Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-27
Names Destruction Nav
Have Been Accidental.
WILL WAR BE AVERTED /?
president Mckinley Giving Thoughtful
and Earnest Consideration to the
Crisis Speculation ns to Re-
port OF Board of Inquiry.
CBy TELEGRAPH

an analysis of the Spanish statements
iiauS with more CIR less degree of official
SdpS ton, representing the total a1,sa NOV,
" aEine mines from Havana h,r
~ pIs. ana II was regarded by the NAVY
L'epaltnen as negativinc the min.
rnsorN OF an external cause for tho ON
| pi"sloM just as recent letters put an md
70 the exploding boiler theory as an In
ternal cause OF the disaster
NothlnS was heard to-day from the
court or inquiry, and the Department
IS sum ignorant of its pans In fact
the only news coming direct from IA.
Vana to the Navy Department, ,iurinp
the cay was contained in the followin;r
dlspatch from Captain SigShee:
HAVANA, Feb 26.-Have succeeded
~ making arrangements by which
oouies may be sent to Key West in her
metlcaliy sealed zinc cases Refer to
forsyth for burial in Key West. Prob
abte that 'bDIies hereafter cannot ne
re osnlzed. Probable bodies VIII, not re
man intact. Condition OF bodies re-
luFeS immediate action. Jenkins and
MERRITT may be recognized Ny uniform
DIVERS cannot get down aft after bod. e.s
tn!s morning. Much debris. Will clea,
It away. Wainwright placed in charge
OF wrecking matters.
"(Signed) STGSRE3r>,
The following was sent:
WASHINGTON, Feb. %. 1898.
To Siesbee. Havana:
referring to your telegram OF this
date, send bodies that may herea ftar he
recoverei to Key West for burial. send
by Beche.
Signed:l LONG"
To Key West dispatch was forw,trd-
ed as follows:
WASHINGTON F'e,b. e6, 1898.
70 NaEa. Station, KY Vest
SigShee ordered to send bodies that
may hereafter he received to Key W5st
Ley nv 1Ni1 l !
ne,iSaHy sealed zinc cases. Max, nee
esssity ARA ngements. Bodies will arrive
by B4che.
(fSigned.) LONG"
1t is believed at the Department that
there are probably in the netghEor nood
erel and eXtric atnf 4r5Ei to to-. he dseov-
The double terreted monitor Terror
started for New York this evening from
Hampton Roads She will be a most
poWerful reinforcement TO the defenses
od the commercial metropolis in casa Of
need, and, stationad in the .Narrows, il
Would de difficult for any hostile shin
10 pass her. With the exception of the
training ship Essex, which arrived AT
hampton Roads to-day, and the Brook
~ ~ "hlcn arrived at St. Lucia. prnba-
ny TO coal on h'ar W0y to LaguayIa dis
tant $40 miles. this was the only naya
movement to-day. There were a mum hf,.
VI alarming stories as to the heavy
shipments or ordnance from the Wash
lhston Navy Yard to New YORK for th,-
aiiii'ns Oh the auxiliary navy. Ii is
sald at the Department that so fan, n me
OF these small guns have beAn shipped
to-day, but that few for The. Chicago
probably fourteen five-inc5 rapid Il a
guns. viii be dispatched NIonc.ay or
tuesday. With these exceptions Il
p"Se the Chlcago wonld be pretty Wei
mCaerniZed in the matter of armament.
she Will carry still her four h.g eight
mon guns in SpunSOnS on the SOAR d elk
While en- the gun deck thes:. fourteen
tve-inch rapid fire guns VIII repla &C
eight slX-lnch guns OF Old pattern. The
loolphln is to go into commission III
New York on the 24th of March AL
though rated as the Presidents yact.t.
the Vesse., which has been Thoroughly
oVerhauled and furnished with new
boINers and decks carries even nov A
suff1cient battery to make h7r, when
speed IS taken into account, a Very CT
receive gum boat. With the proceedings
of the court of inquiry drawin:, to a
close. attention is now being dire tsd to
the form nd nature of this report ThF
court had the widest lati,U lie for inuui, Y
and Yet certain general features will
nave ITO be observed under th. navy
regulations governing inquiries of this
character.
form the report viii be in two parts
flTSt the findings o: fact. and seconds the
opinion of the court. The findings take
UP each material question of fast in
VOWED and give the conclusion of the
court upon it. The opinion states what
should be done under each finding of
fact. This opinion relates 20 the usual
cases in which officers are on trial, blu /
in the present case it would not, Of
course, extend to opinions on tna Gov
eminent policy applicable to the find
lnSS OF facts. The circumstances Of the
present case are so unusual, involving
the relations of two COVE rE.nentS, that
the report may bs confinel to findings
OF fact, without the usual opinion Of the
court.
When the inquiry is concluded the re-
port, accompanied by all The evidence
and exhibits, must be authenticated by
Captain Sampson and Judge Advocate
Mark. 1t is then forward to Admiral
Sicard. the regula tions requiring that it
be 'Su omitted for thS consider alton of
the Gftit er CONVEYING the court" which
in this case, was the Admiral of the
fleet. There is no specific provision rs
10 the revision or approval Which he is
to give it. and the endorsement OF Ad-
miral Sicard will depend upon the car
cumstances of the case. probably being
formal. with view to its Early trans
mission to the Navy Department The
Admiral then forwards it to the Office
cf the Judge Advocate General, where
1t becomes a permanent record The
Secretary of the Navy, AMI ultima tely
the President, passes on the opinions Of
the court, but as rule the findings of
fact stand without approval.
The officials of the War Department.
have c,np.etSri all the preliminary ar
ra ngements for the immediate exc, u,i IN
OF the bill which is expected 20 become
a law within the next few days pro-
Wiling for uwo additional regiments of
artil cry. There will be no 6iHiculty'
whatever in securing the man, as ,p-
pIicatons TOR enlistment have been. re-
ceived far in excess of the number re-
quired, viz: 1910 men. Girea. care VIII
be taken in the recruiting an! only the
best men will be accepted. Under the
law all the new men must he citizens OF
the United States. 1t is pro51bia tina
the ranks wiz be recruited to a large
extent from men who have already
| served one or more terms in the army.
With the two new regiments there
| will be seven regiments of artillery and
! the total strength of the army, includ-
| ing the hospital corps, ordnance and
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