Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-04

department, and Has the status
| of an Admirals Court-Wll Re-
port to Sicaro, Who w a s IN
/ Charge Of the Fleet to Which the
| Maine Belonged.
| Washington, March 3.-Secretary
| Long said at the close of his day at the
navy department that no word had
been received from the court Of in
! quiry, and that no orders had been
or would be given as to the movements
of the court from Key West, as the
! court was fully authorized to shape its
! own movements. The original orders
| to the court were issued by Admiral
! Sicard, as commander of the fleet to
which the Maine belonged and it has
| the technical status of an admiral
| court, reporting directly to him, both
as to its movements and as to its final
/ report on the cause Of the disaster.
| The understanding here is that the
| court has not concluded its work, but
| will return to Havana to take testi-
mony which has been delayed by the
| difficulties in the way of the divers.
! That Admiral Sicard expects this move
! back to Havana was shown by dis
4 patch from him a few days ago sug-
4 costing that arrangements be made for
/ a vessel to take the court back. AS
the lighthouse tender Mangrove had
been doing this service, the treasury
department was asked to assign the
/ Mangrove for the return of the court
/ to Key West and this was done. With
4 these arrangements concluded it is said
at the navy department that the court
will proceed without consulting Off
/ Gals here.
| Arrangements are being made for
! the trip of the cruiser Montgomery
and gunboat Nashville to Cuban ports
with relief supplies. The navy depart
ment was advised to-day that the NAL
Tory line steamer leaving New York
next Saturday would carry free Of
charge Is tons of supplies,
TO BE TRANSFERRED
| to the Montgomerv end Nashville at
Key West. The Mallory steamer is
expected to take about four days in
the run down the coast, so that the
transfer to the warships and their
start to Cuba cannot be made before
next Thursday. The two warships
were poorly adapted for carrying sup
plies, having scant quarters for their
own supplies of cordage. provisions,
canvas and ships equipments. 1t is
only because they can make the run
in daylight that any attempt is made
to carry the IS tons of supplies. These
will be stored on the spar decks and
with good weather the daylight run
will not subject them to any damage.
The relief measures are proving uneX-
| pectedly successful, the supplies run
ming into the carloads and hundreds
| of tons
NJiIdIl man JOdI lOl. Vi the central
| Cuban relief committee, has advised
the State department that donations
are coming forward in great album
4 dance, not only in money. but more
7 particularly in the form of provisions
Of all descriptions. The Oregon commit
/ tee promises ten carloads and possibly
{ twenty, and the Minneapolis and 9TH
4 er western committees are Offering
shipments by the carloads We had
to-day upon the pier of the Manson
4 line nearly one hundred tons ready
! for their steamer. sailing Friday,
which they had kindly offered to take
to Matanzas and Sagua.'
THE MAINE RELIEF FUND
under Mrs. Longs management. to-
Gay reached total of $3,113.
The only telegram relating to the
| Maine disaster that came to the Navy
Department during the day was the
following from Commander FORSYTH.
at Key West:
"Bache arrived. Brought one body
unidentified, and Paul Lotus, private
marine; jeremiah Shea. coal passer:
John Heffner ordinary seaman;
Thomas J. Waters, ordinary seaman,
wounded from Tortugas. The wound
ed will be sent to the army hospital
The funeral of the body has started
for the cemetery"
In the course of the inquiry into the
naval resources of the United States
on order has been issued to make a
test of the machinery of the old war
monitors at the League Island navy
yard. These are single turreted craft
| that are armed with big smooth bore
guns in turrets that could likely be
pierced by the modern high powered
rifles Of the battleships, but they
would still be Of service In an emer-
gency. There are eight of the Inoai-
tors at League Island and the govern
ment owns several others that are
now loaned TO the naval militia organ
/ izations Of some of the States, Those
at League Island are the following.
Canonicus, Mahopac, Manhattan,
Catskill. Jason, Lehigh, Montauk ard
Nahant. They are all between l,so0
and 2.100 tons displacement and