The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-26
or MAGLAY'S THIRD VOLUME OF HIS
TORY OF OUR NAVY.
HE WILL STAND BY THE RECORD
He Admits Himself I'm one way
Possibly Responsible" for the State
Charges schIey With Making ''State-
ments Moderately Correcto and
Others s'Not at All Correct''-The
History Not Adopted at the Naval
academy.

Washington, July 22.-Commanderl
Wainwright. commandant Of the Unit
ed States naval academy, under date
of July Doth, has made the following
reply to the navy departments inquiry
concerning the use of MacIay's history:
Having seen much in the papers in
regard to the third volume of Maclay's
naval history and having received also
an official letter from you on the sub
ject, 1 think right to put you in pos
session Of a full knowledge Of the case
as existing at the naval academy.
There has been no proposition to
adopt this third volume as a text book
or reference book, either from the head
of the department Of English, the aca-
demic board or any person, within my
knowledge.
There is no intention here of requir-I
ing the cadets to study the history of
such recent events as in the Spanish
American war. and their time is too
limited to require them to study a full
volume on any one war.
Maclay's naval history was adopted,
with the consent of the department in
1899. when the English course here was
extended beyond it's former limits.
This intention not to adpOt the third
volume of Maclay's history is entirely
a part from any consideration of its
value as history of the war or of the
knowledge of the facts and criticisms
contained therein 1 do not know of a
copy of the third volume at the naval
academy"
Secretary Long this afternoon indi-
Gated to the newspaper men who called
upon him that he did not desire to dis
cuSS further the reViVal of the Samp-
son-Schley controversy He said, how
ever, that he had received a letter from
Mr.. Maclay in which the author of the
Naval History of the United States
agreed to his (the Secretary'S) state
ment that only the third chapter of his
book Chat relating to mobilization) had
been placed in the s~ecretary's hands
before the publication of his work.
Boston. Mass, July 22.-Referring 10
Maclay's history which has been cIiti-
cised by Secretary Long on account Of
statements considered Objectionable,
Rear dmiral Sampson, in an interview
published in The Transcript today said:
In one way possibly, 1 was respon-
sible for the statements mad in the
history. l was commander-in-ch;et IF
the sqadron and was responsible, so far
as reading the proofs goes. If the his
tOrian has taken facts from my official
reports to the navy department that is
all we'll and good / stand by my first
reports and official communications.
Il would welcome an investigation of
this whole matter by congress or by
the navy department, but 1 see no hope
of it's being taken up"
"Schley's first statements regarding
the battle of Santiago were moderately
correct. The interviews given out soon
afterward were not at all correct. They
. were entirely different from his first
accounts, and were written in Il differ
ent spirit, l think. An interview purport-
ing to w come from Admiral Schley
published. 1 believe on January 9th,
was entirely incorrect. Soon after this
statement appeared in print he came
board my ship and told me that he
mad been incorrectly quoted. The le-
porter to whom interview was grant
ed was a friend of mine and he after
ward told me that he had published
Schley's words practically as they had
hopO SnOEen