Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-06-17
EXPECTED VICTORY.
DEwEY's SON WORKSHOPS THE DECK
HIS FATHER THREADS.

His Unbounded Faith in His COuntry's
saiIormen and Battleships.
Of all the proud citizens Of the
United States the proudest is young
George Goodwin Dewey, son and only
child of the Acting and active Rear
Admiral who smashed the Spanish
fleet at Manila. Young Dewey LITERAL
ly worships the deck his father walks
on.
"When 1 heard the fleet had sailed
for the Philippines" said young Dewey
II knew my father would win. l knew
before the battle he would win.
know him so well, you know-his de-
termination. OF course, I'm delighted
and proud that he did win, but it
doesn't astonish me-"
Young Deweys manner shows his
good breeding and the blood that is
in him. His mother was the daugh-
ter of Gov George Goodwin, New
Hampshire's war Governor, a fighting
Democrat, who at his own expense,
fitted out the First New Hampshire
Regiment rather than call an extra
session of the Legislature. That's
where young Dewey gets his name
George Goodwin. He was graduated
from Princeton College in 1896.
"The last time | saw my father"
said young Dewey was last year,
| no, he IDraeiJo,,t Of ba ri Of
Inspection and Survey of the Navy. He
was made one of the board to go on
the trial trip of the Iowa, and he was
away on her for forty-eight hours. He
had then already been put in command
of the Asiatic squadron, and when he
went away from here we shook hands
at the depot, and l said
Goodbye, father; you know
hope you will have most successful
cruise
"He said: oh, yes, George, I think
l will. You know, I'll be the first
commodore to command the Asiatic
squadron since Perry. There ought to
be something in that. And he
laughed, shook hands with me again
! anu NcuI away Ou his RAIN.
Then young Dewey laughed frankly,
happily, and said: you know, ad-
mirals have commanded the Asiatic
squadron since Perry made us ac-
quainted with the Japanese. Well,
father left this country from San Fran
cisco on Dec. l last, and sailed to Ma
gaski, where he hoisted his flag on the
Olympia, on Jan. l.
"a few days after father left" young
Dewey continued, "one of his friends
in the navy-this friend is pretty high
up, but l won't tell you who he is
said to me: Dewey, your father is
just the man for the place, whether
there is war or peace Father has a
good many friends in the navy, and if
you have anything to say against the
navy you had better not say it to him.
Once he said to me: George, what
we have of a navy is the best on
earth.
IF there is any one man who be-
lieves in the navy it is my father,
tell you. He knows the men and he
knows the ships and he thinks there
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disclipinarian too; a man can't dis
obey him without being punished for
it. But, on the other hand, if he is
wrong he is very quick to say so. 1
have heard a great many nice things
about my father, and l must say l
have never heard him say bad thing
against any man in the navy.
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fathers mighty proud of his State,
Vermont. If any glory or credit comes
to him he will want Vermont to share
it. I wouldn't be surprised if Lieut..
William Winder would share it, too.
l hope so. Lieut.. Winder is my cous-
in, my aunts son. He's navigator of
the Raleigh, of fathers fleet. Father
thinks him a good officer and a skilful
navigator.
And you want to know something
about father on shore, Ell? Well, the
one thing he loves to do on shore is to
ride horseback. He always has a sad
die horse For long time he had a
mare named Nancy She had a blue
grass pedigree, and father was very
fond of her. But he is fond of all ami
mails; don't let him see you beat a
horse or whip dog. He'd never let
old Nancy 80 faster than a walk over
asphalt or cobble-stones Nancy got
so old that he couldn't ride her any
more, and man wanted to buy her.
No, I won't sell her, said father.
She has done me good service and l
won't sell her.
80 Nancy is at pasture now and
she will be till she dies.
Father finds a good deal of pleasure
at his clubs, too. He chooses his
friends among men of culture and edu-
cation So he is q nnennher Of Soma