New-York tribune., 1901-11-06
THE OPPOSING ARGUMENTS.
ADMIRAL. sCHLEY'S CONDUCT CRlII
cTsED BY Mr.. HANNA AND DE-
TENDED BY CAPTAIN PARKER.
CBy The Associated Presso

..o.- Nov 5-Mr Hanna continued his
.-snnnent when the Schley court OF inquiry me-
az II o'clock this morning. beginning wheFe ne ieI'
:. yesterday AS on yesterday Mr. Hanna spoke
.n rain and dispassionate tones. ano eeheTaS Ooii
,.r,ss himself with outlining his conception OF the
-,-,orr of the testimony. Admiral SchieF arrived
., an early hour and his friends were era'ileo 10
snd that the severe cold with winch ne s"iieeu
Yesterday had greatly improved
Mr. Hanna continued his discussion OF the fetro-
,-.aa movement saying that only one explanation
ss bes1 given for it in Admiral schleys dispatch
the inadeouacy of the coal supply lhere Is ne
said no suggestion of any other reason IN inns
d,sna+ch In his testimony before this court Al
-,,rsI schlev gave four reasons Tor ieaVlhs HIS SD
IT, ~ s.n-iaeo but no one Of these four reasons
arnea-s in mis- telegraphc report made at the time
,rzr ,1EcFD DIsoBEDIENCE OF ORDERS.
A. 1J,,a then took I'D specification Of the
ra,.,- relating 10 the circumstances attending
en5 the reasons for the alleged dlsopeolehce oS
Commodore Schley Of the orders OF the Depart
-oa,- contained in its dispatch dateo May 70 io'
ana the rropriety of his conduct IN uhe PREMISES ~
.+ta,+,on was directed to the fact that the coui
- ~ 1a-+er of August J. 1901. instructed tha1 II Is
..ahso1utelv free 20 report. If such snah De t"u'u
~ he me case that Commodore SchieV olu NJ.
zt1fr1v disobey orders, but that ne "ds Jus'iAeN
in disobeying them
r.sror MS ac+ing under the orders contained IN
disnatch No s. when the retrograde movement
bAean on MAY IS. that order was supeIseueu ~
the dispatches delivered on the Brooklyn may -
ny CAPTAIN Cotton. in command OF 'ne flai q. u'
sn5 IN one Of which said that an the oe-
...- ;-,forr,z-ion indicates the Spanish ol-
-; 4. s+5l7 at Santiago de Cuba, ana 10 "iiich
,ac aS5e5. The department looks to you 10
ascertain fact. and that TIE enemy -
does not leave without decisive actloh-
~, Hanna toni, issue with Admiral Schleg : Coii-
,sntion that this was a suggestion ana no. q
anz-+o-,- order so far from being Suggest. <
douhtful or uncertain are the terms OF .ii,s Ia
that they approach the verge OF Tepioo-' ,,t
a-T4e3- sncisi,e dstinctiveness Is no'dpie-'
co -ba- think few subordinate of11cers I'D
So ~ ma =. no,-s on a task to which they had
,.,, aze;e,a5 would care 10 be arrested III 9uO ,
srt bv telegraphic order from superior cou'iie'
n such terms. s.o.oh NJ
May O. in which he expressed regret at nv .
able TO obey orders. saying that as IL was -
after tho Cation dispatch had been received III Was
an explicit confession that the Cotton te-esi al' III
was Al order Commenting on ulis ui9p0'o'
declared that IL was 1.-The most renarhaoie o4e " ~
be found in the annals of the American Navy
He oontended that the repairs 10 the heiiifiia :
corld have heeu made as they were without soils
tc Key West and that the Texas was ho' IA
severe straits for fuel As for the VIXEN sie "d'
not e fighting ship and could have oeen sent iol
coai The F9rooklvn he said. was abuncantly sup
Piled He contended also that On that DATE May
q fhe condition of the sea not such as TO pre-
vent coaling He asserted that the weather was
rough only on May 25. and therefore Commodore
Schley's assertion that the weather had oeeh
boisterous and the seas rough ever since leaving
Key West was unjustifed by the facts he-
ferrinc" he said ito the indisputable evidence OF
the squadron logs, il appears that the BrooklS II
could have remained on blockade about thir'y-'"o
days the Massachusetts about twenty-four days.
the Iowa eighteen days. the Texas forty-slx days.
and the Marblehead six days, retaining still coal
enough TO reach Gonaives. Hayu. point where,
by Admiral Schley's OWL testimony. he could nave
coaled the smaller vessels in the ports, and the
larger off the coast
The speaker also controverted the statement
made in Admiral Schley's dispatch to the depart
ent 10 the effect that 1t is not possible TO cruise
Reward OF Cape Cruz in summer. owing 10 SOUTH
west winds" quoting several witnesses TO show that
the wind was not from the southwest Quoting the
expression from the dispatch, 1T is to be re-
eretted that the departments orders cannot De
ooeyed," Mr.. Hanna remarked:
Most undoubtedly 1t was critical time ano me
action of Commodore Schley in abandoning ms