Finally the call came and over ninety per cent. of the division volunteered at roll call to enlist in the United States Navy for the entire conflict. On June 6, the division paraded in heavy marching order up Main Street and by Trumbull and Asylum Streets to the railroad station, escorted by posts of the Grand Army and by veteran and active military commands, and entrained for the State Military Rendezvous in Niantic.
On June 15, Commander Field, U. S. N., mustered in the command thenceforward known as the “war company.” Following are the names and the ages with ratings obtained before the mustering out and with the names of the ships on which each individual mainly served:
Henry S. Baldwin, G. M., 1st class, 24 Seminole Arthur W. Barber, Landsman, 25 Minnesota George S. Baxter, Coxswain, 22 Wyandotte Robert C. Beers, Landsman, 26 Catskill Howard Berry, Ordinary Seaman, 20 Wyandotte Henry W. Bigelow, Seaman, 30 Minnesota Herbert G. Bissell, Ordinary Seaman, 24 Minnesota Fred G. Blakeslee, Seaman, 30 Minnesota Fred E. Bosworth, Quartermaster, 23 Minnesota Arthur L. Brewer, Seaman, 21 Minnesota George Brinley, Seaman, 26 Wyandotte John H. P. Brinley, Seaman, 23 Wyandotte Henry R. Buck, Seaman, 22 East Boston Joseph F. Burke, Landsman, 22 Wyandotte Archibald L. Case, Seaman, 23 Minnesota Henry B. Case, Landsman, 19 Minnesota Robert D. Chapin, Seaman, 22 Minnesota Murray H. Coggeshall, Q. M., 1st Class, 25 Wyandotte George F. Colby, Landsman, 21 Wyandotte Arthur S. Cutting, Landsman, 20 Minnesota Hermann F. Cuntz, Ensign Lr. S. N., 26 Sylvia Stanley K. Dimock, Seaman, 20 Seminole Edward J. Doran, Ship’s Apothecary, 24 Minnesota Henry W. Drury, Seaman, 22 Minnesota Francis E. Field, Seaman, 25 Minnesota George C. Forrest, O. M., 3d Class, 29 Wyandotte George Foster, Coal Passer, 23 Wyandotte Paul Franke, Landsman, 24 Minnesota Burton L. Gabrielle, Ordinary Seaman, 20 Minnesota Christopher M. Gallup, Fireman, 22 East Boston William A. Geer, Landsman, 27 Minnesota Frank W. Gillette, Ordinary Seaman, 23 Wyandotte William Goulet, Landsman, 22 Minnesota James J. Hawley, Q. M., 2d Class, 27 Seminole George A. Holcomb, Ord. Seaman, 22 Seminole Richard J. Holmes, Ordinary Seaman, 25 Minnesota Charles A. Huntington, Chief G. M., 25 Wyandotte William M. Hurd, Seaman, 23 Minnesota Edward Q. Jackson, Ord. Seaman, 23 Minnesota Lorenzo W. Kenyon, Seaman, 20 Minnesota Frank R. Keyes, Chief Quartermaster, 21 Wyandotte Frank E. Kowalsky, Coal Passer, 21 Seminole Arthur P. LeFever, Landsman, 19 Minnesota Michael C. Long, G. M., 2d Class, 28 Wyandotte Oliver W. Malm, Seaman, 25 Minnesota George R. Martin, Ord. Seaman, 19 Minnesota Ralph W. McCreary, B. M., 1st Class, 22 Wyandotte J. Ward McManus, Seaman, 23 Minnesota Louis F. Middlebrook, Ens’n, U. S. N., 32 Enquirer Guy P. Miller, Seaman, 23 Minnesota Hugh I. Miller, Seaman, 25 Minnesota James H. Morgan, Q. M., 1st Class, 23 Seminole Victor F. Morgan, Seaman, 18 Minnesota Shiras Morris, Coxswain, 23 Wyandotte Linwood K. Moses, Landsman, 20 Minnesota Carl C. Nielson, Wardroom Steward, 25 Seminole Edward J. Noble, Ordinary Seaman, 23 Minnesota Edwin T. Northam, Seaman, 23 Minnesota Robert C. Northam, G. M., 2d Class, 25 Minnesota Harry Y. Nutter, Seaman, 26 Minnesota Lauriston F. L. Pynchon, Seaman, 26 Minnesota Judson B. Root, Ordinary Seaman, 22 Minnesota Harrison Sanford, Ordinary Seaman, 21 Wyandotte Charles C. Saunders, Seaman, 22 Minnesota Felton Parker, Lieutenant, U. S. N., 38 Huntress Lyman Root, Ensign, U. S. N., 29 Elfrida Otto M. Schwerdtfeger, Landsman, 22 Minnesota Albert W. Scoville, Jr., Seaman, 21 East Boston Lester H. Scoville, Ordinary Seaman, 20 East Boston William H. Scrivener, Seaman, 21 Minnesota Frederic A. Seaver, Landsman, 34 Minnesota Freeman P. Seymour, Ord. Seaman, 34 Minnesota Forrest Shepherd, Seaman, 28 Wyandotte Herbert E. Storrs, Seaman, 19 East Boston Morton C. Talcott, Landsman, 20 Minnesota George H. Tinkham, Landsman, 22 Wyandotte William C. Tregoning, Seaman, 22 Seminole John F. Twardoks, Landsman, 21 Minnesota Jonathan K. Uhler, Seaman, 24 Minnesota James D. Wells, Seaman, 23 Minnesota Richard B. Wells, Coxswain, 29 Seminole Alanson H. Wightman, Q. M., 1st Cl., 26 Seminole George E. Wilcox, Ord. Seaman, 21 Minnesota Louis B. Wilson, B. M., 1st Class, 26 Seminole Frank L. Young, Cabin Steward, 19 Wyandotte