The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-09
NAMES 10
CONJURE WITH.
REMARKABLE FERMENTATION OF
The NAMES OF NAVAL HE.
HOES IN He U. s. NAVY.
(By Willard Homan.)

emit duty Of the $500 warrant and
commissioned officers Of the navy
shows that some of the most famous
names in the annals Of the United
states Navy are still to be found on
the active list Of this department.
Many Of the ships Of war that will
come to the jamestown Exposition to
be held at Hampton Roads near Nor.
folk, Virginia in 1907 will have among
their oficers men bearing these IA
nous names. Many Of the owners
Of these celebrated patronymics are
either. direct descendants Of the men
who first made the names famous or
else relatives through collateral de-
scent. Some of the bearers Of the
famous names are no relation to the
men who have made those names IA
nous. Others have gained their chief
claims to fame in other military ser.
vice than that of the United States.
1t is none the less interesting, how.
ever, to notice how many brakes ard
Nelson's there are among tho officers
of Uncle Sans Navy.
The first name which has already
been big in public fame TO appear on
this loIg .oll of nono' is that ii I'm.
sign w. David Worth Bagley, who is
a brother Of Worth Baglev who was
killed on the decks of the torpedo boat
Winslow while bravely fighting in
the harbor of Cardenas, Cuba, during
the Spanish American War. Ensign
Bagley is now attached 10 the Gunboat
Concord.
A few names below on the list on
the naval register is the name Of Mid
shipman Arthur Barney who bears a
name made famous by gallant Amer
lean seaman in the war OF 1872 There
are three Barrys still keeping on the
/ naval list another name made famous
in the same war
still farther down the list is III"
nome Of Augustine Toutaat Beaur: gard
I, relative Of Lhs General Beaurcgard
who attained fame on the Confederate
side in the Civil War. lie is mem.
Der Of the first class at the Naval
Academy ard halls from TEXAS. The
name of Commodore Belknap who was
prominent in the troubles IN which
the United STATES wds involved for
many years along the Asiatic coast is
sail borne on the rolls Of the navy
by Reginald R, Belknap, Lieutenant
Commander and James L. Bellnap an
Assistant Surgeon.
= The name Of Commodore Biddle, an
other hero of the war of 1912, is still
carried in the United States Navy by
William P. Blddle. colonel on the
Marine Corps and Clement D. Biddle,
surgeon. Blakely's fame is recalled
by Lieutenant John R.. Y. Blakely,
Ensign Charles A. BlakeIy and Boat
swain Frank D. Blakely.
The American fame Of the Capron
family attained in the Spanish Amerl.
can War is recalled by the name of
Midshipman Webster A. Capron who
recently resigned from the navy.
There are seventeen officers bearing
the name of Davis SO the naval fame
of Davis is reasonably secure. Below
the name Of Davis appears in alpha
betical order the name Of Leonard j.
De Ryder, which althoughI spelled
differently recalls the gallant Dutch
Admiral who swept the British from
the narrow seas Of the British Chan
mel, Below his name appears that
Of one Of the most gallant sailors who
ever lived. There are four brakes in
the Navy Register. Thus the name
of the man the Spanish branded as a
pirate and whom good Queen Dess
said was a man after her own heart
Is well represented in what Fred 7.
Jane ranks as the second greatest
fighting navy in the world. The name
Of Fremont the Pathfinder o; the
Rockies is commemorated by that of
Commander. John C. Fremont, his son
and Lieutenant John c. Fremont, Jr.
his grandson. That Of Commander
Foote, famous for his operations along
the Mississippi river during the Civil
War is recalled by Percy W. Foote, an
Ensign now attached to the Cruiser
Baltimore.
Paymaster McGill R. Goldborough's
name recalls that of the Commodore
who was active in the operations OF
the Federal Fleet along the Southern
Atlantic coast during the Civil War.
The name Of Commodore Hull who
whipped the British ship Guerrierre
in the war of 1912 is recalled by that
OF Harry F. Hull, an Assistant Sur.
1seon and Leroy c. Hull, a gunner.
he name Of Commodore Lawrence is
still recalled by Willis L. Lawrence, a
mldshipman of the first class at the
Naval Academy,
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