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COURT OF INQUIRY PRECEPT.
ter is Being Looked Into-What
Report Shall Contain.

Washington. March Admiral 81
cards nreca,,, oo,,,n,t, IT, -.
~ 'ou'' VIZ
''duiiS now investigating tine disaster
TO the battleship Maine, has been re-
ceived by the army department and
was rnado ,,u,,,o Ia m -
e oueis
ere ua'ed at Key West, February ID,
1898, and are directed to Captain Samp-
son, president of the court Tho ,ext
ia ne fo,,a,,,a.
"A court of inquiry, consisting OF
yourself as president and CAPTAIN +.
l.. Chadwick and Iieut Con, vyuI,o,,,
p pn,tor No. as,,,.,a, , "'''."'',
as "uui'iohai members, anu
OF Lieut.. Com. Adolph Mark, as judge
advocate, is hereby ordered to con-
vene at noon on Monday rehrrory .,
,ooo '' 'iohuay' February H.
,,''' VI as soon thereafter as practical
bie' FOR the purpose of inquiring into
the circumstances connected with the
less Inv exnIos,on ~ ,ta Ir,,i,o, 60
VI ,"e o"i'eu 9.a'es
Dattieship Maine in the harbor of the
City of Havana on the night of Tues
day February 10, 1895. The court is
authorized to hold its sessions ON any
shin of the North Atlantic ss,,ndron a,
in the CITY OF Kew West. Sla or In
the harbor of the CITY of Havana
Cuba. The attention OF the court is
invited to the INSTRUCTIONS conoerninr
the particulars 10 be investigated in
the case of the loss or qro,,nding ~ q
shin of the navy contained In tha
United States navy rerulations
1.-THE following described naners re-
lating to the limited states stea ,nsbj,,
Maine on the occasion referred 70 ara
attached to and made mart of this nre-
cent.
nv Cantain Charles Sigsbee nj Havana
TO Commander lanes NJ Forsvtb IT
s N at Key West Fla without d,ta
hut nrobahly sent On tho night or Eah'
ruarv 16th as II WINS received AT XIV
West Fla Inv Iieut Com william g
Cowles, II AT 1 o'clock n n, If
FEBRUARY IA 1sgs and Inv the com
n,ander-in-chief Mt 5.So m ~ Feh-
ruarv 18th nj Drv Tortnpaa Eln
"ssoond ,aIagra,n sent hy Cav
totn - sigsbes n 10 TIC
commander in-chief at Key West
Iin datad uayono cuba Eabr,,o,.,,
~ IA, ,oo a"'eu iia'"iia' ~uD"' 'e'i uafS
,rr 'b'' oorr, will di,ipentIv and
tborn,,,b,v ino,irs into ali the circnm-
s,onoas a;,an5,n, ,ha loss Of said YES
,aI az, ,ha 49, raroo5 ana ,,nnn tho
concInstnr =, tho inyostigatior WI, re-
,,or, e., H. ndar-in-chiaf its W.
noaa,,,,r oil Ne ,nstirnnv tatan AVA
thn foctS ,uhirb ,,uv daar,, actah Ia
,,shod nv tho a,iSerca adduced To-
lsneu uy ,., ny ~, e, Ii,',nn as tn WE, ,
ssen,' VIZ, i.s Wy 70 a,, sho,,,a Nv IA
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VESSEL WE, VI, 'ne so,,i, al. ras,,,.,i,, ~
a., az -, u AZ. ~. o,iice,, az sna,,hor
o on th me pa,u "a ", S WI, ,'assa, ana ~ GO
H. 49,, ~, s,,o,, na,cer ar r,a,,her ~
Ne 49,, - u, yhat rsenect ana 10
,rh,t axtont or, or eithar az ther, u,ere
mhat 1917 ,,',. ahs III e.a' "a Ne" were
..fs ~, ~ -, .is',S ,a of tho ontn,o,
,,at ,,,r,,a, n,.ooaad,ra, should H. hod
IN t,a r,nttor i, ,,.,ii ,nclude in It's re'
-, s,,a,a,o, ~, n,,nrt os 20 ~
,erson nv marsnr. sgoinst vhor, and
tha snsciac ,,at,ar mon which s,nh
,rooaadtras shn,,lS ha had
"Tbe court vii, also renort its on,n-
i'm as 10 the ca,,se or causes of the
ayn,os,on NJ, Other Incidents thar hore