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HANNA REVIEWS THE CASE
The Judge Advocates Assistant
Concludes His Argument.

&" sustain the Allegations of the
PreccPf-The Reconnaissance. II
Intended as such, Was "A Success.
When the Court Of Enquiry convened al
II o'clock this morning Mr.. Hanna. with
out any preliminaries. resumed his argu-
mcHt- He followed uuch tn same course
as he adopted yesterday. bringing out All
'he points which could be construed to-
! ward injurins schIey and onittfue al
explanation and reason and testimony in
his favor He said IN opening that he
would take up specification ). relating 10
alleged disobedicEce Of orders.
/ Before going into that specification
Z ne said. and intimately associated with
I II, reference may be made. and should
"e MADE 70 one or two points relating
70 the previous specification. IL has been
stated In testimony by nearly all the Wit
! heSses that the Eagle was the priaciDaI
/ source Of delay in proceeding from Glen
| Iuegos 70 Santiago, and so we NAV con-
sioer the testimony establishes it. There
mas been some mention that the Vixen
was also cause Of delay, and il seems
proper In this connection merely 10 read
/ the testimony Of the commanding officer
| OF that vessel"
Here Mr.. Hanna read from maze a42 of
the record, the testimony Of Lieutenant
commander Sharp. OF the Vixen. in which
the latter said that the weather was
sgually and that there were heavy winds.
and that as the Vixen was a small yes
SCI she Gid not make as good weather Of
i as some Of the larger ships. but moth
ing In the weather caused her To slow
down. that She could make eiEht OF nine
knots.
The average speed Of the squadron"
continued Mr. Hanna. -on that run was
much less than that. The caDtaiu Of the
collier. Captain Miller. was interrogated
Z in respect 10 the question as to whether
his vessel was the occasion OF delay on
that run. and his testimony Is quite clear
on that subject Here Mr Hanna read
from the testimony Of Captain Miller
tReeord. page 5oS. in which he sold that
his vessel caused no material delay until
she broke down on the evening Of May Is.
The Orders to SchIey.
Now the fIth specification Of the pre-
cept- ar Hanna went on. relates 20
the disc5edieuce of orders. and IN order
20 determine whether an officer has dis
( oheyed orders IL is necessary to ascertain
/ under what orders De was supposed 10 be
dcre SchIey before he left CIenfuegos NAV
bc reduced 10 very simple staten .nt
On the morning Of the I'd OF May he re-
ceived by the Dupont the Dear SchIey'
] letter No. :. That was an order 20 stay
/ there under existing conditions. on the
next morning. the 23d ne received by the
. Hawk order so s That was an order 20
proceed t. Santiago with all despatch as
soon as satisfied that tie spanish fleet
[ was not. fn Ci-nfusg0s Accompanying
No s. and delivered by the Hawk. was
the memorandum written al Havana uu-
I der cir- -mstanc-z 1f great urgency. as
has teen set forth and stating: BE at
/ Santiago on tho 34th. That order being
/ OF course OF later date. would. iu so far
as It conficted herewith. cancel previ-
Gus ORDERS. 10 did not In any way suggest
. delay. ON the contrary. fl suggested
1 Speedy departure and prompt arrival at
I Santiago. Therefore when Commodore
. Schiey left CienfEeEos ne was under or
/ Gers 90 proceed with all despatch 10 San
I tiaEo. because he was 81 tistsd that the
/ Spanish feet was not at Cieufusgos.
/ Under these circumstances. and being
( under such orders to proceed with des-
/ patch. on the 25Jh the squadron was. by
/ signal, headed for Key West. and the ret
( rograde movement was begun. That was
1 on the evening OF the -6th. at about $50.
/ according to the signal book. and accord
! i1g To- the testimony During the night
I the squadron proceeded toward Key
I West, being delayed only by the difficulty
/ OF towing the collier There was appar-
/ emily nothing else If there is anything
I that shows that the squadron would not
/ have gone further but for the accident 70
/ the collier. IT Is not shown by the tEs-i-
1 uouy- Proceeding that way during the
/ night and stopping number Of hours
/ at midnight and into the next morning
/ the Flying Squadron was intercepted by
! the Harvard. "A despatch boat bearing
! dispatches from the Secretary OF the
/ Navy.
These dispatches were delivered on
board the flagship az $50 on The morning
OF the Z-th by the commanding officer OF
the Harvard to Commodore SchICr- BY
reference to page -uf Of the record It ap-
/ pears that Captain Cotton al shat time
( delivered despatch which ha had him
self received at Mole s.. Nicholas but a
/ short time before That despatch reads
I The Flying squadron at Santiago etc
( fAr- Hanna reld The DESPATCH That de-
I sgatch has been read before in court
Captain Cotton has testified that To- the
! best Of his recollection and belief il
| was one Of Ihe G-Suatches that ne de-
f lNvrtl 10 Commodore ScE.ev that morn
ing. Mr. B,ale. who translated the cfahtr-
has identified it as the despatch watch he
had translated and handed Co Captain Cot
ton on board the Harvard. There is n
conflict OF evidence as TO when this de-
spaJch was received. and there being q
controversy upon this point ] shall iisr5-
sard that despatch. ard refer % another
| one, the receipt of which is aczn0wIadgeI
! by all concerned.
! An ImpOTtuHE Despatch.
This despatch. the receipt cf which is
acknowledged by counsel FOR the apDIi-
cant. and which was received on the flag
I ship Bro0kIyn az g-i5 Nav o. is a. very
( important despatch in connection with
| this enquiry. because Irrespective of the
orders under which Commodore SchIsy
| was proceeGiuI. here was another order
/ liutercepung the Flying Squadron in the
midst Of it's retroeraGe movement The
Harvard arrives, and this despatch is by
IAN parties concerned admitted 70 have
| been delivered 90 the commanding officer
That despatch should De therefore care
/ fully examined not only because OF it's
importance because Admiral SchIey while
upon the stand said that he regarded il
! as suggestive ana not mandatory It
! therefore becomes necessary 20 a-alyzc
chat despatch and md out whether il was
( or was not am order.
.It fs dated L. s Harvard OF Mole St
{ Nicholas II is addressed 10 tla Ui0r
officer on Santiago Proceed az once and
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