Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-09

Hurt.
Washington May S.-unfortunately
for the historian. the records OF the
Tavv Department do not AFFORD much
5.ta as 10 the character OF the officers
~n5 men of the United States navy.
Fer departmental purposes it sufiices
!, teeD an accurate account OF only
+ev of the facts connected with the
Ante IL appointment Of an officer or
..e enlistment of a sailor and col
lion of dates to indicate their pro-
s,-ss in the naval service. Thus it is
9ot ncssible to secure from official
.~nrcss any information as to the per-
anal qualities or peculiarities of the
man who are reported to have been
n.oundad on the Baltimore in the en-
sagement with the Spanish feet and
55r,s al Cayite. The facts disclosed by
,5e reeofd as to these men are about
as follows:
THE RECORDS.
ieut Frank Woodruff Kellogg was
torn in Waterbury, Conn, July rs,
XII He was appointed cabinet mid
sbinman directly by the Secretary OF
tho Navy, and graduated from the ma
val academy III 1881 His first SER
,.;oa was on the Portsmouth, in Janu-
sir 1882. and in August of that year
n, was attached to the coast survey
an the steamer Drift. He was made
m ensign. junior grade, March 3, 1888,
and a full ensign in 1884. April .,
i>4e he received his commission as
Ain lieutenant, and was attached to
the Marion two months later. He
ill., ordered to the Baltimore February
n 1881. and was serving under that
order during the engagement OF last
Sunday.
Ensign Bole Edward Irwin is typi-
cal Young American naval officer or
sfalwart build and full of daring, tenn
pered with cool Judgment. He was
1ery popular IN Washington, where he
only recently served in the navigation
bureau as one of Admiral Ramsay S
assistants He was born in Green
field. O., September %, 1869, and was
appointed in the navy from the
twelfth Congressional district by Hon.
J. J. Pugsley, September 20, 1887. Last
August he made a trip through the
West as far as Detroit, recruiting sail
ors for the navy, and it so happened
that some of the men enlisted by him
on that trip were
AMONG THE INJURED
in the battle of Manila. He left Wash
ington March last, going directly to
the Baltimore, which was then about
10 start for Honolulu to join Dewey's
feet with the supply Of ammunition
brought by the Monocacy from San
Francisco, which was so welcome 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 Island, October 20
last He enlisted in the navy August
II, last at Chicago. He was born at
Manitowoc, Wis, and is native Amer
lean.
Robert L. Barlow is landsman on
the Baltimore, enlisting August 10.
1891 in Chicago. He was 25 years of
age, and was born at Barlow, Miss.
Richard P Covert, ordinary seaman
on the Baltimore, was enlisted at Mil
waukee, Wis, August 2S, last. He was
born at Racine, Wis, 20 years ago.
William O'Keefe, seaman, enlisted
May 20. 1896, and he also is one of the
Batimore's coxswains, 10 which ship
he was transferred from the Philadel-
phia at San Francisco. He is thirty
years old, was born at Newark. n. J.
Posalio Ricardelli, as his name indi-
Gates, was
BORN IN ITALY.
lwenty-four years ago in the city Of
Alessna but he is a naturalized citizen
and is now a seaman on the Baltimore.
He also was transferred from the Phil
adelDhia when she went out of COM
mission to the Baltimore. He was en-
listed March 81. 1895.
Edward Snelgrove was born in Ell
lensburg. Washington. twenty nine
Years ago and enlisted December 4,
1898. on the Philadelphia. He is also
q ecEsWain who was transferred to the
Baltimore at Mare Island last fall He
enlisted at Tacoma, and his father, w.
Snelgroye, 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
nent are satisfied that none of these Of
nceEs Oh men are seriously injured.
Ihey gather from the accounts that the
explosion Of ammunition. which is sup
posed TO have caused most of the in
Jlies, was confined TO one small box
OF chest of the fixed ammunition that
Is puJ up for the siX-pounder guns and
hept beside the gun whenever the ship
10 cleared for action.