The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-16

ter of the Daughters OF the Ameri-
can revolution. The line. as It steam
ed toward the harbor mouth, was
nearly two miles long. AS the steel
ljrows OF the two great American
cruisers came into line with the en-
trance of the harbor. the rst gun
OF the national salute was fired from
tho overlooking fort. The signal
was taken up by the other forts and
before the answering reply from the
American warshlps, the saluting had
been taken up byan The land fortl-
tcations. .nsiu NHi lo hGYd
Cuban Flag at Half Mast.
The garrisons stood at attention at
every point while the Cuban flag was
dying at half stan. The scene was
a most remarkable one. The Cuban
government left nothing aundone to
show its respect TO the old warship
and her heroic dead. -.c.r
The plans for the burial OF the
Maine provided for sinking her in
$500 feet OF water. nine miles of the
Cuban coast A holloy square was
20 be formed by the escorting feet
al a signal fthree blasts from the
siren OF the Birmingham. General
BiXlg and Major 81. b. Ferguson
were then to so aboard OF the hulk
with number of machinists and open
the seacocks in the hull and the
floodgate in the bullShead. Then. II
the warship did not sink as quickly
as planned, quantity OF dynamite
arranged alongside of the great bulk
head was to be set off. making sure
the prompt sinking of the battered
hull of what was once the finest fight
ing ship in the United States navy
When. as the great wreck sank, the
guns Of the warships were again TO
belch forth the national salute so ;
timed that the last shot would be
etmultaneously with the disappear
ance of the wreck below the great
blue waves. mir
VAS last rose bobbed on the sur
iace OF the water, the signal was to
ne given. the escortihg fleet was to
turn back. and the two grim Ameri-
can warshtps were 10 turn their
prows northward.
The Maine was only a memory.
Solemn Mass Celebrated.
Solemn mass OF requiem was cele-
brated this morning by Very Rev,
Father Chadwick, chaplain Of the
Maine He was assisted by all OF
the priests or the Havana diocese. and
In attendance We're nearly every Of
'lal Of the Cuban government, from
President Gomez down; officers Of the
Cuban army and navy. and all OF the
officers Of the American army and
navy here including delegations from
Iho cruisers Birmingham and North !
Carolina which had been designated |
10 the duty OF conveying the bodies Of
heir native land and aiding In the !
nal funeral of the Maine.
When the services ended, the cask- |
is were hoistod to the shoulders of |
soldiers detailed for the purpose, and |
carried out 10 where crepe draped |
army wagons were I'm waiting Es-
,orted by delegations Of American ma
zines from the warships in the har-
'or, soldiers in the local garrison,
patriotic American and Cuban soolet-'
es, including veterans OF the Spanish. |
American war; the Cuban Spanish ten !
ears war, and similar organizations,
he bodies were taken to caballoria
Received Bodies.
There were drawn up hundreds Of
marines, bluejaekets and soldiers and |
m behalf Of the Cuban government
Major Cardenas turned over the bod.
ea 10 General William II. Bixby, |
mps OF engineers u. s. A.. who re-
eiyed them on behalf OF the Amer.
can people. Chaplain Chidwlck then
a final eulogy after which
'uban soldiers hoisted the bodies on
heir shoulders and marched along the
wharf delivering them to the detailed
american marines. who carried them
N board the North c-raA 4, which
yill bring them back % the United