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UNITED STATES WAR RECORD. 



service. This force was divided during the war, 

 most of it being on the receiving ship " Minnesota," 

 under United States naval officers. The battalion 

 was mustered out at Boston, in September, 1898. 

 Some of the officers of the Connecticut naval bat- 

 talion were placed on duty as commanders of sma.ll 

 boats in the United Stales navy for a short period. 



Florida. The Naval Militia of this State, which 

 at the outbreak of hostilities, numbered 24 ofiicers 

 and about 200 men, supplied 6 officers and 93 men 

 to the naval service. Of this number, 2 officers and 

 58 men served on auxiliary naval force vessels, and 

 4 officers and 35 men served in the Coast Signal 

 Service. 



Illinois. The Naval Militia of this State fur- 

 nished 19 officers and 709 men to the naval service. 

 All volunteered for the war and saw active service 

 in every field of naval operations on the Cuban and 

 Porto Riwin coasts. The majority of this number 

 were assigned as follow: "Accomac," 1 man; 

 " Alexander," 1 officer ; " Amphitrite," 2 men ; "An- 

 napolis," 8 men; "Bancroft," 6 men; " Cassius," 1 

 officer. 27 men ; " Cincinnati," CO men ; " Gushing," 

 3 men ; " Detroit," 2 men ; " Dorothea," 3 men ; 

 " Fern," 1 officer, 8 men : " Foote," 2 men ; " Frank- 

 lin," 1 officer and 18 men : " Harvard," 57 men ; 

 " Hawk," 2 men ; " Hector," 21 men ; " Indiana," 

 17 men ; " Kanawha," 1 officer; "Lancaster," 4 

 officers and 46 men ; " Lebanon," 3 men ; " Ley- 

 den," 1 officer and 4 men ; " Mangrove," 1 man ; 

 " Maple," 9 men ; " Marietta," 16 men ; " Massa- 

 chusetts," 1 man : " Montgomery," 20 men ; " Nash- 

 ville," 12 men ; " Newark," 17 men ; " New Orleans," 

 3 men ; " Newport," 26 men : " Niagara," 4 men ; 

 " Oregon," 60 men ; " Osceola," 1 man ; " Peoria," 1 

 man ; " Puritan," 6 men ; " Resolute," 2 men ; 

 " Rodgers," 1 man ; " San Francisco," 8 men : 

 " Saturn," 1 man ; " Scorpion," 1 officer ; " Siren," 

 1 officer ; " Solace," 1 man ; " Southery," 1 officer 

 and 9 men; "Sterling," 2 officers; "Stranger," 1 

 officer; "Suwanee," 4 men; "Tecumseh," 1 man; 

 "Terror," 9 men ; " Texas," 1 officer; " Vicksburg," 

 8 men; "Viking," 2 men; "Vulcan." 1 man; 

 "Wasp," 3 men; "Wilmington," 13 men: "Win- 

 slow," 2 men ; " Wompatuck," 5 men ; "Yale," 84 

 men ; " Yankton." 1 officer and 39 men. 



Louisiana. The Naval Militia of this State fur- 

 nished a total of 19 officers and 214 enlisted men to 

 the navy. In addition to this number about 200 

 men were recruited by the State authorities after 

 the outbreak of hostilities, but were not taken into 

 the regular service, enlistment in which had been 

 stopped. Of the above number supplied to the 

 service, 10 officers and 94 enlisted men were detailed 

 to the United States steamer " Passaic," 7 officers 

 and 97 men to the United States auxiliary naval 

 force and at the Pensacola Navy Yard, and 2 officers 

 and 23 men to the Coast Signal Service. Of this 

 detail to the Pensacola Navy Yard. 35 were sent to 

 the receiving ship " Lancaster" at Key West and 

 afterward distributed to the ships of the North At- 

 lantic fleet. In addition to the above naval militia- 

 men, 6 of the Louisiana battalion served in the 

 Revenue Marine Service. 20 served on army trans- 

 ports, 25 served in the various volunteer regiments 

 recruited in the State of Louisiana, 3 enlisted 

 in the Fifth United States Cavalry, 2 in the 

 Eighteenth United States Infantry, and 2 in the 

 volunteer artillery. These last were men who 

 failed to get into the naval service, but were 

 anxious to serve their country in any capacity. 



Maryland. The Naval Militia of this SI at cat the 

 outbreak of the war consisted of 20 officers and :{,'() 

 men. and its commanding officer was authori/od 

 by the Governor to increase this number as occasion 

 demanded. The total muston-d into the United 

 States naval service was 24 officers and 425 petty 



officers and enlisted men, who were assigned as 

 follow: " Ajax," 2 officers and 55 men ; "Apache," 



Katahdin," 3 officers; "Lancaster," 25 

 " Minneapolis," 11 men ; " Restless," 6 men. 



Massachusetts. The Naval Militia of this State 

 supplied 38 officers and 384 men to the naval serv- 

 ice. Of this number, 7 officers and 138 men served 

 on the United States steamer "Prairie"; 20 offi- 

 cers served on the auxiliary naval force vessels 

 "Minnesota," " Lehigh," ' Catskill," "Governor 

 Russell," "East Boston," " Wyandotte," " liu-a," 

 and " Seminole" ; and 2 officers and 36 men served 

 in the Coast Signal Service. After the outbreak of 

 hostilities this organization was increased in accord- 

 ance with an act of the Legislature of Massachusetts 

 by 4 divisions, each containing 3 officers and 55 men. 



Michigan. The Naval Militia of this Stall'. 

 which at the beginning of the war consisted of IS 

 officers and 175 men, furnished 11 officers and 270 

 men to the naval service, all of whom served on the 

 United States steamer " Yosemite," many of this 

 number having joined the organization after the 

 commencement of hostilities. 



Sew Jersey. The Naval Militia of this State fur- 

 nished 34 officers and 373 men to the naval service. 

 Of this number 20 officers and 2(31 petty officers ami 

 men served on the United States steamer ' Badg- 

 er" and United States steamer "Resolute''; 9 

 officers and 74 petty officers and men in the auxil- 

 iary naval force on the United States steamer 

 " Montaok " ; and 1 officer and 19 petty officers and 

 men in the Coast Signal Service. 



-ZV'ez<> York. The Naval Militia of the State of 

 New York furnished 57 officers and 800 petty offi- 

 cers and men to the United States naval service. 

 The following statement will show, in detail, tin- 

 disposal of this force : 



North Carolina. The Naval Militia of this State 

 furnished 9 officers ami IS!) men to t he naval service. 



Pennsylvania. The Naval Militia of this State at 

 the outbreak of the war consisted of 19 officers and 

 252 petty officers and men ; 15 commissioned officers 

 and 84 petty officers and men were mustered into 

 the naval service; 2 men from the ranks passed 

 as officers and arc included in the 15. but arc not in- 

 cluded in the 19. The reason why such a small 

 number of men entered the service was that the 

 Government stopped enlisting after two or three 





