The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-05
HANNA TALKING
JUDGE ADVOCATES ASSISTANT BE-
GINS LABoRIoUs ARGUMENT
AGAINST SCHLEY
ONLY STARTS IN TWO HOURS
Admiral schley and Capt. Sigsbee
Cleared the Deck for the Tongue
Fight by Correcting Their
Testimony.
NEWSPAPER MEN NOT HEARD

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-The Schley
court of inquiry reached the argument
stage at the beginning of the afternoon
session today. The morning sitting was
devoted to listening to Admiral Schley
and Capt. Sigsbee in making corrections
of their testimony previously given and
the Introduction by Judge Advocate Lem
iy of numerous documents bearing upon
different phases of the inquiry. Admiral
Schley did not make any material addl-
tionS to his previous statements. but de-
voted himself largely to the clearing up
of ambiguous points in his evidence.
An effort was made to introduce two
lew witnesses who We're expected to give
testimony in Admiral Schley's behalf.
concerning the controversy as to what
information Capt Sigsbee communicated
to Admiral Schley when he arrived Oft
Santiago in May $685. One of those wit
nesses was Frank B. Richards and the
other George Lynch, both of New York,
and both newspaper correspondents Who
were on duty in Cuba and in Cuban
waters during the war with Spaina Mr..
Lynch was on the press boat Somers n.
Smith, and Mr.. Richards on the Premier.
They were to have testified concerning
the meeting OF those vessels with the
st. Paul, of which Capt. Sigsbee was in
command. The court, however, decided
not to hear them.
The opening speech of the argument in
the case was made in behalf of the gov
eminent by Mr.. Z. p Hanna, assistant
to the judge advocate. He began his
presentation of the case a few minutes
after the court convened al o'clock and
when the court adjourned two hours later
be had not covered more than half of the
ground involved in the controversy.
Hanna Opens Tongue Fire.
When the court came together after re-
cess Admiral Dewey handed to Capt.
Lemly and the letter read the following
announcements:
'"The court states that While it has adj
mitted to its record a document present
ed by counsel for the applicant. which
was issued to the applicant by the pres
ident of the United States on August 10,
1898, the court does not recognize such
document as the commission under which
the applicant holds his present office in
the navy"
Immediately after the reading of this
statement, Mr.. Hanna began his
presentation of the case by saying that
in what he would say in his proposed
summary he would like to accomplish
two objects, to make his address brief
and terse, and the second to present
careful and exhaustive citation of the
evidence adduced. He began by referring
to the fact that in May. 1883 the coast
OF the United States was menaeed by the
Spanish fleet. This, he said, was a erhi-
cal time. The seaboard cities were ex-
posed to attack. Military operations We're
pending for the relief of Havana, but
they could not be carried out while the
Whereabouts of the Spanish feet were
unknown.
Speaking of the run of the flying
squadron from Key West to Cienfuegos,
Mr. Hanna claimed that the trip was
made as expeditiously as possible. He
cited the fact that the Iowa, which went
by way of Havana, made much better