The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-19

the Spanish force, consisting Of
eighty soldiers, three officers and two
priests, which were surrounded bv
400 insurgents. Some of the insur-
gents were armed with Mauser rifles.
With landing party Lieutenant J.
c. Gilmore was ambushed, fired upon
and captured. The fate Of the prison.
ers is unknown as the insurgents re-
fused to communicate afterwara. The
following are missing besides the Off
Ger previously referred to:
Chief Quartermaster w. Walton.
Cockswain j. Ellsworth.
Gunner's Mate Edward j. Nygard.
Sailmaker's Mate Vandoit.
seamen W. H. Rynder and o. W.
Woodbury..
Apprentices D. G. A. venville and
Albert Peterson.
Ordinary Seamen S. BrisoIese and
o. B. Mcdonald.
Landsmen L. P. Edwards, F. An
derson, J. Dillon and C. H. Morrissev
DEWEY.
IL NAopclCIl caused mIlch excite
ment in naval circles as soon as its con-
tents became known. It was received
late in the day, and considerable de-
lay was occasioned by the blindness Of
some of the cipher words. 1t was i'm
possible to completely decipher it, but
the general sense of it was plain.
Lieutenant Gilmore, the officer re-
ferred to as captured is well known in
Washington, having been stationed
here for some time, and his wife and
family live here He was born in Phila
delphta July TO- 1854, and was appointed
naval cadet from Arizona in Septem-
Der, 1871. He reached his present grade
of lieutenant in 1891. His main service
has been on the MOnongahela. Marion.
Bancroft, Vesuvius and Machias. be-
sides considerable service on the naval
boards. Just a year ago he reported to
the st. Paul, then commissioned an
auxiliary cruiser, and served on that
vessel under Captain Sigsbee through
out the war. On January IA last he
was ordered to the hospital ship So
lace, which was about to sail for Ma
Mia, and on arrival there was assigned
by Admiral Dewey to the Yorktown.
The others mentioned in the admirals
dispatch are shown by the naval rec
ords as follows:
William Walton, chief quartermaster.
enlisted at CheefOo, China; born at Man
helm, Germany. Relatives none.
John Ellsworth, cockswain, entered at
Mare Island, California; born at Ports
mouth N. H. No relatives
Lyman Paul Edwards, landsman, enlist
ed at Mare Island; born in Peru, Ind.
Ii, d u
leo, Ind.
John Dillon. landsman, enlisted at Hon
olulu; born at Gateway, Ireland. Next of
kin George Cavener, Honolulu.
Paul Vandoit, sailmaker's mate. enlisted
at Mare Island, California: born in
France, Next of kin P. Vandoit, father,
San Luis Obispo, Cal
Charles Herbert Morrssey, landsman,
enlisted at Mare Island, California; born
at Columbus, Nebr. Next of kin Mrs J.
c. Morrissey, Lincoln, Nebr.
Ora B. Mcdonald, ordinary seaman, en-
listed at Mare Island, California; born at
Carmel Valley. California. Next of kin
P. Mcdonald, father, Monterey, Cal.
William H. Rynder, cockswain, enlisted
at Mare Island, California; born at Am
sterdam. Holland. Next Of kin Mrs. M
II. Nyhouse, cousin, 500 Connecticut
street, San Francisco.
Silvio Brisolese. Iandsman, enlisted at
San Francisco; born at San Francisco.
Next of kin NocOlo BrisoIese, father 2247
Mission street San Francisco.
Albert Peterson. apprentice, third class,
enlisted at San Francisco; born at Oak
land; next of kin Louis Peterson. 1915
Third street, Oakland Cal.
Orrison Welch Woodbury., seaman en-
listed at Gloucester, Mass; born at Lynn,
Mass; next of kin John c. Woodbury.
father, 143 Maple street, Lynn Mass.
Densell George Arthur Venville. appren-
tice second class enlisted at Mare ISL
and. Cal; born at Dudley, England; next
Of kin E. Marsh, Selwood, Oregon.
Fred Anderson, landsman, enlisted at
New York; born at Buffalo, n. Y: next
of kin Christiana Anderson, mother, 256
Bristol street, Buffalo. N. Y.
Edward j. Nygard. gunners mate third
class. enlisted at New York: born at
Warsaw, Russia; next of kin Sophia Nv
gard wife, 1851 Atlantic avenue Brook
lyn, n. Y.
The misfortune was felt with added
keenness, as the navy has prided itself
thus far on immunity from reverses.