The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-07
Forty "Jackies" From
the Olympia Here.
WERE ALL IN THE BATTLE
FOUGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY
ON THE FLAGSHIP.
The Convoy Experienced an Unevent-
full Voyage From Manila and
Made Better Time Than on
the Trip Out.

The United States ship Nero reached
port last evening, having on board forty
marines. All of these participated in the
battle on the 1st of May last, serving on
Dewey's flagship, the Olympia.
The Nero made the passage from Ma
Mia in thirty-seven days, experiencing
a rather uneventful voyage. The time is
considered very good for the vessel, for
she is not very speedy. When the war
broke out the Nero was an English col
Her and was called the Westgate. She
was purchased by the Government and
after unloading cargo of coal here was
turned over to the United States. She
acted as a convoy for the Monadnock
when the latter was sent to Manila and
made an unenviable record for herself
in that she was not able to keep up with
the war vessel.
On the trip from Manila the Nero en-
countered the tail end of a typhoen and
a monsoon, but sustained no damage. The
officers in charge of the ship are: Com
mander, Charles Belknap; leutenants-
w. l.. Howard, S. E. Woodwork, f. E.
Swanstrom and F. r. Wall; assistant en-
gineers-C. b. Forgham, r. M. Wilkins,
and j. l.. Smith; and Assistant Surgeon
c. NJ. Burr. All of these were aboard the
ship when she went to Manila with the
exception of Lieutenant Howard, who was
stationed on the Boston during the en-
Nero will go to Mare Island to-day.
The "Jackies' aboard the Nero are all
discharged, their time having expired.
Most of them have served nearly a year
beyond the time which they originally
enlisted. AT the outbreak of the war a
number of them were about to be dis
charged, but knowing that there was a
chance of seeing active service they re-
manned with their ship and. under COM
mand of Dewey helped to win the vic
tory from the Spaniards.
The boys will be paid within the next
three or four weeks and have arranged
as soon as they secure their money to give
themselves a banquet and theater party.
The names of the marines, with the sta
tons they held on the day of the battle,
follow:
ii. RANDOLPH, boatswain's mate,
first class, gun captain of the forward
six-pound gun on the superstructure
deck.
JOHN GABLE, armorer in charge of
the electrical firing apparatus and breech
MECHANISM of the main battery
THOMAS L. McKENNA, gunner of the
second class, engaged in taking soundings
with lead in the chains.
CHARLES ROSS, boatswain's mate,
second class, captain of siX-pound gun
No. 10, in the Wardroom aft.
ARTHUR A. CALLAHAN, quartermas-
ter, third class, charge of the one-pound
sG JOHN H the A. ma coI fGPi yeoman, in
the wardroom in charge of the ammuni
ton whip supplying six and one pound
j. B. TIsDALE, seaman. charge of
speaking tubes in the after passing room.
EVAN G. MORRIS. landsman, sta
toned at siX-pound gun No. 8 on the
berth deck.
]. NJ HUNTER, landsman, in charge
of five-inch gun No. in captains cabin.
JULIUS MASS, seaman, in charge Of
five-inch gun No. 3 of the main battery.
NJ. C. CHRISTENSEN, seaman. in
charge of five-inch gun No. of the main
battery.
GEORGE A. REEVES, landsman, look
out on the forward eight-inch turret.
w. DUNFEE, landsman, in charge of
five-inch gun No. 8 of the main battery.
]. SWEENEY, landsman, stationed aft
in the eight-inch turret.
]. B. ANDERSEN. captain of six
pound gun No. 5 on the berth deck.
w. PROCTOR, seaman stationed at
five-inch gun No. of the main battery.
B. MEYER, landsman, stationed at the
aft six and one pound magazine.
FRANK MAY, ships cook, stationed at
the five-inch ammunition hoist aft.
.FIREMEN-Frank Reynolds T. Muir
ply, Peter Flynn. M. c. Lord, L. H. Cur
tin. w. J. McNaff, Hugh McEIwee, F. w
Cummings, f. H. Converse and H.
Walker, and coalpassers Robert Clifford,
P. J. Peters, E. c. Nutcher ]. OMalley,
F. B. Johnson and William Anderson,
were stationed in the ffreroom.
OILERS-S. F. Higgins and z. Kreu-
ger, stationed In the forward eght-inch
turret