The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-29
MILITARYaLAW HAS PRECE-
DENcEE >lE OVER ALI.
OTHERS.
WAS NO OCCASION
Two Cruisers Going to Rescue Of
Doomed Ship Were Out ce
Line of Duty

1
ers, Aboukir. Hpgue and Cressy by :
German submarine or Submarines tr
| the North Sea, with loss of nearl,
sixty officers and 1,4OO men, are con.
.ained In an admiralty statement Is.
sued tonight. ts .'l- ,g as (
The reports OF Commanders Nicho,.
son, of the Cressy, and Norton, OF the
iiogue, state that the Aboukir was
hit by one torpedo and sunk I'M "a
minutes. Three torpedoes were fired
at tho Cressy, one OF the explosives
missing. She lasted from thirty-flye
to forty-iive minutes. The Hogue was
l5strdck twice, ten to. twenty seconds
lsslapsing between tho torpedoes. She
went under inlflyc minutes.
The Greasy fired on thu submarine
and some of tho officers were conf
ggdent tho shots sank her. Cpinmander
Nicholson says the three iopedoess dl-
rected against his, ship might ,liave
been fired by the same submarine and
thatitherc Is no real proof that more
Than one was engaged.
The reports show the strictest dis.
clpline wa3 maintained and that acts
If heroism were performed. but iha
idmifalty has established tlie rule
that such affairs must be governed by
the samc laws as prevail in naval ac-
ttons nnd that disabled ships must he
left to their OWE RESOURCES rather than
that other ships should be ieopaf !iz-
ed by rescue, work.
The statement follows:
.Thc facts OF this affair cannoi be
better onyeyedYt0 tho public. than. by
tho attached reports OF The senfof Of.
Gccrs s;tylfo lliaye .surysyed andS Vi
'ahdeG:in England. :Ny{S iIj, .sS
s, sT The sinking Sof the Abouklr, s ,stss q:
Of coHrso. in sordinarys hakariS . III
patrolihg kdutysi ;srte HoIf.auico HIf.uio ID ,riffiiThffa
Greasy v |. ..iioWSycrss;W We're ,..suDk ,becausai
they proecededs toiatlicl as6istance juf
their consDrt and romaihe6 withsnySE
giles st0ppsd, ondeaYoring to- save
life thus presep ting Ail seaby shntf DIR
tain get st6s fur thor slBfhnflne ssats
-. sSia 81 Il IS OF III, man
lty In gthiBy easy 9haye. led 1fo iSsnrvy wv
losses ,Uitig iglis sWeflyf hive basnx avoid
ed by trlSt adherence itOs Oshiiitary c1ii.
t;}deThti inIlg. Modern nayai aSar Al Sbrt..:
,sentlnE us with so, many 81 new aha
.'trangs aituatipns that an error OF
Judgment Of: this Character .is pardons
able. Bit it, has been 1iecaessar RI 7 "a "a
point out for. the further guidance Of
His Mniest shipssS that c6niifiuns
which. prevail whom d vessel or a
squadronl Is injured! lin a mine Held.
1r fs EXPOSED to submarine atfack.
arc analogous to those Which occur
and that tho rule OF zIcny1
ing disabled ships 10 their own re.s
sources lis j applicable SO far, at sany
No acts sor; humanity. whether ~, H.
s-riend or foe; should lead 60 NEGLECT
,og tho proper precautions and dig.
p0sitipnsyof war; and no measure rt,n
ho taken to sayo iifo which prcjutlica
Che military situation. Small crafts
Of all kinds should, however. sbc tll-
:ssested by Wireless to- close on Tho
aaTs.e 50 81 - j 81 81 r 1t ali
Tic loss OF Iearl ssis 8 fiesEs
gEddgSi if ii hnd Been II br1aS aSsISf
s.5yS gun fe .in ma 30 d,f A act tiSIi FIT
30 iss artlcalar1y,t dist treEsi III 9; iinfins
ss;Ssofisl ltibna That eyhiIeti riss ne
.senees s1a amy Or snfssoFs aiff ssxcitoS
smsnt 0f fnG sngRgsm aqt; a fds ai6t tss tiVHs
ssyaF. spgeYetts stiia5f "a iirpl laySs6f dfScjps
line; cheerful Goii rage II ia faSsiV sself
.31sraf ice diin6ng alI raiHalss and .Tafingss
rs rs 9TH e duty on which these vesssels
;she s arrnIlg gen1ant ts shys which tile E con.
ssfoI f66f tho sea ana tsio safetys of the
count ~ ssars fntainci ana tho iives
synd as gloriotibly devoted 1 rs flia fe. res
,anirsfRenta or n is Ma lesfy. service