The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-12-18
THE DNATH ON BRTNBY.
Admiral Dewey's Flag Lieutenant
Passes Away.
A VICTIM OF TYPHOID FEVER
In Admiral De,vey'- Report OF the
battle oT Manila lieutenant Brumby
Was Highly Commended aud Rec
commended For Advancement

ommended For Advancement.
Washington, Dec. 1S.-Lieutenant
Thomas N. Brumby flag lieutenant to
Admiral Dewey during the Manila
campaign who has been III with ty.
phoid fever for several weeks, died at
Garfield hospital shortly after 6 o'clock
last evening.
The death OF Lieutenant Brumby.
while not unexpected, was great
shock to Admiral Dewey. The rela-
lions of the two men for several years
past have been very intimate, and a
strong friendship had grown up be-
ween them. Lieutenant Brumby went
)ut to the Asi-tic station with the ad-
miral and had been there with him un-.
I'll they both returned to the United
States several months ago. In his ca
pacity as flag lieutenant to the admiral
Lieutenant Brumby was thrown with
his chief practically all the time and
lcted as his personal representative in
many matters of detail delegated to
him by the commanding officer He
was regarded by Admiral Dewey as a
bright. energetic and capable assist
ant while the devotion of the latter
to the admiral was something marvel
Jus ut DUlNtu VI his luUu6n uui
ing the latter days OF his illness, when
his mind was racked with delirium.
seemed to be regarding his work for
he admiral
The lieutenant's present illness dated
from about Nov. q, the first symptom
being nothing more than a cold, which,
however failed to yield to treatment,
md soon afterwards he went to the
uGY1I tf,l ha nd A
miral Dewey was unremitting in his
attentions to him until his condition
became precarious and visitors were
not allowed to see him Some days
ago Mrs w L. Hayward, of Marietta,
Ga, a sister, was summoned, and
Thursday she was Joined by her hus-
band, both remaining with the lieuten
ant until he died The lieutenant's
aged mother is still living in Marietta,
Ga The father, who is dead, was colo
mel of the Fourteenth Georgia regiment
in the Confederate army.
In his Ieport uf the battle of Manila
Admiral re%ey spoke in very COM
plimcntaIy teri of the services and
galantry of his fig lieutenant, and
recommended that he be advanced
| some numbers on the list of lieuten-
ed by the navy department and the
name sent to the senate, but together
with a number of other promotions
made by the department faled to be
acted upon. The promotion recon-
mended placed him about 13 on the
list of lieutenants and had it been con-
frmed he would in less than a year
from now have reached the grade of
lieutenant commander The lieuten-
ants dcoth is the third of those who
were closely associated with Dewey at
the battle of Manila who have died
since that ttme-Captain Gridley. Com
mander Wood and Lieutenant Brumby.
Lieutenant Brumby was A years old,
and unmarried. He was appointed a
naval cadet from Georgia, entering the
service on Sept %, 1873, and his pres
ent commission dates from Aug. "a,
1892. Practically all the time during
the last two years he has been with
Admiral Dewey.
Lieutenant Brumby was presented
with a sword by the legislature OF
Georgia on Oct. 2G. He remained in
Georgia some days after tnat and re-
turned to Washington about the middle
OF November.