The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-16
GULF STREAM MAINE'S LAST
 RESTING PLACE
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De consigned to the deep with all Of the honors of war
 Her flag, hoisted above her shatter- ed hulk on the day she finally emerg- ed from the muddy bottom where she mad laln for many years, was to sink proudly and majestically with her, lapped for a moment by the sluggish Gulf Stream before it finally passed out of sight forever to the accom- paniment of, the last tribute that can be paid fighter, Taps"
 Previously, however, the nation hon. ored the bones of the last victims to be taken from the wreck while it was being saved. All night they had Havana city hail. A constant stream of uncovered humanity had passed by the flag bedecked, dramatically sealed collins in which the relics of the sa- cred dead reposed. It was cos- mopolitan procession.
 High army and navy officers follow ed men in private's garb. Richly dressed men and women rubbed el- bows with their less fortunate fellows. Swarthy West Indians contrasted sharply with light complexioned Americans.
 Solemn mass of requiem was cele- brated this morning by Very Rev. Maine. He was assisted by all Of the priests of the Havana diocese and in attendance were nearly every of- ficial of the Cuban government from President Gomez down, high officials of the army and navy and all the of ficerS of the American army and navy here, including delegations from the cruisers Birmingham and North Car olina, which had been designated to the duty of conveying the bodies to their native land and aid in the final funeral of the Maine.
 7t,N l,o I0I fI1n ck0 O were hoisted to the shoulders of SOL diers detailed for the purpose and carried out to where crepe draped army wagons were, in waiting. Es- corted by delegations of American marines from the warships in the harbor, soldiers from the local gar rison, patriotic American and Cuban societies, including veterans of the Spanish-American war, the Cuban Spanish 10 years war and similar or ganizations, they marched to the pier
 There were drawn up hundreds of marines, bluejackets and soldiers and, on behalf of the Cuban government. Major Cardenas turned over the bod ies to General William H. Bixby:. final eulogy, after which Cuban soldiers hoisted the bodies on their shoulders and marched along the wharf, delivered them to detailed American marines, who carried them to the North Carolina, which will bring them back to the United States.
 The floral tributes were many and most elaborate, and were placed on board with the collins. The most re- marka ble of these is huge tOmb-like structure of flowers with the follow ing inscription in immortelles:
 People of Havana to Victims Of The Maine.''
 yo1l k1,a fro in1o marked by the tolling of bells in the church towers, the North Carolina steamed to her place in the process sion of warships that had been wait ing, ready for the signal to leave the harbor.
 In the front rank were the Birm. ingham and the North Carolina. Be- tween them, the naval tug Osceola, with great steel attached to the hulk of the Maine remained ready to pro- ceed. Then came the hulk itself it's rough outlines hidden almost from view by great ropes of evergreens, the whole surmounted by 1,200 roses, a magnificent perfume filling the har- bor.
 Beside the Maine swung into place the little vessels of the Cuban navy, comprising revenue cutters and minia- ture gunboats. Then came more than a score of merchant vessels, includ- ing the yacht Gypsy, which carriet the members of the Havana Chapter Revolution. The line, as it steamed toward the harbor mouth, was near- ly two miles long. AS the steel prows of the great American cruisers came into line with the entrance of the harbor, the first gun of the national salute was fired from the overlooking fort. The signal was taken up by the other forts and before the answer ing reply from the American war ships, the saluting had been begun by all land Qualifications.
 The garrisons stood at attention at every point while the Cuban flag was flying at half staff. The scene was government having left nothing un- done to show it's respect to the old warship and her heroic dead.
 The plans for the burial of the Maine provided for sinking her in B. 500 feet of water, nine miles off the Cuban coast A hollow square was to be formed by the escorting fleet siren of the Birmingham. General Bixby and Major Ferguson were then to go aboard of the hulk with a number of machinists and open the seacocks in the hull and flood gate in the bulkhead. Then. if the warship ulu lOl SlIlh dS QuIChiy dS plduu6Q, quantity of dynamite, arranged alongside of the great bulkhead, was to be set off, making sure of the complete sinking of the battered huh of what was once the finest fighting ship in the United States Navy. Then, as the wreck sunk. the guns on the warships were again to belch forth their salute, so timed that the last shot would be simultaneous with the of the wreck below the blue deeps.
 Then, as the last rose bobbed on the surface of the water, the signal was to be given, the escorting fleet was to turn back and. two grim Amer ican warships were to turn their prows northward.
 The Maine was only memory.
 HONOR NAMES MEMORY.
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