The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-12-27
VOL. x XVI
SCHLEY OBJECTS.
THEY UaE PLA,ti LANGUAGE.
Tho Tho. csff,cars If the Oours Arc
c'ssrged Win 4 Gtsslng & irnpre ssad J.
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As,n,iirs1 sshl.y through his counsel
Wednesday aled with tbs peorotNy Of
the navy tho bill Of exceptions 50 tho
msjayisy findings ef LID soust Of inqufr.
~ Anaenlso 5 lottcr s,king 10 be allowed
to,be heard in conaoetion With the oh.
+ factions to be filed by attornays for
+. Admiral Samppon to the individual
opinion Of Admiral Dewey.
THE GROUNDS Fon COMPLAINT.
The bill ahsjgna the following grounds
in aupport Of Tho ohjecsion;
i, Tho. majority Of tho court have
given tlssjr 0pinion that Oommoaors
Schley hhould havo proceeded with tho
usmoDs dispatch ta Cienfnogoa whom
there waa no specification covering this
subjoot, and Hhsn tho applicants did
I not have sufficient opportunity 10 bring
in proper and convincing evidence In
Yci 6rshco thntcto, and when tho only
ovid moo taken by the court on tbip
subject Wss direotly oontrarY to che
opinion rendered.
p 2. The majority Of tho court have
held that tho applicant should have cp-
deaYored TO open communication wish
tho in,urgonta at che plaos designated
in tho memorandum By Commodoyo
McCalla, delivered to him on the morn
; irg Of tho 23td Of May, 1898, WHOM,
8 in iaot, thoro vas no plsoo mentioned
,ia said memorandum al boing plaoo
at which camp OF insurgents Was To-
GATED.
3. Tho majority Of the court havo
arriv!d at tho opinion stated in tho
foregoing paragraph withous regard to
& .tho faoa, which was proven by an over
Whclinirg woight of tsatimony; that
the aaid MoOatla memorandum way
aont to Commodore Sohley only for uao
il connection with the information it
contained relative to certatn bastOr ries
at, or being constructed in tho vir'uiiy
4 OF the entrance TO tho hsrbor OF C'cn
& fuegod, as attesscd bY the or5ol No.
ii 6, dated May l9, 1853, and eent "a Ucn
{ Modoro Sohloy by Admiral sempson
4. Tho majority Of tho court In tue
4, opinion rendered hold that Commodorc
bchley should have maintained clooo
blockade Of Ciontucsos, when by cves
]Sw helnipg testimony it was proven that
s. q sclose and cffeo,ige blookade. OF that
pc6b3yta 81 maiutainod, the judas advo
y 81 assJi4ialiy s atEndomsd
any charge to tho oontrAry. ss
b. The majority Of tho court in tho
opinion rendered have entirely ignored
the unoontradiotod testimony proving
that the British etoamer Adula was
pormitted to 80 into the harbor Of
Cienfuegoa in order that information
might be obtained through hor as to
whether tho Spanish fleet was then
in that port, il having beon clearly es
tablished thss tho captain Of tho said
British steamer Adula promised and
agreed before permission was given
him to enter tho port thah he would
bring his ship out in fowcr than "a
hour5 ard furnish tho Information dc.
AIRED.
6. Tho majority Of the court, in the
opinion rendered. have entirely fsilod
to refor 20 diHpatoh No. admitted
to havo boeD sons by Admiral Sampson
to OomD cdoso Schley, tho construo
u tiOn Of which Tha agreed upon in the
areument OF tho caee, 10 wit: That it
y tlas an imperative ordor for Commo
doyc Sohisy 10 hold his fquadron 81
OieIfusgos @hesher lie Spanish 1sct
HaA or ass rot Ia tl,st port
I The majority of the oo9rt in the
0pipioh reno ered hsvo entirely Jguorod
the admitted Yfct nat tho commander
O.. the Ea&le iaiird 10 communicate tho
situasion at Clonfuegos to Commodoyo
\ sohley.
.i.8. The majority Of tho court in the
opinion rerdored have entirely ignored
tho oncontradicts d evidence in .hs oaso
that, Cspl. Robly .. Evans, knowing
Tho meaning Of tho signal lights on
sbh6ro st Uleniugos, failed to cor,muai.
cate his information coMcornip8 them
4 to Commodore Sohley.
.. The III, jlrity Of Tho court in the
report OF ths !aots submitted declare
that the signal Lights on slora oear
.Oicnfuogoy woro aeen by Comoodorn
Scbley on the nigh'.,f May 22d, 1898,
2seHben IN fact The ovtrWhaiming Woight
s4.0f both oral and documentary cvidonoo
proved that CONNIE dosC S,hley saw
and had knowledge OF ,heao Lights only
on tho ,Iight OF May 23fd, and ct no
s other timo.
10. The ajority Of the court il the
a opinion rondsred are silent on the sub
s>joot Of tho following charge proferred
IVY tho judge advocate eaairst Com
modoie bohloy during tho progress Of
the ihvestigasion, namely, that he did
not naask his movements in departing
from ia fiont OF tho pors OF Oien&uogos,
but by using AYd0is signals he revealed
tho dentinasion Of his squadron 70 tho
enemy on shore; despite tho faot that
ty cvsrWhelming weight Of testimony
this charge wap entirely diaproved,
sll. Tho msjority Of the court have
based their opinion in reference TO tho
retfo&ede movement upon o etaternens
\ mado in their ropor. OF facts that Com
tnodoro bohlcy, beioso sailing from
UlenfueGoa, received reliable informa
< zion thas ships could bo ooalod in the
sof Uapo Cruz and Gou$ivos
channol, and it 10 nog respectfully dc
(, MED that thero was any Euoh rosiiyo
Testimony in ahis gass; every witpesy
with ono exception wko wss exsmipod
ON the eukjecs dissvowed oil knowled a.
+ in reforonco thereto, and she unoontra.
dicsed testimony Of Capt. u. u. Cook
/ establishes tho fact that the oAioisl
charts with which tho Aagsbip Book
Hslyn WAS supplied, and upon whioh Com.
modoro Sohley WsB compelled 10 rely
for information, showed ooaling Of
&. Cape Ospa TO be mother foasiblo MOI
fsP practicable. and tho YeoOrdn Olearly