Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-18
He Was Flag Lieutenant
Under Dewey.
SHOCK TO THE ADMIRAL
The Deceased Had a Gallant Record
and Had Been Slated For Pro-
m0ti0n--Typh0id Fever Caused His
Death-HiS Mothers Wishes.

Washington, Dec. 1~7.-Lieutenant
Thomas NJ. Brumby. flag lieutenant to
Admiral Dewey during the Manila cam
paign. who has been i'll with typhoid fever
for several weeks. died at Garfield hos
pital shortly after 6 o'clock this even
ing.
The death of Lieutenant Brurnby. while
not unexpected. was a great shock to
Admira Dewey. The relations of the
two for several years past have been
very intimate, and a strong friend ship
had grown up between them. Lieuten-
ant iSrunsby went out to the Asiatic sta
ton with the admiral and had been there
with him until they both returned to
the United States. In his capacity as
flag lieutenant. Lieutenant Bruaaby was
thrown in with Dewey practically all the
time and acted as his personal represent
tative in many matters of detail delegat-
ed to him by the commanding officer. He
was regarded by Admiral Dewey as a
bright, energetic and capable assistant,
while the devotion of the latter to the
admiral was something marvellous. The
burden of his thoughts during the latter
days of his illness, when his mind was
wrecked with delirium, seemed to be re-
garding his work for the admiral.
The lieutenant S present illness dated
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first symptoms being nothing more than
a cod, which. however, failed to yield to
trea tment, and soon afterward he went
to Garfield hospital, where he died. Adj
miral Dewey was unrenitting in his at
tenticns to him until his condition be-
came Dre'carious and visitors were not
allowed to see him. Some days ago Mrs.
w N. Howard. of Marietta. Ga. a sister,
was summoned, and Thursday she was
Joined by her husband. both remaining
with the lieutenant until he died. The
l~ieutenant's aged mother is still living in
Marietta, Ga The father. who is dead.
was a colonel of the Fourteenth Georgia
regiment in the confederate army.
Lieutenant Brumby was Al years Of age
and unmarried. No arrangements for
the funeral have been made. Lieutenant
Brumhy was appointed a naval cadet
from Georgia. entering the service in 1873.
and his present commission dates from
the Gath of August. 1892. He has been
with Admiral Dewey practically all of the
tim during the past two years.
In his report of the battle of Manila,
Admiral Dewey spoke in very compli-
mentary terms of the services and gall
lantry of BrumDy. n recommended that
he Toe advanced some numbers on the list
of lieutenants. His Recommendation was
adopted by the navy department and the
name was sent to the senate, but together
with a humble .. other promotions made
by the department. failed to be acted up
on. Tne promotion recommended placed
MIN about 10 on the list of lieutenants,
and had it been confirmed he would, in
less than a year from now, have reached
the grade of lieutenant commander.
The lieutenant's death is the third of
those who We're closely associated with
Admiral Dewey at the battle of Manila,
who have died since that time; namely,
Captain Gridley, Commander Wood and
Lieutenant Brunlby. Lieutenant Brum-
by was presented with q sword by the
legislature of Georgia on the Goth of Oc-
tober. He returned to Washington about
the middle of November.
Marietta, Ga. Dec. 17.-Mrs. Eliza Ann
Brumby, mother of Lieutenant BrunAby
sale tonight that while she would like
to have the remains of her son brought
home she would offer no objection if the
Washington officials desire to inter them
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