The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

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them yesterday. All will recover ex-
cept two. They are comfortable and
we'll cared for.
[Signedl "LEE."
The department believes that the
scarcity Of divers complained Of by
General Lee probably has been over
come by the arrival of the Bache with
a force of divers from the North At
lantic squadron at TOrtugas, and with
the necessary apparatus.
A dispatch of last night from Cap
tain Sigsbee was as follows:
Navy Department, Washington:
Nine more bodies were buried yes
terday only two Of which were identi-
fied-William Lun and NJ. F. Harris"
Another dispatch was as follows:
Il visited hospital today. The men
were very much pleased to see me.
koehler and Hotter are very low. I
have hopes of Holtzer. Koehler has
a fighting chance only. Some bodies
were found and buried today. No in
vestigation yet of the zone Of the ex-
plOsiOn. Need regular wrecking divers
for that. Lee sent to General BlancO
a telegram relating to expected COM
ing of Wrecking vessels"
1t is understood here that by the
zone Of the explosion in his dispatch,
cdpldMl SlSSD0e means C0dI part Oh the
Maine forward Of the mainmast thai
suffered directly The reference to
Lees despatch to BlancO touches the
formal notifications to the Spanish au-
thorities there of the coming of the
American Wrecking vessels to Havana.
A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WRECK.
The incoming mail at the navy de-
partment today brought a most in
teresting contribution to the new of
the day in the shape of an excellent
photograph of the wreck of the Maine
as it now lies in Havana harbor. This
was forwarded to the secretary of the
ANY by Lieutenant Hood, lately at
tached to the Maine 1t is a view from
the port side n in general features
resembles the last newspaper cuts Of
the wreck. Secretary Long took in to
the White house and gave it to the
president, who was much interested in
the details as shown on the photo
graph.
TO SEND ANOTHER WARsHIP TO
HAVANA.
The navy department. has not yet de-
termined definitely which of our war
ships shall replace the Maine in Ha-
vana harbOr, although it has been de-
termined that as a matter of policy
another ship must be sent there. The
choice lies between the Montgomery,
cruiser, now on her way from San Do
mington to Key West, and the Nash
vile, gunboat, nov at Galveston par
ticipating in the Mardi Gras festivities.
If the latter terminate some time this
week, as it is expected, it is said that
the Nashville probably will be the YES
sci selected for the trip.
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. An arrangement has been
made for the immediate enlistment of
about that number of men. Tele-
graphic orders I'VE been sent to the
recruiting officers in charge of the re-
ceiving ships at New York, Philadel-
phia and Norfolk, authorizing them to
make e~nlistments Immediately. There
will be 10 difficulty whatever in secur-
ing men, inasmuch az there are appli-
cations on file far in excess of the re-
q~uirements of the navy for some time
to come, unless congress shall im-
mediately comply with the recommen-
datiOn of the department for an in
crease of 1000 men in the enlisted
strength of the navy. Numerous let
tiers and kilograms have been received
at the department from individuals de-
string to join the navy, asking to be
enlisted Immediately A telegram was
received this morning from an organi-
cation in Detroit offering the immediate
services of 10, 900 citizens of that city
in case of need. Patriotic offers also
been received from other places.
Commander Hawley, Of the bureau
of navigation, nav department., has
prepared the following comprehensive
statement in regard to the survivors
of the battleship Maine, to which is ad-
ded a list of the men recovered from
the wreck who subsequently died in
hospitals. 1t shows nineteen u~ninjured,
fifty-two wounded and four died in
hospital in Havan
SIGNIFICANT MOVE OF SPANISH
CRUISER.
New York, February 21.-The Ward
Lin steamer Seguranca arrived at
quarantine today from Tampico and
Havana. The ~Serguranca reached Ha-
yana at 10 O'Clock on the morning after
the disaster to the Maine and passed
by the wreck. The Serguranca's
passengers said that great excitement
prevailed al Havana and at the time
of sailing the foreign population were
generally of the opinion that the Maine
vas utSlIoyCu by uCSISh. III ~
among other things in support of this
theory the fact that the Spanish man.
of-war Alphonso XII, which was an
chored near the Maine, changed her
moorings just previous to the disaster.
One of the passengers, William l..
Carbin, went so far as to say that he
saw a boa go near h Maine a short
time previous to the explosion. He
said he would go to Washington to
make a statement before the proper
authorities.
INDIFFERENCE OF THE SPANISH.
c.. P. Holcomb, of New Castle. Del.
general manager of a street railroad
in Philadelphia, one of the passengers
board the S~erguranca, was outspoken
in his belief that the Investigation at
Havana wou reveal some startling
circumstances. Il went to HaYana,"
said Mr.. Holcomb, mot at all in SYM
patty with the insurgents, but on Wed
nesday when we arrived there I be-
lieye any of the Americans on board