The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-04
MALONE INSPECTED
LUSITANIA HIMSELF
Port Collector Visited Cunard-
err and Insists She Had
No Guns.
STABLE STILL MISSING

The report OF Dudley Field Malone,
Collector OF the Port, that the Lusitania
was not armed when she left this port
on her last voyage was based not only
on the results OF the Investigations OF
members OF the Collectors neutrality
squad" but also upon u personal en-
animation OF the Cuaarder by Mr.. Ma
sailed.
At that time Mfr. Malone. entirely
aside from the work OF the men under
him. went ali through the steamship
looking for Only the one thing-posslble
violations OF the neutrality OF the
United States.
Although the Collector would not dis
cuss the matter yesterday. the fact OF his
examination of the Lusitania and the
results Of this examination were learned
from a source which cannot he aue.-
toned. The Lusitania. which was bu't
with the idea In mind OF possible service
as an armed auxiliary cruiser-a pur-
pose which underlies the building OF
other great merchant lines under the
subsidy OF various Governments
provided with gun emplaceinerts built
into the framework OF the vessel.
Emplacements Always Covered.
The emplacements We're covered with
plsnk!ng aud al the time of the exam
!nation by Collector Malone and his inen
the planking was all there as 1t had
been In time OF peace There were no
gun mountings aud no guns. either on
the cmplaCements OF elsewhere on the
vessel
The German charge that the Lusitania
carried guns when che sailed from New
York on her last voyage has been taken
almost as a personal reflection by tome
Of the members Of the neutrality squad
OF the Treasury Department and De-
partment OF Justice men who have been
working since the outbreak % the war
to detect violations OF neutrality. one
Of these men expressed himself freely
yesterday.
whoever made the affidavit tina;
there were guns mounted or unmoun'ed
on the Lusitania when she left New
York was telling a plain untruth." he
said. W searched the Lusitania and
the Collector himself went through the
ship and made a personal search an hour
before she sailed. There was no sign
Of guns or gun mountings and no evil
dence even that the gun emplacements
were ready 10 receive guns.
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AT the outbreak of the war Collector
Malone formed a neutrality squad OF
some seventy-fve or eighty men. These
men were picked for intelligence and in
,spri,v some we're from the law de-
ma m Th.v were taken in han
and instructed carefully in their work.
and tho law Of ntu,raIitv was exnIainea
In detail IN each.
..Thus trained this snuaa working q,
smaller squads. wen, Ia tho va r,ons
s,eamship pler, every d,y. checking the
cargo on outgoing and inron,np steam
or. ho,b oncnJnr every hnndIa ~ case
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at IN. bepinuIng Of tho s,bu.rina cam-
p,irr but ,hes. were remoyed later II
helng our understanding that the British
Admirably considered that they only in
y1ted trouble.
he lnlltftoF mas mdue "a DTltllCa
of appearing on board these stea
at unexpected moments to check 10 the
work of the men and he has expressed
himself TO us as satisfied with the way
in which We were working"
stable SEN Missing.
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