The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-12
ADMIRAL PHILIP
HAS PASSED AWAY
Heart Disease Carries Off One
of the Heroes of
Santiago.


John w. Philip, commandant of the !
Brooklyn Navy Yard, died at the yard |
at 3:15 this afternoon. An organic af |
lection of the heart was the cause OF |
death. He was taken Ill about IL o'clock /
Thursday night. By to-day his condi-
ton became so alarming that a con-
sultation of physicians was held. Moth
ing could be done for the sufferer. His
wife was at his bedside when the end
came.
Rear-AGmiral John w. Philip was
one of the ablest officers of the United
States Navy, and probably there is
none more popular or whose death will
cause more sincere regret among off,
GERS and men alike. Admiral Philips
handling of the battle-ship Texas at
the naval battle off Santiago won him
unstinted praise. and his words. when
he asked his crew to refrain from
cheering when the enemy were perish
ing on all sides, have become historical.
Admiral Philip was a native New
Yorker, born at Undertook in 1910, of
sturdy Dutch ancestry, of which he
bore the unmistakable marks in his
face. He was appointed to the Naval
graduated in 1850, and served through
out the Civil War, first on the sloop
Marion and subsequently on the steam
gunboat Pawnee. He was present at
the siege of Charleston in 1863, and was
wounded in the leg by a splinter. At
Annapolis he was q fellow-student of
Watson, Schley and Sampson, all Of
whom entered the academy a year
/ later. Philip was subsequently attach
ed to the Asiatic and European SQUAD
rons, and for two years, by permission,
! commanded one of the ships of the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Company. Later,
on leave of absence granted by the
Navy Department, he commanded the
Woodruff scientific expedition around
the world. Then he was engaged in d
survey of the west coast of Mexico and
Central AMERICA. He was the first
commander OF the arnoreS cruiser New
York.
Philip always maintained a high rep
utation for discipline and seamanship
Previous to his assignment to the com
mand of the Texas that ship had met
with a succession of mishaps that had
given her the worst reputation of any
ship in our Navy. Under Philips com
mand the Texas redeemed her char
acter and Is now one of the fayorlt,
ships of the Navy. In the battle of
Santiago she was in the heaviest of tn
fighting from the start almost to tn
finish. A Spanish shell burst in he
smokestack and it's fragments wer
I shoveled into the furnaces with tn
coal When the battle-ships of tn
Spaniards We're driven ashore and, un
der the influence of victory. his ere,
began to cheer, Captain Philip shouted
Don't cheeri The poor devils are dy
ingi" After the battle was over, stand
ing on his quarter deck, he remove
his hat and said to his crew: Il wan
to make public acknowledgment her
that / believe in God the Either Al
mighty. / want ali you officers an
men to lift your hats, and from you
!, hearts offer silent thanks to the A
mighty" There are many anecdotes {
Admiral Philips habitual reverence,
and the temperance and moderation {
his habits and language. which are er
tirely in keeping with his behavior 6
the battle of Santiago harbor.