Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
000ITH fine disregard of Ad-
WAW miral Dewey's possible wishes.

w miral Dewey's possible wishes,
the Navy Department, after
asking him to prescribe his own uno-
form, has proceeded to fashion one for
him in the interim. OF course the de-
partment has not the slightest inten-
tion of sighting the admiral, and 1t has
taken the greatest care to forestali, his
desires, but the fact remains that his
tory may repeat itself and the admiral
modify this dress.
When Farragut was commissioned
an admiral the style of his dress was
left to his own choosing. and the mod
est old gentleman designed something
eminently fitting his quiet tastes. So
unpretentious was his garb that 1t left
nothing gaudy enough for his imme-
diate junior, and the result was sub
sequent order from the department di-
recting him to cover nearly half of his
sleeve with gold oak leaves. That the
old gentleman was indignant Is putting
1T mildly, and, because Of his very posi-
tive stand, he was allowed to retain
his own dress, while his junior gloried
In something Shower.
The distinctive markings which the
department has chosen for Admiral
Dewey are, with one minute exception,
such as Admiral Farragut chose for
himself, and it is thought that this as
'sociation with his old master of war
may be all the more pleasing to Ad-
ENiral Dewey, whose tastes in such mat
tiers are also refined and quiet.
1t is highly probable that Admiral
Dewey will never need but half of the
eight uniforms which the new regula-
tions prescribe for him.
When calling on the President or
some similar dignitary and at general
muster on the first Sunday of every
month. Admiral Dewey will wear what
is termed special full dress-the
garb, in fact, in which the accompany
ing cut shows him. This Is his very
SWEETEST outfit, and consists of
double-breasted coat, with tails lined
throughout with white silk serge; trou-
sers, also of navy blue broadcloth, with
gold lace down the outer seams, gold
banded cooked hat, epaulets, sword and
full dress sword belt. The coat sleeves
will be adorned with two two-inch
stripes Of gold lace with a single one
inch stripe between, and all surmount-
ed by single star. 1t Is in this star
that the distinctive marks differ from
Admiral Farragut's, his star bearing
small frigate embroidered In silver in
the center, while Admiral Dewey's is
plain. There will be a broad band Of
gold lace around the collar. His epau-
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the bottom of the picture, will bear
four silver stars Of five points each, the
outer two being superposed upon gold
fouled anchors, the anchors being the
distinctive marks for an admiral as
compared with the four plain stars Of
general.
The full dress uniform is to be worn
on all other occasions of ceremony,
such for instance 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 but
tons down the front Is adorned just as
the special full dress coat is-epau-
lettes, sword and cooked hat being
worn also.
On occasions Of Ordinary cere-
mony," such as In boarding ships of
war. in making the first visit In port
upon commanding officers, on parades
of ceremony with enlisted men under
arms, and at the ordinary Sunday In
spections of course, the
first one of the month-the admiral VIII
wear the "dress" uniform. This uni
form Is a frock coat, plain blue OF
white trousers. cooked hat, epaulettes
sword and plain leather belt. The ad
miral's belt for this dress is the same
as that prescribed for all other officers
and is of black grained leather of not
more than two inches in width. The
belt plate or buckle Is of yellow gilt
and consists of wreath of oak leave,
surrounding the naval coat of arms o.
thirteen stars encircling spread eagl'
on an anchor.
When calling on foreign officers othc
than commanding officers, and on %
cial occasions when frock coats are az
propriate. the admiral will wear tn