Congressional Serial Set Volume 4371 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...correct. He has uniformly, throughout the correspondence and in his testimony given on the stand, maintained that position. To this statement Admiral Schley, on June 10, replied, in another personal letter, referring to the newspaper correspondence, and saving as follows--I will read only briefly; and in so doing I am making extracts from these letters, solely for the sake of brevity, quoting the parts which seem essential to this discussion.. In this reply Admiral Schley states that he is not disturbed by newspaper attacks, but says: I do feel for yourself that a colloquy should be made up by them that did not occur between you and me, and it is in this that I desire to protect you against. Of course yon did not authorize this, and it is this dialogue that should be denied. What I desire is simply your denial to me thai any tuch colloquy occurred, and I will see that proper correction is made to guard you from this slander. There is much in your letter that I should not like to use, as it would provoke assault upon you, which I am unwilling should happen; and what I want to show is simply that thin dialogue did not occur; and, that snown, the whole flimsy canard falls to the ground. Make your letter as short as possible, and I suggest this to give the least trouble possible to you. Upon receipt of this second request, Mr. Hodgson wrote a categorical denial, which reads: Dear Admiral Schley: The colloquy published in the New York Sun, and alleged to have taken place between you and me on the day of the battle off Santiago, July 3, 1898, never occurred. I return herewith the newspaper clipping containing the colloquy referred to. Mr. Hodgson's statement here is that the colloquy published never occurred; and he returns the newspaper clipping containing it, P...