usmedalman Posted December 4, 2023 #1 Posted December 4, 2023 Found this photo on line but the caption only mentions 18 of the 20 Marines shown and there is no indication of who is unknown so I can't trust the caption to ID each person. It is an august group of men as 9 or more would go on to receive the Medal of Honor and or the USMC Brevet Medal. The only two I can ID are Butler and Hunnington. I would appreciate any help in identifying the men in the photo. For the sake of simplicity in identifying the men, lets number the standing 1 through 12 from left to right, and the sitting from 13 to 20 left to right. The caption to the photograph reads: The [First] battalion is pictured at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, New Hampshire, Scavey's Island. They guarded Spanish Prisoners of War in 1898. Seated left to right: First Lieutenant James E. Mahoney, USMC; Captain Herbert L. Draper, USMC; Colonel Robert W. Hunnington, USMC; Major Charles L. McCauley, USMC; Lieutenant Colonel Francis H. Harrington, USMC; Major William F. Spicer, USMC; and Captain Wendell C. Neville, USMC Standing left to right: First Lieutenant George C. Reid, USMC; Captain Charles G. Long, USMC; First Lieutenant Edwin A. Jonas, USMC; Lieutenant John M. Edgar, M.C., USN; Second Lieutenant Newt H. Hall, USMC; Captain Clarence L. A. Ingate, USMC; Captain William N. McKelvy, USMC; Major George F. Elliott, USMC; First Lieutenant Smedley D. Butler, USMC; Captain Philip M. Bannon, USMC; Captain Melville J. Shaw, USMC
SgtMaddoxUSMC Posted December 5, 2023 #2 Posted December 5, 2023 Standing (L to R): 1 - Reid 2 - Long 3 - Jonas 4 - Edgar (Medical Corps - USN) 5 - Hall 6 - Ingate 7 - McKelvy 8 - Elliott 9 - Louis J. Magill* 10 - Butler 11 - Bannon 12 - Shaw Sitting (L to R): 13 - Mahoney 14 - Lewis C. Lucas* 15 - Draper 16 - Huntington 17 - McCawley 18 - Harrington 19 - Spicer 20 - Neville Hope this helps!
SgtMaddoxUSMC Posted December 13, 2023 #3 Posted December 13, 2023 On a side note, I have Magill's original Naval Academy cabinet card portrait:
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