The evening times., 1898-07-08
LIEUTENANT YOUNG.
The Accomplished Commander OF
the Auxiliary Gunboat Hist.

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Lieutenant Lucien Young of the auxil-
| larry gunboat Hist. which took such a
prominent part in the battle off Manza-
| milo last week. is a Kentuckian by birth
and is reckoned among the most accom-
plished and able of the young officers OF
the United States navy.
Besides having already made a name for
himself as a naval officer. he has also
acquired some distinction as an author in
the world Of literature. He Is the author
of a standard work on navigation, "A
Cruise to the Hawaiian Islands, "A Trip
I to the North Pole in a Submarine Boat
| and other publications which have been
| well received by the reading public. He is
also an orator of no mean degree. and
while attached to the Boston in 1891 at
Honolulu made his famous Fourth of
July oration. and a few years later made
the decoration address at Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. Lieutenant Young is the
youngest of two sons of Mr.. r. b. and
Jane E. Young. of Kentucky. His BROTH
er. DR.. y. F. Young. is now a practicing
physician in Lexington, Ky. He was born
on March 81. 1852. and commenced his mil
itary career in 1862 as a marker for a COM
pany of State militia. which afterwar rd
became the famous Morgan Cavalry in the
late rebellion.
In 1896 he married Mrs. Kirkpatrick. of
this city. and soon after she accompa MED
him on his cruise to the East. Mrs. Young
was seen last evening, but she had no
news from her husband later than what
has come through. the official dispatches
She received a letter from the lieutenant
dated June &c. which referred in a very
touching manner to the death of Captain
Hamilton Fish and others who fell before
Santiago.
He was appointed to the Naval Aca-
denny as midshipman from the First Con-
gressional district of Kentucky upon the
recommendation Of the Hon. J. Proctor
Knott. June q, 1869. Served on board
the practice ships Dale. Savannah, and
Constellation: graduated May 81. 1873:
July q, 1873, ordered to the Alaska. fit
ting out at New York. and which soon
Joined the European station. Special
orders from the Commanding officer Of the
Alaska. and the admiral commanding the
squadron. and general from the Secre-
tary Of the Navy. were published COM
in jumping overheard while underway at
sea and saving the life of a seaman who
had been knocked overheard. For this
act also a gold medal of the first class
was awarded by the New York Benevo-
lent and Life Saving Institution. and
framed certificate from the Humane So
ciety of Massachusetts. 1t was on this
cruise in European waters that he man.
aged to rescue two men, one woman and
three children from a Portuguese polucca
that was capsized in a gale of the mouth
of the Tagus River. For this act of hero
ism the King of Portugal offered the tend
er OF a decoration, which was declined
Detached from the Alaska. August 5, 1873,
at Lisbon, and ordered to the Hartford,
and on the 18th of October. 1873. was de-
tached from the Hartford at Fort Mon
roe and ordered to an examination for
promotion. Commissioned as an ensign
July 16. 1874: ordered to the Powhattan,
North Atlantic station. December 10. 1875;
detached from the Powhattan. February
%. 1876. and ordered to the Huron: ship
wrecked in the latter vessel of Nags
Head. N. c., November "a. 1877. For con-
duct on this occasion received letter of
thanks from the Secretary Of the Navy;
gold medal OF the Iirst class under act Of
Congress. from the Life Saving Service
Of the United States; sword from the
State Of Kentucky, by special resolutions.
Made an honorary member of the legis-