After relating the history of the boat's voyage which we have already read, the Secretary concludes as follows:-- The death of Lieutenant Talbot closed a career of unusual promise, and in it the Navy lost a brilliant and beloved member. A skillful sailor, an accomplished officer, and a Christian gentleman, his self-sacrifice has arrested the attention of his comrades and will remain an example to the Service which in life his virtues adorned and whose highest qualities were illustrated in the crowning heroism of his death. His comrades of humbler rank will not be forgotten; with him they faced the dangers of the lonely ocean and offered their lives with his to save their shipwrecked messmates, and no one can estimate how much of danger and suffering, perhaps death, was saved through the courage and endurance of the sole survivor of that gallant boat's crew. II The following is a list of the officers and crew of the Saginaw as it appeared on the pay-roll at the time she was wrecked; I feel that I should name them all in recognition of a comradeship in suffering never to be forgotten where each one performed his duty unflinchingly:-- _Officers_ Montgomery Sicard, lieutenant commander. John G. Talbot, lieutenant. J.K. Cogswell, Perry Garst, and A.H. Parsons, ensigns. George H. Read, passed assistant paymaster. James Butterworth, passed assistant engineer. H.C. Blye, passed assistant engineer (in charge of contractor's party). John J. Ryan, C.D. Foss, Herschel Main, and Jones Godfrey, second assistant engineers. George H. Robinson, master's mate. _Petty Officers_ Peter Francis, quartermaster. Nicholas Barton, quartermaster. Thomas Hayes, sailmaker's mate. John Lane, boatswain's mate. James Foschack, gunner's mate. J.M. Logan, yeoman. William Halford, coxswain. Samuel A. Thompson, master at arms. Charles Hale, paymaster's yeoman. A.E. Myfinger, cabin steward. Solomon Graves, cabin cook. Joseph Ross, wardroom steward. George D. Wauchoss, wardroom cook. Henry B. Clark, third-class apothecary. William Edman, ship's cook. Henry Wallace, steerage steward. L. McCabe, steerage cook. _First-class firemen_, Francis Scott, Lorenzo Coburg, George White. _Second-class fireman_, George Hubert. _Seamen_, William Cairns, Michael Lynch, Henry D. Vivian, Daniel Collins. _Ordinary seamen_, Joseph A. Bailey, John H. Wallace, Dennis A. Fitzgerald, John Daley, Charles Brown, Dennis M. Hayes, Michael Jordan, Edward James. _Landsmen_, James Nichols, W.J. Evans, Edward O'Brien, Thomas Kearney, J.R. Miller, Martin Doran, William Fallon, Thomas Larkin, Joseph McLaughlin, George Saunders, William Combs, Joseph A. Agarrie, Michael Garvey, John Murphy, John Downs, James McNamara, John Riley, Thomas Melody, James M. Nolan.