The sun., 1901-10-05

alked up and down tho port side oi tls
Brooklyn IN which the board was sitting
II il NV impression that Mr. Hodge,
claimed tha, the BROOKLYN was .ir yard,
from the lealing Spsnish ship when TIE
turn was made Tho board | think. put
u la'cr at .4Oo yards, Mr.. HOdgron told
me that be felt certain that they were clos'r
shan zoo wards and that their stadimei"r
gave 80 yards.
He said Ne were 80 close that Schlev
gave the order -hard-a-port. said
10 him, YOU mean siarboard, do YOU notf
The Commodore said. NO. ! mean port
We are close enough To them now.
DAMN TIE rExAs"'
"Mr Hodgsou then said he called atten-
ton to the pD-ition of the Texas and told
the Commodore h. Thought there was
danger Of running her down. The Com
look out for herself This cunversatiuu
was repeated 90 me on several difercu'
occasions
"Fvcrythirg | saw now was containci
in Mr.. Hodg~on's statement The words
NAV have b.cn little different, Tie ma
have said. Don't yOu mean starhoaru.
CummodoTc'' instead of the first phraS
ologv He certainly Said We az" uca-
enough TO them nov. and also Damn iN'
Texas Isa' her hook out for h"rref
HE repeated this conversation to mo o.
least threc 'ir,'s during the sessions "'
the board, bccause every tim" di~'u-~i.'
arose | reCurrpd Ia the position TEcu uy
him. which did not think correct
4 placed rp dependence on any "h-"rva-
tion by staiimeier or s"xian' dirlrg gun
fire Nv eNIerience was 'hnt durlTg ~"
action l co.ld NOT ge' "a sing" observation
bV the statliactrr ou which cuuld place any
confidence 'hougl ] was using " stat
rctcr- and had = man IA the connlrr 'u"
with cleaning material. whose ouN ''F
wa. 20 keep she gla--,'s clean With iN'
utmost car. this could not b" done.
tried keeping tho stadim"tcr under nv ,oa.
bui " was 81 no Use ! mention tti- a. .
reason for M" doubts which hrouFt up TIE
discussion
TIr r,pot A. publ'shci hy TUF Srs
was practically thc conversation a. Ir-
pc,trlt ; mo
Ii,utplant-C Commandcr Heilncr append,
his Sicua'urr as an ait'Statiou ,' '.' 'ui-
rertn-~- " the foregoing as CIV. here
with Very respectfully.
4 ' tr.DwIcK. Captain, [ NJ
l. { HEuNER, Lieut. Com | > N.
t. tie Commander-in-Chief
Fird Endorsement
/ = FIAGsHIr NTw YORK,
Boston. Mass June 10. lsa3 !
Approved and forwarded.
W I SAMPSON. Rear Admir- al. Commander
in-Chief L = Naval Force, North Alauu.
station
HoDGsoS APPEALS To sCHLEY
On July 1 Hodg~on wrote the following
apreal to Schlev.
| :. BROoKLyN, isr RAN,
NAVY YARD NEw IoRk, July I. lSsa
DEAR ADMIRAL SCHLEY In TIr NV
YORK SUN of July 2, ISM, il az "titu'lh
Ia which mention j. made ut many lev
parcrs that question INV veracity ou a.
count Of the Publication OF INV letter uI
dental In the Washington Post. and Of ~"
subsequent Publication Of "a s'aicm'''
hN me- that the account In THE INV ORR
SrN was subsI antially Uorrs-rt ! lHt'
unt S"rn any Cf the@" papr-, but lu
SUN names them and quotes from -"N'ia
The Washington Post II quot'Si a. sa,ius
"Hpdg~pn has hcl to some on" ~" "a
uu' I-p--ihlv have told the truth both ''
lh- l,'tt-r Go Admiral Srhl-y and in
statement 20 'h" Captain of m" New 'rk
Oth"t I,nitrr- are guo'"d ~ using term.
a'pu-i equally severe and ~land"ruu-
'Nnh Il all thv@c paper. w"r" mad" n"
uu1I'ttd with the facts ~ the case, illl a. .
,Wpl' Apologize would irn made flf thc
uu I've 1ni 1ls'~ivs ti-udoe
upDGspN HONOR
i,.trng -,it,' that YOU arr mot wiling 'ha'
INV huuo' should he Tor moment tmpugn~
7 write tlis 20 a~k voii 20 put 'hrs'. la tn'.
~ tsu--rs-ion - 'he WGshIr glop PUs' a.
In' Nav \ oGA SUN. requesting their pgI
hCltsu. CO.. I-'Tmu m~ 20 publish The 60.
rv-ppnu.n,-' bHtw~cn YOU aud ns tia l. .r
iuv T-s---z.iuu I would much pr~fcr - hs,"
'h- iut a'iv" 'ss-n hv you You know
uf cuur~", Admiral. ihAi INV denial r"ferr-i