore Sch!ey
in tahandpning his station before SANTA
%. Thus. as he himselfIstates. failing to
ohey the Departments orders, created
grave aExietics in our national coullcllS,
He said the use Of the plural pronoun We
in TIE clause earnestly as VIC nave az
striven'' was not understood ny MIN anu
added: ..None Of the captains of the Fly
in Squadron, not even Captain Cooks were
consult ed with respect to the cetro5:ade
movement before it was ScGun, or favor
ed its continuance after it was begun, so
far as the testimony shows
HANNASs OPINION
Mr. Hanna expressed the opinion that
the Coinnodore's statement that he coulu'
s"asrettain nothing certain concerning the
enemy disposed of the controversy re-
specting Captain Sigsbee's reports to the
Commodore and the statement of tho Di-
lot NursS. BECAUSE, if the Commodore
accepted those statements as conclusive,
anG it, after receiving the reports OF SisS-
bee and the statement OF Nune2 on EAaE
Goth, he was satisfied that the Spanish
feet was not in Santiago. ne ought sure,
j., to have SO stated in this telegram.
M. Hanna quoted the four reasons for
tho ,rctrogradc movement given by Adj
,Diral Schley in his testimony, and with
a view he said. to refute them. Mr.. Han
ma called attention to the proffer made
.hy Lieutenant Eeale. who served on1the
Harvard, to go ashore ano ascertain
through the Cubans the 1ccts as to, the
presence Of the Spanish Heet at oahtl-
ago.
COLoN's CAPTURE.
Specification seven was next consldeT-
ed. This requires an inquiry IS !. 70
whether every proper effort was made
to capture the Colon rs that Vessei lald
In the harbor at Santiago. and, referring
|. to, II, Mr. Hanna said:
| with respect to this specification. il
seems SUFFICIENT to say that when the
living squadron arrived Off Santa go on
NAV aoth the Colon WAS discovered IN
plaIn sight, lying about 1000 to ] 200 yards
inside Of the Moro, moored& stem and
stern, apparently with awnings up 5-ano
that she, so remained thf Seth, goth ano
s1st Of May and until the r1crnns OF
|. juno lst''
! ance of May s1st. during which the Color
! vas bombarded. and said that during
| This action not one of our ships had the
! Colon Under fire for a total period o!
| moro than Ave minutes, and the Color
was; not struck. SO Z
Tho action of the Commodore in al.
| lowing the Colon to lie in plain sight fol
| two days and a half without firing g
| shot In her direction seems ifcxplicab! bic
| in view OF the fact that the destruction
/ Of feet was THE