The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-28


/ OF the correctness Of the identity OF a
/ certain very important dispatch sent
Z by the Harvard May = from on san
/ tiagO by the commanding officer OK
the flying SQUADRON. 1t appears that
- in the process of translation from the
b cOmmander-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 any discussion of that point
but 1 shall merely make the announce
ment here that we do intend TO enter
into that matter very fully and COM
pletely; that is to say, as fully and
as COM " as the court may desire
before -a We it."
-Ia=l Over Dispatches.
Ii ute--nt John Hood. who, during
the var, commanded the Hawk, was
the next witness. He said that on May
% ne had delivered dispatches from
Admiral Sampson to Admiral Schley,
when the latter was off CienfuegOs. he
related that he had been called aboard
the New YOrk-Admiral sampson s
flag ship-on May 81. when the officers
on board were preparing dispatches
He spoke Of the presence Of Admiral
Sampson
MIR. Raynor objected to the intro
duction OF conversation or Of verbal
orders, saying that the orders WCuid
speak for themselves and must neces-
Sarily supersede any verbal 1nstruc-
tons The question was argued AT
]
tain Lemly. In closing his response,
the judge advocate said:
''An objection of this character is
almost equivalent to Withdrawing the
request for an investigation He has
asked to have the Judgment Of his
brother officers in this matter. Let US
have it and don't put technical OBJ
structiOns in the way Of having the
investigation
Mr.. RaynOr responded briefly: st
only desire to state that while this is
our investigation. these are your speci-
fications under the precept. We asked
for this investigation, and instead Of
letting US give the precept under which
we would like to have the inquiry
take place, you form a precept Of your
own. Here is an applicant who asks
for a court Of inquiry under specifica.-
tons framed by others and not by
himself"
The court retired to consider the OBJ
5ectlons, remaining out longer than on
any previous occasion. Admiral Dewey
read the courts decision, as follows;
Objection is Sustained
''The court sustains the objection OF
counsel so far as it relates to CONVEX
satiOns that took place on board the
New York, but this ruling does not ap-
ply to any verbal orders which the
chief directed witnesses
to convey TO Commodore Schley-"
Replying to question put in ac-
cOrdance with this decision, the wit
!
contained in the memorandum handed
him to be delivered to Admiral Schley,
which was read to him The witness
then read dispatch No. s. from Samp-
son to Schley, of Nay y, telling the
latter that the Spanish squadron was
probably at Santiago.
He also read the Brooklyn receipt
memorandum showing the dispatch. as
well as the accompanying memo
dunn, had been received at sos Ziav
o. The witness identified these Is The
orders he had carried He al&o said
| that he had carried two OTTER enve-
lOpes, one containing orderSI from the
department and the other memoran-
dunn which had not been lead to him.
He said he had arrived or .CienfuegOs
at a m. Nay %, and heysd gone aboard
the Brooklyn for the purpose of de-
nvering the dispatche7
In response to a "a Cuest from the
judge advocate. Ldeu5enant Hood re-
lated the conversation 4he had had with
Admiral Schley after delivering the or
ders, saying that he Nthe witness) has
! told the admiral that it was Admiral
SIMPSONS wish that the flying squad
ron should proceed Immediately to San
| tiaSo, as his Information was very
positive His statement was as fol-
/ lows:
Couldn't Obey Sampson.
Commodore Schley read the ais
| patches, and then, turning to me, said:
/ Captain, Admiral Sampson wishes me
/ to 60 to Santiago. cannot do it
4 told Commodore Schley that the
| admiral certainly expected the SQUAD
/ ron to leave the instant arrived. Com
4 modore Schley then said in nearly
/ these words: I am not at all satisfied
/ that the SDaniards are not here in
/ ClentueSoS. Besides, my ships all want
| coal He also said that the Massa-
( chusetts, Texas and the Brooklyn
| wanted so many tons of coal, ana that
/ the day before Captain Sampson had
| sent him down the Iowa with only
/ half her coal supply, so that she could
/ not go anywhere; it was useless to
! send ships down there only half filed
with coal.
Il told Commodore Schley that I had
/ passed collier conveyed by gunboat
I only a little before daylight that morn
! ing, and il would certainly be there
with at least 1000 or 5000 tons Of coal
within Two Or three hours. He re-
ferred again to his belief of the Span
iards being in Cienfuegos, and stated
that he hau neard some firing about
forty miles from port, which he too1
to be a welcome to the Spanish SQUAD
ron; he had also seen some smoke.
which he conceived to be the Spanish
squadron, and ne believed they were
there.
I said to Commodore schley then
that the Information which Admiral
Sampson received he considered as
deDuiles ne mad no doubt but the Span
ism squadron was at Santiago.
Commodore Scnley then said to me:
captain sampson does not under
stand He is not on the spot. and can
not Judge I also informed Commodore
Schley that the admiral certainly exz~
pected the squadron TO leave imF1e-
distely, and that 1 had had verbal or
. ders from the cOmmander-iIl-chief
which did not appear in my written
orders, to remain with the Hawk alone
at CienfuegOs after the squadron rad
LETT and conduct a blockade for a dav
or two or as long as my coal supplS-
lasted
| 'Oescl fbe the commOdOre's msTrrx-
on this occasion" said Catain iI.sml1-
The commodore was sitting In his
chair all the time was talking to him.