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REACHES THE END
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Admiral
George Dewey passed away at 6:00
o’clock last evening.
Admiral George Dewey, “hero of
Manila bay,” fought and won * the
first great American naval battle
against a foreign foe since the war
of 1812.
His whole life was full of honorable
achievement from the days of the
Civil war down to the time when, as
the head of the general board, he be
gan the last chapter of his work by
laying plans for the defense of his
country in time of war. His life was
a striking exemplification of the pos
sibilities of a career based upon the
exact and intelligent performance of
every routine duty which molds a man
on inflexible lines of fluty and honor.
One of the curious freaks of fortune
in Dewey’s case was that for perhaps
the first and only time in his naval ca
reer he was disposed to protest
against the edict of the naval depart
ment which carried him into the far
east, where he was destined to per
form the greatest feat of his life and
to win imperishable renown. That
was back in 1898 when the war
clouds were gathering and Dewey felt
that he was being “shelved”; that the
war with Spain was to be fought out
in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Car
ibbean sea and that he, distant by half
the circumference of the globe, would
stand no chance of winning glory, for
at the moment no thought whatever
had been given to the Philippines.
But he took his orders and like a
true sailor obeyed them. The result
is a page of history under date of
May 1, 1898.
Contrary to Spanish expectations,
Dewey sailed into Manila bay on the
night of April 30 and in the morning
of the next day he annihilated Admi
ral Montojo’s squadron, destroying
11 warships and capturing all other
vessels and all the land batteries
without the loss of a man on the
American side.
Upon his triumphant return to the
United States he was feted by the
nation. His admirers presented him
with a beautiful home in the national
capital. Congress gave him an en
graved sword, and raised him from
the rank of commodore to rear-admi
ral and then to the full rank of the
navy.
Admiral Dewey was the third Am
erican to reach that pinnacle of naval
rank. Farragut was the first and
Porter the second. It was under Far
ragut that Dewey received his first
baptism of war.
“Valuable as the training of An
napolis was, it was poor schooling be
sides that of serving under Farragut
in time of war,” Admiral Dewey once
said. “Whenever I have been in a
difficult situation or in the midst of
such a confusion of details that the
simple and right thing to do seems
hazy I have often asked myself, ‘what
would Farragut do?’ In the course of
preparations for Manila bay, I often |
asked myself this question, and I
confess I was thinking of him the
night we entered the bay and with
the conviction that I was doing pre
cisely what he would have done.”
George Dewey was born in the
shadow of Vermont’s state capitol at
Montpelier, on the day following
Christmas in 1837. At the age of 17
he reached the cross-road of his ca
reer; one road led to West Point, the
other to Annapolis. Young Dewey fa
vored the former, but—
“There was no. vacancy for West
Point from Vermont", explained the
Admiral in reviewing his life. “Oth
erwise I might have gone to Manila
bay on an army transport instead of
on the Olympia. But it happened that
there was a vacancy at Annapolis, so
I entered the navy.”
At the outbreak of the Civil war,
Dewey was 23 years old. He was
commissioned a lieutenant, and guid
ed the Mississippi as its executive of
ficer in Farragut’s historic dash past
New Orleans and its forts. He was
not so successful at Port Hudson.
Farragut won through, but Dewey
and the Mississippi ran aground un
der the guns of the fort. The ship
was set afire and during the transfer
of the crew under fire the young of
ficer “lived five years in an hour.”
From the close of the Civil war un
til the opening of the Spanish Amer
ican, the life of the American naval
officer was made up of routine duty
at sea and ashore. During this pe
riod, the future admiral cruised;
taught a class at Annapolis; surveyed
lower California and part of the west
coast of Mexico; carried supplies to
the survivors of the siege of Paris;
performed duty at Boston navy yard
and the navtil torpedo station at
Newport; inspected lighthouses and
Served as naval secretary on the light
house board; spent two years travel
ing on a sick leave in search of health;
four years as chief of the bureau of
equipment; and at the age of 59 was
serving as president of the board of
inspection and survey with the rank
of commodore. It was in this import
ant naval office that he presided at
the trials of all the battleships, except
the Oregon, which were to demolish
the Spanish squadron at Santiago.
Shortly after his return from Ma
nila bay Admiral Dewey found him
self in the fire of popular criticism
over “the gift house incident.” Amer
ican citizens had raised $50,000 by
public subscription as a testimonial to
the hero of Manila and they present
him with a house in Washington.
Dewey, who had been a widower since
1872, had just married Mrs. Mildred
McLean Hazen of Washington and he
turned over the gift house to her.
Shortly afterward the Admiral and
Mrs. Dewdy left the gift house and
lived in the wife’s former home.
In 1900 Admiral Dewey was seri
ously talked of as a candidate for the
republican nomination as president,
but the admiral preferred to remain
:n the naval ranks rather than to seek
such a venture in statesmanship. His
admirers have since often spoken of
him as the man who could have been
a president if he had wished.
Early in 1914 Admiral Dewey again
became conspicuous in the current
news by revival of the long standing
controversy with Admiral von Died
erichs of the German navy regarding
the conduct of the German squadron
during the blockade of Manila bay, 16
years before. In his autobiography
Admiral Dewey criticised von Dieder
ichs for failing to observe the neu
trality laws and told how a shot was
fired across the bows of one of the
German ships to impress it with the
fact that the American navy had es
tablished a blockade and would coun
tenance no undue activity on the part
of the German ships, suspected at the
time as friendly to Spain.
“A difference of opinion about inter
national laws had been adjusted,”
said Dewey, “without adding to the
sum of President McKinley’s wor
ries.”
Dewey was always a great student
of history: he knew every naval cam
paign that had been waged from the
days of ancient Greece and Rome, had
analyzed them and knew why defeat
or victory had come from certain
movements and this without doubt
was one of the factors that contribut
ed to his own success in warfare.
One of the finest estimates of Ad
miral Dewey’s character is contained
in a tribute rendered to him by his
old-time shipmate, Admiral Sampson,
who was fighting the Spaniards in the
Caribbean while Dewey was lying in
Manila bay, resting on the laurels he
had won in the famous battle of the
first of May. Sampson said:
“The service knows Dewey as an
ideal head of a fleet. Perfectly cour
ageous, of thoroughly balanced judg
ment, and quick of decision, he had
[the qualities which carry one to fame
if opportunity be given. The man
and the hour fortunately came to
gether and the country is richer in an
other brilliant page of history and
another heroic figure. His career has
given a lofty impetus to the young
which will bear fruit in nobler inspi
rations. He has become one of the
most valued possessions which a na
tion can have—a national hero.”
RAH! RAH It RAHIM
Don’t forget the big doings at the
housewarming of the new scholl house
Friday, Jan. 26th, at 8 p. m. 313
ATTEMPTS TO
SEATTLE, Jan. 17.—Mabelle C.
Sloan, a divorcee from San Francis
co, attempted to commit suicide last
night because R. R. Morley, a gun
ner’s mate on a U. S. warship, refus
ed to marry her, according to his
promise when she obtained the di
vorce. She lies at death’s door.
RETAIN JOB
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Chairman
Wilcox of the republican national
committee, will continue to act in that
capacity, according to members of
the executive committee, who are as
sembling here for the purpose of hold
ing a meeting.
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 17.—Game
E. Stark was stabbed to death by
James Brusco late last night in this
city. Brusco surrendered himself to
the authorities.
FOUR LITTLE
WINNIPEG, Jan. 17.—Four chil
dren, en route to attend the public
school, were frozen to death near
Cadillac, Saskatchewan, yesterday!
morning.
HOW AN OLD TIMER
DIED UP AT NOME
The many friends of George Hall
were surprised and saddened this
morning to hear of his sudden death
last night. Although he had been
having some trouble with his stomach
for several months he seemed in fair
ly good health until yesterday fore
noon when he felt pain in the region
of his heart and summoned his phy
sician, Dr. Chace, who did all that
could be done for him. He died at 9
o’clock. George Hall went to Dawson
in the early rush and engaged in
mining. When Nome was still a
young camp he came here and went
into the saloon business, in which he
remained ever since. He was square,
friendly and right in all his dealings
with his fellows and as a result had a
host of warm friends in this place. His
home was Los Gates, Cal., where he
still owned a residence up to his
death. He was unmarried and is sur
vived, it is stated, only by a sister and
niece. He was a member of the
Eagles and Moose.—Nome Nugget.
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