It has frequently been asserted that the major portion of the Northern armies is composed of foreigners, and the same statement is made in reference to the crews of the American Navy. The report got abroad in Cherbourg that the victory of the Kearsarge was due to her having taken on board a number of French gunners at Brest; and an admiral of the French Navy asked me in perfectly good faith whether it were not the fact. It will not, therefore, be out of place to give the names and nationalities of the officers and crew on board the Kearsarge during her action with the Alabama. OFFICERS OF THE U.S.S. KEARSARGE, JUNE 19, 1864. NAMES. RANK. NATIVE OF John A. Winslow Captain North Carolina[11] James S. Thornton Lieut. Commander New Hampshire John M. Browne Surgeon " J. Adams Smith Paymaster Maine Wm. H. Cushman Chief Engineer Pennsylvania James R. Wheeler Acting Master Massachusetts Eben. M. Stoddard " " Connecticut David H. Sumner " " Maine Wm. H. Badlam 2d Asst. Engr. Massachusetts Fred. L. Miller 3d " " " Sidney L. Smith " " " " Henry McConnell " " " Pennsylvania Edward E. Preble Midshipman Maine Daniel B. Sargent Paymaster's Clerk " S. E. Hartwell Captain's Clerk Massachusetts Franklin A. Graham Gunner Pennsylvania James C. Walton Boatswain " Wm. H. Yeaton Acting Master's Mate United States Chas. H. Danforth " " " Massachusetts Ezra Bartlett " " " New Hampshire George A. Tittle Surgeon's Steward United States Carsten B. De Witt Yeoman United States CREW OF THE U.S.S. KEARSARGE, JUNE 19, 1864.