Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-05-26
Dewey's Health.
The Surgeon of the olympia says IL Is
Good, and the Admiral shows No sig
OF breaking Down,

The Surgeon of the olympia Says II IL
Good, and the Admiral shows No Sign
OF breaking Down.
Surgeon j. +. Page of Admiral Dewey s
flagship, the Olympia, has arrived at Wash
| ington on leave. Up to the date of his de-
| parture from Manila Surgeon Page had
been on the flagship ever since Dewey took
command, seeing him daily and having
! general charge of medical affairs, so that
| he is in position to give an intelligent
view of the Admirafs health. He says {:
admiral Dewey is in no sense sick man,
but is as well as any man could be after
| spending year in the tropics. / was on
the Olympia at the time he came aboard,
and from that time to the present | do not
! believe there has been any apprecable
| change in his appearance, weight or gener-
| al condition. Any one who thinks he is
a physical wreck should hear the Admiral
on the quarter deck when he gets aroused.
He is the gentlest man living, and yet he
expects every man to do his exact duty
and when there is any shortcoming, the
Admiral will be heard from in no feeble or
sickly manner OF course every one in
| the fleet has suffered in health more or less
| during the last year, owing to the terrific
and long sustained heat and the enervating
| climate. 1t takes all the life out of a
strong man and weakens his energy and
ambition. In that Dewey suffered with all
the rest Of u.s.
Surgeon Page was asked if Admiral
| Dewey's responsibilities had not weighed
heavily upon him. al think not" he an
swered, land | believe it will be found he
has just as much nerve as on the morning
! he fought the battle of Manila bay. He is
a man who carries responsibility lightly,
J and does not let it break him down. On
! the morning Of the battle he was perfectly
cool, and only once throughout the action
did he show signs of anxiety. That was
when the head gunner reported that our
ammunition was running short. This was
about the time we pulled off for breakfast,
and it had rather depressing effect. But
1t was quickly offset when the officer of the
deck reported that the Reina Christina and
Castillo were afre. That was the turning
point, and the Admiral had no anxiety at
ter that"
The Admiral Interviewed.
HoNG KONG, May 2j.-Admiral Dewey
was interviewed by correspondent of
New York paper on his arrival here. He
said, among other things:
81 am not sorry TO leave Manila at this
time. | could not stand the care and re-
| sponsibiity much longer. 1t is vastly
easier sometimes to be under orders than
to issue them. II is the responsibility
that kills. During the year that has
elapsed since we came to Manila l have
not had one sick day until now. A year
is long enough in this climate for an old
man, and am glad to be permitted rest.
| On this account | expect to remain in
Hong Kong two weeks. That ought 10 re-
cuperate me.
81 have the greatest enthusiasm in the
future of the Philippines. l hope to see
Americas possessions the key to Oriental
| commerce and civilization.
1--WE must never sell them. Such an ac-
ton would bring on another great war.
| We will never part with the Philippines,
am sure, and in future years the idea that
anybody should have seriously suggested
it will be one of the curiosities Of history.
"The instruction is broken. There
will be no more hard battles, and the era
for the islands that was temporarily de-
layed by the rising will soon begin. Aguin-
aldo and his generals must be captured,
and then the very semblance of an insur-
rection will cease. The end is not far off,
If we push right after them"