COURSE THREE THE WAR

Barely was the next drill season well inaugurated when the Maine sailed for Havana, and then came the terrible disaster in which many of the division’s shipmates were hurled into eternity, and next the preparation for the approaching conflict with Spain. In April, the First Regiment marched away, the division remaining eager for the coming call. Each drill evening the men put heart, energy and sustained attention into the work. Drills took place on the park in the presence of citizens who paid their tributes of respect to the sailor blue. Each member was urged to train physically, as well as to learn the drills. Seamanship, signalling and such boat work as could be taught were the backbone of the instruction.

Finally the call came and over ninety per cent. of the division volunteered at roll call to enlist in the United States Navy for the entire conflict. On June 6, the division paraded in heavy marching order up Main Street and by Trumbull and Asylum Streets to the railroad station, escorted by posts of the Grand Army and by veteran and active military commands, and entrained for the State Military Rendezvous in Niantic.

On June 15, Commander Field, U. S. N., mustered in the command thenceforward known as the “war company.” Following are the names and the ages with ratings obtained before the mustering out and with the names of the ships on which each individual mainly served:

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Henry S. Baldwin, G. M., 1st class, 24 Seminole

Arthur W. Barber, Landsman, 25 Minnesota

George S. Baxter, Coxswain, 22 Wyandotte

Robert C. Beers, Landsman, 26 Catskill

Howard Berry, Ordinary Seaman, 20 Wyandotte

Henry W. Bigelow, Seaman, 30 Minnesota

Herbert G. Bissell, Ordinary Seaman, 24 Minnesota

Fred G. Blakeslee, Seaman, 30 Minnesota

Fred E. Bosworth, Quartermaster, 23 Minnesota

Arthur L. Brewer, Seaman, 21 Minnesota

George Brinley, Seaman, 26 Wyandotte

John H. P. Brinley, Seaman, 23 Wyandotte

Henry R. Buck, Seaman, 22 East Boston

Joseph F. Burke, Landsman, 22 Wyandotte

Archibald L. Case, Seaman, 23 Minnesota

Henry B. Case, Landsman, 19 Minnesota

Robert D. Chapin, Seaman, 22 Minnesota

Murray H. Coggeshall, Q. M., 1st Class, 25 Wyandotte

George F. Colby, Landsman, 21 Wyandotte

Arthur S. Cutting, Landsman, 20 Minnesota

Hermann F. Cuntz, Ensign Lr. S. N., 26 Sylvia

Stanley K. Dimock, Seaman, 20 Seminole

Edward J. Doran, Ship’s Apothecary, 24 Minnesota

Henry W. Drury, Seaman, 22 Minnesota

Francis E. Field, Seaman, 25 Minnesota

George C. Forrest, O. M., 3d Class, 29 Wyandotte

George Foster, Coal Passer, 23 Wyandotte

Paul Franke, Landsman, 24 Minnesota

Burton L. Gabrielle, Ordinary Seaman, 20 Minnesota

Christopher M. Gallup, Fireman, 22 East Boston

William A. Geer, Landsman, 27 Minnesota

Frank W. Gillette, Ordinary Seaman, 23 Wyandotte

William Goulet, Landsman, 22 Minnesota

James J. Hawley, Q. M., 2d Class, 27 Seminole

George A. Holcomb, Ord. Seaman, 22 Seminole

Richard J. Holmes, Ordinary Seaman, 25 Minnesota

Charles A. Huntington, Chief G. M., 25 Wyandotte

23William M. Hurd, Seaman, 23 Minnesota

Edward Q. Jackson, Ord. Seaman, 23 Minnesota

Lorenzo W. Kenyon, Seaman, 20 Minnesota

Frank R. Keyes, Chief Quartermaster, 21 Wyandotte

Frank E. Kowalsky, Coal Passer, 21 Seminole

Arthur P. LeFever, Landsman, 19 Minnesota

Michael C. Long, G. M., 2d Class, 28 Wyandotte

Oliver W. Malm, Seaman, 25 Minnesota

George R. Martin, Ord. Seaman, 19 Minnesota

Ralph W. McCreary, B. M., 1st Class, 22 Wyandotte

J. Ward McManus, Seaman, 23 Minnesota

Louis F. Middlebrook, Ens’n, U. S. N., 32 Enquirer

Guy P. Miller, Seaman, 23 Minnesota

Hugh I. Miller, Seaman, 25 Minnesota

James H. Morgan, Q. M., 1st Class, 23 Seminole

Victor F. Morgan, Seaman, 18 Minnesota

Shiras Morris, Coxswain, 23 Wyandotte

Linwood K. Moses, Landsman, 20 Minnesota

Carl C. Nielson, Wardroom Steward, 25 Seminole

Edward J. Noble, Ordinary Seaman, 23 Minnesota

Edwin T. Northam, Seaman, 23 Minnesota

Robert C. Northam, G. M., 2d Class, 25 Minnesota

Harry Y. Nutter, Seaman, 26 Minnesota

Lauriston F. L. Pynchon, Seaman, 26 Minnesota

Judson B. Root, Ordinary Seaman, 22 Minnesota

Harrison Sanford, Ordinary Seaman, 21 Wyandotte

Charles C. Saunders, Seaman, 22 Minnesota

Felton Parker, Lieutenant, U. S. N., 38 Huntress

Lyman Root, Ensign, U. S. N., 29 Elfrida

Otto M. Schwerdtfeger, Landsman, 22 Minnesota

Albert W. Scoville, Jr., Seaman, 21 East Boston

Lester H. Scoville, Ordinary Seaman, 20 East Boston

William H. Scrivener, Seaman, 21 Minnesota

Frederic A. Seaver, Landsman, 34 Minnesota

Freeman P. Seymour, Ord. Seaman, 34 Minnesota

Forrest Shepherd, Seaman, 28 Wyandotte

Herbert E. Storrs, Seaman, 19 East Boston

24Morton C. Talcott, Landsman, 20 Minnesota

George H. Tinkham, Landsman, 22 Wyandotte

William C. Tregoning, Seaman, 22 Seminole

John F. Twardoks, Landsman, 21 Minnesota

Jonathan K. Uhler, Seaman, 24 Minnesota

James D. Wells, Seaman, 23 Minnesota

Richard B. Wells, Coxswain, 29 Seminole

Alanson H. Wightman, Q. M., 1st Cl., 26 Seminole

George E. Wilcox, Ord. Seaman, 21 Minnesota

Louis B. Wilson, B. M., 1st Class, 26 Seminole

Frank L. Young, Cabin Steward, 19 Wyandotte

DIVISION BOAT RACE IN BOSTON HARBOR

From Niantic the division went to the receiving ship Minnesota at the Congress Street slip in the Charlestown Navy Yard. At one time and another officers were detailed and men were drafted to vessels of the “Mosquito fleet,” and these were scattered all the way down the coast to Key West and the Havana Blockade, Ensign Cuntz on the Sylvia having the good fortune to see the Morro.

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