Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-20
The Controversy Over Schleys
Orders.
CAPT. CHADwICK'S REPORT


rencos on the bridge Of the Brooklyn
during the battle Of July ard. having
been the subject OF controversy In the
newspapers the navy department re-
Gently undertook an Investigation OF
the various allegations. Lieut. Cone
mnndcr Hodgaon and Lieut. Command
or Hollnor, who have figured 100 the
controversy were both called ON Tor cx-
plantations of the uttoranceH attributed
90 them and the former was directed 90
report Tor examination on this point 90
capt Chadwick at Boston. The de-
partmont has now given out Cor pub
llcatlon Capt. Chadwick report ON the
matter II u not yct determined
whether or not the answer Of Lieut.
Commander Holincr viii boz made pub
DC at this time. Chadwick report
b. ns follows.
United states stoamahlp New York.
Boston. Mass, June n, i,s9-sir: In
obedience to your orders of the i2th In
slant ! have 90 report the following
as the statement by Lieut. Commander
iiodgBon Of the conversation between
Rear Admiral schloy and himself dur
Ing the action Of July Q. isgs. lie states
aa follows:
"'AH We were approaching the span-
ish ships I heard Admiral schlcy port
or starbolrd several times 20 capt.
Cook In the coming tower, the admiral
being on the platform surrounding tow
or. I had been on the bridge above and
was Just coming down 20 IMPORT the po-
sItlou Of the ship when heard the adj
mlral say Hard port The Maria
Teresa was then hauling abnft our port
beam. The brooklyn was heading about
northeast / told the admiral, or at
least suggested 90 him, that the Texas
was very close on our Hturbulrd hand
ana that tuning 90 atlrboard would
bring uu close 10 her. / don't know
! that used the word collision" I
ala not say, You mean Htnrbpnrd."
/ Intended him 20 understand there WIS
/ danger " running into the Texas. lie
| said, IAN right" or words 10 that ef-
/ fcct-t cannot repeat verbatim.
when I knew he was going 20 turn
/ 90 aturbouri I suggested backing the
Htnrbonrd engine IN order 90 make a
| smaller circle and give the Texas a
wider berth. but he decided against
! that 40 decreasing the speed OF tho
turn. lie ala not say. that ! know o.
we are near enough 60 them tth,
| SpuulardD already" The only thing
gathered from what he said was thai
u We turned 90 port we should get n
close that we should expose ourselves
TO torpedo attacks. I suppose h. meant
torpedo boats and replied 70 him that
had not seen thcm.'
Lieut. Commander Hodgs0n state
he ala not Intend 20 convey iu his noii
u denial sent At The request u Admira
schlcy and published IN the Washing
ton Post the idea that no such colloqul
took place. lie states, regarding this
as follows
Admiral schlgy wrote me, encloFn,
/ an editorial from u New York paper 20
June it, asking me 10 write a dcula
! OF what DC phruspd An Oft rcppute,
calumny." lie said he had no rccullcc
ton OF any such conversation. I wrot
a lengthy lettor N explanation, glviul
my recollection Of the conversation a
nearly ns possible.
Admiral sChlgy wrote mo. saying
There o. much loo your letter which
should not like 20 use, az 10 would pro
woke an assault upon you which
would not like 90 happen, What ] wan
to show ~ that the dialogue ala 10
occur"
81 then wrote denial u the colo
quy. certainly not intending 10 "a
that no colloquy occurred, but that
ala not occur as printed. Al the sam
time I sent with this an cNplanatOr
letter explaining 90 the admiral TIA
the letter of denial was % denial ~ IN
! dialogue uH u appeared IN print an
, that had told the correspondent ~ III
| paper that the substance N the cor
vorfltlon was correct, In writing N
letter I wished TO rcfutc the fact Z
any controversy existing ~ critic,
stage OF the battle. II, the letter, was
denial ~ the words NJ they stood IN N
! published article, a denial OF their lltci
al correctness and not O. denial Of q
/, substantial correctness OF the state
, | mpnt.
, "a copy of the letter has not been n
. tllncd by hlm he had a rough drni
: which has been mlEllld. Lieut. Con
F, mnndcr HpdEson appeuds his Hlgnntul
Hs q voucher for the accuracy VII
, which the foregoing Is given. Very r.
fpoCtfully,
''F. n. CHADWICK. Captain. u. $. n.
&c. a. HODGSON. Lieutenant Con
mundor. g. S. n,
3 tnTs, tho Secretary ~ tho NuNW."