Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy

by John M. Batten

PREFACE.

The only excuse I offer for publishing this little book of reminiscences is that a story half told is better than a story not told at all.

J. M. B.

73 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., May 8, 1881.

REMINISCENCES
OF
TWO YEARS
IN THE
UNITED STATES NAVY.

By

JOHN M. BATTEN, B.E., M.D.,

Late Acting Assistant Surgeon United States Navy, Pittsburgh, Pa.

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR.

LANCASTER, PA.
INQUIRER PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO.
1881.