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From a court martial there is no appeal. Month ago Captain Henry Richard Sawbridge of H. M. S. Renown marched stiffly into a courtroom in Portsmouth dockyard and saw that his sword lying on the judges' table had its point toward him in token of guilt. He was retired on half pay and dismissed from his ship as responsible for the strange collision in mid-ocean between the huge battle cruisers Hood and Renown. Rear Admiral Sidney Robert Bailey, in command of the maneuvers, and Captain Francis T. B. Tower of the Hood, also court martialed, were acquitted (TIME...
Though a court martial case may never be tried again, the sentence and every bit of evidence of every court martial are automatically reviewed by the Lords of the Admiralty, forming in effect the Navy's Supreme Court. They have the power to alter or reverse decisions. Last week the Navy's Lords sat down before a huge bundle of papers to review the Hood & Renown case without advocates, prosecutor or witnesses...
...fateful morning of Jan. 23, the Hood and Renown, approximately ten miles apart, were leading parallel columns of cruisers in battle practice off the coast of Spain. At 11:35 a. m. Admiral Bailey, as Commander of the Squadron, ordered from his flagship, the Hood, what the court martial referred to as an "inclination exercise." The ships were to swing together to form a single line of battle, and from the Hood's chartroom Admiral Bailey himself set the course for both ships: 254 degrees for the Hood, 192 degrees for the Renown. Apparently he thought that without further...
...present disturbance President Carlos Mendietia has refused to resign and Colonel Batista, the head of the army, and real power behind the present government, has instituted martial law, while the remaining labor unions which had not yet been called out are now going on strike. Although the government is being supported by two strong parties, the Menocalistas and the Marianistas, a serious revolution does not appear improbable...
...Rear Admiral Bailey marched from the room. Just for a second he glanced at the sword he left behind. When he came back he would know instantly if he were innocent or guilty depending on whether his sword's hilt or its point was toward him. The court martial followed tradition. When Rear Admiral Bailey returned, the hilt lay toward him, meaning acquittal...