Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1912 — WILL SINK MAINE WRECK. [ARTICLE]

WILL SINK MAINE WRECK.

Twisted Mass Will Be Towed Out Into Gulf of Mexico. Washington, Feb. 20.—Impressive funeral services for the bodies of sailors recovered from the wreck of the battleship Maine and for the remains of the battleship itself have been arranged by the United States and Cuba. Shortly after March 4 the twisted masts which had lain fourteen years in the Havana harbor mud will be towed out into the Gulf of Mexico and sunk. The armored cruiser North Carolina and* the scout cruiser Birmingham, with the recovered bodies aboard, will convoy the Maine to its final resting place. When the deep water is reached crews will be called to quarters, a funeial march will be played, three volleys will be fired, and as all that is left of tihe old Maine disappears a bugler will sound taps. The Birmingham will bring the bodies *to Washington for burial in Arlington national cemetery.