Defence of Com; Charles Wilkes, U. S. N
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Excerpt from Defence of Com; Charles Wilkes, U. S. N: Late Acting Rear Admiral, in Command of the West India Squadron; Read Before a General Court Martial, on Charges Preferred by the Secretary of the Navy I am called to answer before you to charges preferred against me by the Honorable Secretary of the Navy. He is my accuser and prosecutor. The time when, and the circumstance under which the prosecution was inaugurated very clearly indicate that the honorable Secretary conceives his official reputation lobe, to some extent, involved in the issue. The events involved in the first and second charges had their inception more than a year ago, and were fully terminated on the 13th of June, 1863. On the 26th of February, 1863, 1 hoisted my flagon board the United States steamship Vanderbilt, and on the same day addressed an official dispatch to the Secretary of the Navy, dated on board that vessel, informing him a fully and frankly of what I had done, and foreshadowing, as far as I then could, my intended future movements. This dispatch was received at the Navy Department on the 10th day of April, 1863. Between tho 26 tn of February and the 13th of June, when I transferred my flag to the United States steamship Alabama, and placed the Vauderbilt under the command of Lieutenant Baldwin, I addressed to the honorable Secretary over thirty other dispatches, all dated on board the Vanderbilt, giving from time to time the details of my operations with her, and all which were in due time received at the Navy Department. During the same period I received communications from the Secretary of the Navy, written after he was fully apprised that I had taken the Vanderbilt under my command; of the service to which I had devoted her; and the cruises I had made with her; but neither then, nor subsequently - neither whilst I was in command of her, nor since my retirement from the active service - did I ever hear one word of complaint, one murmur of dissatisfaction, regarding ray conduct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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