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THIRTIETH CONGRESS— SECOND SESSION. 
 Ex. Doc. No. 24. 
 
 liOUSE OF EEPRESEWTATIVT^S. 
 
 NUMBER, ETC., OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE NAVAL 
 AND MARINE SERVICE IN THC MEXICAN WAR, 
 
 LETTER 
 
 FF.OM TlIK 
 
 SECRETARY OF TME NAVY, 
 
 IK ANSWER TO 
 
 .^ resolution of the House of the 20th December, IS^S, relative U 
 the number and places of birth of persons employed in the navai 
 and marine service on the Gulf and Pacific coasts during tht 
 Mexican war. • ' 
 
 January 6, 1849, 
 
 Lfiii upon the table, and ordereJ to be printed. 
 
 Navy Department, 
 January 5, 1849. 
 
 Sir: I liave the iionor.-to acknowledge the receipt of a resolution 
 of the House of Representatives, of the 20th December, 1848, re- 
 questing the Secretary of the Navy to communicate to that bod|r 
 " the number and places of birth of all persons employed in the 
 naval and marine service on the Gulf and Pacific coasts during the 
 late war with Mexico." 
 
 No register of recruits having been kepi at the department pre- 
 vious to June, 1816, full information, as required by the resoIutioHj 
 cannot, as it respects seamen, be communicated in a satisfactory 
 form. 
 
 The crevi'S of most of the vessels (those, too, oi the largest class 
 were enlisted previous to the declaration of war, and the depart- 
 
2 Ex. Doc. No. 24. 
 
 raent lias no means of ascertaining the birth places of the persons 
 composing them. 
 
 The answer of this department, to the resolution of the House of 
 Representatives, of May 29th, 1848, shows the number and places 
 of birth of seamen enlisted during the war, and there is no reason 
 to suppose that the same ratio would not apply to tliose engaged 
 therein who entered previously. 
 
 Much the largest part of the vessels in commission at the date of 
 the declaration of war have been either in the Gulf or in the Pa- 
 cific, for longer or shorter periods. 
 
 The v»ho!e number of seamen composing the crews of the vessels 
 in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Pacific coast, during the war, was 
 seven thciusand. 
 
 The terms of enlistments in the marine corps enable the depart- 
 ment to communicate full information in regard to the mariiics 
 employed on the Pacific and Gulf coasts during the war with 
 Mexico. 
 
 The annexed statements, marked A and B, exhibit the informa- 
 tion called for by the resolution, so far as it is in the power of the 
 department to furnish it. 
 
 I have the honor to be, very respectfully. 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 J. Y. MASON. 
 
 Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, 
 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
 
 Gil lyub 
 
 D. Of D. ■ 
 
Ex. Doc. No. 24. 
 
 STATEMENT 
 
 Exnibiiing the number and places of birth of officers of the navy^ 
 employed on the Gulf and Pacific coasts during the late war with 
 Mexico. 
 
 States, &c. Number. 
 
 Maine « 34 
 
 New Hampshire • 21 
 
 Vermont ^^ 
 
 Massachusetts ^^ 
 
 Rhode Island 14 
 
 Connecticut • '^^ 
 
 New York 11^ 
 
 New Jersey ^^ 
 
 Pennsylvania ■> - • • ^^ 
 
 Delaware ' 1^ 
 
 Maryland > "^1 
 
 Virginia 1'*" 
 
 North Carolina 24 
 
 South Carolina 24 
 
 Georgia 1^ 
 
 Alabama ^ 
 
 Mississippi • • * 
 
 Louisiana • o 
 
 Tennessee • • 12 
 
 Kentucky • • • • 1^ 
 
 Ohio 22 
 
 Indiana • " 
 
 Illinois 3 
 
 Missou'-i • • • • ^ 
 
 Michigan 3 
 
 Florida 2 
 
 Iowa • 1 
 
 District of Columbia 39 
 
 England * 
 
 France • • • • • ^ 
 
 Ireland "^ 
 
 Greece 1 
 
 Spain , 1 
 
 West Indies ' • 3 
 
 Scotland 3 
 
 South America • 2 
 
 Sweden 1 
 
 Unknown.., • ^ 
 
 Total 856 
 
Ex. Doc. No. 24. 
 
 STATEMENT 
 
 Shoiiiiig the numher and places' of hirtk of mariners attacJnd to the 
 Gulf squadron^ during t/te late war with Mexico. 
 
 Places of bii til. * Number. 
 
 Maine 22 
 
 Massachusetts : 42 
 
 New Hampshire . 12 
 
 Yermont 8 
 
 Connecticut 17 
 
 Rhode Island 7 
 
 Now York 163 
 
 New Jersey 39 
 
 Delaware , 6 
 
 Maryland 47 
 
 i^irginia 29 
 
 District of Columbia 21 
 
 Pennsylvania , 155 
 
 North Carolina 2 
 
 South Carolina 2 
 
 Georgia l 
 
 Ohio , 10 
 
 KcnluLky 1 
 
 Missis£<ippi 1 
 
 Missouri , 1 
 
 Michigan 1 
 
 In d ian a 1 
 
 Ireland .^ 261 
 
 Germany llO 
 
 Scotland 25 
 
 England.. 35 
 
 France 5 
 
 Sweden 2 
 
 Canada ,....,., .-«i4^iUii . . . ; 9 
 
 Prussia 2 
 
 Switzerland 3 
 
 Poland 1 
 
 Denmark 2 
 
 New Brunswick 1 
 
 Hollaud 1 
 
 East Indies 1 
 
 Belgium , 2 
 
 Italy 1 
 
 South America , 1 
 
 Total 1050 
 
Ex Doc. No, 24. 5 
 
 STATEMENT 
 
 Showing the number and places of birth of marin&s attached to the 
 Pacif.c sqtcadrG7i dmivg the late war with Mexico, 
 
 Places of birth. Number. 
 
 Maine '. 16 
 
 Mas.'^acbusetts , , . . . , 26 
 
 New Hampshire , 12 
 
 Vtr m vo n t 6 
 
 Couneciicut - 9 
 
 Rhode Island 7 
 
 New York 117 
 
 New .Terse y 19 
 
 Delaware 2 
 
 Maryland 23 
 
 Virginia 13 
 
 District of Columbia 13 
 
 Pennsylvania 77 
 
 South Carolina ; , 3 
 
 Island of Minorca .... 1 
 
 Ohio 6 
 
 Tennessee , 1 
 
 Kentucky 1 
 
 Mif=sissi})pi - 1 
 
 M.ichigan , 2 
 
 Louisiana , 2 
 
 Ireland , 21 
 
 Germany 7 
 
 Sco f I a n d . „ ^ -. 4 
 
 Enf^land 10 
 
 Sweden , 1 
 
 Prussia , , 1 
 
 Nova Scotia 1 
 
 Total . . , 402 
 
 P. G. HOWLE, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector. 
 Head ql^arters Marine Corps, 
 
 Jidj. and Insp. Offi.ce. Washington^ Dec. 30, 1848. 
 
 Note.— -In addition to tlio a'jove there were 18 sergeant-s, 9 corporals, 2 drummers, 3 fifers, 
 and 285 privates on duty with the army in Mexico, under the command of Lieutenant Col. 
 Watson. 
 
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