. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. of theAmerican naval personnel, of which too littlenotice has been taken by historians, first madea record for gallantry. Captain Nichols wasthe first captain of marines in the Americannaval service, the organization of the marinecorps having been ordered by the Congresson November lo, 1775. Under cover of the guns of the Providenceand the Wasp, Captain Nichols and his ma-rines landed on the beach, and then behavedwith a spirit and steadiness that have distin-guished the corps from that hour down to thepresent moment. The
. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. of theAmerican naval personnel, of which too littlenotice has been taken by historians, first madea record for gallantry. Captain Nichols wasthe first captain of marines in the Americannaval service, the organization of the marinecorps having been ordered by the Congresson November lo, 1775. Under cover of the guns of the Providenceand the Wasp, Captain Nichols and his ma-rines landed on the beach, and then behavedwith a spirit and steadiness that have distin-guished the corps from that hour down to thepresent moment. They carried the forts byassault. A hundred cannon and a larcfequantity of stores fell into the hands of theAmericans, but because the Governor hadbeen apprised of the coming of the Ameri-cans, he succeeded in sending^ away in a smallcoaster 150 barrels of powder. It is worth noting that Commodore Hepkins not only loaded his vessels with thespstores, but that the stores made a heavy cargofor them, and they were deep in the waterwhen they turned toward home. It should be. cm^ Comm-oaorV^jf the AMaR^I ^AN^ 6ea jWcen Commodore Esek a very rare English engraving. 56 THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY further noted that the Governor of the islandand several of the more prominent inhabi-tants were carried away for Qse as hostagesto compel the British authorities to modifythe harsh treatment American prisoners werereceiving. New Providence was taken in the middle ofMarch, 1776. Elated by the success of hisexpedition, Commodore Hopkins set sail forthe north on the 17th of that month. Howmuch more elated he and his crews would havefelt could they have known that at four oclockon that morning the British were hurriedly,and in great confusion, leaving Boston throughfear of an assault by the troops of Washing-ton, may be easily imagined. Two weeks later the American fleet had ar-rived off the east end of Long Island, where,on April 4th, the tender Hawke, of six guns,and the bomb-brig Bolton
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