Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-03
A SUBMARINE MINE,
Most Naval Officers Think
One Wrecked the Maine.
WHAT WILL REPORT Be?
Cruiser Montgomery and Gunboat Ma h
vile Ordered to Cubu with Supplies
FOR Reconcrntrau os-- Lie III .nunt
S"brni Sails for Spuin.
By Te,egraph1


coinln"tiVI IN "it.u.4~. o4lc-s.s today IN.
III the iC1E purlrO!t VI the vlS.t uf lllt
Silps came out. The vIG.s~r Mon
ScIIN-iy LtII the sunuvat Nashville Wzlt
Selected Tor ule pu. pose and order,
Sent 10 AIIilul SlCai1 10 put them /.
shape tor The IspuGrel Service. / Is
explained at TIN. navy uelartnent
| that this action was taken at thx. IN
| stance OF the Cuban I1e4!4. A $50. III
| ton. organized through the efforts oi
tins State department. for the relief vi
the destitute nom combat anIs in Cuua
IL was represented u; the Lk.partmen,
ihat great distress y. evans alluolvs the
psrp.- In the vicinity Of Sagul IA
! Grande and MatINXtiS ON the notta-
ern coust OF the island. and that CON
s4deT>tp.t Oil icuIty is Experienced IN
| sending supplies tlGere because W t!4a
! NEtreQuent VISITS OF the merchant ships
| Cn this account, and because uf t;l-
| immediate d-nlailN for supplies at the
I p-GAtS tnd4Cattd, the officers OF tins
ASSOCIATION requested the secrelu.y Of
me navy 10 authorize the Use Of o.,-
or more OF the ships at Key West in
the tIunS iortatpn there OF NOD sun
! rleS contributed by the cha rilaibls peo-
pie VT the United stat ties in response .
! t.i<. app ais OF President tMckln.ey and
| Secretary sherman. Secretary Long
| CONFERRED with the Pres dent or Tie
Suh1ett, and it Was ';sacde.J H. comp v
with the request. Th.a Montgomery ANA
| TN. Noshiviae We're see ted as mos
suIiab!e For the service ard tbs neces-
sorry orders were dispatched 10 Admiral
S.Sari. TIE Mon lgc,n:ery WAL e, L.
Matanzas end the Nashville t., Sasu.,
| ia irante, with the uniers tauiirc tia
| they Will remain in those posts only
| iohS enough to c.e!!ver the supplies to
| uhe agents OF the association Cor dis
tr!put4on where thty Will do the must
god Although Tx. mission assienf,l
~ 1ne war ships viii: taks@ them both
WtAin a short distance OF Havana, es-
t9fnatt,1 at from two TO four hours It
IS stated that ne!thr vessel will visit
| the Cuban capital.
To remove the Impression that had
gotten onntli to the effect that the re-
atr,oHs hetwee.A the Navy Department.
and the House Navel Committee We're
/ not NJ. .hD9mcT.ous, Secretary Long thu,
: a1nelmo'on gave out a SHORT statement
r.t the subj1ct. He said:
'< ~ -
ONE OF THE mctt patriotic rne- - the
Wc,r.d. is always ready to or .yer-th ne
| that can be dcma for the r.,vv II his
arf,Nla, report THE Secretary recon-
msrsied that 1900 men he added to the
enlisted f':cs on account OF the IT.
tfeas. n the number ~ ships The
Naval Committee. Of which Mr. 3 ~
tsl!e rs ctHi1Tnan. has already decide:
t. grant This Increase in the y sular ma
val appropriation hill. Meant ME, If
there should be any immediate ne-es
sity FOR more n'2n. the s.arTe CON rit e,
| ard Mr. Rrut"Ne. as its chai~r-cr az
| :'s-5'iy to make provision TO tiat effsct
| at Erco."
\ cahlegrem came firm Gersral r>,-
| dIll7'rS the day to the Sat: Depart-
| nlent. but Il male no reference L. t,Ja
Maine affair. being d-svcte,ll tlr thu. pc
rMNdlcal a'eTneMr OF tn amount ~ to-
bacc" tina. Is being shipped from Cuba
| to United States ports
The commar1er OF the Munt ononah
N7hi h was ordered Into cornnlistzts.-.
| was selected in the pArsHn OF Captain
| Mortimer Johnson, who is at pr=SeA:
IN waiting orders. Secretary Long
says that fht. Miantonomain. with tha
nam Kataht;n. Will remain in the Hn';o-
| War:- fr the present at i+,St. With
| the commissioning of hiss two vessels
| there remain only the C,ui>ers Column
| bia and MINNEAPOLIS on the Atlantic
| coast available nor immediate service
in case the Department shouts da~ids
| TO commission more shInn The At
| ininta. At New York. cCu;l re maze
ready in the COURSE of three or -four
months, ana the Chicago in SIX months
| in case n'SrGnncy or7arS for their NO
| pair We've issued There are q mumF4ar
Of good shirs on tbs Pa ni5fic coast. how
| ever. whose repair is under Vav. such
| as TIE Charleston. this, tPhi'a''a'rfha. :ha
Y"c'1h'wr nri' others. and the pa,---l'ts
! ~ tbs T'S'r,'Htir-'7 hu~oerl ut the Mare
| Tsla0' Navy ya~1 HAYS NOW am tunt ~
- no la-r. total OF 500 900 per month
| fN- va "~n- .sfcaa
Tho Nav;ee+1nr Psl,fa,, fs SIN h,,s7.
with the nr=rrratir1 ~ the r'tnath Ger. J.
! fna'ns i'.7r 'tha families VI. the virti-,,-
| Of the Mair-A Disaster Canal, FIorvrs,r
who hos the matter irnnadntaly In
6ha' on, says that ownirr to n. rAree-
sorv fornuij.ies these rei~.ih.,ate.S car
mo; tie issue. rh7'tore March Il AMI ~.
| answer is returned TO tih., nllrr.lrous IT
| uu'r'as ~ n tho t1,aTav
II IS said i'm the Navigation Rureau
| that there is a pressing neei NJ ahle
machinists for the navy GnusevI by the
| ihssratofr:e llnNoted f3ct that everyone
| of the me- chlfnists on the Matna lost his
| life in TIRE explosion. Moreover all tn
| flreWen but ore was killed The hureau
| has invited en1istm from men who
| have had naval service before in the
| engine rooms and as II IS said that a
number Ct tt1as" men or.a now enjoying
| THE three months period II time be
tween enfstupants during which tAey,
! may come again into naval servicH
| without loss Of >-arvice racoe1 II is
hoped that some OF them wiM come for
ward to fil tn. place made vacant by
the Maine disaster.
There is RIO unusna' stir rcif activity
about the bureaus II the Qut. ri ermas-
|
epl Of the army. wher+ more than
anywhere elise. the preparations for a
war!ik. emergency would he appa rent
! The "fIicsrs " thes& bureaus say no
az unu7ntlon Of additional supplies Is
| taking place, ana that no contracts f,r
extra supplies are IN contemplation In
the Ordnance Bureau the pfac;ng OF q
large "r?er for proje1ctiles Is the result.
OF talks h-NtWeen Secretary A1Cer. Sen
atrr Fha.wlev Of the Senate C>0"17rl''ttee
or MNi'ary Afairs. and pree--ts tive
~ the House Military Coz" '.".'o Il
wns mad. Clear 70 the S"-'.-'- IA,
IL was 4 certainty arpropr'- ''-'-- -'-H'I
he forthcoming, and It wcs daenIe .ht
part OF wisdom TO make tlna CONTRACT
row. as tha snprN*s weird not be r
han5 for some months
Although the Navy Department. has
no reports from Havana or Key West
a dispatch announcing the departure o;
the cruiser Brooklyn from Santa I.uc't
for La G'uayra had some irdireot s'gni
flcanca i'm further removing one CT tha
J larger vessels of the navy from wha