| Show I UNCLE SAM OFFERS AID Orders Two Vessels to Proceed at Once to Martinique Washington May 101he United States government willing and anx Iou to do anything within its power to lid the survivors of the t terrible calam ly on the Island of Martinique The II llflifulty is to afaccTtaln lust what can je done and the extent of the needs Secretary Moody already has sent to the commandant at San Tiuin ntthorix atlon to dispatch the InltCfl < < f States ship Potomac to Martinique in his discretion and Sccicttiry Ha > ban charged Assistant Assist-ant Secietury Hill with the duty of conferring with the navy department to deli other plans of relief POTOMAC BIG TUG The Potomac Is I nothing more limn a large seagoing tug of very limited carry trig capacity either In pusscngeiK or fioiphL About the only useful purpose shi would serve In the opinion of the naval ofllcurs Is to make a quirk trip to Martinique or to the nearest ap proachable point and ascertain from personal Inspection Die precise needs of the survivors which may afterward bs HiUlsfitil by supplies dispatched on merchant vessels CINCINNATI ORDERED J TO ISLAND Secretary of the Navy Moody has cabled the commander of the cruiser Cincinnati now at San Domingo city to proceed to Martinique and render such aid as possible The Secretary of the Navy found after consulljitlon with Assistant Secretary 11111 that it would bo Fare to take the Cincinnati away maul San Domingo ft Is possible that the Potomac has already left San Juan for Martinique but there Is doubt on this point because the navy department bus not yet boon able to s rtin > a re HPOIIMI + to au Inquiry on this point sent by cable tlite morning to tin commandant command-ant of time naval station ul San Juan DIXIE IN 11KADINESS An u further pierautlunary metnurc HcriplaryIoody sent the folouinp telegram tele-gram to the commandant the Brook lyn navy yards Order Dixie to prepare for sea as soon as practicable Repor u when she can be made ready The Dixie ip a ship of considerable carrying = carry-ing capacity and would be better filled ban any of the regular naval ships to hasten to Martinique with relief slip illes which can probably be obtained mor readily at New York than at any ot the West Indian islands FURTHER MEASURE OF RELIEF As a still further measure oC help the State Department today cabled lo United States Consul Ayme at Guade loupe to proceed at once to Martinique to report upon the condition there and inform the 1 United Staten government what help is needed The consul had pievlously reported that a French ship suppotcd to be the cruiser Suchot was about to leave Guadeloupe for the wrecked Island and it Is assumed that along he scan willing and even anxious to go |
