The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-05-09
THE BALTIMORE's WOUNDED.
What the Records of the Navy Tell
About Them

what the hecOrus or the Navy 1eiA
About Them.
! WASHINGTON, May S.-Unfortu-
nately for the historian, the records Of
| the Navy Department do not afford
| much data as to the character of the
| officers and men of the United States
navy. For departmental purposes it
suffices to keep an accurate account of
only a few of the facts connected with
the date of appointment of an officer or
the enlistment of sailor, and a collec-
| ton of dates to indicate their prog
ress in the naval service. Thus it is
not possible to secure from official
sources any information as to the per-
sonal qualities or peculiarities of the
men who are reported to have been
wounded on the Baltimore in the en-
gagement with the Spanish fleet and
Fort Cavite. The facts disclosed by the
| record as to these men are about as
| follows:
| Lieutenant Frank Woodruff Kellogg
was born in Waterbury, Conn, July 26,
1897. He was appointed a cadet mid
| shipman directly by the Secretary of
the Navy, and graduated from the Ma
val Academy in 1881. His first service
was on the Portsmouth in January,
1882, and in August of that year he
| was attached to the Coast Survey on
the steamer Drift. He was made an
Ensign, junior grade March ), 1883,
and a full Ensign in 1884. In 1885 he
was attached to the Yantic, and in 1889
he came to Washington for service in
the Naval Observatory. Then, after a
| few months duty in the Bureau of
Equipment, he was ordered to the Rich
mond, and year later to the Mononfia-
hela. He became a Lieutenant, Junior
| grade, May >, 1892. He went to the
Pacific Coast January 10, 1893, and
| served a year on the San Francisco,
returning in 1894 to Washington and
going on duty at the Naval Observatory
and in the Washington navy yard. He
| took a course in the War College in
May, 1895. April g. 1896, he received
his commission as full Lieutenant, and
was attached to the Marion two months
later. He was ordered to the Balti-
more February IL, 1897, and was serv-
ing under that order during the en-
gagement of last Sunday
Ensign Noble Edward Irwin is a
! typical young American naval officer,
| of stalwart build and full of daring,
tempered with cool judgment He was
| born at Greenfield O., September 20,
1869, and appointed to the navy in
1887. While a cadet he made a cruise
on the San Francisco in 1893, and
| graduated as a midshipman in June the
| same year. He received his appoint
ment as Ensign July |, 1893, and was
! Immediately attached to the Newark.
He remained on duty in the South At
lantic station on that vessel, and on
| the Yantic and the Lancaster till
| March, 1896 when he came to Wash
| ington as an aide in the Navigation
! Bureau. Last August he made a trip
| through the West as far as Detroit, re-
cruiting sailors for the navy. 1t so
| happened that some of the men enlist
ed by him on that trip were among the
| injured in the battle of Manila, He
! left Washington March 4th last, going
| directly to the Baltimore, which was
| then about to start from Honolulu to
join Dewey's fleet with the supply of
ammunition brought by the Monocacy
from San Francisco, which was so well
come to the American fleet
Michael John Buddinger is one of the
coxswains of the Baltimore. being
transferred to that ship from the indie
pendence from Mare Ireland, October
Goth last He enlisted in the navy
August 18th at Chicago. He was born
at Manitowoc, Wis, and is a native
American. His next of kin is John
| M. Buddinger of 4S Dekalb street, Chi
cago
| Robert L. Barlow is a landsman on
the Baltimore, having enlisted August
| 10, 1897, in Chicago He is % years
old, and was born at Barlow, Miss,
/ where his next of kin lives in the per-
son of H H. Barlow.
Richard P. Covert, ordinary seaman,
on the Baltimore, was enlisted at Mil
waukee, Wis, August 18th last He
was born at Racine, Wis. He is 20 years
of age. and his next of kin is George
| Covert. 426 Wisconsin street, Racine.
! William O'keefe, seaman. enlisted
May 20, 1896, and he is also one of the
Baltimore coxswains, to which ship he
| was transferred from the Philadelphia
at San Francisco. He is 80 years old.
was born at Newark, N J., and his next
| of kin is a cousin, J. L. Leary PA
Brannan street, San Francisco.
| Rosario Ricciardelli was born in Italy
| twenty-four years ago in the city of
! Messina. but he is a naturaliZed citi-
zen. and is now seaman on the Balti-
more He was also transferred from
the Philadelphia when she went out of
| commission to the Baltimore He was
| enlisted March 81, 1896 and his next
| of kin is Francisco Ricciardelli, living
| in Palermo, Italy.
| Edward Snelgrove was born in Ellens-
| burg WASH twenty-nine years ago,
| and enlisted December 4. 1885 on the
! Philadelphia. He is also a coxswain
who was transferred to the Baltimore
/ at Mare Island last fall He enlisted
| at Tacoma. Wash, and his father, w.
Snelgrove, lives at a York place. Ia
| coma.
From Admiral Dewey's statement,
taken in connection with the press re-
ports. the officials of the Navy Depart
ment are satisfied that none of these
officers or men are seriously wounded.
They gather from the accounts that the
explosion of ammunition which is sup
posed to have caused most of the in
| iuries was confined to a small box or
chest of the fixed ammunition that is
| used for the six-pounder guns and kept
beside the gun whenever the ship is
cleared for action
| There are three times as many mus
4 he faii of ho