The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

poetry, as did his brother Rowan. now
dead. The Stevenses have a curious com
bination of the fighting sailor and the
poet in their composition. When the
war with Spain broke out the present
admiral was captain OF the yard at Nor
folk. He was sent cut to the Philippines
after Dewey's victory. and after seeing
service ahoat about and among the ISL
ands was made naval commandant at
Manila, where he was on duty until his
promotion and retirement a short time
ago.
The celebrated Breckenridge family. OF
Kentucky. IS a service family TO the ex-
tent Of generally keeping a representative
IN both the army and navy Lieut.. II. 3.
Breckenridge distinguished himself in the
War of 1872 by his defense OF Craney
Island. near Norfolk, and before that
there were Brecknridges fighting In the
War Of the Revolution. In the army. In
spector General Breckenridge became well
known I'm recent years. and there Is also
a Lieut.. Ethelbert L. d. Breckenridge, Of
the Tenth Infantry. James c. Breckin-
ridge Is Cor was a few years agol) an
officer Of the Marine Corps, and Lieut..
Castleman. OF the navy, Is a nephew of
the late Judge Brecldnrldge. Of St. Louis
Take up an old army and navy list of
the past years and you will be sure to
find the name Of Breckenridge IN II, no
matter what the vintage OF the list.
Inspector General Breckinridge was a
young man when the civil war broke out.
He chose the side Of the North and went
into the volunteers as a lieutenant He
was transferred shortly 10 the regular
establishment, becoming a second lieut.
i ..n L
and so distinguished himself in the bat
ties about Atlanta that he received the
| brevet Of captain. When the war was
over he was brevetted major "for gallant
and meritorious services during the war"
| When the Spanish war came on Breckin-
| ridge was a brigadier general and in
| spectOr general He was made a major
general OF volunteers and went 20 the
/ front. At one time, when the American
army lay before Santiago and Gen. Joseph
| Wheeler was III, there was plan to give
| Breckinridge an active command COM
mensurate with his rank But before It
was decided to give Gen. Breckenridge
/ Gen. Wheeler's command "Old joe" with
\ the wonderful pluck and vitality which
always permeated his meager frame, re-
/ covered, and Breckenridge continued his
! Inspector generals duties. He was many
]
under him I'm the fights for Santiago.
WnshingtOns Also Naval Men.
Another name more august even than
| Breckenridge is seldom absent from the
army or navy lists. II is the name Of
/ Washington. The army and navy career
/ OF the Washington Family seems to have
begun on this side of the water when
/ Coo~ga Uaebfno+op'g br,tbo- ,,,-r~,, a.
| got his commission In the British navy
and went with Admiral Vernon to fight
at Cartagena. George took more to the
army than the navy-with what results
II is hardly necessary to say But from
the days of the Revolution until now the
name of Washington appears again and
again in naval and military lists
II Is the Washingtons collaterally re-
lated to the immortal George OF course,
who now represent the family In the serv-
ices Some few years ago Paymaster
Washington, OF the navy, represented the
family. Now the best known representa-
tive OF it in the service Is Lieut.. Com
mander Thomas Washington. The list
also shows a Lieut. Pope Washington.
Lieut. Commander Thomas Washington.
after graduating from the Naval Acad-
emy began his nautical career as an Of
ficer OF the Coast Survey. Then he was
on duty in Washington, and then he went
20 sea again. In the Spanish war he saw
service with the feet and took part in
the battle Of Santiago. He now is COM
manding the government yacht Dolphin
Lieut.. Pope Washington comes of the
North Carolina branch OF the Washing
tons. He entered the service in 1892. anC
during the Spanish war was an officer
OF the gunboat Yorktown.
Guthrie is another name which Is sell
dom absent from either the army or navy
, list. Passed Assistant Surgeon J, A