The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

Der of persons, who were looking TO
Sc me startling discovery by the divers
V orking in the sunken hull. The stat
department, after learning that Lieu
tenant Commander Sobral was NJ
longer recognized as an attache of TIL
Spanish legation, decided to ignore TIT
interview attributed to him, which i
was at first disposed to resent.
MORE DIVERS DISPATCHED.
For very obvious reasons, Captain
| Sigsbee at Havana is making the mos
strenuous efforts to hasten the recover!
OF the bodies, probably hundred il
number, still imprisoned in the wrecl
of the Maine. 1t was knowledge o.
the captains desire. that probably lee
| Consul General Lee to inform the navy
| department of the need of more divers
This had the desired effect, for the navy
| department took action to send more
| help.
Admiral Sicard telegraphed from Key
West this afternoon that he had sem
five divers to Captain Sigsbee. and ask
ed f that was sufficient. The acting
chief of the navigation bureau, Cap
| tain Dickens, at once took the sensible
course of directing the admiral to put
himself in communication with Captain
| Sigsbee. and learn his needs at first
/ hand.
4 NOkMAL CONDlI1ON.
| The business of the navy department
J is getting back to it's normal condition
as is evidenced by the fact that an or
| der has been issued to discontinue the
i special telegraph service which was
established with Key West, and here
after the office at that place will close
at 10 O'Clock at night. as formerly.
Commander Forsythe, the command
ant at Key West, has also asked per-
mission oe the department TO stop his
daily bull stirs, and this has been grant
ed. with the understanding that he will
report any deaths that may occur
among the sufferers in the hospital
there. Today he reported that they
were all getting along nicely. The ex-
change of official coincidence still con-
tinues.
RESPONSES TO COINCIDENCE.
Today secretarv Long sent a tele-
gram, as follows, to Captain Eulate:
Commanding Officer of the Spanish
Cruiser Vizcaya, Tompkinsville. N. Y.
Il have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt Of your telegram of coincidence
for the loss of the Maine, and to thank
you for the expression of sympathy"
A similar response was made to q
cablegram from Vice Admiral Spann at
Vienna, expressive of sympathy for the
WRECKING CONTRACTS.
Captain Lemley, the judge advocate
general of the navy department with
Captain Bradford, chief of equipment
bureau, and Commodore Hichborne.
chief constructor, were in consultation
for some time with Secretary Long, re-
porting to him the plans they had
formed for the wrecking of the Maine.
nv
ther changes in the details of the con-
tracts, which are now being drawn with
the wrecking companies, and it is ex-
pected that within a few hours after
congress shall have enacted and the
president shall have signed the neces-
sary bill making an appropriation for
the work, the contract viii be signed
PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS.
The incoming mail at the navy de-
partment brought a most interesting
addition to the news of the day in the
shape of. an excellent photograph of
the wrecked Maine, as it now lies in
Havana harbor. This was forwarded
to the secretary of the navy by Lieu
tenant Hood. lately attached to the
Maine. 1t is a view from the port side
and in features represents the last
newspaper cuts of the wreck. Secre-
tary Long took it to the White House
and gave it to the president, who was
much interested in the details, as shown
in the photograph.
ANOTHER SHIP FOR HAVANA.
The navy department has not yet
determined definitely which of our war
ships shall replace the Maine in Ha-
vana harbor, although it has deter
mined that as a matter of policy an
other ship must be sent there. The
choice may be the Montgomery, now on
her way from San Domingo to Key
West. or the Nashville, gunboat, now
at Galveston participating in the Mardi
Gras festivities. If the latter ter1nin-
ate some time this week. as expected.
it ir said the Nashville will probably
be selected for the trip. as the Mont
gomery is just returning from a cruise
in the West Indies, including two ports
of Cuba, and has been on patrol duty
also.
QUOTA OF NAVY.
Steps have been taken by the navy
department to fill the vacancies in the
enlisted branch of the navy. caused by
the loss of most of the crew of the
Maine. The legal quota is now about
300 short, and arrangements have been
made for the immediate enlistment Of
about that number of men. Telegraphic
orders nave Desn sent 10 the recruiting
officers in charge of the recruiting
ships at New York, Philadelphia and
authorizing them to enlist i'm
40 apprentices, 40 landsmen,
10 shipwrights, IA machinists, second
class, and 40 coal passers.
These enlistments are in addition to
those previously authorized to complete
the crews OF the monitors Puritan and
Terror, and the dispatch boat Dolphin
In each case it was specified that the
recruits should be citizens of the Unit
ed States.
ANXIOUS TO ENLIST.
There will be no difficulty whatever
in securing these men, inasmuch as
there are applications on file far in ex-
cess of the requirements of the navy
for some time to come, unless congress [,
shall Immediately comply with the rec
of the department for an
increase Of a thousand men in the en-
listed strength of the navy. Numerous |
etters and kilograms have been re- !
celved at the department from individ- I
ials desiring to join the navy, asking 4
10 be enlisted Immediately. A telegram /
vas received this morning from an or .
saniZat.on in Detroit offering the i'm (
mediate services of 10000 citizens of /
hat city in case of war. Patriotic Of /
'ers also have been received from other /
places.