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ARMY AND NAVY NEWS


II; United States, 2; Japan, s, none
building.
seouts.-Great Britain, s; United
States, 8, none building; other navies.
none.
Torpedo yessels.-Great Britain, %;
France, 13 (including to be con
demned); Russia, 6; Germany, 1; Italy
5; United States, 2; Japan, 2, none
building.
Torpedo Boat Destroyers.-Great Bri
tain, Jag built, % building; France, 81
built, 16 building; Russia, 80 built
none building; Germany, IS built, q
building; Italy, IL built, none building
United States, 90 built, Is building;
Japan. IS built, building.
Torpedo Boats. - Coast destroyer
type: Great Britain, 80 built, 6 build
ing. Other types: Great Britain, so;
France, 262; Russia, 81; Germany, sS;
Italy, 100; United States, 30; Japan
50, none building.
Submarines Great Britain, 45 built
% building; France, 40 built, 80 build,
ing; Russia, "a built, IL building; Ger
many, 4 built, building; Italy, built
none building; United States, IL built
Is building; Japan, 9 built, 2 building
OF this showing by the London Times
the United States has built and build
ing: Batt1eships, 80; coast defense yes
sells, IL; armored cruisers, Is; protect
ed cruisers, 81; scouts, 8; torpedo YES
sells, 2; torpedo boat destroyers, 80;
torpedo boats, 80; submarines, %. Total
war vessels, American, TIT.
The Sutton Inquiry.
ANNAPOLIS, July 27.-At today i
Sutton case hearing, Major Leonard
the Judge Advocate, read Mrs. sut
toms letter to the Navy Department
asking for. reopening of the investi
CATION of her son s death. He then re
quested that Mrs. Sutton now be con
sidered complainant in the case and
not a mere party to the inquiry, and
that all the officers involved in the
affair be allowed to be present in court
and be represented in court and be
permitted to cross-examine Mrs. SUIT
ton and any witnesses produced by the
Suttons.
Mr.. Davis said his client was not
directing an accusation against any
one person, but he welcomed repre-
sentation by counsel of any one of the
parties involved.
ct ask this board to present author
ity for this sudden change in the ma
ture of these proceedings, = Mr.. Davis
requested.
A long argument between Mr.. Davi:
and the Judge-Advocate ensued.
Major Leonard said he had up tt
this point avoided making any com
plainant or party defendant to the in
quiry, but If there was any doubt il
the court s mind as to the position il
which the admission of Mrs. Sutton J.
letter in evidence placed the officer.
concerned in the affair he would pre-
sent further evidence to that effect.
Mr.. Davis said he did not mean tt
appear to shirk any responsibility il
the matter, but insisted that Mrs. SUIT
ton was not a complainant against an,
particular person and was simply thu
moving party.
The court ruled that all the officer
concerned were entitled to representa-
ton at the inquiry, and Major Leonard
called Lieutenants Bevan. Osterman
Willing and Adams and Sergeant d.
Hart into the courtroom.
Mr.. Davis thereupon asked for al
adjournment until he could clearly de
fine his position in the case.
This new alignment suggested b,
the Judge Advocate places me in al
entirely new relation to the case, )
Nesx- I
| prosecutor. but to assist in conduct
ing full and impartial investigation
into the facts, and the present situa
ton appears to force me to decide be
tween withdrawing from the case o.
proceeding from this point in an en-
tirely different capacity
Mr.. Davis accused the Judge Advo
| cate of laxity in the proceeding by MOI
introducing Mrs. Sutton IS letter in evi
denee at the start and fully defining
the nature of the inquiry at that time
Major Leonard said he had no other in
tenf1on from the inception of the in
curry than to declare his present atti
tude, but had deferred it simply to af
ford the introduction of all the i'm
partial and unbiased evidence thai
could be obtained
! Commander Hood notified the officer:
called in that they were parties de.
PENDANT to the inquiry and decided tc
adjourn court until Lieutenant Utley
and Surgeon Cook returned.
Mrs. Sutton letter, which formed
the basis of the government IS new
attitu6a in the case, was written te
the Secretary of the Navy ON Febru
airy s, 1909, and referred to the peti
ton made in her behalf for a new in.
vestigation by Senator Bourne of Ore.
gon. The following paragraph appear.
ed in the letter in reference to he1
petition to reopen the case:
THAT if it should be found that one
Of the other participants in the ARRAY
IN which my son lost his life was Grim.
lnaIly responsible for his death, OF
probably so responsible, such further
action as may be deemed appropriate
may be taken for the purpose of bring.
ing the person so thought to be re.
GnnO 70 / 4