Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-18
ADMIRAL DEWEY
AND HIS DOG.

M. X. Stryker. brother-in-law to
Rev. p. A. Simplsins Of the Phillips
Congregational church OF this city. Is
in this city. having been recently hon.
orably discharged from the U, $, navy.
He proposes to stay here providing he
can find decent dry dock"
While the ex-tar is but a young man
Mt the same time he has more ex-
periences crowded into his span OF life
TO date than does the average indiyid-
ual who has passed through his pre-
scribed three score and ten years. In
course Of conversation this morning
with News" representative, Mr.,
Stryker threw some side lights upon
the average life Of sailor in the SER
vice OF Uncle Sam. which have not
appeared In print heretofore.
Before the war broke out with Spain
he responded TO the call for naval vol
unteers with the result that on that
May Day morning Stryker found him
self beside a gun on board Of IT, $. $.
Baltimore. Subsequently he formed
one of the number OF several landing
parties that at stated intervals adj
journed to the shore of the Philippines
and made things intensely interesting
within range Later he accompanied
the crew OF the Baltimore home and
incidentally touched In several ports,
Including Colombo, Perrin, Hayre
Gravesend. Eng; Grenock Scotland,
Belfast and New York. He reached
home last fall and has been coming
west by easy stages ever since.
II suppose that you saw Dewey out
IN the Philippines" was the matter OF
fact question that was pronounced by
way Of an introducer.
DEWEY AND BOBBY"
Yes. did; | also saw his dog Bob
by" and then he added with empha-
sis, Thank goodness" only he used
another word, 'he is dead. | am sick
OF Bobby, and 50 was every other man
out there. suppose that you never
saw a picture OF Dewey taken out In
Manila but he had Bobby along with
him. That dog was cordially detesied
by every man on the ship. He would
come sneaklng around the mems quar-
ters forward and steal anything In
sight. One day a coxswaln his name
! cannot recall at this moment. caught
him In the act and he fetched Bobby
Kick that made him break forth into
lamentations that could be heard all
over the ship. II happened that Dewey
saw the act. In towering rage the
admiral called the man aft and called
MIN all the vile names that he could
lay his tongue to and then ordered him
70 take on the eagle on his sleeve and
henceforth consider himself as COM
mon seaman, which meant $50 month
less In pay as well az the disgrace at
tached 90 the order. The man had been
In the service for over eighteen years
and had been working hard to get
good record. AS the fellow could not
tear of the Crow as we call the eagle
IN the navy, Dewey with his own hands
cut off the emblem then threw Il over
board A few days later the man was
transferred 70 another vessel aud was
sent on service TO some station up the
fangtse-Klang river.
ANOTHER BOBBY" INCIDENT,
What happened TO him was little
inherent TO the good luck which beiell
coxswain orc White, who Is now hold
ing down soft job IN the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. | guess everybody has
heard that story how that one day
bobby was playing around In his art
ess. sinful way, and incidentally spoil
ng lots Of new paint that the men had
been working on for days when az
sudden lurch OF the ship Bobby went
overheard. The ship was running al
y Knots an hour on the high seas. but
White went over the side after that
iarned old collie and saved his NE, Il
vas olucky thing 10 do but / thlnk
ne admiral was more grateful over IL
han were any OF the men. Dewey new
= forgot that act and promoted him
hen and there"
In speaking In regard 20 the batue
r Manila S,ryker related the circnm-
tances regarding the entry into the Oh!
md stated. contrary 10 all that had
,een said 10 the contrary, that ever,
nch OF tina, passage was known 70 the
,avigator who. disguised as tourist
itd been ostensibly fishing over tne
round for the past ten days, when W
eality he was taking soundings. one
SECULAR incident after the battle was