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Show SUICIDE'S BODY i Admiral Brittain Shoots Self During Seige of Mental Illness GUANTANAMO BAY. Cuba, April 26. (By the Associated Press.) Tho body of Rear Admiral Carlo B. Brittain, Brit-tain, chief of staff to the commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, who committed suicide by shooting on Thursday last. Is duo to arrjvc at Washington tomorrow on the hospital ship Solace. Rear Admiral Brittain was in poor health and was confined to his bed when the flagship of the fleet left Now York on January 7 and until after Us arrival In Cuba. Ho was an Indefatigable worker, and lz is be- Uovod his lllnoss brought his mental strain tov tho breaking point. I On the evening, of April 21. Rear Admiral Brittain" attended a reception jaboard the flagship. Apparently he was in good spirits. At 4 o'clock tho next morning a shot was near,! in his cabin. Tho officer of the deck found Rear Admiral Brittain In the bath room with a bullet holt through tho heart. Ills service pistol was In tho wash basin. Tho ship's doctor announced an-nounced that death had been instantaneous. instan-taneous. Funeral services were held aboard the flagship. Ensign Thomas Brittain, son of tho dead officer, who was with tho fleet at tho tlmo of his father's death, is accompanying tho body to Washington. Washing-ton. Captain Thomas R. Kurtz, assistant chief of staff, la now acting as chief of staff. |