Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-26
New BattIeship
Maine at Havana
TO BE PRESENT AT INAUGURAL
TIoN OF PRESIDENT GOMEZ.
MOORED NEAR HISTORIC SPOT.
Visible Remnants of IlI-Fated Ship of
Same Name Only Few Hundred
Yards Away.

Havana, Jan. 25.-On this, the elev-
! enth anniversary of the arrival of the
| former battleship Maine on her ILL
| fated mission to Cuban waters, the new
Maine, with the still more modern Mis-
sissippi in her wake, sailed into Ha-
vana harbor, to be present at the in
auguration of General Jose Miguel Go
mez and the new Cuban government
! next Thursday.
Great Interest Excited.
This is the first visit of the name
sake of the wrecked warship, and her
coming excited great interest, not only
among Americans, but among all
classes Of the residents. They lined
the harbor walls from La Punta bat
terv. opposite MORO, to Machina wharf,
off which the two American battle
ships are moored to anchorage buoys
tonight, within a few hundred yards of
the tangled mass of steel and the old
fighting top, the visible remnants of
the vessel destroyed on February 15
1898.
The new Maine arrived al II a. m,
precisely the hour at which the old
Maine steamed into the harbor January
25, 1898.
New Maine saIuted Cuban Pennant
Flying from Moro.
The old Maine salutcd the Spanish
flag ovd& Moro Castle. Today the
new Maine which is the flagship of
the third squadron of the Atlantic fleet,
commanded by Rear Admiral Arnold,
saluted the Cuban pennant flying from
the historic old fortress. The salute
was returned by the Cabanas battery
on high hill overlooking the harbor.
The afternoon calls were exchanged by
Rear Admiral Arnold, Governor Mo-
goon and the American minister, Ed
win V. Morgan. The Maine led the
way up the harbor. and was the only
vessel to fire a salute. Both ships ap-
peared massive and formidable as they
swept close to the shore, and in their
new dressing Of dull gray paint they
recalled the days of the Spanish war.
Cubans Looked on Silently.
Occasional applause and some cheer
ing greeted the ships, but for the most
part the Cubans looked on silently. All
shipping in the harbor stopped as the
two big vessels threaded the channel
to the anchorage buoys assigned to
them by the port authorities. These
buoys are the nearest in the harbor to
the wreck of the old Maine which nat
urally attracted great interest among
the officers and men on the two ships.
During the afternoon parties from both
vessels made a close inspection in small
boats of the visible portions of the
wreck.
BIueiackets on Night Shore Leave.
Tonight the streets of Havana's
downtown section are filled with hun
dreds of bluejackets on liberty.
Survivor of Old Maine Present
Lieutenant Commander w. T. Clu-
verius of the Mississippi is survivor
CT the old Maine, on which he was
serving as a midshipman as the time
Of the explosion which destroyed her.
VIII Remain at Havana Three Days.
The Maine and Mississippi will re-
main in Havana until January %, when
they will accompany the scout cruiser
Salem, on which Governor Magoon will
take his departure from the island i'm
mediately after President Gomez is
sworn into office and the affairs of
government formally turned over to
him.. The Salem will arrive here to-
morrow.