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NO PAY FOR DEWEY.


Leaves Him without salary.
Washington, Feb. 2G--Con,sress has
made very odd mistake in providing for
the promotion of Dewey; it has made 40
ing joint resolution, which has just passed
the Senate, n mention is made Of romun-
Grafton for the new admiral. This has
given rise to Il good deal of cogtaiion at
the navy department, and among the
youngsters there have been not "a few
chuCklcS of amusement. The navy has
hyd no fun admiral since Porter, and his
salary Of $l3,cOu as well as the law Great
ing it. died with him. Obviously. the hero
of Manila will vacatc his present commits
sion when he accepts the new one; ha can
not hold two ranks at the same time, md
consequently he will lose the pay to which
hc is cntiUcd as u rear admiral
The situation is thus a very curious one,
but, of course Congress will rem, ly it
by an amendment to the joint resolution.
Doubtless a salary of $4,000 per annum
will be provided for Dewey, and h. vii
draw it for tho rest of mis- life The rcSo-
luton authorizes the President ito APP
point by selection and promotion, an adj
miral of the navy, VINO shall not he plac'
upon tho retired list, except upon his own
application; and, whenever such office
shall be vacated by death on othcrWiS',
the oiliCc shall cease to exist"
TL's Is the first occasion on which the
tl, w. .., a, az ~
country. Porter was thanked three tim >
by Congress. ana this extended his active
service 20 years the existing law giving
~ years extra for each thanks. If he had
u.o,,id I'm i,,,.o ,I,,,to,d an tE, nr,f,'n
It. n,,.,. ,,,,. -, sco,t - ,..,. 90,
pay: on shore duty he would get only
$500. As fun admiral he will draw $loS}33
a month under all circumstance 4 very
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Gr,,, tn co,oi,,.,,o ,ho ,,r.o, ,,,..nt Fornign
u.arshir, I, ,ho h.rhor ,,iu Dire .nlu,..
w. - ,r,, - '''' ''' "''' -
Tbc odrirol o,p-int, bis nv, chief of
e,ofr who ,,,,st cat ,o ,,d.r mo ,anl, az
captain. ana the personnel of The STAFF
othe rwiso is made w of as mlny officers
as he deems rcqutSit". selected by himself.
In truth. he Is an absolute monarch on a
ovrr m rrmv Of mon Nhan /, seems
good to him, he is privileged to commit
acts of open var on his own responsible
ity, and he has power of life and death
over every man in his fleet. Admiral
Dewey could have started Il war between
this country and Germany if h. had 80
wished, at the time when tn" Teuton
Diederichs WIS making himself 50 annoy
ing at Manila.
m" iuticS Of the commanding admiral
of the navy have never been defined by
legislative enactment. In fact, h" has
none, save such as the secretary OF the
navy may choose to assign to him por-
ter. after he WAS made full admiral. ne
Yer did any thing in particular. NorudE
| Is, he was chairman of the beard of r.
! spcction and survey, but this simply
meant that the board reported to him 1T
interVals-a mere formality. For 4
while he had a room at the navy depart
mcnt. but he did not get along very we'll
with Secretary Robson. and SO he trans
ferred his Headquarters to his residence
on II street
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