Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood .. . ine and unfit for Cap-tain Sigs-beewas the last to leave his vessel and left in his own gig. I have no theories as to the cause of the explosion. I cannoi form examination by divers may tell something lo a court of inquiry. I, withothers, had heard that the Ha-va-na Har-bor was full of torpedoes but theofficers whose duty it was to examine into that reported that they hadfound no signs of any. Personally, I do not believe that the Span-iardshad anything to
Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood .. . ine and unfit for Cap-tain Sigs-beewas the last to leave his vessel and left in his own gig. I have no theories as to the cause of the explosion. I cannoi form examination by divers may tell something lo a court of inquiry. I, withothers, had heard that the Ha-va-na Har-bor was full of torpedoes but theofficers whose duty it was to examine into that reported that they hadfound no signs of any. Personally, I do not believe that the Span-iardshad anything to do with the d-jaster. Time may tell. I hope so. We were in a delicate position on the Maine, so far as taking any pre-caution was concerned. We were friends in a friendly, or alleged fiiondly,port and could not fire upon or challenge the report of any boat boardingus unless convinced that her intention was hostile. I wish to heaven I could forget. I have been in two wrecks now andhave had my share But the reverberations of that sullen, yet resonantroar, as if the bottom of the sea were groaning in torture, will haunt me. NAVY OFFICERS. 2. Commodore McNair. 3. Captain Sampson. 4. Captain Schley. 5. Rear Admiral N^orton. 6. Commander Evans. 7. Commander Craig. Rear Admiral 14. Captain Sigsbee. Commander Ht^ Admiral Pendleton. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MAINE. 243 for many a day, and the reflection of that pillar of flame comes to me evenwhen I close my eyes. The funeral of twenty-seven of the victims occurred in Havana on the17th of Feb-ru-a-ry. During that day the bodies lay in state in Mu-nic-i-palHall, the funeral services being conducted in part by the local clergy, in-cluding the Bishop of Ha-va-na. The procession was composed of thebest families of Ha-va-na in carriages, government officials, delegationsfrom the Span-ish men-of-war, and supervisors of the Maine, who movedto the cemetery in the
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