New-York tribune., 1901-10-25
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Admiral schley returned to his convers,.,,.
Cienfuegos with Captain McCaIIa. He a~oI'
ated the captain from any intention 10 a. -
injustice, but said that the captain had fs,,az
give all OF that conversation. He did No. -
example" said the Admiral tell Won thai :,
adVices were that the only point on that co.~.
where ne could coal was the coast of Hav,i
DO not remember any conversation abour yo,n1.
pack TO Key West with him; but I do NOT =.
heVe that he would state what was not a Pa.
think, however, that it is a mistake"
DENIES DIsoBEDIENCE OF ORDERs
Discussing again his dispatch to the sa,.-.
ment. concerning the departments orders IN.
Admiral said:
II my reply to the telegram of the Sao-.
OF the Navy is not the record wouId ny
10 put IL there in the terms I sent it, becsus.9 =
wrote 1t In English. gave il to Captain Cot,oui
asked him TO turn il into cipher and consrrnss
II arterward in letter 10 the department 49,
was received. The dispatch is here ana -.sa bsa
Deen IN the department for nearly threa y.a-s
1 don't believe for one moment that IN ~
translation of IL there was any intsn+io-
mut1Iate it, but think. in the choice Of words
Mhlcn were not exactly of the same rneanins
the dispatch did not get to the departn1srt G
tlrely as intended il should. Upon This SIs
patch IS based the charge Of disobedienca n,
orders. l contend that there was no disohast
ence of orders There would have been Az
obedience of orders # / had abandoned rs
station, out having returned to the station with
out Other dlrectlon, and having found that thA
departments information was correct 7 bnIs
that did not disobey orders. and I think ma. ma.
TINS dispatch, read and interpreted as sent TrsJ
reileve that charge.
Admiral Schley said that the information ssr.
from the Navy Department as to the locatio,
of the Cuban insurgents in the vicinity ~
Santiago was erroneous, the dispatch uIac,nv
them much nearer that city than they wsrs
If we had gone to the place indicated" bs
said. "at the time we received the disuatcb
we would have been in all probability gobbIsa
So that the dispatch, therefore. was misleading
do not mean Intentionally. but simply through
information which was not at that time vsrv
reliable about it,"
Again referring to his own dispatch. Admiral
Schley said that 1t had been delivered in Eng.
lish, but he added:
Read in the light of this order and in view q,
the fact that the squadron did not return N
Key West, whatever may have been our in
tention or purposes. say there was no disobedi-
ence of that order. and there is no order thera
70 go back II was simply that the department
! looked 10 me 10 establish fact OF which il was
not certain.
WORDING OF HIS DISPATCH
In response to request from Mr.. Rayuer for
the exact wording Of the sentence in the dts
patch in dispute. Admiral Schley gave il as fol-
lows:
1t is to be regretted that the departmsnt's
orders cannot be obeyed earnestly as we hays
all striven to that end.
This, he said. was the authentic version OF the
sentence. and was as he sent il.
The Admiral was in the midst Of his discus
sion OF the "disobedience OF orders" dispatch
when the clock in the courtroom struck T. and
Admiral Dewey announced adjournment Tor
the day. although Admiral Schey told him he
would like TO finish his testimony at this ses-
sion.