The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-29

G.C.V.O., and His Majesty William Ii.
German Emperor, etc.
Then comes the following imposing
array of five admirals Of the fleet, name
ly the Honorable Sir Henry Keppel, Sil
John II. Commerell, II! r. H. Alfred Er-
nest Albert. reigning Duke of Saxe-Co
burg-Gotha (the Duke of Edinburgh
the Right Honorable Richard James
Earl of Clanwilliam, Sir Algernon Mel
Lyons and Sir Frederick William Rich
ards. All of these officers outrank Dew
ey. Then come nine admirals, beginning
with Sir NOVEL; Salmon, aide-de-camI
to the Queen, Sir Michael Culme Sey-
mour, now ommander-in-chief al
Portsmouth,; the Hon. Sir Edward r
Fremantle, occupying the similar posi-
tion at Plymouth, and Sir John Q. Hop
kins, who commanded the English
squadron at the Columbus celebration
as vice-admiral, but who now is the
admiral commanding Her Majesty's
Mediterranean station Besides these
are Admirals Fairfax, Erskine, Butler
Jones, Adeane and Tracey, and to every
one of them Dewey is Junior. So that
when it comes to comparing the rank OF
our solitary admiral with that of the
numerous British sea dignities above
mentioned the occasion is obviously not
one to invoke screams of conscious SUI
periority from the American eagle under
the supposition that he alone occupies
the top rail of the fence. He does not
he perches much lower down.
Even an Honorary Admiral of the
Fleet" does not denote the apex of Brit
ish naval altitude. The office of Lord
High Admiral-last filled by William
W., who resigned it in 1S2S-is only in
commission the Board of Admiralty
and may be made personal at any time.
1t was supposed some years ago that the
Duke of Edinburgh would be appointed
to it, and lately there has been talk
about giving it to Prince George of
Wales, who is a captain in the royal
navy; but Great Britain is rather more
sensitive about the efficiency of her fleet
than she used to be, and commanders of
the gilded figurehead type, whether in
high office or low, are not so much ven
Grated as they once were.
We are going to give Admiral Dewey
about as much of an income as a fairly
good lawyer or doctor in a city makes
and nothing to be compared with the
revenues Of the men who in other pro-
LESSONS hold a place in anywise cores
ponding to his. 1t is supposed now to be
$14,500 per annum, but the naval officers
are quite in the dark as to what their
pay is under the Personnel bill. and at
present they are in a state, as one eX-
pressed it, Of don't know, but hope"
AT all events. Dewey does not get as
much as a British, admiral on cores
ponding foreign service, for the emolu-
ments Of that officer amount to SIT. 1856
year, and of course, he cannot aspire to
equality with an admiral of the Fleet"
who pockets nearly twenty thousand
dollars.
1t may be asked what an American adj
miral has to do with these tremendous
"swells of the ocean" and perhaps we
shall yet hear of patriotic orators fierce
ly demanding why he should ever de-
mean himself to any web-footed servant
of an effete monarchy and so on He
does not demean himself in any invidious
sense. In the way of business he would
as cheerfully sink an admiral of the
fleet or blow up a lord high admiral as
else: but between the naval Of
ficers of civilized navies the rules of Off
cial courtesy are rigfdly observed-and
by virtue of these the Junior or inferior
officer of one nationality pays the same
Difference to senior or superior officer
Of another nationality as he does to one
Of his own. That is why the captain of
the German cruiser Fake obeyed Admi-
K a ~ to 10 tta l,or
Of Samoa after the recent trouble. OF
course, it is an unusual thing for an or
der of this sort to be made, and ordina-
rily it IS never necessary. AT the same
time the omission of conventional acts
IF courtesy is often regarded as of seri-
)us significance, as witness the behavior
Of the German Admiral Won Diedericf1s
at Manila, followed by the sharp inquiry
from Dewey Of whether he wanted to
fight, and the information that if he did
he could have 1t right then and there.
If Admiral Dewey's fleet should join
hat Of Admiral Sir John Hopkins, Dew
ey would fire a salute to Hopkins, and
Hopkins would return it. Dewey would
make the first official call. which Hop
kins would return. If the flagships were
lnder way, Dewey would not pass ahead
# Hopkins. Dewey would follow Hop
1ins' lead in. the time of hosting colors
n the morning and lowering them at
light, but on the Fourth of July or any
# our national holidays Hopkins, re-
sardless of his superior rank, would fol-
ow Dewey in dressing ship and in hoist
ng and lowering the ensign. Ifrthe two
Ulcers were about to go from ship
nto the same boat-a rather remote pos
would go down the
.angway first, but on leaving the boat
o go aboard ship Hopkins would go
irst up the side ladder In event of it's
'eing necessary for the two fleets to act |
ogether, Hopkins would take command,
Though he might put his orders to
Dewey in the form Of requests or even
uggestions. That Is about as far as
ourtesy goes. OF course Dewey would |
lot ask Hopkins permission to go or |
ONE or perform any evolution he saw |
t.
At the present time Dewey is PERFORM
ng much the same duty as he did as a
He has a larger fleet, how
nty-three ships in all, including
he famous Oregon-and that fact in it.
elf would have involved an officer of
igher rank than commodore being
lin in the Independent.
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