New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-14

Naval service ard many Of the officers OF the war
ships now in the harbor are expected 10 De present
Tho members Of the Brooklyn battalion are W
appear In white uniforms. while their oicelS WIN
wear the blue service dress Of the Navy Durine
Tho last week the men have undergone the phySis"i
examination required by law. On Monda! e'e''"e
they will sign enlistment papers and theh .he nv"
battalion will be formed for inspection by inc o"'
officials. ,,uo.sos to
This ceremony will be followed by addresses :"
tho resorves by General Tinghast, General hon-
man Captain Satteree Assistant secretary noo'e
welt Mavor Wurster and Brgadier-Geherai -h0'.''
The Brooklyn organization dates pack 10 Octoo..
1 1896 when the Naval Reserve Association 0! 'iie
State Of New-York called a meeting 10 ne heiu al
the Oxford Club In Brooklyn for OCTOBER T. io' ,'.e
nurnose OF promoting the organization OF pa.
TALON In Brooklyn. This work was intrus'ed u
committee composed OF x-Congressihai " Imam =,
Wallace Lieutenant Jerome T. Morse ana oa'"poe"
G Broun The following committee OF brook''"
citizens was appointed to complete the OF
,,on. General A c. Barnes. Colonel Edward Barr.
Charles G. Bennett George w. Brush. William
Berri Rear Admiral Daniel l.. Braine Wilham -
BRYANT Martin Berry. jr. r. j. Beach. ueoise w
Chauncey General c. 7. Christensen W. D.
Coomhs Norman S Dixie. II. c. Du VAL w. N
Dykman James w. Elwell. w. G. Ford Latham
Fish. w. A. Graham William Hester. Francis L.
Hine Commander Edward Hooker. Lieutenant.
Commander Socrates Hubbard, Murat hais'edu'
Charles w Ide General II. c. King, Coionei LOOMS
L. Iangdon, Charles H. Mallory, j. Rogers Max
well F. NJ Munroe, Charles A. Moore, GeheraI
James McIeer ST. Clair McKelway. Andrew Nc
Lean. James McKeen. A. E. Orr. w L. Ogden A.
A. Low John j. Pierrepont John M Rider a. N
ssoah 'so's scheren' benjamin F. Tracy G. W
Turner. Samuel SEAMAN Ilm1thGy l. WooSford
francis H. Wilson. DR.. George f. West. Franklin
Woodruff and silas B. butcher ouaon,,a,,or
which started off under the most encouraging aus
r., he wa
opened headuar,ers in The BrS SeKs ian ws es
R SsSed 70 f nave af the battalion
first of the year but owing 10 Inc as1hess ter az
e0snainr the winter in the south
Commander Church returned to Brooklyn. where
The Citizens Committee then took up the work *
cSarcS and several
lam H. Sayton. graduate Of the United states
NAVAL acaHs%x mhS a he SeworE
Eve years. was selected , ,,... .oo, ,,,,
the organization on its feet Recruits hocked to
the standard and in three weeks after he assumed
men required to be mustered into the service of the
sse II mght Of be s2nea heis and
maximum s5s. The BROOKLYN battalion will ,a
in making a better showing than any other new
battalion in the United States ,a,,auor ,o. a.
tracted wide attention as it puts the naval forces
Of the State of NewYork again In the LEAD n, Me
York force numbers only 40. The addition Of the
BROOKLYN battalion with two hundred VIII give
New-York State a force Of 6l0 men, There are
about FIVE thousand men in the naval militia OF
the country. and its Importance can De appreciates
when Il is known that there are only ABOUT zen
thousand men in the regulard Navy. Twenty-three
members Of the New-York battalion who are resi-
dents Of Brooklyn to be transferred to the
BROOKLYN battalion as soon as Its organization is
comp d. .,,
Win. m H. Stayton commander of the battalion
and a graduate of the Naval Academy. was for-
Navy and lieutenant commander Of the Fourth
Division. 1st Naval Battalion.
Robert =. Forshew lieutenant commander AMI
executive officer. is a graduate OF me Naval Acad-
envy. He formerly commanded the Third DIVISION
LIST Naval Battalion
Howard Patterson. lieutenant and navigator. is
principal OF the New-York Nautical College. and
author of Pattersons Naval Dictionary. He was
formerly professor Of naval science In Browne Col
lege and more recently commandant in the Haitian
] Adolph Molenhauer. lieutenant and paymaster
Is president of the Mollenhauer Sugar Refining
Company. He is yachtsman and member OF the
Dr. John c. McEvitt, lieutenant and surgeon. Is
a surgeon in ST. Marys Hospital. well known as a
gynecologist. and member Of the Atlantic Yacht
and Algonquin clubs.
master. was for three years In Company F. lst Con.
necticut Regiment. and for one year the non-
commissioned STAFF Of the 18th Regiment For eight
years he has been assistant superintendent OF the
Eeney Hospital
Division, graduated from the Naval Academy
in 1881. He spent two years in the Navy and three
years In the Coast Survey directing operations
along the coast.
Clinton L. Braine. ensign, is in command of the
@ b. Reid ensign commands the Third Division
Robert j. Beach. lieutenant and engineer officer
Is a graduate Of the Naval Academy