Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-09-28
Spanish feet was inside the harpors

certalnsSYery imp ortant dispatch sent
by the Harvard May az from of San
tiago BY the comm anding officer Of the
h,yfng squadron. IT. appears in the 4
process sof translat ation from the com
mande der-in-chief to the department:
some changes In the language Of that
dispatch occurred. + do not desire at /
this moment to interrupt the proceed
ings by; the discussion Of that point,
but shall merely make the announce
ment here that we intend to inquire
into that matter very fully and com.
pletely, that is to say as fully and
completely as the court may desire be-
fore we leave it, ss5 :aS5;
sS3 Lieuten ant II Hood Testlfies.
# Lieutenant John Hood, who during
the war commanded the Hawk, was
the next fitness. He said that on
May Is he had delivered dispatches
from Admiral Samps to Admiral
Schley when the latter was off Glen
fuegos. He related that he had been
called aboard the New Z ork, Admiral
Simpsons flagship, on fay 221 when
the officers on board were given dis
patches He spoke Of the presence of
Admiral Sampso son. M !, Rayner OBJ
jected to5the Sintrod tion Of conyersa-3
tion or verbal orders, saying that; the
orders would speak for 81 themselves
and must necessarily supersede any
verbal instructio ions. Sc he question was
argued at some length by Mr.. Rayner
and Captain Lemly. ~ In closing his res
gponseS the Judge advocate said S&s5 8s,
SS IS An obje etion of this character is
almost equivalent to- wit hdrawing the
request for an sinvestig alton. He has
asked to have the judgment OF his
brother officers in this matter. Let us
have lit and don't put technical oh
3stacles In the way Of having the inves-5
tigatio
VI. Rayner responded brief s.
only desire to state that while
this is our investiga ton, these are
your specifications und the precept.s
We asked for this invest gation and In
stead of letting us give the precept;
under which we would like to have the.
inquiry take place 8, You form 81 pre-
$cept OF your own. Here Is an appli-
can't who asks for a court of Inquiry
under specif cations framed by others
and not by himself =
The court: retired to consider the OBJ
Sjection, remaining out longer than on
any previous oc ccasion. Admiral Dew
sey read the courts decision as fol-
Sustained the Injection.
sstT he court sustains the objection Of
counsel so far as 1T relates to CONVEX
sations that took place on board the
New FORK but this rule does not apply
to any verbal orders Which the COM
mande hief directed witness ito
convey to Comnaod0 Schley
Replying tos3a question put In ac-
Scordance with this decision witness
said that his instruct ctions were con
tanned in the memorandum handed;
him to be deliYered to Admiral Sehley
which was read to him. I.
The witness then read dispatch No.
is from Sampson to Schley on May 21 ],
telling the latter that the Spanish fleet
was probably at \ Santiago. He also
read the Brooklyn's S receipt memoran-
dunn, showing that this dispatch as
we'll as the accompanying memoran-
dunn had been received at s: ::15 al. M,
May 223S 223. The Witness Il Identified these
I as the orders he had carried. He also
said that he had carried two other en-
SYelopes, one contai lining orders from
the department and the OF her = mem
orandnm which had not been read to
He said he had arrived al Gienfue.
Egos at s7 d. ID. & ay 23, 49, and had gone
aboard the Brools vi for the purpose
|3of delivering the dispatc tches. 1856
In response to q request from the
Judge al advocate Lieutenant Hood re-
lated the converse lon he had had with
| Admiral Schley after delivering the
orders saying that he the WitnessJ
had told the admiral that IT, was Adj
Emiral Sampson IS wish that the flying
squadron should proceed imm ediately
to Santiago as HIS information was
very positive is statement was as
follows
Sss onmod lore schley read the dis.
patches and then turning to me said !:
Captain, dnairaI IS sampson wishes me
Ito 90 TO SAINT cannot do 1t
told Commod ore sehle lev that the ad-
miral certainly expected the squadron
ito leave the instant i arrived. Com
modnre Sch1ey said in nearly these
words nl not at All satisfied that
the Spaniards are not I'M Cienfuego
All Hill Ships Needed Coal. 3ss. SsS
Besides my ships AN want coat
that the Massaehus setts, Texas and
Brook klyn wanted 50 many tons of
coal and that the day before Captain
/ Sampson had sent him Down the Iowa
with only ha alf her coal suppl SO that
| she could not go any where that It
was useless to send ships down there
fSonly If II He'd with coal told
/ Ieommod ore Sehley that had passed
a coll Ter, eonvoye id by q gunboat, only
i tile before u ayl & gflt that morning
and that It would ertainly De here
! th al; least four or five Thousand
I i tons of coal Wit ain Sor three hours,
4 He referred as ain to Ills belief of the
\ Isspaniards being Id fssienfneg COS and
stated that be had heard some lrine
I about 40 nliles from port which be
took to- be u vel come to the Spanish
& sdua IRON; he b had also also seen some
4 smoke which he cone iyed to be sfhe