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to questions asked yesterday as to why
he had designated as
GA LIAR AND A BLACKGUARD'
the editor of a newspaper which had
originally printed the alleged collcquy
between himself and Commodore Schley.
He said he desired to alter the reply
that he had given yesterday to this in
terrogatory. He then said:
Il, of course, am very sorry that 1
ever so far forgot myself as to write a
letter containing such Incorporate langu-
age 1t was not written exactly for pub
lcation, but under great provocation at
the time. In that letter I did not accuse
this newspaper of lying in that statement.
In fact it was to absolve it from lying
that 1 gave authority to use my name for
the corrections of the gist, of that state
ment. The lying was in the matter of the
fact that the commodore, displayed such
trepidation and cowardice on the Brook
Ign the day of the battle that he ran
from the Spaniards and took the Brook
Ign to the southwark and away from the
fight, in order to detract 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 that days fight. 1t was the
words to that extent that characterized
as lying. There was no lying in that col
loquy, unless a man stuck to the verbal
correctness of the words. So L did not
characterize the paper as a liar for print
ing that colloQuy'' "a
Lieut. Commander sHodgson, being ex-
cused Commander Wainwright was
called. Capt. Lemly began his examina-
ton by drawing from the witness the
fact that he had been member, and lat
terly, senior member, of the board which
had officially acted in making the chart
which showed the positions of the Ameri-
can and Spanish ships at Santiago. The
witness told how conclusions were reached
by that board.
WAINWRIGHT AND HIS CHART.
He said: when I reported as senior
member of the board, the board of navi-
gators had sketched chart before them
with the number of the positions sketched
on it which had been determined by them
starting at different periods. first when
the ships came out, and afterwards when
they went ashore. Each navigator, as
near as possible, would put the position
of his ship at that time. Even then there
was a great deal of difference as to posi-
lions. Of course it was impossible to get
any position by bearings, and there was
nothing known about the relative posi-
lions. We so knew that the distances or
the chart were somewhat incorrect, and
final decision of the board was to recon-
Gle each one as near as possible, but none
of the positions was considered exact po-
sitions. The impossibility of getting bear
ings, even if we had a correct chart, was
apparent, but it gave a general idea OF
the positions of the vessels during differ
ent periods of the battle"
Mr.. Rayner asked if it was true as had
been officially stated in the report, that
the positions Were assigned from known
bearings
The witness replied that the statement
was incorrect: that they were established
by estimated bearings Most of the posi-
lions were. he said, fixed by discussions
among the navigators constituting the
board, although Capt. Chadwick was be-
fore the board. The navigators had done
the best they could IN plotting the YES
sells, and had made it as nearly correct as
possible, so long after the engagement
as had been stated by the board
CHART ISN'T RIGHT.
Asked by Mr.. Rayner about the places
assigned to the Brooklyn and the Texas
while the former vessel was making her
loop, Commander Wainwright said he did
not consider them correct.
For myself he said, IT never was
satisfied with the places assigned.
He said further that while the board
had done the best it could at the time
as board, it had not done the best it
could to satisfy any member of the board.
sit was the best we could do to get all
the members CT the board to sign the
report" he said.
"Who, in addition to yourself, was not
satisfed?'' asked Mr.. Rayner.
II would not like to say responded