The evening times., 1898-07-01
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r. Hon. is retired captain in the Navy.
Ensign Arthur B. Hoff. the captains son.
is assistant to the United States naval
attache at London.
Two of admiral SIMPSONS daughters
married naval officers. Miss Margaret
married Lieut.. Roy Smith. who is on the
Indiana. and Miss katharine found a hus-
band in Ensign Richard H. Jackson. now
on the Foote. These daughters certainly
belong TO a naval family.
Capt. a. I. Mahan. the famous author
Of works upon naval warfare. has a
brother. Dennis II. Mahan, who is not so
famous. but who is 4 lieutenant in the
Navy just the same The father of both
of them. Dennis II. Mahan. ST.. was a
captain in the corps of engineers.
Robley d. Evans son. George T
Evans. was graduated from the Naval
Academy las. spring. and It is the unani-
nous verdict of his preceptors that he
is vsritabie chip of the old block
One of his classmates. by the way is a
Baltimore boy. Henry Williams Both
of these young men are on the Massa-
chusetts.
Ensign Yates Stirling. of the Dolphin,
is son of Capt. Ya.es Stirling of
Baltimore. who is member of the light
house board. Ensign c. F.. Preston. on
the Scorpion. is another Baltimore lad
"ho - d .tI UlHlSslI.
Apropos of the sons of COnfeiera: :e
officers serving valiantly in the United
States Army at the present day. there
are many of them. Ensign Powers
SyminGton. on the Eagle is a son of
Major w. Stuart Symington. of Balti-
more, who was gallant officer in the
Confederate army. Ensign Franklin
Buchanan Sullivan. Of Baltimore in the
Marblehead, is son of the famous Con-
federate sea warrior. Admiral Buchanan
And then there is Lieut.. Richmond
Pearson Hobson. who sank the Merrinaac
in Santiago harbor. and became famous
over the world. His father was James
NJ. Hobson. who fought under the stars
and bars throughout the war. His
grandfather Richmond NJ. Pearson was
for forty years chief justice of North
Carolina.
y most remarkable case of father and
son is that of the Selfridges-Thomas o..
ST.. and Thomas o., jr. Both are now re-
tired officers in the Navy. The father is
about ninety years old and the son about
sixty-two. and both hold the rank of rear
admiral. James R. Selfridge. a son of the
old admiral, is n lieutenant commander.
Rear Admiral Kimberly married Il sis
ter of Ensign William r. Cushman, show
ing that love looks not at relative rank
and the admirals son is a second-clas IS
man at Annapolis. who has Just been or
dered to the Cincinnati. His name is
Victor A. Kimberly. Rear Admiral Bel
knap, retired, has a son, r. r. Belknap.
who is an ensign on the Newport. and
Rear Admiral Andrew E. X. Benham's
son. Ensign II. X. Benham. is on the
Marietta. Captain T. F. Kane has a son
in the Marine Corps-Lieutenant T. p.
Kane.
1t is a good sign, this handing down a
desire to serve ones country, whether 1t
be inherited or not. 1t shows that the
American people are made of the right
sort of stuff, as they always have been,
and it shows that the material has not
been exhausted in the century during
which Americans have been building
and that the men who now pace the
decks of the ironclads or lead charges on
the battlefield will give a good account
of themselves. unless all good signs fail.