Schenectady County, New York: Schenectady Soldiers in the Spanish War - Austin A. Yates

[This information is taken from Chapter XXVI (pp. 404-409) of Austin A. Yates' Schenectady County, New York: Its History to the Close of the Nineteenth Century. The author is the same Major Austin Yates listed below. Thanks to Carol Di Crosta for data entry help with this page.]

The Second Regiment New York Infantry, United States Volunteers, assembled on Hempstead Plains, Long Island, May 2, 1898.

The officers of the regiment were:
Colonel, Edward E. Hardin, Seventh U. S. Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel, James H. Lloyd, Thirteenth Battalion, N. G. N. Y.
Major, James W. Lester, Fourteenth Battalion, N. G. N. Y.
Major, Austin A. Yates, Fifteenth Battalion, N. G. N. Y.
Surgeon, Lewis Balch, Major and Acting Assistant Surgeon-General.
Assistant Surgeons, First Lieutenant Henry C. Baum, Assistant Surgeon, Forty-first Separate Company, N. G. N. Y.; First Lieutenant Albert F. Brugman, Assistant Surgeon, Second Battery, N. G. N. Y.
Chaplain, Hector Hall, D. D.
Adjutant, First Lieutenant James J. Phelan, Adjutant, Thirteenth Battalion, N. G. N. Y.

Quartermaster, First Lieutenant George M. Alden, Quartermaster, Thirteenth Battalion, N. G. N. Y.
Sergeant Major, W. Swift Martin, Sixth Separate Company, N. G. N. Y.
Hospital Stewards, Frederick W. Schneider, Hospital Steward, Thirteenth Battalion, N. G. N. Y., and George McIntyre, Private, Twenty-first Separate Company, N. G. N. Y.

Companies E and F, both of which were from Schenectady, were mustered into the Second Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, on May 16, 1898, and Major Austin A. Yates was placed in command of the Fifteenth Battalion, of which they formed a part.

On May 18th the regiment moved to Chickamauga, Ga., where it remained until June 1st, when it proceeded to Tampa, Fla. On arriving at Tampa, the regiment became part of General Shafter's Fifth Army Corps, then under orders to proceed by transports to Cuba. Owing to the lack of facilities for embarking troops and the scarcity of transports, the Second Regiment was left behind with the entire command under Brigadier-General Snyder. This was the severest knock the regiment suffered, as both officers and men were very anxious to go to the front, and had they gone they could not have suffered any more than they did in the pestiferous camp at Tampa, and in clearing ground under the broiling sun upon the Sands of Fernandina.

On July 20th, an order was received for the regiment to proceed to Fernandina, but owing to the difficulty in obtaining transportation the movement was not begun until the 26th. On July 24th the regiment was transferred to the First Brigade, commanded by Brigadier-General J. W. Cline in the Third Division, commanded by Brigadier-General Louis H. Carpenter of the Fourth Army Corps under General Coppinger. On August 21st, orders were received releasing the regiment from duty in the Third Division, Fourth Army Corps, and transferring it to the Department of the East, and directing it to proceed to Troy, N. Y. The movement began on August 24th and on reaching Troy the regiment was quartered in Camp Hardin on the bank of Sand Lake.

On October 26th, the mustering out of the regiment began, and on the 31st of that month, Companies E and F were mustered out. Following is the list of officers and men from Schenectady who were members of the Second Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry:

Roll of Company E, 36th Separate Company of Schenectady, Schenectady Citizens Corps

James M. Andrews, Captain
George De B. Greene, First Lieutenant
Transferred to Battalion Adjutant May 23, 1898.

Donald J. Hutton, First Lieutenant
Promoted from Second Lieutenant June 22, 1898

Charles E. Parsons, Second Lieutenant
Promoted from Sergeant. Commissioned July 2, 1898

Thomas Carney, First Sergeant
William E. Walker, Quartermaster-Sergeant

Sergeants

Charles M. Robinson
Henry Y. Lighthall
Frank Hoppman
Roy E. Brizee

Corporals

E. W. Schermerhorn
Franklin P. Jackson
Paul M. Pelletreau
William M. Purman
Augustus C. Smith
Edward E. Yelverton
A. C. Jackson
Philip A. B. Bellin
George E. Williams
Winfred H. Larkin
Fred L. Eisenmenger
James McDonald
Albert F. Dillman
Charles H. Smith, Musician
Frederick W. Sherman, Musician
James Roach, Artificer
William H. Reed, Musician
Aaron Bradt, Wagoner

Privates

Alden, Clarence T.
Amsler, Jacob
Ayquoroyd, George
Bates, Arthur O.
Bernhard, David H.
Blauel, Theodore C.
Blood, John C.
Bradt, Ira V.
Brandow, Charles F.
Brickner, Conrad
Bronk, William J.
Burhans, William N.
Carpenter, William
Clark, Walter G.
Collette, George F.
Conlon, Charles E.
Cowles, John T. Jr.
Craig, Frederick M.
Crane, Peter
Crippen, Charles G.
Cunningham, William J.
Daniels, Charles H.
Daniels, Frank H.
Day, Frank A. Jr.
DeReamer, Albert E.
Dickson, Peter J.
Duck, Thomas
Dunbar, Garrett B.
Eberle, Frank A.
Eggleston, Edward
Ellers, Edward S.
Fitzpatrick, Joseph J.
Flanagan, George H.
Fuller, Edward D.
Gardiner, Herbert
Glaser, Frederick
Glennon, Michael
Gregory, Alfred
Guiltinan, James M.
Herron, James H.
Hoppman, Henry
Horan, Jeremiah
Hulbert, Charles N.
Hussong, George
Kelly, Patrick H.
Killian, John
Knopka, Fred
Lambert, James E.
Lippman, Edward G.
McCormick, James F.
McMullen, John J.
Messmer, Ernest
Metzger, Charles E.
Metzger, William W.
Maloney, Joseph F.
Moore, Augustus Andrew
Moran, John Henry
Miller, William W.
Myers, Charles L.
Nolan, James M.
O'Rourke, John F.
Orr, Harry R.
Page, Charles J.
Peek, James
Peters, DeWitt C.
Pfender, Philip
Seekins, Thomas E. Sheldon, Jerry
Shook, Clarence
Singhouse, Philip
Smith, Abel
Snyder, Christopher N.
Speers, William J.
Stafford, Abraham
Steinert, Edward E.
Stevens, Henry W.
Still, Edwin Floyd
Strobel, Conrad J.
Toy, E. G.
Vedder, Clyde J.
Vedder, Henry S.
Vedder, Leonard
Wagner, David J.
Waldron, Charles E.
Walker, LeRoy E.
Wortman, Howard P.

Roll of Company F, 37th Separate Company of Schenectady, Washington Continentals

Frank Bauder, Captain
George W. Crippen, First Lieutenant
Albert Wells, Second Lieutenant
Wayne R. Brown, First Sergeant
William C. Yates, Quartermaster-Sergeant

Sergeants

Aubrey A. Ross
Fritz R. Champion
William Leedom
Roger G. Kinns

Corporals

Jesse S. Button
William S. Barriger
Ray Rowe
Edward Williams
Franciscus J. Baumler
George Boldt
George C. Caw
Martin Hodges
Walter H. Todd
William Herzog
John W. Healey
Cyrus W. Rexford
William K. Wands, Musician
John H. Cross, Artificer
Frank Reha, Musician
George J. Sells, Wagoner

Privates

Allen, John W.
Bancroft, Fred S.
Banker, William
Barry, George
Berger, Henry E.
Boldt, William
Broughton, Charles A.
Boyle, John H.
Boyle, Thomas
Bridgeman, Peter T.
Burke, Clarence W.
Castle, Willard A.
Chadsey, LeRoy
Clinton, Jacob S.
Clowe, Earl
Dolzen, Charles
Eagan, Joseph F.
Enders, Charles L.
Fenton, William M.
Ford, Harry B.
Gabel, Fred W.
Goetz, St. Elmo N.
Gould, Henry W.
Hall, Frank E.
Hanley, Patrick F.
Hallenbeck, Walter H.
Hambridge, Edward
Henry, Harry
Huber, Adolf
Jones, Clinton
Jones, John S.
Jann, Victor
Jandro, Elmer L.
Juno, Duncan McD.
Keating, Edward C.
Kerber, John
Kleiner, Emil
Knowlton, Daniel H.
Luckhurst, Judson B.
Lovett, Lewis L.
Lawyer, Otis
Levey, Elmer E.
Louder, Peter
Lubking, Frederick W.
Luedemann, William F.
Mallery, Arlington H.
Mawson, George H.
McChesney, Frank
McCready, William H.
McDonald, Thomas W.
Messmer, Charles P.
Monges, Richard F.
Nivison, William D.
Ogden, James
Penoyer, William H.
Potter, William
Powell, Albert A.
Purcell, John A.
Quackenbush, George
Ralph, James
Ragan, Lloyd E.
Reed, Fred L.
Richardson, Edward C.
Robinson, Rodman H.
Schermerhorn, Louis C.
Schneider, Henry C.
Shaw, John C.
Safford, Ward E.
Schiek, Frederick
Sheffold, Delbert
Sheffold, William A.
Stevenson, Porter C.
Smith, William A.
Taylor, John
Thorpe, James
Thornton, Edward A.
Tierney, James
Tushingham, George W.
Van Vranken, Charles
Van Vranken, Stephen T.
Warren, Clarence A.
Warner, Frank M.
Whitmyre, Clarence
Whitstead, Edwin J.
Young, Roy

The editor deeply regrets that he is unable to give the records of those who fought in the Philippines and in China. He has made every effort to ascertain who of Schenectady's sons engaged in two national contests, in which the United States won equal renown for bravery, humanity and the exercise not only of military skill, but of military diplomacy that is unsurpassed in all its history. He has advertised in the daily papers of Schenectady for information as to those who fought or suffered or died in these wars, and has received no response, and has never been able to obtain any information. It would be idle to attempt a search among the names of 446,000 enrolled in the records of the War Department, to find the scattered few who did duty in the tropics. There are enough, however few, to deserve honorable mention in those two wars, but even the names of those few he has been unable to obtain.

Updated 12/30/99

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