Barely was the next drill season well inaugurated when the Maine sailed for Havana, and then came the terrible disaster in which many of the division’s shipmates were hurled into eternity, and next the preparation for the approaching conflict with Spain. In April, the First Regiment marched away, the division remaining eager for the coming call. Each drill evening the men put heart, energy and sustained attention into the work. Drills took place on the park in the presence of citizens who paid their tributes of respect to the sailor blue. Each member was urged to train physically, as well as to learn the drills. Seamanship, signalling and such boat work as could be taught were the backbone of the instruction. 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.