Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-19
HON0RS BY NATION
Tribute to Memory of Dead of
the Maine.
BODIES AT HAMPTON ROADS
Vessel Bearing Them From Cuba Due
Here Thursday Morning.
FINAL RITES NEXT SATURDAY
President Issues Proclamation Order
ing Flags on Public Buildings
to Be f-Masted.
FINAL RITES NEXT SATURDAY

The cruiser North Carolina, bearing the
bodies recently recovered from the wreck
of the battleship Maine in the harbor of
Havana, and her escort, the scout cruiser
Birmingham, arrived in Hampton roads
today, having made the trip from the
Cuban capital in quicker time than was
contemplated. The recovefed bodies are
contained in thirty-four collins. These
collins will be transferred from the North
Carolina to the Birmingham either this
afternoon or tomorrow, and then will be
brought up the Potomac river to the
Washington navy yard. The Birmingham
was selected to make this trip because
she is of much lighter draught than the
North Carolina.
The Birmingham is expected to arrive
here Thursday morning, but the collins
will remain on board until Saturday
morning, when they will be removed to
tillery caissons for transfer to the Ar
lington national cemetery.
Ships Crew as Escort.
According to present Plans the escort
of the bodies from the navy yard to the
Presidents grounds, where the memorial
of the ships crew Of the Birmingham.
That small procession will start from the
yard about noon and will take station at
the south front of the State, War and
Navy building before the exercises begin
at 2:3O o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The procession proper will form there
and escort the funeral party to the Ar
lington cemetery. 1t will comprise all
the available troops, sailors and marines
In this city and the Naval Battalion of
the District National Guard. Rear Ad-
miral Bradley A. Fiske of the general
naval board will be grand marshal.
Presidents Proclamation.
The President has issued the following
proclamation:
ITO the People of the United States:
"A memorial service for the officers
and enlisted men of the crew of the late
United States battleship Maine, who lost
their lives in the service of our country
as a result of the destruction of that
vessel in the harbor of Havana, Cuba,
on the night of February 10, 1893, will
be held at the south front of the State,
War and Navy Department building, in
the city of Washington, at $50 o'clock
In the afternoon OF saturday, March -,
1872. Immediately following the memo
rial service the remains of the men re-
Gently recovered from the wreck of the
Maine will be conveyed in funeral pro-
cession to the Arlington national Gene
terry and there inferred with full mill
tary honors.
In testimony of the resrect in which
the government and people of the United
States hold the memory of those who lost
their lives in the Maine / do hereby
direct that the flags on the White House
and the several departmental buildings
in Washington be displayed at half-staff
from 8 o'clock am, until 4:3O o'clock
pm, on March %, 1912, and that suitable
military and naval honOrs, under the
orders of the secretaries of War and Of
the Navy. be rendered on that day.
Done at the city of Washington this
10th day of March, in the year of our
Lord 1912, and of the independence of
the United States the 136th.
'.WM. II. TAFT.
"By the President: Huntington Wilson,
Acting Secretary of State