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; 334 YALE ALUMNI “WV see OY Nineteen Hundred L. S. W. L. Bevins, 1900 L.S., enlisted July 9, 1898, in Company L, First Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. Ranked as Sergeant. Stationed first at Fort Knox, Me., from there going to Camp Haven, Niantic, Conn., then to Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va., and finally returning to Camp Haven, Niantic. Shortly after the peace protocol was signed and while the regiment was still in Virginia, Col- onel Burdette gave his men an oppor- tunity to express their sentiments on the question of returning home. Com- pany L proved to be the only company in the regiment which was not desirous of going back, the ballot standing ninety-one negatives and only eight af- firmatives. Was taken ill with typhoid malaria at Camp Haven, Niantic, Conn., Sept. 10, and sent to the Hartford Hos- pital, from which he was discharged a week later. Mustered out of service at Hartford, Oct. 21, 1808. Paul; B. MacLane, “1900 L.S.,_ en- listed May 4, 1898, in Light Battery A, First Regiment Artillery, Connecticut Volunteers. Went into camp at Camp Haven, Niantic, Conn., May 7. Fur- loughed for thirty days Sept. 16. Mus- tered out of service at New Haven, Cian. (oct. 25, 150s. - Nineteen Hundred M. S. Frank A. O’Brien, i900 M.S., ° en- listed May 4, 1808, in Light Battery A, First Regiment Artillery, Connecticut Volunteers. Went into camp at Camp Haven, Niantic, Conn., May 7. Fur- loughed for thirty days Sept. 16, 1808. Mustered out of the service of the United States at New Haven, Oct. 25, 1808. Cyrus W. Field, 2d, 1900 M.S., was assigned April 22, to the U. S. S, Na- hant, third rate, from the First Naval Battalion, N. ei Nt PS Promoted April 28, 1898, from Bayman to Apothe- cary. Had entire medical charge from July 5, 1808, till Aug. 15. The Nahant was stationed off Tompkinsville, S. I., from May 2 till Aug. 22. Was. dis- charged from the Naval service of the United States Aug. 15, 1808. Previous to the war was a member of the First Naval Battalion, N. G. N. Y., April 20, 1808. E. F. Hamlin, 1900 M.S., enlisted in the Connecticut Naval Militia June 3, i808. Went into camp at Camp Haven, Niantic, Conn., June 7. Was ordered to Boston to the receiving ship Minne- sota June 15. Upon being promoted to Bayman was detailed to the Hospi- tal Department, having full charge of the department. Was promoted to First-class Bayman, Acting Assistant Surgeon with rating of Ensign; served as such until Aug. 25. Honorably dis- charged from the United States Navy Aug. 25, 1808. Nineteen Hundred One. John D. Bogart, roor, enlisted June 21, 18098, in Light Battery A, First Regiment Artillery, Connecticut Volun- teers. Went into camp at Niantic, Conn. Furloughed for thirty days Sept. 16, 1898. Mustered out of service at New Haven, Oct. 25, 1808. J. S. Eells, 1901, enlisted June 7, 1808, in the First Division, Connecticut Naval Battalion. Went to Camp Haven, Niantic, Conn., June 7, 1808. June 15, mustered into United States Auxiliary Navy, and sent to Boston to receiving ship U. S. S. Minnesota. Transferred to the U. S. S. Yosemite at Norfolk, Va., but peace was declared and he was sent back to the Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston. Honorably discharged from the United States service Aug. 25, 1808. William H. Hutchins, ro9o1, enlisted June 23, 1898, in Battery A, First Regi- ment Artillery, Connecticut Volunteers. Went into camn at Camp Haven, Nian- tic, Conn. Was furloughed for thirty days Sept. 16. Mustered out of service at New Haven, Conn., Oct., 25, 1808. Reuben H. Morley, toot, enlisted May 17, 1898, in Company K, First Regi- - ment, Connecticut Volunteers. Was encamped at Niantic, Conn., and later 4, Smith Premier Aser E OF ITS near Fort Preble, Me. He was trans- ferred from the First Connecticut to Company K, Thirty-Second Regiment, Michigan Volunteers. Was encamped at Tampa, Fla.; ~: Fernandina, *Fia,; Huntsville, Fla., and Island Lake, Mich., where the regiment was fur- loughed. Mustered out of service at Detroit, Mich., Nov. 12, 1898. R. R. Richardson, 1901, enlisted May 17, 1898, in Company C, First Regi- ment, Connecticut Volunteers. Went into camp at Camp Haven, Niantic, Conn. Went to Portland, Me., May 22, on coast defense. Went to Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va., July 16; left Camp Alger Sept. 5, for Niantic, Conn. Furloughed for thirty days Sept. 22. Mustered out of the service of the United States at Hartford; Conn., on Nov. 1, 1808. Incompiete Records, Charles H. Hall, ’94, enlisted in the New York Naval Militia. Appointed Ensign on the monitor Jason. With the Brooklyn Battalion he was aboard. the monitor Jason for a time off Fisher’s Island. When the monitor returned to League Island Navy Yard, he was ordered home. Sanford H. Wadhams,° ’94S. and ’°96 M.S., served as Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A. Was on duty for a time at Montauk Point and later in Porto Rico. William D. Mitchell, ex-’94S., en- listed in Company B, Fifteenth Minne- sota Volunteers. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant July 2, 18908. Ap- pointed Judge Advocate of his regiment. J. B. Hone, ’95, volunteered in April, 1808, with Battery A, Massachusetts Light Artillery, but the organization was never mustered into the United States service. Theodore W. Griggs, ’95 S., enlisted in Company L, Fifteenth Minnesota Volunteers. He was commissioned First Lieutenant July 2, 1808. Went into camp at Camp Ramsey and Camp IF YOU KNOW A CORRECT, | New York Office, 337 Broadway. New Haven Office, 177 Crown St. Hartford ‘Office, 82 let us know. Snelling. Was on detached service as Acting Brigade Quartermaster on Gen- eral Gobin’s staff. Later went into camp at Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa. _ Harry W. Griffith, ’97'L.S., enlisted in the Twenty-Seven Regiment Artil- lery, Indiana Volunteers. Went into camp at Chickamauga Park, Ga. C. R. Lloyd, ’99S., enlisted May 4, 1898 in Battery A, First Regiment Artillery, Connecticut Volunteers. Went into camp at Camp Haven, Niantic, Conn., May 7, 1898. About July 9, he was appointed a Second Lieutenant in the regular army and was assigned to Battery I, Sixth United States Artillery. Stationed at Fortress Monroe, Va. Transferred to another regiment on April 6 and sailed for - Manilla about April 16. Arthur W. Powell, ’99 L.S., enlisted with Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment and went with that Regiment to Manila. Was wounded twice in engagements with the insurgents. C. B. Hawkins, 1900, mustered in May 17, 1808 in Company F, First Regi- ment, Connecticut Volunteers. Went with the regiment to Maine and Camp Alger. The Late Loten A. Dinsmoor, ex~’94. Loten A. Dinsmoor, ex-’94, was a third sergeant Co. I, Sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, in which he did good work and became very proficient. When the war broke out his regiment was ordered to Mount Gretna, Pa., where they were en- camped till April 27. 1898. After being mustered into the service and aftera stay at Chickamaugua, the regiment was ordered to Porto Rico. It arrived at Ponce, Aug. 31. At the engagement at Coamo Aug. 9, 1898, Sargeant Dinsmoor conducted him- self bravely and creditably.. He was taken sick with typhoid fever about Aug. 28, and died of that disease Sept. 22, 1898. By a general order of the Secretary of War, his remains were exhumed at Porto Rico and removed at the government’s expense to his home at Warren, Pa. WHO IS Dissatisfied, we ask you as a special favor to This ad would more than pay us if it gave the ‘opportunity to communicate with any person who can point out what is, in his or her eye, a real Pearl St. detect.
