Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
1t Will Cost a Pretty Penny to
Clothe the Admiral.
DETAILS HAVE BEEN DECIDED UPON
Special Dress Intended for Every
Conceivable Occasion.
SOME HE MAY NEVER USE

Written for The Evening Star.
With fine disregard of Admiral Dewey's
possible wishes the Navy Department
after asking him to prescribe his own uni
form, has proceeded to fashion one for
him in the interim OF course. the depart-
ment has not the slightest intention of
sighting the admin al, and it has taken the
greatest care to fCrestall his desires but
the fact remains that history may repeat
itself and the admiral later modify this
dress.
When Farragut was commissioned an ad-
miral the style of his dress was left to
his own choosing, and the modest old gen
tleman designed something eminently fit
ting his quiet tastes. So unpretentious
was his gGrb that it left nothing gaudv
enough for his immediate Junior. and tha
result was a subsequent order from the
department directing him to cover nearly
haf OF his sleeve with gold oak leaves
mat the old gentleman was indignant is
putting II mildly, and, because of his very
positive stand, he was allowed to retain
MS own dress, while his Junior gIoried in
something shower
The distinctive markings which the do
parlment has chosen for Admiral Dewey
are win one minute exception such &C
ArmiFal FarraSut chose for himself and
~ Is uAodeEt that this association with his
~ MASTER OF war may be all the more
p4edSlnS TO Admiral Dewey. whose tactoc
In such matters are also refined and C,1isf
NhIe Admin al Dewey is on his Let
cruise II is highly probable that he viii
MIL H .t put haf OF the eight uniforms
MhIcn the new regulations prescribe for
MIN. but ii is interesting to know how he
VIII look when he returns to take mar, ~
await him. "'-o'iS winch
Special Full Dress.
"hen calling on the President or soma
Siniiiaf dlgnltary, and at general muster
On 'he hrst Sunday of every month. Ad
ann al De"ey VIII wear what is termed
special iuH dress-the garb, in fact. in
winch the accompanying cut shows hin,
MS Is his very SWEETEST outfit. and CON
siSls OF double-brca sted coat with taiIc
which Is lined throughout with white SIN
serge: trousers. also Of navy blue broad
c4oth, with gold lace down the outer seams
a gold-banded cooked hat. epauIettes
sword and full-dress sword belt The coat
sleeves Will be adorned with two tv-o-incb
stripes of gold lace with q single one-inch
stripe between, and all surnouDted h,, n
single star II is in this star thar Tho Iii
unetiVe marks differ from Admiral Farra-
gut s-his star bearing Il small frigate en-
broliered IN silver in the center. while Ad-
mlral Deweys is plain. There will he y
broad band of gold lace around the collar
lis epaGlettes. like his shoulder straps
shown at the bottom of the picture, will
80 4''-A 94iNtl St1IS OF I'VE points each.
lhe outer two being sUperposed upon gold
4CCLrd anchors-the anchors being the dis
Snctive marks for an admiral as com
pared with the four plain stars of a gen.
craL
There are two rows of nine buttons each
down the front of this coat and the belt
rests just above the bottom two.
Hat and sword.
The cooked hat is rigid affair of black
silk beaver. and is from 10 to Is inches
long from peak to peak and from to 81
inches high on the left fan. and an inch
lower on the right one. The fans are dec
GRATED with u strip of two-inch gold lace
laid on fiat. and passing around their out
er rims and under the peaks. The admiral
Will wear the regulation sword or that
voted him by Congress, which is to be
given him upon his arrival in Wash
ington. and his belt will be of dark navy
blue cloth. embroidered on the top and the
bottom edges with a gold strip half an
tnCh wide and with another strip half as
wide in the center-a reduced version of his
sleeve stripes. The sword sling straps will
be OF the same style, only smaller.
The full dress uniform is to be worn on all
other occasions of ceremony. such, for in
stance, as in making the first visit to other
officers of flag rank and on social occasions
To which officers are invited in their official
capacity. The coat of this uniform is like
the evening dress of the civilian, and with
the exception of the collar and the buttons
down the front, Is adorned just as the