The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-10
BATTLE CHART RIDDLBl.
Discredited by Every Witness at
the Court Of Enquiry.

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Town. Tells of Corr,ctiors ,rud,.
nj His Observation-Disclosures
Leiper Contradict~ His Superior.
Captain FoIEcr-BristoI Holds &"
His Personal Views ON st"dim"t-
"rS. i'm spite of omci"I Reports
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l-'e ''SS'l 81" VINO" '"' "l'"'SS ''D'
in regard 10 tho results Of the r,connois-
sance and the distances which the fleet
ba5 -,,t-,Il.5 cost .,.5 y.ss, ,f Ss,tisso
Lieutenant Commander SchutJz. VINO
was one Of tho board Of navigators who
,lsrte5 tho ,,,siti,,,s ,f The vessels drrj,o
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ness today He admitted that the chart
was inaccurate. and said he had signed IL
under protest. He declared that h.. had
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on the spot
Lieut.. Mark Bristol, while on the stand
e. .-,-Jt H.: .rf,,-- cob r-,-.,. go
caSlon TO disagree with the reports of
offlcars coucarDfrrr .ba ,-4I,1a ,F .b. .e..5-
lmCt'T- lie preferred MS own personal
rxDcrf,nc,s he declared IN any iry-..s+i-
BduohS made bN pIheT "IhcsIS. ana SUD
mifted to the Navy DeDartr,nf as Off
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clal reports on the instrument aEd ITS
relIabiIity
Tie,tenanf Commander ranDri7 n
FotlS- the naval oIhcer VINO lnslnuated
yesterday that Admiral SChiey was a
coward. was called 10 the witness stand
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N ""S si'eh an oppoI I-ih'S 10 correct
ms testimony II he SO desired. He had no
important changes to make and his ,yf-
dencc ar-afusr ScbT.y- yvae ar1oy-.5 g., ,--
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-i Pie~''e''i'S 39 II was ieS"iH'o yes
lercaE
Lieut.. Edward F. Leiper. the watch Off
Ger of the New Orleans y-se tbav rr,.a1l,7
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was taken yesterday.
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IN answer 10 questions 10y the Judge ad-
NOCate Lieutenant Isiuer described the
HI .,}rs5. Off S.,,ti,,-,, ., eo1f,,,,-..
nc SilpS were SIX 10 elBhJ miles
,.. ~ & il,:ls S"S1 oL soutH OF tus en-
10 Lll-'i-o- l'IIlHS tlS teIl"pil
~ 80 't. tne ltsSels uIiIltu. not at
ttAlPun6 20 make distance IN any dlreC-
lfln, bul 20 remain 10 an appfoNmaJe
column formation The New Orleans was
Chusetts and the Iowa. Toward evening
the flagship Brooklyn made signal 10 form
col lmn Of vessels in the natural order
Inc New orleans was directed To take q
position astern Of the Massachusetts and
follow the movements Of the flagship.
The Brooklyn headed 10 the eastward
I'd in column and all the
vessels steamed as slowly as possibly 10
the east. The distance between the yes
sells was about 500 wards The speed I
think was not more than four knots.
There v-ere breezes from The south and
east The sea was smooth II was 01Iite
cloudy and there was rain on shor. PASS
ing over tbe Land obscrring tha land and
mo shor.. line Al tho distance We vyera
from th.s shore il was frurtossitIe tn So
where the land and the sea met. although
W could see the high land We could not
ols s,lIsu ulsh oDlGclS on me sheIt- ore. we W.
Nye etearned about Two hours I'm one di-
recti5n. The rule was 10 steam two hours
10 the east and two hours 10 the west
BY Captain Lemly-
Glow did 'hc vessels turn az the end
OF the course.
A--As lar as / know, with tna port
helm When al tine east We turned OH
shore and al the west we turned on
s,ync 1istanr.,. y,''s rr.,inf,iIc5 frnTn he
shoTe al an times a. night. During the
steamiinE : couia olsii.gu.s4 lhe vessel
rl,s line vere mo NarIIlbeTd and me
Vixen. could not tell the
distance they were In at
Ilsnli OH lIs "L,Sl que. 'T,. IN, MAI s,
inside 20 the vyesrUard af he h@rbar.
I'D not see her al night. especially oa the
geia oil My 1n lhe HltLi l 'i MAY
,5r,I,. ,inring The Srfira watch Al rfrnas
there were ireaks If tho clouds. It was
su-hele,ntly light for me 70 sec the col
7 lid Int eal ~ ,TsrIiab.+J SrF H.
Vixen or the inside.
O.-State whether The vessels Of the
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Tbs ,t-e.Is y,.-5 1earI,- tle s,,roe
distance on is night as by day
During hs testimony yesterday the