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Show MAINE AND ALABAMA FOR SPECIAL SERVICE WASHINGTON'. April 2-1. The battleships bat-tleships Maine and Alabama will bo detached from tho Atlantic fleet May IS and organized into a special service squadron, under tho command of Cap tain Giles B. Barber, commanding the Maine. This squadron is under orders to leave San Francisco .lune r and proceed pro-ceed to the Atlantic cosi bv way of Honolulu. Guam, the Philippines ' and j the Sue.. canal. Their places in the At- lantic licet will be supplied by. tho bnt-l bnt-l UoRhips Wisconsin find Nebraska. Commander A. W. Grant hap been ordered or-dered to dutv as chief of staff of Admiral Ad-miral F.vans, commaudiag tho Atlantic, licet now in Pacific water. |