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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.

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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
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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
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On a side note, I have Magill's original Naval Academy cabinet card portrait:
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