The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-27
TIE HERO or MANILA.
Admiral Dewey Has G1oriously Full
filled the Promise of His Youth.


filled the Promise of His Youth.
Judge Henry s. Dewey, of the Bos
ton municipal court. Is cousin OF Ad-
mlral Dewey. Yes, Commodore Dew.
sy is a cousin of NINE" said the Judge
TO a Boston Journal reporter, before
President Mckinley had made the hero
Of Manila acting admiral
/ 81 have seen very little OF him. how
ever. He has been on the sea most of
the lime
81 know he is a very popular man In
the navy Whenever | meet a naval
officer. he asks me If I am relative of
George wey-Commodore Dewey.
They all speak highly of him He Is n
very communicative man, with many
! pleasant social qualities.
'1rhe Commodore is man of about
medium height--about ) feet Inches,
should say, and he Is rather slim than
stout. lie is about 90 years old and his
hair Is gray. He married the daughter
+ Of Gov. Goodwin Of New Hampshire,
who belonged in Portsmouth His wife
Is now dead. but he has one son. who,
+ - u 6AhhtiA u AAhNN
ton.
During the war of the rebellion he
saw a great deal of service. l have
talked with him a number of times,
but do not remember that he ever re-
lated any Incidents In which he figured
particularly"
George Dewey, acting admiral. Uni
ted States navy, who as commander of
the squadron won most signal vic
tory over the Spanish feet of the Phil
lpplnes, in the very first OF his naval
career exhibited the characteristics
which made II impossible for him TO
meet defeat. He was a Vermont boy
by birth and residence and throughout
his early manhood the old Vermont
training was more than once made
manifest.
1T was thirty.nine years ago. In 1850,
that he entered on his first naval duties
as mldshipman of the L. y. s. Sara
toga He had Just graduated from the
naval academy at Annapolis, and was
ordered to the Saratoga when she start
ed on one of her practice cruises. There
the men that slung their hammocks be
side the redoubtable MILDLY. now con-
graduate each other and say. II told
you so. Dewey just couldn't help IT,"
One of his old shlpmates said to n
Journal reporter: why, | always said
that the ship that Dewey surrendered
wouldn't be worth d TO the enc
my. 1t would be Just lot of old junk -
and that is the opinion of one and all OF
his old messmates had OF him.
Dewey was positive man even as a
MILDLY, he was positive In appearance
and positive In action. Discipline was
one of the things that TO him was requi-
site above all others on a vessel of the
United States navy. And so he began
when Just out OF the naval academy TO
show that he knew what was needed on
shlpboard and he was respected for IL.
Above all his old comrades say he was
popular, both In his class and aboard
ship. They say he was a thorough
scholar and good student.
In his early days his shipmates all
remarked on that resolute, firmly set
Jaw and the eyes that flashed forth
their determination. and even In those
early days he gained the reputation
that followed him through his career
as a naval officer. going through one
grade after another, until placed in
command of n squadron OF splendid
ships, he upheld that early reputation
and gained splendid victory for the
American navy and the people Of the
United States.