The American-Spanish war; . llabove the water line or accessible to divers. Tliis propertywas put on board the U. S. Despatch Steamer Fern and theU. S. Light House Tender Mangrove, which arrived in portfrom Key West the day following the explosion in answer toa request by cable from Captain Sigsbee. The Spanish offi-cials expressed profound sympathy for the occurrence, anddisclaimed any govermental knowledge of its cause. On theafternoon of February 17, impressive funeral services at themunicipal palace were held over nineteen bodies, the first re-covered, which, after the services in the pala
The American-Spanish war; . llabove the water line or accessible to divers. Tliis propertywas put on board the U. S. Despatch Steamer Fern and theU. S. Light House Tender Mangrove, which arrived in portfrom Key West the day following the explosion in answer toa request by cable from Captain Sigsbee. The Spanish offi-cials expressed profound sympathy for the occurrence, anddisclaimed any govermental knowledge of its cause. On theafternoon of February 17, impressive funeral services at themunicipal palace were held over nineteen bodies, the first re-covered, which, after the services in the palace, were taken tothe Colon Cemetery escorted by one of the most imposingprocessions, civic, naval, and military, that had been witnessedin Havana for a long period of years. Every effort was madeby the Spaniards to express sympathy on a magnificent scale. On the 2lst of February, a Court of Inquiry, ordered byRear-Admiral Montgomery Sicard, U. S. Navy, Commander-in-Chief of the United States force on the North Atlantic Sta-. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MAINE. 99 tion, convened on board the U. S. Light House Tender Alaii-grove in the harbor of Havana. The Court was composed ofCaptain William T. Sampson, President; Captain French and Lieutenant-Conimander William P. Potter,Members; and Lieutenant-Commander Adolph Marix, JudgeAdvocate. The Court made a most patient, thorough andsearching investigation into all matters pertaining to the des-truction of the Maine, examining the wreck in detail, aboveand below the water line, with the assistance of expert NavalConstructors and divers, and examining all witnesses whosetestimony promised to throw light, in the faintest degree, onthe subject. Eighteen days of this investigation were heldon board the U. S. Light House Tender Mangrove in theHarbor of Havana, and five days on board the U. S. Battle-ship Iowa off Key West, Florida. The primary object of a naval court of inquiry, in the caseof damage to naval property, is to determine
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