The Republican journal., 1913-02-06

and record of every officer who tim.
served can be had at the NAVY Denart.
ment in Washington; but that 81 Tho
men would be more difficult, for thew
shipped from every State in the un;on
and in many instances their Mailing mort
was not given, and it was a fad
among sailors 20 ship under All assumed
name, so that the names of all of them
and the ships in which they sailed. cannot
be fully ascertained. But from tho
records at the Navy Department and the
Pensionoffice they may be appropriated.
l will now give the name and rank
of the volunteers who thus served from
Waldo County and the adjoining counties.
Though the most of them are dead if ia
hoped that their relatives, seeing this
article, will join with me in an effort to
have the names of their ancestors be-
come matter of record. | have made an
effort to have a bill presented to the
present Legislature to that effect: but I
can do but little by myself. need the
aid of every one who served in thu navy
or had friends who thus served and
earnestly request those who NAV read
this article, and are interested. to write
me at once.
Fifty years from now the sons and
daughters of the Rebellion will he "a
popular as the sons and daughters of the
Revolution are today, and while those
whose ancestors who served in the armv
can readily be found, such is not the case
with those of us who served in the navy
as it now is, and by right our names and
our record should be found at the capital
of the State.
States are not great unless made so bv
men, and men are not great unless they
do and dare, and it seems fitting. emf
nently fitting. that those who DID and
dared Tor the honor and credit of the
State should have their names placed in
the archives of that State TO. the emula-
uon OF the generations that are to fol
low.
Below l give the names and rank of
those whom | knew that served as voun-
teer officers in the navy during the war
OF the Rebellion; but know little of their
record, not having served with them.
But do know that the records of some
of them are such that the State and the
Nation should be proud of. the Nation
having already acknowledged that fact:
Acting volunteer lieutenant. Fred F.
Nickels. Searsport.
| Acting masters, R. O. Patterson. Toll
ford Durham, Sumner Lothrop, j. 0.
johnson, Francis A. Russ, Ephraim f. Pen
dleton. al of Belfast
Acting ensigns, John Cousins. Jcseph
S. Thombs, e. S. Mcdonald and Harrison
Banks of Belfast, and acting masters
mate, Robert F. Russ of. Belfast.
Acting master, Loring Emerson of Or
land, native of Belfast
Acting master, R. B. Brown of Cas-
tine.
Acting ensign, Mark Ames of Lincoln
vile.
Acting volunteer lieutenant, Frank
Josselyn of Camden.
Acting masters, John and James Ma
COON, and acting ensign, Ed. Magoon of
Rock port
Acting masters, John and George Cab
els of Rockland, natives of Belfast.
Acting ensigns, A. E Butler and Jona-
thar Croker of Rockand
Acting volunteer lieutenants. C. A.
BouteIle, Thomas j. Woodland and Will
liam Flye of Lincoln county.
There are very many others whose
names do not recall. All of those men
toned from Waldo county are dead, with
the exception of Capt. E. S. Mcdonald.
Robert F. Russ and myself; and of the
nearly 400 who entered the navy | know
OF less than twenty who are now living.
All OF which is respectfully submitted.
J. O. JOHNSON.