The times., 1899-10-01

out of a possible 80: 1858, s2.3 out of a
possible 80; total 7S.7.
Not Fnsaousaf for Coed Conduct.
Admiral Dewey was not remarkable for
good conduct at the Rival Academy. His
markings gave him 1871 per cent Rear
Admiral Howison's marking was lower
than his. being the lowest in the class. 1t
was 62.3 out of a possible 100. w. c.
Whittle was the best boy in the class.
his conduct marrying being 1928.
Dewey did notsfase the best rating in
seaRanship, gunnery and tactics. his
markings showing 1887 out of a possible
go. In this branch. Joshua Bishop was
the banner man, having so7.9 to his credit
The lowest man in seamanship, gunnery.
and tactics was Rear Admiral Kautz, whose
record was put down as 77.5. The men
who led Dewey in these studies were: Al
Ian v. Reed, 1863; John A. Howell, 1855;
II. l. Howison. 1888; C. L. Franklin, 1908;
Joshua Bishop, 26T.9; G. B. White. 1344
Henry N. Blue, Has; W. c. Whittle, 1sT;
E. G. Furber, 1S4.3. Those cadets who
did not pass as creditable examination as
Dewey We're: A. Kautz. us; j. Grim
ball. 124.s; W. A. Kerr, 8S.4; G. S. Storr,
1853; l. C. May, Ill.
Strong in Mathematics.
five cadets leading him. His average was
TAT out of a possible 100. Those who
eclipsed him were. J. A. Howell, 95.5:
Allan " Reed, 91.4; C. l.. Franklin. s1-2:
G. B. White, S01; Henry N. Blue, S3-3.
Dewey was quite weak in the matter OF
drawing, his percentage being 24-2 out OF
possible 40. He was excelled in this
branch by Reed, Howell, Franklin, Howl
son, Bishop, Blue, Furber, Whittle, May.
GrimbaH and Kautz
A Fighting Cadet.
1t is given as a reason for Dewey's poor
| showing in the matter of conduct at the
Academy that he was a lighting cadet"
The tension between the cadets from the
North and the South was in those days
great, and Dewey. is said to have been bit
ter in his feeling against the institution OF
human slavery, and quick to resent an at
front. Sectionalism was very strong in the
capital CT Maryland. cadet from the
South challenged Dewey to duel. The
challenge was accepted and the cadet from
Vermont named pistols. Seconds were chos-
en-, but the Academy authorities became
Informed of the impending combat, and the
principals found themselves in censidera-
| bic trouble. This was one. of the things
which counted against Dewey's record as
TO conduct"
Sometimes he was really hot tempered,
and then he accompanied his opponent
| without reluctance to the spot behind the
| battery, at the lower end OF Stribling's
| Row, where all personal grudges were in
yariably settled. if settled on the Academy
grounds Ii the battery could only talk it
! could yeritable tale unfold
Fisticuffs at tie BATTERY.
! In the third year OF his eadetship he had
! violent difference Of opinion with
younger but bigger youth named Smiley,
from Ohio, over the merits and beauty of
three sisters WIN d#eit in an ancestral
mansion on Maryland Ayenue, Annapolis.
Behind the battery went Dewey, follow
ed by Smiley. In two rounds Dewey
knocked the youth down twice Smiley
was a candidate for q aicadetship, bet failed
| IN his examinations. The only match for
Dewey in pepPery temper when aroused at
Annapolis was Cadet Joshua Bishop, and
these two sometimes had 1t hot and
heavy" as they say
| In the last year Of Dewey's cadetship
there was a bitter division at the Academy
between those from the North and those
| from the South, and some of those from
! the South were already Withdrawing AMI
returning to their horne5 to enter the ser
vice Of the Confederacy Among the
| Southern cadets it was the general express
sion OF opinion that George Dewey was the
hottest Republican and Abolit,onist anon 8
| the Northern cadets.
Net an Academy Athlete.
Cadet Dewey was strong and athletic,
but he was not accounted one of the Acad-
emy athletes. He could box well and swim
well. He could pull good car and sail
boat He never took part, other tE.an as
| a spectator. in the annual football con-
test between the cadets Of Annapolis and
| those of West Point Dewey was always
| fond Of music. and at the Academy was
| member of the Hidshipmens choir. He
| was known as one of the most expert fene-
ers at the Academy He was slight in
build, agile in movements, active in habits.
He was socially inclined, but not an
| ardent wooer," is the terse recollection Of
| one OF his classmates. Dewey and Howl
| son and Howell were very intimate then,
and they have kept UP their friendship for
one another all through the intervening
| years.
The athletic champion of the Academy
while Dewey was there was Cadet Moseiy.
| who was afterward lost on a ship which
vanished mysteriously in the Levant.
Mosely taught Dewey and others trick
! OF rolling 32-pound cannon balls around
their necks and chests and shoulders by a
| series of juggles and contortions that
would do credit to any professional strong
man on a metropolitan stage. Dewey could
! initiate Mosely after considerable practice,
| but he never achieved distinction as a
cannon ball roller.
Dewey was not taught dancing. That was
not in the Naval Academy curriculum until
the Academy was moved back from New
port at the close of the Civil War. There
WAS no course of athletics, except such
muscular effort as was involved in fencing.
In these days an enemys ship was boarded
cutIass in hand, and to handle sword
was an absolutely essential part or cadet
midshipman's education.
Where the Classmates Are.
Allen V Reed is on the retired list OF
The Navy, and is living in Washington. Ca
det Howell was early nicknamed Julia. .
He is now a rear admiral, and is the presi-
dent Of the Retiring Board at Washington.
Franklin is dead. Howison, called Bull
Howlson during his cadet days, is on the
Chicago. Capt. Josh" Bishop is retired
| and dwells in Washington. White, yclept
Polly by Dewey and the others, is dead
Nancy Blue-sometimes also affection
ately called 'the Widow Blue has passed
away. BLACK Ball" Furber has gone like
wise to his last reward Before entering
the Academy Furber had been third mate
on the Black Ball line between New York
| and Liverpool. He was called the Scrap
per-" to denote his prediction for fstiC
encounters at any time or place. Whittlt
is at the navy yard at Portsmouth, Va