The sun., 1901-10-09

PAPER which had originally printed the
alleged colloqny between himself and
Commodore Schlpy He said he de-
sired to alter the reply that he had
yesterday given to this intcrrogatory.
He then said: 81 of course am very
sorry that | ever 50 far forgot myself
as to write letter containing such in
temperate language. 1t was not writ
ten exactly for publication, but under
great provocation at the time.
s'In that letter | did not accuse this
newspaper Of lying for printing that
statement. In fact, it was to absOlye
It from lying that | gave the paper
authority to use my name for the cor
rectnrss Of the gist Of that statement
The lying was in the matter of alleg-
ing the fact that the commodore dis
played such trepdation and cowardice
on the Brooklyn the day of that battle
tLat lie ran from the Spaniards and
took the Brooklyn to the southwark
and away from the fight in order to de-
tract from the credit of the fame of
the commodore in that battle; that they
wished also to detract from the credit
OF all the officers of the Brooklyn on
account Of the glorious part She took
IN thar days fighting. II was the words
to that extent that | characterize as
lying. There was no lying in that col
lcquy. unless man stuck 10 the verbal
correctness If the words So ! did not
characterize tire paper as liar for
printing that colloquy.'
Commander Wainwright Called.
Lieutenant Commander Hodgson be
ing excused, Commander Wainwright
was called. There was special inter
est in Commander Wainwright s testi-
mony because of his prominent ident-
fication with the Spanish war and also
because Of the fact that he is now sll-
perintendent' Of the Naval academy at
Annapolis. During the summer Of 1898
MI Wainwright commanded the con-
! yertcd yacht Gloucester, Which played
conspicuous part in the campaign
against the Spaniards. III the battle of
July 3 his vessel occupied a position on
the extreme right Of the American col.
unln. 10 the east Of the Indiana and
when the Spanish torpedo boats PIuton
and l2nrOf cHme out Of the harbor he
tAtt' At'AA A44NIIi lttll l'"N5Ih Gllt tiItltI III
Their drstructi0n He also was an OBJ
server though At a distance. of tile bat
tie between the biz ships Of the two
fleets.
Captain Lpmly began Lis examination
by drawing from the witness tie fact
that he had been i member and lattcrly
senior member q the board which had
officially acted III making the chart
showing fhe positions Of the American
and Spanish ships Al Santiago. The
witness told how conclusions were
reached by THAT board
lie said: when | reported as senior
member Of the board, the board 0f nav
igaton had a skctched chart before
them with the number Of the positions
sketchcd OIL il, which had been deter
mined ~ them. starting at different
periods first Wien tie ships came out
and aft"rWard when they went ashore.
Each navigator, rs near aS possible,
would put tile position of his ship at
tl4at Time Then there was d great deal
of discussion d 10 tile rclaire posi-
tions. OF course. II was impossible 70
get any position by bearings and there
haS lIplll3llE hIlJhil dlulIl LIN it'ldtINt
positions. We also knew that Tile dis
tanceS in the chart Wcrc somewhat in
correct. and the final decision Of tile
board was to reconcile each one aS near
as possible. but none Of the positions
was considered exact POSITIONS Tho
impossbility Of getting bearings even
If We had had correct chart was ap.
parent blt Il gave 4 general idea IF the
positions Of the vessels during different
periods of the battlr.'
Nif Ia&ner asked if il wGs true, as
had been officially stated in the report
thai the positions were assigned from
known bearings"
Phc Official Charts.
The witness replied thai tlmt state
tlrnt WAS Incorrect; that they We're cs-
tablisllpd BY estimated bearings Most
Of the positions were. he said, fixed ~
discussions among the navigntols con
stitntine the board, although Captain
Chadwick was before tile board The
naviGators had done the best they