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‘Justice’ was in error in using the word ‘board.’ As will be seen, in the Secretary's report to the House of Representatives of the Confederate States, ‘The Department ordered Chief Engineer Williamson and Constructor Porter from the navy yard at Norfolk to Richmond for consultation on the same subject generally [Lieutenant Brooke's design, approved by the Department], and to aid in the work.’ The Secretary himself took part in the consultations, and directed us to put in writing the conclusions arrived at. Had we constituted a board it would so have appeared on the face of the report. Constructor Porter adopted the word ‘board’ in his reply to ‘Justice,’ and thereafter used it as the best suited to his purpose. A reply elicited by this article appeared in the Examiner of April 3d:
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