The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-09
Lieut.. Bristol Testifies That Stadi-
meter Readings Are Liable
to Wide Errors.
Hodgson Says Newspaper Lied That
Quoted Him AS Calling
Schley Coward.

WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-There were
two new witnesses before the Schley court
of inquiry today. They were Comraader
Richard Wainwright who commanded
the Gloucester during the war with
Spain, and Lieut.. M. L. Bristol. who,
as ensign, was a watch and division Of
flcer on the battleship Texas during that
period.
Lieut.. Bristol had not concluded his
testimony when the court adjourned for
the day He did not see the loop made
by the Brooklyn, the greater part of his
testimony turning upon a chart he had
made showing, largely according to his
memory the positions of the various
ships of the American fleet at different
times during the engagement of July g.
There were several spirited controver-
sizes between counsel over questions asked
the witness by Mr.. Rayner, concerning
this chart.
Commander Wainwrights testimony
dealt largely with chart-making. He was
for time senior member of the board
of navigation which prepared the Off
cial chart showing the position of the
American ships during the battle off San
tiago, and he gave details of the meth
cd of it's preparation He said he did
not consider the positions assigned in
that drawing accurate, but that they
We're given as record of compromise
of the views of members of the board
Lieut.. Commander Hodgson, Lieut.
Folger and Capt. Dyson made additions
to their previous testimony.
There was special interest in Com
mander Wainwright's testimony because
of his prominent identification with the
Spanish war, and also because of the
fact that he is now superintendent of the
naval academy at Annapolis During the
summer of 1898 Mr.. Wainwright com
manded the converted yacht Gloucester,
which played a conspicuous part in the
campaign. against the eSpaniards. In the
battle of July his vessel occupied a po-
sition on the extreme right of the Amer
lean column, to the east of the Indiana
and when the Spanish torpedo boats Plu-
ton and Furor came out of the harbor
he attacked them fearlessly and aided
in their destruction. He also was an
observer of the battle between the big
boats of the two fleets.
The proceedings of the day began by
the recall of Capt. w. M. Folger for the
purpose of correcting his testimony of
yesterday. Advantage was taken of his
presence to ask him further questions
concerning the blockade of Santiago.
Among other questions he was asked by
Capt Lemly if he had had any CONVEX
sation with Commodore Schley during
the blockade.
He replied: Toward the evening. of
one of the days, the Both, there was an
extended, very severe rain storm, so Sc
we're that I feared Cervera had gotten
out. as it was sufficiently long to have
permitted him to do SO. I went on
board the flagship the next day, think
ing it my duty to tell the commodore
what had seen as to the blockade as
kept by the japanese off the port of Wei
Hei Wei, where similarly an enemy's fleet
was within a fortified harbor. 1 said to
the commodore that the adoption of the
tactics of the japanese, forming circle
directly in front of the harbor, would,
in my opinion. be preferable, as then it