Excerpt from Defence of Richard W. Meade Before the Court of Inquiry: Convened at Washington City, in Pursuance of the Act of Congress Entitled an Act to Amend an Act Entitled an Act to Promote the Efficiency of the Navy, Approved January 16, 1857 I come now to the allegations of Lieutenant Barnet. This witness testifies that prior to our arrival at Rio, I had always been courteous and affable to him but after arrival there, my manner to him changed. His allegations may be thus stated. 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.