New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-13
NEwyORK DA1LY TRIBUNE THURSDAY Arr:1L 10 1899
ss,n IN 1900 while lieutenant Of the cruiser Tour.

Again in 1890 while lieutenant Of the cruiser Tour
malne In the West Indies. he received the bronze
medal OF the Royal Humane Society for rescuing
Roe. a frst-class petty officer. off Barbados. on
January g. 1890. The pinnace Of the Comus cap
sized In a regatta two miles or shore. and Lieu
tenant Freeman jumped from the picket-boat to
the rescue OF Roe water infested with sharks
Freeman was naval cadet In 1877, rose 10 mid
shipman October "a. 1879. and lieutenant October ~
1885, and reached his present rank June /. 1884, his
only superior officer the Tauranga, which he
Joined April l. 1897 was Captain Leslie Stuart.
Lieutenant Philip Van Horn Lansdale was the
son Of the late Medical Director Philip Lansdalc,
OF the Navy. and was born in Washington on Feb
ruary 5, 1855 He spent the early years Of his life
In Washington. making this city his home until his
appointment cadet midshipman to the Naval
Academy by President Grant. on June TO- 1873 He
graduated June s. 1915. standing near the
head OF his class He was commissioned ensign In
1884, lieutenant Junior grade In 1885, and attained the
full rank of lieutenant In 1893. He was attached 10
the Bureau OF Naval Intelligence for several years,
and while stationed here took prominent part In
all the social affairs OF the Army and Navy Club
and of the most attractive and entertain
ing men In Washington He served on the Philadel-
pha three years while that vessel was Admiral
eight years as o Vie He wss great social IA
vorite at Newport and Bar Har6or. and on that
low-ofilcers who among Themselves always re-
ferred to him by that name He was known as
carried silk hat to sea with him. To wear with
his civilian clothes when he went ashore at DIFF
ferent ports. Less than a year ago he was mar
ried in San Francisco, having been ATTACHED TO the
Philadelphia at that port and on the Pacinc sta
ton since June l5 1896 His cruise would have
been finished early this summer. His widow and
two brothers live I'm Philadelphia.
Ensign John r. Monaghan was native OF the
Pacific Coast, and was born in Washington on
March 6, 1866 He entered the Naval Academy
from that State ON September I, 1891. gradual,
ing with Ensgns Gherardi. Worth Bagey and
Breckinrdge in 1885 Breckenridge was lost be-
tween Key West and Havana, after the Maine
blown up Bagley the only naval officer
killed in the war with SPAN and Gherardi was
rewarded for conspicuous heroism In rescuing two
seamen who were washed overheard from the
Maine on her way south TO Havana. Monaghans
first cruise was In the Olympia but he left that
ship the Asiatic Station in March. 1897, to take
his examination for promotion to ensign. and on
July 90 1897 two weeks after he was commissioned
ensign. he Joined the Philadelphia; At the Naval
Academy he had the reputation of being one of the
most courag eous and intrepid men of his class.
Norman Edsa seaman, enlisted at Toledo. Ohio
His OF kin Is Bessie b. Edsa of Greenville
Mich. The next of kin OF Coxswain James Butler
Is Kate Butler. Of Springfield. County Dungarvan
Ireland