New-York tribune., 1894-06-12
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THE ARMOR-PLATE HEARING.
SOME HIGHLY SUGGESTIVE TESTIMONY
FROM LIEUTENANT ACKERMAN.
PLUGGED PLATES AFFIXED TO THE MONITOR
TERRoR-INsTANCEs WHERE THE IN
sPECTORs WERE DELIBERATELY
DECEIVED AT THE CAR
NEGIE WORKS
fnr rELrGRAru TO THE TRIBUSE.J
NEGIE WORKS.

|
Washington June lit Is more apparent than
| ever that the subcommittee on Naval Affairs or
the House Of r. present tatives is determined 10 deNe
to the bottom OF the Carnegie armor-plate frau1s II
possible 1t Is not unlikely that the Navy Depart
| ment VIII be asked TO remove alleged defective
p,ate, from one or more Of the vessels In order
| 10 allow thorough physical examination OF them'
az least to be made According 70 the testimony OF
I.lou;enan, Ackcrman to-day. this might have beeh
Jess necessary IL certain plugged" plates hod not
! been AFFIXED 70 the monitor Terror after ue tact
tina, they had been secretly plugged" In the works
OF the Car7lcgie Company vas discovered Lieu'en-
| ant Ackermars testimony I'm regard to these Plates
was suggestive wei! as important,
| Under instructions from the chic; % tine Bureau
OF Naval Ordnance he went TO the Brooklyn Navy
Yard In orlo- personally to examine the pates ana
! ascertain whether the allegations OF the informerS
In ragsrd f. them were true or fa'Se. lie tod the
| ubconml:tcc to-day that his Investigation sns-
tancI the allegations that bow holes In Doh plates
had been secretly plugged" Mr.. Do.llVer then
asked Lieutenant Ackcrnan whether ''as an expert
| On arInor plate" he would have been satisfied 20
anlN the plates war vcsse' without further m
! yesfcailou Tho witness answered that he wouh
| not: that ne would hav" caused the Plugs 20 De
bored out. 80 as ascertain the depth and extent
of the blow ho,os In response to further questions
ie sql hat iho plates were subsequently placed on
the SHES os .ho Terror without further examination
or test but whetoep that was done by order o' me
S4cr.t.ry or the NV or the chief of the Bureau
OF Naval Ordnance. he was not advised Coninu-
! ing Lieutenant AcLcrfnan saii IN substance
| Tn. investigation was a srcre: one J. was n'ces-
! strv 70 have g. so. for n the paDic mad known
ANYTHING about g. and the result had necn 10 STOW Nv,
! business r'puflton ~ the contrac'or "'''u nave
| suffered great and unmer.tc1 injury
Mr. DoHiver asked TIE witness whether he thought
4, better 20 ruin wa,shp than 20 injure the repu-
,atlon u fhr Carnegie Company. and the lieutenant
s,rrcstol t,at The defects IN the ship could b" re-
moved while IL would De impossible 10 repair a
| damarcd reputation" This Wow of the case dln
not seem 70 nave susses.'l ''',. xr,oer
AMI other members of the Subcommittee ~ ~Nr'."''
an q, sem >, cxpian way aror tho defects which
| l' ~ .,1,i ,r,,, "a. T,,.,l Iu.p,c.or at the
,.,-,ern work. had been discovered the plates
bs1 been anlxcd 70 the sides of the Terror. That
proceeding certainly was not necessary ]" o'ue' "
protect %. reputation Of the Carnegie company
..er,. far some r.lsln {, have sarlel as para
/ .,,, n, fb,. tim. and FOR several months after
.r ,.s ,,r,ber uarf,rraance vas
war1-In TACT un'" l,' ,nl,''' ~, .n.
r,,,s
,-.., r,.,,,.,,o, Ac,errnan's tes,l-
il appeared rom ,..,s.,.,,. tho
mony 'aat De- haI been directed q "'''"NA'e w
! ,...'. ,.,. boz .,,,-.. ~ constr,c-
r ''"' >.+-,,- >,., yard. bu, h. could no,
rerr.rm th.s du;y. bec,us, u was found 'hn' the
/ r.'i'' ""' "''''' go. ,,~rc ~ -, de-
! 'pp"ar't i"4' 10" N'"'''', 81. No
| ,.- .. ,,'......,-. hal onl.,.l his statement
Ni''' t" DITTO -, ..ht.,,
| o. owing what te.-rs are ailc''l WIN hiH'I ""'''
! , ,r...f o., Dbl. detective arI - what extent s1ca
.,..r D.. a.,s artfutn.l ll rrglrl %
/ oa- j. nus "'''''' '' va " 49,,
! Oh. ss.t.fr ual methods ~ Inspection anu ITO
.,,.. 49,. ..,,fl loo irltrl.-l .nl made
/ .. ~ ..L ,,.h.r
/ m'l~ 'H~'''". u "pp."' 10 IN" ,,'
| ,.. .u, yl.v = 'alB subject. ami dwe.i especially
... .t. r.,Y~t,r-. g.,h which officers = the Navy
! '' .. .t.,.,. IA l,.,..f,r. Among
/ i"''.'" "r7.fi'l'".' IT'D ''' "
/ other ih.n.s De- sa'l'
T. f. ft~I ,,fK .~1 1lrty work. the resp'nfiuAliF
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