Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-27

WIN make an announcement v,blla
we are waiting There has bean IN
touuVeu before the court question az
uiu to'Iec'hess Of the identity Of n
1''%iH very important dispatch sgpt b,,
Wy harvard May q from OF Santlovo
Dy uv c9Hmaniing officer Of The Az
'.e 'lu3dIoh Il appears that IA be
p'VDvas or translation from the conn.,
,''o1ueI -H-chlet % the Department
d d1sn Vhahfes IN the language Of tbot
ulspalch occurred. 90 moi M 'ira ~
tns moment to interrupt tho prnreadS
nb py any discussion of thai mini
Dut l shall merely make the annornrn'
ineht mere that we do intend IN ontor
mo that matter very fully and com.
pleteiy, mat is to say, ms nilly ami as
Sompietely as the court NAV desire
before we leave IT," ' '''''o
LIEUT., JOHN HOOD.
Lieut. John Hood, who during the
war commanded the Hawk vas Inc
next witness. He said that ON Nav "a
ne had delivered dispa tches from AL
niral sampson 10 Admiral schiev
Nneh the latter was of CienfueFos Iie
ItIuted that he had been called aboard
the New York-Admlral Samson
IasShlp-on May q, when the officers
on BOARD were preparing dispatches.
ie SVohe OF the presence OF Admiral
| sampson. Mr. Raynor oblected Ia tba
introduction Of conversation or OF verb
al orders, saying that the orders voiild
| speak for themselves and must ueccs-
| sarlly supersede any verbal inetrlc-
! ions. The question was argued al
| some length by Mr.. Raynor and cant
! l@mly In closing his response. die
! Judge-adv0cato said.
AN objection OF this character IN al
most equivalent 10 Withdrawing the Re.
I guest for an Investigation. He has
asked to have the Judgment OF his
brother officers IN this matter. Let us
have i aud don't put technical obstruc-
IONS in the way Of having the lnyesti.
gaticn.'
NJ RaJnor responded briefly.
only desire to state that while this
Is our investigation these are your
specifications under the preccpt. We
asked tor this investigation and instead
OF letting US give the prccopt under
which we would like ~ have tha IN.
curry take place, you form q prtcDT
OF your own. Here ~ an applicant Who
asks for a court Of inquiry under spcci-
heationH framed by others and not 10y
himself"
COURT sUsTAINs OBJECTION.
The court retired 10 consider the OBJ
jections, remaining out longer than on
any previous occasion Admiral Dewey
read the courts decision rs follows
The court sust9ing The objection Of
counsel so Ear as II relates % c9nyersa-
lions that toGk place on beard the New
York. but this ruling does not epply
70 any verbal orders which the COM
maudcr-in-chief directed witnesses 10
convey 90 Commodore Schley"
Replying to q question put IN accord
ancc With this decision. the witness
said that hls Instructions were con-
talned IN the memorandum handed him
20 be delivered % Admiral schley,
which was re5d tp him.
Tho witness then read dispatch No.
s from Sampson TO Schlrg OF May q,
telling the latter that the spanish squa.
dron was probably at Santiago
He also read the Brooklyn receipt
showing the dispatch as
wen as the accompanying memorandum
had been received a sos May %. The
witness identified these rs the orders
be had carried. he also said that he
had carried two other envelopes one
orders from the department
and tle c'her a memorandum which
bad not necn read TO him
He said he had arrived on Cicnfuegos
At a. m, May %. and had gone aboard
the BROOKLYN for the purpose OF deliv-
sring the dispatches.
In response 90 q request from the
Judge advocate. Lieut. Hood related the
he had had with Admiral
'chley after delivering the orders, cay
ng that he lthe witness) had told the
ldmlral that II was Admiral sampsons
Wish that The flying SQUADRON should
proceed Immediately 20 Santiago, as his
was very positive. His
statement was AZ follows:
commodore SChiey read the dis
latChes and then turning To me said;
Captain ADMIRAL sampson wishes me
o Eo to Santiago. ] cannot DO H.
u told Commodore sch'ey that the
dmiral certainly expected the squadron
o leave 'ha instant ! arrived Com
lcf1rr schley then said. in nearly
hese words. u am not al all satisfied
hat tha spaniards arc not here az
'hnflarps Resides my ships on want
oaL That the Massachusetts, Texas
nd the Droohlyn wanted so many tons
Z coal ana that the day before Capt.
ampvOn had sent him down the Iowa
.ith only half her coal supply, 50 that
NJ could not go anywhere II was USE
qa o. nd ships down there only half
licd with c0al told Commodore
chlpy NAT had passed a collier con-
1vel hy 70 Cunhoaf only n little before
lyli~ht that morning and u would
.rtainly be there with az
asst four or five thousand
me- OF coal within tNo 90 three hours
q referred r-.iu % his belief OF tle
laniards being M Cicnfuegrs and ,'1t-
that Dc had heard Some firing about
rty miles from uOu which he took
be- "a welcome % the Spanish sqWl-
n he fal al @ sen sumo smoke which
conceived ~ be- the Spanish squad
m and b. believed they we've there.
said 10 Commodore schley then that
% information which the ad-
iral had he considered az def
Itc. De- had 40 doubt but the
.anish squadron was az SAM
.go. Commodore Schley then said 10
b. Cant Sampson does not UNDER
md PIE Is not on the spot and clp-
Q Iu1ce also Informed Commodore
hley that the 1dmlral certainly exc
rted the SQUADRON ~ leave immel.-
'N and that had had verbal orders
Im the commanlDr-in-chi.f which d.d
Z arpe7r In my written orders % fc-
Nm With the Hawk alone m Cienfls-
} after the SQUADRON had left ana
7duct n blockade f0r a eav or two or
long as my coal supply lasted"
,HLEY's MANNER DESCRIBED.
Describe the commcdore's manner
this occasion" said Capt Lemly.
The commodore was sitting In his
~ n the time I was talking 20 him