| Show x I 1 I Sampson Makes J akes Appeal App ea 1 1 i Ills Attorneys hey o 0 of tIle iia s fc lo 10 o w a W iI I Statement in ii 11 Connection Schleps Position Asking rs Belief Front Awi Ills fits Condemnation by b CouI of hi Q of 01 Command Still SIlIl Uppermost Washington J IJ 8 Theall Campbell counsel for tor fo Hear Admiral A 1 I gump gumpson son soil today tiled the lie following brief with protesting the claims test get up In tn Admiral appeal that he lie wa III In com command mand during the Ihl battle hattie olT ut THU Tm I Iao ao 30 Street New York 3 0 lion Theodore of lit this the United Stales Sir Rh WI beg bt 1 leave n ae attorneys for or Hear Illar Admiral W IV v T J I and AHI on Ott his isle behalf C to o this the following relate mem In ill connection with the III t hi e tit is of ot Hear Admiral W V 8 asking 11 DIM ills hili IM condemnation UN 1111 it re IC reported 1 0 ported hurled by h i a 11 rots it of I Ii up 1111 a i by IJ this the secretary of oe if the tho navy 11 mI TO ro TONo roNa No Nil argument iii be he 1 aa 1111 to 10 the Iho i itt volunteered vol opinion oil iii ion of oC tho hits t i ilig III of oC tile the court upon the tIle tU of ot at o Ve WI te loe applied 1 fur for HU isa opportunity to o II evidence e upon this tub point to 10 tIle the th court and amid our request wan ties RII as are a r I to fused anti and It 1 we tip 1 me sue lIt that an sin at lit tempt to Lu pronounce an adverse Judg jud ment where a hearing has hUI been denied 1 is III HO si a II violation lion of itt good faith that It ha lIu no iso chance of It lag ing In your approval Wo Q BI ready I ally then lien and are still ready to 10 produce much evidence which was wan not miot before thus the court on this question We Ue 1115 prepared to show that the state statement ment that the this New York torI at the tile begin lung ning of the tue battle buttle w tiesa III out aut of oC sight of or each and every ever ship of lIf the blockading squadron but bUI one is II Inaccurate TO Wo Wu o are ready to show that under the navy regulations and the this Judicial Inter Interpretations thereof Hoar Hear nr Admiral A Sunlit Sump son lion wan tins the lie battle In command c of ot single vessel veisel In lii the he American line There riser Is IY abundance of testimony available to show that from train tim tho begin Mini of oC the lie battle every overy American v tee lII i inet net eel at nt Santiago as u in sight of the tho Now York There Is la evidence at hand both boils record otal to III show shots lint whenever tho ho loft the tho block siding Uric line In front of ot Santiago he hI hoist hoisted ed the this signal movements of oC proceeded to that where under tho 1110 itt regulation his immediate command of the th squadron sq n anti and then theft sIgnalled I to 10 the tho next In its monk lank to take Ink command and auth that on ous the tho morning of July Jul 3 the lie commander had given glen to have hat ready for tor or hoisting the signal directing Commodore I II to com coils command mand that Oil bite signal was ns to 10 be hoist 1 when under tho lie regulations 11 II the ap tip l moment arrived that that moment hud had hu 1 not MIl anti that such auch signal NI not been beun hoisted wh when n tito enemy endeavored to 10 escape trout from the lie harbor Tm From Front the tho Oregon too there Is 19 avail able to show Dhow that when him thA limE shut shot was Va flied the lor of ot the lie Oregon using lining the tue long 11 gla glass u could front from the this position that vessel neat near this the center of the Ihl line hue read the tue New Yorks battle baUI signals then All this evidence wn Will ready to 10 be bo presented to tile the court of Inquiry awl It li is ready to its bo lie to you It 11 was WAil not before the court because It refu refused l to go into Inlo him this the question of oC command COlli Hear n ar Admiral Sampson has never objected end anil does line not now ob oh jeet jee t to an tin Inquiry to tn determine the lie question of command HP 11 line hUK however reported re that thiat he lie wax was In command nt at that battle As All he lie hiss has h made lila his recommendations lII ommen concerning tho the promotion He lie lusts has been hoen by tho tim antI and Judicial department of ot the government as 1111 ho bo lug tig in iii command 0 1111 auth he lie asks aike that l n 71 he ii of oC his lii hi li is qUI II em n t Its at fit t least be lie IJ to a be bet I bet betI II the hi evidence in Itt apportion ami antt all to Q per a stilt nth It lib hIs to to 10 corns come ril with III the tho ie ready to 1 hun un Ive lii In his hiM behalf l Ol OK ny ns tile cv Those I Is II nil eu 11 ot of evl ft t to establish tiLe taut St I that the W now oo ft th no etl Cli huh total failure ot of th the pro nhi 11 thOu ot of battle tU tt wholly ly to III his hili own u Sit disobedience d I sues of if thu U UI tte tc order of ot the th f I I 1 orders 1 wm wore to III PM close in 11 n Ilia to III nOti hel Hold tIn the enemy at tt th Ih t lie his lit Ut Commodore MO so understood he y Ho list hoisted that very UI III etc I ci t when it lists he Ii says IUA his I en my nn Ing hug that port part of the lie I 5 lists line guarded by y fed li hili own OIl he luo looped Ho list with ud II shots li w troll front tim the th battle formation left Illet a it I 1 l J I hole hale In III thus Hit huts lino interfered With tut Itt Tex wo wn HB nl which would have hu he the slap fl fem In and caused c her list to III back thereby i o Oi 01 l to Ihl Iii IB enemy tho Ito double opportunity ot or ro 10 which they availed to ea m v v m c ria cC i ie e the iii interval tnt erviti ho lie hud hail mail II e itri tr WANT WANI TO lO M r VT kl f TI 1 jv W t have luwe no units to prolong J S 01 epi P controversy We WI only Oak nek lint Worn then be he a 1 hidIng finding to Art on by II the President r rhe ro rr III he lie courts or 01 the navy lay hay lt per Jer that he lie h h its he given the opportunity Which ear ea haa hu given to AI Bohley chil to tu V UD present evidence us 1111 may 1111 Wi both bolh cups ld 8 of this I I clear alem I It i Very ery i especially rot tal SJ S lON f f Pr orr ami U 1 S 8 r 1 bier n 01 Tim The President I II consider Ito tho brief brUf tn na nl n In 11 connection with Admiral on tt a p Peal lell al and auth the Iho navy departments com coin in tn t I ment aill m IE T OK OF SAMPSON nl Washington Wll l lb 7 Secy Long to day doy Issued the this following ord order r Ing this the retirement of Admiral I J J Navy NR Department D l b 1 Kj K 1 7 i i 1102 notifying you rou of your retire loUr r department your iVI IV II service and deeply win for foi you In your impaired health quotes 11 with pleasure tho lie following letter from am lIh thu late Into President re 1 c Washington March Maceli W IL iu My Dear Sir I this In hIt vt fl f I your very lery ory considerate letter of ot U v instant In tit which you 1111 s dIr Ir without tO I i I LI Interests this the other naval vb c rendered such conspicuous In lii j this the naval campaign In the West In I dies lusty have havo tho tue advancement br which you recommend for tor them a t I mu In lii which you ask nothing for toi yourself I highly command thin thil Is action on Ott your part vart I Let Jet t Ic 10 I me mite assure you that hint I have hIo lie tho highest of oC your services as ns corn com AI A of the North forces during the thc hi Spanish war liar In III CUbA cooperating with the tue ur or urmy l t my lily directing tho thu movements ot of tho thu V n great number of or vessels in your orders and at lit last after aftos the Ihl most mod effective affective I b hi preparation consummating with thu tue i gallant men inca under your four e oh b command the of tho tIm 8 Such pan u II I isis Ish fleet lIet It was In recognition lion of ot your L e 1 services s und mid of ot your yoni great urell t skill that tM t I recommended you to 10 the tho Senate for nl the advancement which you had hUll earn CAme Wl 11 I P ed po pal pol ery truly tru yours i S 1 WILLIAM Me I Wm rn r T U tI c cB B S N United w 18 0 States forces North he o station United States New NOW 7 j York Cuba tuba 1 Very r n nJOHN nt JOHN D TONCh IONO era ero re el ele Wm T I I Sampson I T III e S 8 No N f 1613 New Hampshire avenUe n ne Washington W D C 4 a aleD le leD |
