Show remember the maine the old battleship maine has been floated free frob fro the mud of havana harbor and it now rests on the bosom of the bay a bartered relic of the proud battless batt battleship lesh P that floated there fourteen years ago a go the old maine alaine has been ducle successfully fully raised it will nw be floated out tho the the deep sea and given an honorable burial with naval honors it will find an honored grave beneath the waves of the deep sea for fourteen jears the old battleship has hae been the tomb of scores of brave mart martyrs ra who died victims victim of the treachery tred chery of spain finally the government has paid these heiges tardy tribute the resurrection of the old maine not only gave our government the opportunity to reclaim the bones of her honored dead but permitted the final settlement of all doubt attendant upon the terrible deA destruction ruction of the famous battleship the stori of the old maine will be handed down as long as time shall last cuba was in the midst of one of its chronic chrome revolutions cuban patriots Bat nat riota riots were being nias massacred ddll and wern crying to america to inter amter vene in the name of humanity mina mn in america were beseeching this country to tn intervene terene in in behalf of liberty america eer cautious to avoid any over act th it t might be construed na as being in contravention to 10 international neutrality ians anva wisely from interference inter terence though ohp th sa sim fathies of the people were with the cubans and there was no effort tu to conceal that fact finally the bitsi tion bee ime such that there wah wab danger that amerina americana and other fon ignera dwelling dwell inc in havana mi ind other parts of the island might lie be imperiled m itic jhc other powers naturally looked to amei ameded ica to protect foreign interests Accord accordingly the milne wo wig sent gent to havana harbor not on oil a irlia vir i lilii annd i but on I 1 mishion ot of pence peace file battleship rem tined lined pe aei fulli in harbor i few days when suj sud ferll leali on alb 15 the whole world was li the nc nea s that luring during g the night the great batt battleship battless lesh ip hil had d L been blohn up presumable by a submarine bm arm istanish spanish mine and that most of be her reliant gallant tragedy crew perished in the terrible I 1 american patriotism was thoroughly aroused and a great graat of the american people favored the immediate aven gingi of the blood of the martyrs rs but the government moved cautiously an american court of oe inquiry was waa appointed alaj to inesti investigate gate the explosion spain algo d a eburt of inquire toe american court investigated the e pIot llO fth greit care the best fliers divers in the world were emp employed loved to go beneath he neith the w aiters of if the harbor and examine the tents rents in the armor of tle the finall finalli tle lle amari ean can court rep tied that there was c chicri cr bround fr ti tie e conal icim that the mino was blon n up lip L ll 11 a sub minne mine the spanish court reported that the destruction of the milne maine was occasioned cc b by the explosion of her own magaz lne inea now after fourteen heirs the conclusion of the american court has been verified beyond of contravention after the maine was floated end the mud and it debr debris demov no ed cd from her hull great fissures were revealed showing the armor jamor plate bent toward within portions of the hull were blown far into the interior of the ship the magazines had exploded but the damage in the wreckage showed thit the explosion of the was waa secondary had the magazines caused the wreck the plate would have bent outward the second court of 0 inquiry named when the maine was waa raised was unanimous in the conclusion that ck a spanish mint mine had destroyed the maine all that now remains is 13 to give the maine a decent burial banal in the deep pea sea and to preserve some aoma of u her relies relics as national treasures the mast of the battleship will be placed in arlington cemetery a fitting monument to the martyred marty red of the tha ill fated maine haine the old battleship will ever live in the famous akoub battle cry that woo won the war with spain freed cubi cuba and carried american civilization beyond the pacific remember the maine |