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eago.
Moe. Orwell ~. apprentice faecont
elaHs) residence Butte. Mont kin
A G. Moe. Butte.
Tho following names appear IN the
dispatch. but do not correspond Will
tho records Of the bureau.
J X Peterson. ". ] HoFard. II. q
Cherbhrth and II. ] MallignH.
Nearly all the dead officers were
young men.
Lieut. william G. Davidson Was d
native Of Indiana. and was appoint
ed midahtpmnn from South pnko.
tn. September q. 1891. lie wa
graduated from the naval academy
IN 1886 and assigned TO the Olympia
lie WAS promoted To ensign IN 1887
and 10 lieutenant 0unlor gradel
July 1. 1909. lie was assigned q
oud elaHsl. residence Hope. Ark. kin,
/ Thomas ". OHstter Hope.
! RoWLASDB. FRANK r. eieciri.
clan tseoond claasl residence. II
/ Louis: KIN. John Howiunda. father.
] Cleveland.
! ROCHE. JOHN NJ. landamnn. reel
denes New York. hin. Michael Roche.
+ father. County Kerry. ireland.
TOBiN. ROBERT 6. ordinary sea
/ man residence. Roscoe. Pa. kin. 7.
/ \ Toblu, father Roneoe.
/ RtELEN. KEARNEY J. ordinary
seaman. residence. Dallas. Tex, hln'
/ Kearnsy J Kivisn. father. Dallas
KENNEDY JOSEPH ,. ordinary
seaman residence. Waco. Tex. Kin.
William Kennedy. father. Poyo. Tenn.
/ HtONOPouLOH JEHREMpS. cox
] IA
/ hin. Msu Jsfrmon iilozppoulos. vile.
| raKu Greece.
BRAUN. PETER JOSEPH. chief
/ gun captain. residence New York kin.
I Hose Gross. mother. Cleveland.
MEYER CHARLES HENRY. ordi-
/ nary seaman; residence. Oshkosh.
[ Wis hin. Louisa Meyer. mother. osh-
[ koch.
SMITH AUGUST. gunner's mats
| Second class: residence. New York.
claimed to have no relatives.
| RICE. CHARLES. ordinary seaman.
rrridsnce. Boston: hin. Anita Zsiigor.
n,epmother Ssis Mission street. San
/ Francisco.
SOBER WESTON. seaman; rsai
dcnce New York. kin. Erie Solder.
father Jcfla. Sweden.
GtifFMAS, ". l., private marine,
no data At navy department
Wounded. not expected % live
nohaslly. John Thomas Joseph. or
the Missouri Nhsn she went into
commission and was serving az a
turrct officer at the time OF his
death.
Lieut.. Ernest A. weichsrt Junlor
xrade) vas attached TO the Clevs-
land. and IL il assumed at the navy
department that he was aboard the
Missouri at the time Of the disaster
az an umpire during target practice.
lie was a native OF Connecticut. and
was appointed 70 the naval academy
from that state Sept. 6. 1885. lie
SERVED az different times ON the
Massachusetts,. Hafblshsnd. GloueeE-
ter. Helena and other vessels lie
returned 10 the United States In
December last from a tour IN Asiatic
waters.
SON OF CAPT. 0RIDLEY.
Lieut.. 0ridiey was a son Of the
tate Capt. Gridley. who commanded
the flagship OF Admiral Dewey =
squadron when he sailed into Ma
niln bay and fought the spanish
ahipa lie was marine officer on
the Missouri lie was appointed TO
the marine corps March &c. 1900.
from Pennsylvania. his native state
MdHhlpman Thomas ward jr. Was
son OF Gen. Thomas Ward. who
recently retired from the active list
In the adjutant generals corps I'm
the United states army. He was APP
pointed to the naval academy May
=. 1888. from New York. IN which
state he WAS born. lie completed n
four years course at the academy
last year ana was assigned In COM
mission to serve his allotted two
years AZ sea after graduation.
Mldshipman W. r. Neumann en-
tered the academy al Annapolis from
California September ie. 1922, aud
was graduated last year. when he
began q two-yearH' service. at sea.
lie was native Of California. His
mother r. living at Honolulu. The
young officer was assigned 20 the
Missouri In February.
HER FIRST PRACTICE
The Missouri IL the latest Of the
hattleships 20 go into commission.
The flag was hoisted on her IN De-
cetnber last AZ Norfolk by Capt
Cowlca she coillded with the illl-
nois OF Pensacola a few weeks ago
and has had very little firing with
her big guns. In fact. the nine or ten
rounds which had been fired from
each big gun was In the course OF
official trials and she IL now going
through her first regular target
practice.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
with only the brief dispatch from
Admiral Barker telling how the ac-
cldent occurred. all the officials Of
the department. from Secretary
Moody down. hesitate 10 attempt an
explanation OF ~. The fact. howev-
or. that three rounds had been fired
and another shell had been sealed
and two sections OF powder rammed
/ home when the explosion occurred,
/ In the opinion OF an official OF the
I department. would lead TO an infer
euce that the accident might have
been caused by some powder from
the previous charge which remained
I In tho gun when the third charge
was put In.
TURRET Is noTTOMLESS.
The smokeless powder Is put into
the 12-lneh gun In three sections.
each bag or section weighing 100
pounds. Some officers say that the
turrets OF the Missouri had no bot
toms. and express the opinion that
after this accident the turrets OF oil
batilcahips win ho equipped With
bottoms for the protection of tho