The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-09
Wainwright Explained Inaccura-
CieS of Government Charts.
LEFT-HANDED COMPL IMENTS BY OPPOS-
ING COUNSEL IN SCHLEY COURT.
All witnesses Detailed the Destruction of Spanish
Fleet-Lieutenant Bristol, Who Served on the
Texas, Was Put the Stand.

took to start fires in these boilers after the
spanish teet came out Of the harbor,
shuuld say the furnaces were not even
primed and two ~ the huilcvS had TO be ruin
M to the sea steaming level IL took from
e:31 to 10 O'Clock to start hres.
After Lieutenant Dyson was excused,
Lieutenant Commander iloigson was re
called for the purpose OF correcting erros
IN MS Testimony MS printed In the official
record. lie took occasion 20 change some
OF the language Of his previous testimony
one OF these changes was made In response
TO the questions asked Yesterday MS u why
he designated as "A liar and h blackguard'
the editor of newspaper which had orig
inalN printed the alleged couoquy hetween
himself aud Commodore Srhlcy. lie said
he desired To alter the reply that he mad
given to this nterrogatory lie then saii;
FL, Of course. am very sorry that | ever So
far forgot myself uS TO write a letter con-
tanning such Incorporate language, II was
not written exactly for publication, hui
under great provucation at the time In
tlHt letter did not accuse This newspaper
of lying FOR printing thar statement In
fact, 1t was 10 absolye u from lying that
gave the paper authority to use my name
FOR the correctness Of the gist VI that sta e.
ment. The lying was In the matter Of the
statement that Commodore SchlCy dlspiayed
such a trepidatiOu and CowardiCe On the
Brooklyn the day Of That battle that be
ran from the Spanlards and took the Brook
lyn to the southwark aud away from the
fight In order 10 detract from the credit
and fame OF the commodore In that hattie,
that they wished also to detrart from the
credit of all the officers and The Brooklyn
on account Of the glorious part she took
In that days fight 1t was the words to
that effect that / characterized MS lying.
There was no lying In thai colloquy uni SIS
! a man stuck to the verbal correctness or
the words So ! did not characterlzc the
paper as liar for printing that coloquy.'
Lieutenant Commander Hodgson, being
excused; Commander Richard Wainwright
Was chilled.
There was n special interest in Com.
mander Nninwright's testimony because of
his prominent Identification with the Span
Ism war and also because OF the fact that
he Is superintendent of the naval academy
&c Annapolis. During the summer OF 1898
! Mr., wainwright commanded the converted
yacht Gloucester, which played "A cnnsplcu-
Gus part In the campaign against the span.
iards In the battle of July his vessel
= occupied a position on the extreme right
of the American column 10 the east of the
. Indiana, and when the Spanish torpedo
e boats Futon and l'nrore came ont OF the
haibor he attacked them fcarlessIy and aid.
ell In their destruction.
Captain Lemly began hs exanlinatlon by
} drawing from the witness the. fact that he
had been a member and latteriy senior
member of the board which had officially
t acted In making the chart showing the
ships and Santiago. The witness told how
conclusions were reached by that board
lie said When reported as senior mem
her of the board the bonrd Of nnvlgator'
had n skctched chart before them with q
o number of positions skotched on Il which
had been determined by them, starting NJ
2 out and afterwards when they went ashore
Each navigator, as near as possible would
put the position Of a ship at that time
There was a great deal OF discussion as &
the relative positions, OF course 1t wal
r impossible 10 get any position by bearings
| aud there was nothing known about tn,
b relative positions. We also knew that IN,
q distances in the chart were somewhat in
S correct aud the hnal decision of the boar1
S ! was to reconcile each one as near as pos
+ Sible but none Of the positions werr con
a I sidGrcd eNuct positions. The impossibiltl
{ OF getting bearings even II we had had
correct chart, was apparent, but II gavef'
$ general idea Of the positions of the vessel
during different periods Of the battle
Mr.. Raynor asked n It was true AS ha,
been officially stated in the report that thu
positions were assigned from known bear
lngs."
The witness replied that that statemen
was Incorrect: that they We're established
4 by estimated bearings. Most Of the posi-
] tions were, he said, fixed by discussion
among the uavgators constituting tn
| hoard although Captain Chadwick wns be
fore the board. The naviRators had don
|. the best they could In placing the vessel
and had made i as nearly correct as pos
siblc, so long after the engagement as ma,
been stated by the board
Asked by Mr.. Raynor about the places as
. signed 10 the BROOKLYN and Texas Will
the former vessel was making her loop
Commando Wainwright said he did no
| consider them correct.
For myself, he said, 81 was never salts
, fed with the places assigned"
lie said fuASher that while the board has
done the best that they could at the time
could TO satisfy any member Of the board.
1T was the best we could do 10 get al
\ the members or the Doarh 10 sign the re
WHO IN inhibition TO yourself. was no
e i '' %otJd not Ike 10 say, responded tn
: witness II know that the navigator o
t the Texas was not, for one ! think non
was satisfied except. the navigator Of tn
Brooklyn. anu / don't know thai he was.
But. Notwithstanding. you were all. in
GLIDING the navigator Of. O. the d Bt99kiyn dis
THAT Is. correct
, Questions were nut by the court an
Were he positions Of the ships as show
- on the chart obtained from testimony take
nv the board or from general discussio
by inc members Of the boardT
almost entirely. by genera discussion b
| wick and Captnin Cook appeared and DIS
I cussed the matter VITA. the board
Question. From the position Of the .Glor
! cester al the commencement Of the BATH
a 2, Of July Q. could yon see both the Brookly
" and the Texasi
- and Texas az the commencement Of IN
orders = "a any .. EeE gnI 5is9a tEs
gagement or July 3T'
II saw none
IS Mr. Raynor-This does not mean that n
IN signals were Displayed, does III
NO It does not.
nv the court Did any ore OF the spanls
D vessels change her course To the souii
ward as II intending 10 ram one OF IN
- nectg
II say no sign of g."
D Commander wainwright was then excuse
and Lieutenant Bristol, former watch an
division ofhcor on the Texas. was Gale,
He had only related the arrival Of th
Texas at Cienfnegos mud detailed condition
there when the court took recess Il
luncheon.
lieutenant Bristol continued his test
CONTINUED on Second Pags.)