The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-10
THE AMERICAN WOUNDED.


Washington. May S.-The New York
Herald furnishes the following list or
officers and men Of the Baltimore.
Wounde in the engagement with the
Spanish fleet and the forts Of Cayitc
last Sunday.
Unfortunately for the historian. the
records of the Navy Department 40 not
afford much data aS to the character
Of the officers and men Of the Cnited
States Navy. Thus it * not possible II
secure from official sources any informa-
ton az 10 the present qualities or pccu-
l%iarities of the men.
The facts disclosed by the record as
70 these men are about aS follows:
Lieutenant Frank Woodruff Kcllog.
was born i'll Waterbury. Conn. July %.
1871. He was appointed Il cadet mid
>hipman and graduated from the Naval
Academy in 1881. His first service WAS
on the Portsmouth in January. $50. He
became Il lieutenant junior grade Nav
>. 1892. April 3. 1896. ne received hi~
commission aS full lieutenant and was
attached 10 the Marion two months la
Ter. He was ordered to the baltimore
February II. 1897, and was serving UNI
der that order during the engagement
Of last Saturday.
Ensign Noble Edward Irwin is a tvpi-
'di AOtulS ttH HAY al officer. OF
stalwart build and full of daring. tenn
pered with cool judgment. He is very
popular in Washington. where he onI>
recently served in the Navigation Blu
reau as one of Admiral Ramsay's assis-
tantS. He was born in Greenfield. Ohio.
September %. 1869. While Il cadet h.
made Il cruise on the San Francisco in
1893. and graduated as Il midShipman in
June. the same year. He received his
appointment rs ensign July LIST. 1893.
was imediatcly attached to the Newark.
Last August he made Il trip through thu
west as far rs Detroit. recruiting sail
ors for the navy. and it 50 happened that
some Of the men enlisted by him on that
trip were among the injured in the bat
tie Of Manila. He left Washington
March 4. last. going directly to the Bal
timorc. which was then about to starr
from Honolulu to join Dewey's fleet
with the supply Of ammunition brought
by the MOnocacy from San Francisco,
which was 50 welcome to the Americas
fleet.
Michael John B%uddenger is one of the
coxswains of the Baltimore. He was
born at ManitowOc. Wis. and is Il ma
tive American.
Robert L. Barlow. is a landsman OF
the Baltimore. enlisting August 10th
1897 III Chicago. He is - years of age
and was born at Barlow. Miss.
Richard Z. Covert, ordinary seaman
on the Baltimore. was enlisted at Mil
waukee. Wis. August 2Sth last. II,
was born in Racine, Wis, 20 years ago
VIM. O'Keeke, enlisted May
10th. 1896, and he also is one of the
BaltimOre'S coXswains to which ship he
was transferred from the Philadelphi;
at San Francisco. He is 80 years Of age
was born at Newark. \. j.
Rosario Ricciardelli. as his name in
dicates, was born in Italy, 81 years ago
in the city OF MeSsina, but he is a natu
rallied citizen. and is now Il seaman OF
the Baltimore. He was enlisted Marcel
31st, 1886.
Edward SnelgrOve was born in Ellens
burg. Washington, % years ago, anc
enlisted December 4. 1895 on the Phila
delphia. He is also a CoXswain and wa
transferred to the Baltimore at Mare
Island last fall.
From Admiral Dewey's statement
taken in connection with the press re
ports, the officials of the Navy Depart
mcnt are satisfied that none of these
officers or men are seriously injured
They gather from the accounts that the
explosion Of ammunition, which is sup
posed to have caused most of the in
jurieS. was confined to one small boz
or chest of the fixed ammunition that Is
put w for the six FOUNDER gun anc
is cleared for action.