Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-28


.,,,,h nroyldes that the commanoo,S,,,--
,nrhief shall. II possible, before s nsi5
,n,o action supply every captain WI" ~
NV, Man ~ hattie. showing therein '"'
nosIilon each shall occupy, !. ranlv
ps svesS replied the witness, ~ i1 ~
A. Cant lemlys question u ne Jay
ecmplied with that article : up .i
understand that that Is nec a,sor q
Written think that that orue s,,, 70
smre,cIently carried out when con-, ,
,nander. in.chief decides to place ,'9
Laws IN the order Of battle ana III
sasp, each what he proposes 10 40 49,,
I'm YOU think, admiral that So u
- snnnlv every captain wltn a plan
~ hattie and do that Of an oi"i 'V
ference2" asked Capt. Lemly
PLANS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
81 do not think that Is absolutely .p,,
,ocsss S replied the witness. "Tihoie
ars Instances where battles nave p1en
sa',ght without doing that. Any plan
Of battle that might be oflsiua, ,,o,,a 70
Subjected to change. nave nv,
known a battle that was ever luus az
on the plan originally CHOSEN Ny '"'
commander-in-chlef M ..o,uo.
Wr Raynor-Do any OF me resuia'
,lons use the word written
''S Cant Le,nly--Do you think you coulu
SAMMY the captains with plan oil pat
III without writing them ,.,.,r
Mr.. Raynor--I could not out hho"
the admiral could. g..
Continuing his examination Nap'
Lemiy asked ~, On ,o,,
,.When, al 9.45 O. m, May 20 you
.a,,,sd q man.of-war. as shown BY the
PTookIyn's log, and cleared FOR action
rhat orders had been Issued IN con-
formIty with the provisions OF the reg
" should not think any instructions
uould be necessary for a fleet meet
ing a single vessel except to Smash
her up ..u .,s.
liely there was only a single vessel
although you sighted bat oneY
'As | only saw one smoke pre-
suned, OF course, there was but one
vessel subsequently we raised the
vesuvlus, which was very much low
er IN the water.
Cept, Lemly--As a matter OF fact
there was more than one yessel2
'sThere were two vessels, that was de-
Teloped Later
e0thers might have been developed In
tle same way
N they had I should have pltied
them. II they had been separated they
would have permitted themselves to be
knocked to pieces
The Judge dyOcate then asked the
witness whether between the date TO
which the court bad restricted the ex-
be had eeeording to arti-
Gle 27l ~ the regulations furnished
each captain with a plan Of battle
FURNISHED VERBAL PLANS,
"yerbally. yes"
"But not In wriiing?"
II did not think the regulations re-
qnred II"
'Did you communicate to your cap
tains your confidential instructions
from Admiral Sampson not to expose
your ships 10 land batteries before the
destruction e the Spanish neet2"
Il did not. because ] regarded them
as oonfldential."
In your report YOU say that the
Iowa arrived of Cienfuegos May %,
although she started day later Did
she not arrive only about five hours af-
ter the squadron"
although we did not 60 IN during
The night I considered that we ar.
rived on Clenfuegos May a."
when Gid you first see the entrance
70 Cienfuegos?"
"A little after daylight. May 22."
The Judge advocate called the adj
nirals attention to his statement to
The Senate that while on the bridge OF
ne BROOKLYN on the afternoon OF May
4, being then about thirty miles from
'ienfuegos he heard big guns fred
With the regularity Of a salute, The
dmlFal stated that he remembered the
Incident distinctly. He did not know
ne exact distance. He did not consult
be log.
Does not the log show that you were
miles from the corner?'
II do not know"