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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-10-06

ragut, Barry and Jones in flames eter-
nal temple. He proved himself n states
man, discreet, diplomatic, dignified, dur
Ing the crucial days following the battle
Of Cavite, when indiscretion might jeop-
ardize what had been won and lead to
unknown dangers. And at all times and
under all circumstances he has proved
himself an American gentleman.
From that May day, in 1895, when the
news of his superb victory owe the Span
ish fleet in Manila harbor electrified the
nation, causing many people at first to
question it's accuracy so astonishingly
complete was it, Dewcy's name has been
oftenest on American lips and his fame
has been cnshrined in the national heart.
than ,7O,O0O,O00 people, and from that
moment to the present he has not omitted
OR committed one act. the omission or
commission of which dimmcd one ray of
his glory. He has maintained his mod
est composure ever while the world unit
ed to swell his praises. The greetings
rendered him at the various visiting ports
or his return voyage wrought no change
In the fine fabric of the man and he
game back to an almost %worshipful people
the same in gentlcmanly character us he
sailed away, free from the imitation of
ponp and pride.
1t is no wonder that the American
people should take and carefully note in
memory whatever is illustrative of his
character. And thus the writer turns
from the pomp of the great reception in
New York to the anteccdents of Dewey,
to trace along the lines of his develop
ment the influences and the characteris-
lies that combined to make the victor Of
Manila and the idol of America.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-10-06

gut raised his flag over this fleet in Feb
ruary, 1862. The Mississippi was the
only side-wheelcr of the lot. Command
err Melancthon Smith was her captain
and Dewey was her first lieutenant.
Early in April the larger ships. the Mis-
sissippi among them, were unloaded and
hauled over the bar, and by the night of
the Odd the squadron was ready for the
business of running past the formidable
batteries of st. Philip and Jackson, ready
to conquer the Confederate fleet beyond
and to press on to New Orleans.
Amid Smoke and Flame.
Farragut divided his ships into two d.
visions. Captain Theodorus Bailey had
command of that going first, and the
Mississippi was the third in his line.
Docks were whitcwashcd, no lights We're
showing, and the night was inky black
save for the lurid red of an occasional
Confederate fire. The big ship, having
a speed of only eight knots, Rugged the
shore to avoid the swift current. On, on
they steamed. u slow, stately procession
that knew no check. until the flames of
the broadside guns leaped into the very
ports of the batteries aud the shot struck
in midair. So close were they that the
gunners hurled curses at each other across
the narrow space of black water. On the
high bridge Of the sidc-wheelcr, in the
midst of belching smoke and flame, stood
Dewey, guiding the Mississippi as calmly
as though he were going up New York
bay Oh a still afternoon in Indian sum
mer. He was a perfect master of him
self.
"Do you know the channel. Dewey?'
Captain Smith asked anxiously and more
than once as he paced from port to star
board. The lieutenant was very young.
only "a, and the situation would have
tried a veteran.
eyes, sir" replied Dewey with conf
dence each time. But he admitted after
ward that he expected to ground every
moment.
This is how Chief Engineer Baird. U.
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time came z. X. Pangborn, now Mai. q.
K. Pnngborn Of the Jersey City journal.
The boys, quite exhilarated by the sue
cess they had had with former masters,
made a bold stand, with young George
Dewey to the front and center. George
was at once called upon for examination,
but the spirit of mutiny being rife within
him, he declined to so. The teacher
thereupon seized the collar of young Dew
ey with one hand and his whip with the
other; no quarter being cried, none was
given, and the lad got a whipping the like
of which had never been served out in.
that district. He was then told to go
home, and Mr.. Pangborn went along, the
rest of the school trooping Mt his heels.
DIR. Dewey stood ut his door, and sizing
up the situation dismissed the boys and
took George and the schoolmastcr to his
study.
what is it, my SOM" he asked.
In answer, George stripped off his coat
and shirt and showed a back covered
with red stripes. The father perceiving
that George was still rebellious, asserted
Mr.. Pangborn had not given enough. The
hint was sufficient md George became
dutiful. =
George came to be an admirer of Mr..
P%anghorn. and when afterward the lat
ter established n private academy at
johnson, VT, George followed him tlith-
CT by his own request.
A Fighter ut Annapolis.
AT Is young Dewey went to the Nor
witch Military Academy, and it was while
there he conceived a taste for military
life and expressed a desire to go to An
napolis. AT the & of IL he. entered
that institution in the class of "a.
At that time Dewey was a strong,
active boy of medium height, with flash
ing black eyes and shoulders beginning to
broaden. He could swim as one born to
the water and excelled in all outdoor ex-
%ercises. At Annapolis he found the line
sharply drawn between the Northern and
Southern boys and he proceeded prompt
~ to get into trouble. He had a spirit
that would bear no insult and he was
singled out by the leader of the South
ern lads as the most promising of the
Northern faction for a little excitement.
The Southerncr was not disappointed.
George was far from rescnting the term
Yankee; he thought that of dough
face" more o%pprobrious, and as tile quar-.
rel grew his enemy did not stop there.
So one day coming out of the mess hall
George waited for him md calmly knock
ed him down, getting the better of the
mix-up that followed. Some time after
ward he had an inkstand hurled at his
head in the reading room. which resulted
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DEWEY'S CHARACTER
MlRRORED BY WORDS

Characteristic u%ttcranccs from the lips of
Admiral Dewey give accurate glimpses of
the character OF the man. Some Of Ills most
notable sayings are these:
You may fire when you are ready. Grid
This sentence opened the battle of Manila
.:Open with all guns"
This command. was given in the height of
the Manila battle.
You. must keep or Wholly give up the
This was his message to the peace COM
mission at Paris.
The deck OF my vessel is United States
territory, and I'll parade my men for no
foreigner that ever drew BREATH
This he said to the complaining captain of
the port OF Malta.
my coat tail has been removed by an act
Of Providence"
This was sud after a shark had bitten OF
the appendages.
a:Amerlcan sailors, like the American peo.
pie. have confidence In themselves"
This was said after the. battle OF Manila.
'.Too much confidence In naval warfare ID
sometimes bad for yourself"
This declaration was made to Can't. Chi.
chester ef thu English navy at Manila
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capital Of the Philippine Islands involv-
cd the defeat of the Spanish feet. The
location of that feet was unknown, and
with thousands of islands to hide among
it could not be considered an easy task
to corner it.
1t is familiar history how Dewey with
his squadron arrived on Saturday even
ing, April 30, at C6rregidor Island. which
guards the entrance to the harbor. The
moon was up, but no lights showed from
the vessels until n spark from the fun
mel of the dispatch boat Mccullough at
tracted the attention of the forts and
drew their fire.. The fire was returned
and the squadron. passed on, while II few
torpcdocs harm!cssly exploded in front OF
the flagship. Stcaming at slow speed
all night, with the men Mt full length be-
side their guns, the squadron saw as gray
dawn broke the sleeping city of Manila
anu Cavite. with its white houses aud
battlements and its: great arsenal. close
ut hand. But. as.9ihsdDr sight to Dewey's
eyes was the Spa,isaHtseet, its officers and
men dreaming .fh0yGAtional dream of
'manana' :s-etb,nidfYb1u
How Dewess lending the line in the
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BOARDING the WABASH
As An ENSIGN.

his brother Edward entered the war a
private and came out a captain. In ILL
nois seventy men bearing the Dewey
name entered the Union ranks. On the
maternal side Admiral Dewey is related
to the Porter family, which gave two
naval captains to the nation.
In the war with Spain one of the ad-
miral's brothers sent his two SONS to the
front and the son Of the other volunteer
ed, but got no opportunity to serve, as
Vermont's quota was already filled. And
the Vermont regiment. by the way, was
commanded by q cousin Of the family.
Dewey's Father.
Admiral Dewey is in the ninth genera
ton from that Thomas Dewey who car
ried his household goods to Dorchester
in 1888. The admiral grandfuother,
Simeon Dewey, was born in Hanover, N.
H., considerably over a century ago and
bought II farm near Berlin, four miles
from Hanover. Here, in 1901, the ad-
mirai's father. DIR. Julius Yemans Dewey,
was born. In 1899 DIR. Dewey settled in.
Montpelier, marrying, in 1925, Miss Mary
Perrin. -Four children were the result
of this union, Charles, Edward, George
and Mary, all of whom are living.
DIR. Dewey, father of the admiral, was
a deeply religious man. He was u man
of culture and of force of character, vet
he had u heart that was full of the milk
of human Kindness. He was a poor lad
when he struck out into the world for
himself. By teaching school in Montpe-
lier he earned enough money to enable
him to study medicine and take out his
degree. In Montpelier and the surround
ing region DIR. Dewey was greatly beloy-
ed. He was a pioneer in life insurance
and founded a company of which his son,
Charles, is president. and another son,
Edward, director. He founded Christ
Episcopal Church, Montpelier, and here it
was that the future admiral was bap-
tiled, attended the Sunday school and
was confirmed. Here, too, when the flu
ture admiral was ) years old took place
the first funeral from the church, that of
his mother. Mary Perrin. Many years
afterward DIR. Dewey raj carried from
the same church to Green Mount Gene
terry, where he now rests near the scene
Of his lifc's labors.
An Early Anecdotc.
There are many anecdotes told of
George Dewey in those far-off days in
dreamed of the stern realities of life.
He had a temper that had n habit of as
sorting itself and that caused good DIR.
Dewey considerable worry. He was a
leader among his companions in all kinds
of childish pranks and was a fighter. In
fact his combativencss was always pro-
nounced.
Once in his fathers buggy he set out
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flagship Olympia, steamed past the Span
ish vessels five times with a gradually
decreasing range; how he issued the or
der to fire, You may fire when you're
ready. Gridley;' how he smashed the
Spanish vessels and forts with u ceaseless
rain of shot and shell; how he retired to
rest his men and give them time for
breakfast, and how he returned to COM
plete the work of destruction and did
complete it, sinking eleven Spanish ships,
without losing a ship himself or n man
all this is familiar to every American.
And then his modest account of the bat
tie, and the giving the credit of the
achievement to his officers. caps the c!i-
max of one of the most brilliant and CONF
plete naval battles in the history of tho
world.
Victory Brings New Labors. b
But with the sinking of the Spanisl,
fleet Dewcy's work was not done. His
victory had opened up new fields for his
energy. He had to deal with natives.
Spaniards and other foreigners. Under
the Jealous eyes of foreign men-of-wor
he had to keep watch and ward over rho
new acquisition and solve the coufusin.
problems that arose daily. An inJis.
erect act might cmbroil the country with
other nations. and too much leniencv
would he considered as tcmeritv. But to
every difficulty that arose he was enuoI
He was warrior, diplomat, interpreter or
international law all in onc And for
thirteen months lie kept his vigil in Ma
Mia harbor. ready for any emergency
that might come.
Once, after the battle of Manila, when
Spain was about dispatching Il squadron
under Camara to the Philippines, Dewey
sent Il cablrgram to the naval department.
suggesting that Camara would turn back
if the United States were to make a dem
onstration on the coast of Spain. There
upon it was announced that Commodore
Watson would he sent across the Attain
tic. The hint was sufficient and Camara
turned back to Spain from the Suez
canal.
The strain of these cventful months
in the tropics bore heavily on the admiral,
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NJ HE demonstration accorded Al.

Go HE demonstration accorded Ad-
miral. George Dewey in New York
was n of the grandest, most gor-
.geous and spontaneously enthusiastic in
the whole history Of human pageantry.
It was an outpouring Of the popular heart
and affection for the nations hero and
the worlds greatest naval captain, and
throughout the broad domain of the Unit
ed States, from his own native rock-rib-
bed New England to the sands of the
Golden Gate. from semi-tropical Gulf to
almost arctic SHOWS, the people of every
creed and color joined in the spirit Of
New York's reception to the victor of
Manila bay.
Admiral George Dewey is worthy of
that reception. He proved himself a
fighter when fighting was to be done
and carved his mme. by the side of Far
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-10-06
IN THE CIVIL. a

Dcwey's Brilliant Service Under the
Great Farragut.
Dewey was at home in Montpelier
when Sumter was fired upon. One week
afterward he secured his commission as
a lieutenant and was ordered to the steam
sloop Mississippi of the West Gulf squad
ron. 1t will be remembered that Earra-
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breach was eventually healed and that
George Dewey grew to be one of the
most popular members of the class.
Young Dewey was graduated in 1883.
AS a midshipman he was sent to the Eu.
ropean station, cruising for two years in
the Mediterranean on the Wabash, with
Captain Barron of Virginia, who after
ward Joined the Confederate navy. In
1860 he returned to Annapolis to be ex-
amined for his commission, and showed
his ability by lending his fellows.
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COMES OF. BLOOD.

Early Career and characteristics of
Americas Popular IDOL.
Admiral George Dewey comes from n
fighting stock. There have been Dewey
fighters in every American war since
Thomas Dewey. the founder of the fam
lily in this country. built his cottage in
Dorcester, Mass, in 1853. This pioneer
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in another personal encounter, with Dew
cy again victorious. But the matter did
not end even here, for the Southerner
wrote q challenge to mortal combat with
pistols ut close range. The offer was nc.
cepted with alacrity, the seconds chosen
and ' the ground paced of, when the
classmates, seriously alarmed. informed
some Of the officers stationed at Anuapo.
lis. The duel was not fought.
l. 10 pleasant to narrate that the
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DEWEY AT MANILA.

Marvellous Victory Which Made Him
the Idol of His Country.
When war broke out between this
country and Spain Dewey, then ut Hong
Kong, found himself in a trying position.
He was forced to leave British waters,
and with no coaling station nearer than
Honolulu there was but one thing to do
take Manila. But the taking of the
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with a companion to bring home the
COWS. They found the ford over the Dog
river, which enters the Winooski ncar
Montpelier, impossible. Against the adj
vice Of his companion. George drove into
the rushing stream. The top of the buggy
was carried away and the lads only saved
themselves by getting on the horses back.
| When George returned home his father
was away and the youngsters. innate
sense of tactics prompted him to go to
bed. The father soon afterward made
his appearance in Georges chamber and
began Gliding him for his rashness. From
the depths of the belclothcs came this
childish appeal: You ought to be thank
full that my life was spared" The good
doctor turned away without another
word.
His schoolboy Days.
George Dewey was sent first, when a
little chap, to the Washington County
grammar school in Montpelier. The
scholars there did not have the reputation
Of being amenable to discipline, and it is
to be feared that George was no excep-
ton to the rule. To this school in due
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Dewey Of the New World was born in
Sandwich, England. In the revolution
airy war we read Of a Dewey parson in
southern Vermont who adjourned church
service to fight with the gallant Stark
against the Hessians at the battle Of
Remington. and who then returned and
completed his sermon. There was a
Corporal Dewey who took part in the
FIRST skirmfsh at Lexington. All told,
the Deweys furnished twenty-four SOL
diers in-the revolutionary war. In the
wal Of 1872 there were thirteen Deweys
who aided inSdefense Of the flag.
By the time the civil war broke out the
Dewey name wa widely extended. Two
dozen Deweys fought among the boys in
blue from old Vermont. One Massachu.
setts regiment contained six Deweys and
Was commanded by a relative Of Admiral
Devey's mother. Admiral Dewey him
eelf won high honcrs under Farragut and
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and when he set out ON his triumpi,nI
voyage home he was II sick man. Irortu-
natcly his hcnlti, is restored and he is
ab!c to enjoy the demonstrations that cy-
clywhcre await him in the land that he
has SO signally served.
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A recent find OF a set OF ivory pins.
n little gateway. and three balls. indi-
Gates that the Egyptians played nine
pins quite 5000 years ago.
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In nearly every street in japanese
cities is a public oven. where, for a
small fee. housewives may have the
dinners and suppcrs cooked for them.
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How Dewey; leading tho line in the
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Whenever the moon and stars are set
Whenever the wind is high,
All night long in the dark and wet,
\ man goes riding by.
Late in the night when the fires are
out,
Why does he gallop and gallop about:
Whenever the trees are crying aloud,
And ships are tossed at sea,
BY, on the highway, low and loud,
BY at the gallop goes he.
BY at the gallop he goes, and then
BY he comes back at the gallop again
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British, and Even Spanish
Flags Honor the Fighter.
English Governors, Generals ane
AomiraiS in the M Mediterranean
Fete the Americans.

FAYAL, Azore Islands, March 3d.
The United States cruiser Raleigh, Cap
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The Raleigh has been having stormy
weather on the Atlantic, but mas been
behaving splendidly and proves to be a
good sea boat. All are we'll on board.
This is the first of Admiral Dewey's
squadron of war ships to be bound for
home She has on board a number of
men who belonged to the crew of the
flagship Olympia In two years she has
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her officers and crew every form of
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were given to Captain Coghlan and
his officers everywhere, in marked diff
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ON her outward passage, two years ago.
Governors Generals and Rear Ad-
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ed to visit and inspect the ship.
The French, at Algiers, showed a
marked difference. There was no re-
ception except from the British and
American residents, although the
French officials were polite.
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