The Washington times., 1901-11-06

| that the commodore could have gone
| some where else to coal. but the idea of his
| going away with his squadron to the east
| ward. and leaving Santiago unprotected
And not covering its escape! ! don be
| liCve that the Department had any such
| idea in mind. He didnt have any orders
| from the Department. They were mere
| " suggestions He was merely to iind out
If the Spanish squadron was there, and
see that it did not leave without deci-
sve action. ! don't care whether he made
an error Of judgment or not the ethlcS
of this case were settled by the saviour
OF Mankind mere than 1000 years ago IN
the parable of the two sons. II was the
son who said he would not go, nut VINO
rcpented and went, who was commenced.
/ don't believe that Commodore ScIitN
had any other notion than TO do ms Mhoit
duty rs a naval officer as he should have
done it. and always had done IT.
Captain Parker INDUCED in niue -,l CIT
icism of Admiral Sampson for not attack
ing the Colon. He arrived on June J.,
said he, and she Uhe Colon lay there
four hours and a half without being ilred
at The speaker disclaimed any lnteh-
tion, however. of critiCising anybody.
Just thcn the clock struck 4. but cap
tain Parker kept right on:
Times M" said Admiral Dewey, as
Captain Parker was right i'm the middle OF
a sentence, and, bringing his gaVel down
declared the Court adjourned for the day
Mr.. Hanna Concludes.
The argument of Mr.. Hanna began with
specification of the precept, relating to
the alleged dis obedience of orders and
continued with comment on all the points
deemed most pertinent to the support OF
the Department case"
Coming down to the battle of the 90
of July Mr.. Hanna spoke of the very IN
teresting testimony given on that sub
ject, but said that very little of it had
any connection whatever with the precept
referring TO 1t, and which dealt only with
the turn of the Brooklyn. That was the
only specific feature sought for, and he
did not therefore propose to discuss any
other feature of the battle.
When the alarm sounded, said Mr..
Hanna, the Brooklyn and the Texas moved
on converging lines, toward the har-
Dor entrance, which would have brought
them very close together. This was i'm
portant, he said, in view of what sub
sequently occurred. Mr.. Hanna said that
he would discuss the question of the
Brooklyn's behavior in the action with
respect to the behavior of the vessels of
the Spanish squadron, and he collated the
several material points briefly as follows:
The Spanish vessels could not have
come out of that harbor without heading
toward the Brooklyn on account of the
narrowness of the harbor entrance; that
they turned just as soon as they could on
passing the shoal at the entrance to the
harbor; that there was no purpose ac-
cording to the weight of the testimony,
on the part of any Spanish vesse' TO ram
the Brooklyn. the testimony OF Admiral
Taylor and Commander Wainwright on
this point being particularly valuable, as
each had a clear view of the action, and
Admiral Taylor had said that he observed
that no Spanish vessel showed any pur-
pose to ram; that the American ships,
with one exception, turned promptly 10
the west to follow the enemy; that the
Brooklyn was the exception; that this
rrrrr ha Ill q
enemy and to the southwark by her tac-
tical diameter. 600 yards at least, although
some witnesses have said she ran 2,uVO
yards in making the turn, and that this
Gus proximity to the Texas.
Mr.. Hanna quoted some extracts from
the testimony Of Captain Cook and Lieu
tenant H1dgson, as showing, he said, how
two persons of conscientiousness, fidelity
and capacity could see things differently
from given point of view. Captain Cook
had testified that the thought of collision
between the Brooklyn and the Texas
never entered his mind and that he had
not heard anything Of 1t until long after
but Lieutenant Hodgson, the navigator OF
the Brooklyn, had testified that on the
turn he had called Commodore Schleys
attention to the position of ths Texas, and
that the commodore had replied: D
the Texasi ] cannot help that. she must
look out for herself"
In conclusion Mr.. Hanna said: 1T has
been said that my attitude and my own
connection with these proceedings has
been that of a serious, perhaps solemn
participant and l must say that I am
obliged to admit that this is a correct
Indictment. l have regarded these pro
ceedings with a great deal of seriousness.
An officer OF high rank has asked for a
Court of Enquiry into his acts; that Court
has been granted by the proper autnority.
and. although Initiated at his instance,
has patiently heard and considered the
te stimony OF brother officers who served
under Commodore SchleY and has exam
ined the logs of the vessels under his
and the dispatches and reports
made by his squadron.
.'This testimony is very high In its char
acteT 3Sd presents questions OF an eX-
ceedlusg grave character to the consid-
GRAFTON of this Court, and. therefore, |
have thought this serious occasion. and
that the subjects before this Court have
been very great
Mr. Hanna then thanked the Court and
counsel for their attention and considera-
tion during his long argument 1t was
2 :35 O'Clock when he finished his address,
and Captain Parker thereupOn took up
the argument for Admiral Schley.