New York "Daily News" on page 34, today's date "Full military burials for Monitor sailors."

"They served their country bravely. Now, some of the crewmen of the Civil War warship Monitor will finally get the burial they deserve.

Workers cleaning the Union ship's 150-ton turret, raised Monday from the water off Cape Hatteras, N>C>, found more human remains Wednesday.

Most of a skeleton was found pinned under the canno where divers discovered remains Saturday. Other bones were found about 15 feet away, buried in the sil and debris that partially fills the 9-foot-high, 22-foot-diameter cylinder.

"We have two confirmed sets of human remains and a possible thierd," John Broadwater, chief scientist of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, told the Daily News from aboard the barge Wotan, which will arrive in Newport News, Va., with the turret today.

Scraps of clothing, uniform buttons, a leather boot and a pocketknife were also found, Broadwater said.

"We're really hoping that the knife has some initials on it. It would really be a big help in getting an identification," he said.

The remains are being sent to the Army Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii, which had an anthropolgist at the site.

Spokeswoman Ginger Coouden said scientists have yet to decide whether to use DNA testing or other means to try to identify which of the crew members the remains belong to.

Four officers and 12 sailors died when the ironclad Union warship sank in a storm Dec. 31, 1862. The wreck was discovered in 1973.

CREW MEMBERS TRACED

Among the crew who perished was Yoeman William Bryan, 32, who enlisted in New York, Quarter Gunner James Fenwick, 24, born in Scotland, and first Class Boy Robert Cook, 18, an escaped slave who joined in Virginia.

Fenwick left behid a pregnant wife,said Irwin Berent, a Norfolk, Va., historian who researched the crew's history. Berent unearthed a letter Fenwick wrote to his wife, promising to send her $40 "just as soon as I return."

Broadwater said he hopes scientists can identify the remains and notify the sailors' descendants.

"It would be just worderful for us, one of the most satisfying things about the project, if we could return these men to their families," he said.

Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hill, a Navy spokesman, said the remains will be laid to rest with respect.

"They are to be buried with full military honors at a national cemetery," he said.

[Just thought you folks would like an offical update. EBarnacle]