Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-02

| ates and oxygen to help respira tfon which
| was becoming difficult. At l o'clock Capt
| e H. west telegraphed to Washington that
| the admiral was dangerously i'll and not ex-
pected to live. Shortly before his death the
| admiral again complained of excessive pain
| IN the chest He was wholly conscious at
the ume. He was raised in bed to make
him more comfortable, lying on his side
After being turned he remained so quiet
| that the attendants became alarmed They
| examined the admiral and found thar h.,
was dead. This was at 3:15 O'CLOCK His
WIe, hrs son Woodward. and his sister
Mrs. Wheelock, and her son, stood beside
nm when he passed away. Another son.
Barrett Philip, in business in Boston. and
who had been telegraphed for did NOT ar
rive until too late
capt West at once telegraphed the news
OF the admiraTs death to Secretary of the
Navy John d. Long. Secretary I,ong ~ ~
piled as follows: e ie
"lneXpressibly shocked to hear of the
ae ae@tn rn OF ADMIRAL Philip, a faithful servant
OF God ana of his country. He was one of
me true heroes of the American navy Sec
that every honor is done him Convey INV
L nave written" ~ 'iii
The death of Rear Admiral Philip re-
moves from the United States navy one Of
the braVest and most popular men in tba
service iAiei III tHe
In the Spanish-American war. as can..i,
ol the IeNas. Admiral Philip made himself
famous for his part in the sea fight at 81
tiago. II was his ship which, with the helm
OF the Oregon. ran ashore the Aln,irante
oquendo of Admiral Cervera's squadron
anu When the Oregon darted in pursuit of
the neet Cristobal Colon Capt Philip and
ms Iexas were left to destroy the Oouen-
90. BEFORE long the Spaniard's colors
! came down. Almost at the same instant
an an explosion rent the blazing oquendo.
Ihe Americans. flushed and excited with
triumph and victory, broke into a wild
cheer at the sight 1t was then that Ad-
mlral Philip proved himself the generous
victor that he was when he uttered the
the poor devils are dying"
Rear Admiral Philip was born in Kinder
nook, Columbia county. N. Y, on August
~, 1S4o. At the age of sixteen he entered
me Naval Academy as an appointee from
New York AT the academy he was an as
sociate of Dewey and Sampson He vas
graduated in 1861 and at once attached to
| the sloop Marion. In 1862 he was commits
stoned lieutenant. During the civil war
aiding squadron, and was present on the
monitor Montauk, in 1863 at the lombard
ment of Fort Sumter.
AT the close of the war he went to the
China station as executive of the Wachu-
Sett from where he was transferred as ex-
ecutfve to the Hartford. He served on the
Richmond of the European squadron from
1869 to 1872, and while he was her execu-
! tive she had the reputation of being the
best drilled ship in the navy, and surpass-
ed all other vessels of the squadron in
competitive drills. In 1874 he was commits
stoned a commander, and in 1889 a captain.
IE 1880 he took command of the steel
cruiser Atlanta. A year later he was an
pointed general inspector of the construc-
ton and later to the command of the cruis-
er New York. When the Spanish-American
war broke out he was appointed to the
battle ship Texas. He was ordered to the
Brooklyn navy yard on January Is 1899
and on March 3 of last year was promoted
to rear admiral