Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1898 — HOBSON AND HIS LITTLE BAND OF HEROES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOBSON AND HIS LITTLE BAND OF HEROES.

These are the portraits of Lieut. Richmond Pearson Hobson and his gallant crew of seven who sank the Merrimac in the mouth of Santiago Bay, and who will live in history as among the bravest of the world’s heroes. The ninth picture In the group is that of Naval Cadet Joseph W. Powell, who commanded the launch that followed the Merrimac, braving death to rescue the forlorn hopers. Hobson, the leader and originator of the plan, is a naval constructor, with the relative rank of lieutenant, junior grade. George Charette was a gunner’s mate of the first-class on board the cruiser New York. He lives at Lowell, Mass., and is 31 years old. J. C. Murphy was the coxswain of the lowa. Osborn Warren Deignan was born in Stuart, lowa, and is 31 years old. He has been in the navy several years, and was one of the Merrimac’s original crew. Francis Kelly was also one of the crew of the Merrimac. He Is a Boston man, and is 28 years old. George E. Phillips is 34 years old, and was born in Cambridgeport, Mass. He .» enlisted on the Merrimac as a machinist soon after the collier was bought by the government. Randolph Clausen was coxswain of the New York, and smuggled himself aboard the Merrimac without permission.