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Show UNCLE SAM OFFERS AID. Orders Two Vessels to Proceed nt Once to Martinique. Washington. Ma) 10-Th I'nlled HI itea government Is willing nnd nnx-lous nnx-lous tn do an) thing within Us power to old Ihe rurvlvors of (he terrible calam-llv calam-llv on the Island of Maitlnlque The diniiult) Is to ascertain just wlyit inn te done and the extent of the needs Sccitlai) Moo!) nlieady haa sent tn the inmmamlaiit nt Sin .In in nnhorlz-atlon nnhorlz-atlon to dispatch the t'nlted Stales ship Potomai to Martinique In his discretion, and Seiretury Ilo) haa charged Assist-ant Assist-ant Sicrelar) Hill with the duty of conferring with the nav department lo devise other plans of relief POTOM C UIC5 THO The Potomac la nothing more than n laige aingoliig tug of ver) limited earning earn-ing capsilt) either In passengers or fielght bout the onl) useful purpose sh" would servt In the opinion ot the naval oillieis Is to make a quick ttlp to Martinique or to the nearest approachable ap-proachable point nnd ascertain from personal Innpcrllon the pretlse nteds of the aurvlvnia, which ma) afterward h- sallsllel b) siippllis dispatched on merchant vessels Cl.NClNN V.TI OHDnUED TO 1SI AND Secretar) ot Ihe Navy Mood) has cabled the commander of the cruiser ( Ini Innatl now nt Ban Domingo clt) to proceed to Martinique and render such old as possible The Secretar) of the Nav) found after consultation with Assist mt Pccretat) Hill that It would lie wife to take the Cincinnati awa) fiom San Domingo It Is possible that the Potomac Ins ahead) lert San Juan for Martinique but there Is doubt on this point because the nav v department has not )et been able to seuite a re sponse to an Inqulr) on thlB int sent b) coble this morning to the command-ant command-ant of the naval station at San Juan DIIK IN RllADINHbe As a further precaullonii) measure Societal) Mood) sent the folow Ing tele gi un to the command mt of the Drook l)u nav) )aids Order Dixie to piepate for sea as soon as j rai tlcable Itepoit when she can be m ide read) The Dixie Is a ship of considerable rnri)-Ing rnri)-Ing tapa.lt) and would he better titled than an) of the regit' ir naval ships to hislen to Martinique with irllef sup piles whlili inn pioliabl) lie obtained more nadll) at New oik than at nil) of the West Indian Islinds Pl'ItniPIl MK8I'1SP OP ItF.I.lllF s still finther measure of help the State Department tndi) labled to lulled Statis i onsul )me at (luade. loupe In iioieed nt once to Mail nlque to leport iion the cnndiihiti thie nnd Infoim the i nlte.l Slates government what help la needed The consul had pieilousl) reported that a I'ren. h shin Hitpiose.1 to be the cruls. r Sin het was about to leave Ouadeloupo f, ,he wrecked Island nnd It is assumed that he was willing nnd even anxious to go along |