Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-10-09
SCHLEY IS RETIRED.
Quits the Active List of the
United States Army
Today.
HODGS0N EXPRESSED REGRET
That He Wrote the incorporate Lam
suaee Used In Letter, In Which
He Called an Editor \ Liar and
BIackguard-other Testimony.


Washington, Oct 9-Rear Admiral
w. S. Schley viii today go on the re.
tired list by operation Of law on ac-
count of age. His retirement viii
have no effect whatever upon the
court Of inquiry.
There were two new witnesses be-
fore the Schley court of inquiry They
were Commander Richard Vain
wright, who commanded the Gionces-
ter during the war with Spain, and
Lieutenant NJ /. Bristol, who, as en-
sign, was watch and division officer
on the battleship Texas during that
period.
Lieutenant Bristol hadsn conclud-
ed his testimony when the court adj
journed until today. 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 feet at different times dur
ing the engagement of July 3. There
were several spirited controversies
between counsel over questions asked
the witness by Mr.. Rayner, concern
ing this chart.
Commander Wainwright Testified
Commander Wainwright's testi-
mony dealt largely with chart max
ing. He was for time senior mem
Der of the board of navigators which
prepared the official chart showing
the position of the American ships
during the battle off Santiago and ne
gave details of the method of it's
preparation. He said that he did not
consider the positions assigned in
that drawing accurate, but that they
were given as the result of a compro-
mise of the views of the members of
the board
Lieutenant Commander Hodgson.
Captain olgeF'r and Lieutenant Dy-
con made additions to their previous
testimony.
Among the questions asked by Cap
tain Lenly of olger was IL he had
any conversation with Commodore
Schley during the blockade He re.
piled that he told Commodore Schley
on May 81 that he thought the block
ade should take the form of a circle
about the mouth of Santiago harbor,
as then 1t would be difficult for any.
hing to take advantage of the dark
ness, rain or other favorable circum-
stance to get away. Captain Folger
said Sehley did not agree with min
as to the necessity of such a block
ade.
Lieutenant Dyson, recalled, said
that when the Spanish fleet came out
Of Santiago harbor on the morning of
July 3, two of the BrookIyn's seven
boilers were uneoupled and two with
cut s4oa.1, md thai + to-. from s5
to 10 o'clock to start the fires under
them.
Discussing the speed of the various
vessels of the fleet on July the wit
ness said the Oregon got UP speed
about equal to the Brooklyn on that
day, notwithstanding that on her trial
trip the Brooklyn made over 81 knots
to the Oregon's II knots. He called
attention to the fact that the New
York had made IS or IL knots speed
on the day of the battle.
After Lieutenant Dyson was ex-
cused, Lieutenant Commander Hodg.
son was recalled for the purpose Of
correcting errors in his testimony.
He changed some of the language Of
Ills pISFlOuo OuS vi JuSS0
changes was made in response to
The questions asked Monday ar tc why
he had designated as 70 lar and 4
blackguard" the editor of newspaper
which had originally printed the al.
legged colloquy between himself and
Commodore Schley. He said he de.
sired to alter the reply to that inter.
Iogatory.
Sorry For Strong Language.
81, OF course am very sorry" con
| tinued Mr.. Hodgson, that | ever s.
far forgot myself as to write letter
contaiping such Incorporate language
1t was not written exactly for publ
cation, but under great provocation al
the time. In that letter | did not &C
euse this newspaper OF lying for print
ing that statement In fact, it was tc
absolve it from lying that | gave the
paper authority to use my name fol
the correctness of the gist of thai
statement. The lying was in the IN
| ference assumed in the article tina
The commodore displayed snct
trepidation and cowardice on thu
Brooklyn the day of the battle that HI
ran from the Spaniards and took thu
| Brooklyn to the southwark and away
from the fight" in order to detrac
from the credit or the fame of tn,
commodore in that battle. 1t was tn,
words to that extent that | character
lied as lying. There was no lying il
hot