Excerpt from History of the First Battalion Naval Militia, New York, 1891-1911During the fall of 1886, a Naval Reserve move ment was started in the City of New York by Mr. Aaron Vanderbilt, Capt. Philip B. Low, an ex-naval officer, and Capt. Henry Erben, U. S. N who prevailed upon Mr. Whitthorne of Tennessee to introduce Senate bill 3320, February 17, 1887, To Create a Naval Reserve of Auxiliary Cruisers, Officers, and Men from the Mercantile ...
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