Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-07-10
WHAT DEWEY Is DOING.
Works Because He Wants Tonight
Be Idle on $15,000 a Year.

What has become of Admiral
George Dewey and what is he doing
now?"
This inquiry. sent to the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, elected the follow
ing information:
Taken all in all there is perhaps no
man in the United States In the SER
vice of the Government or out Of 1t
who is in a more ertviable position
than Admiral Dewey. Congress has
given him the rank, pay and allow
ances of an Admiral of the navy, re-
viving the rank for his benefit.
He is absolutely indie pendent Of the
Secretary Of the Navy and Of the
President of the United States.
He cannot be retired and he can
not be disciplined by reduction In
rank or any of the other means i'm
ployed. The place gives him an an
nual income of $15,500.
If he choose to do so he could close
down his desk, go home and never
turn his hand over in the way Of
work, either for the navy or any one
else. and his pay and allowances
would go on as long as he lives; but
the Admiral prefers to work and to
work hard.
He Is at the head Of the navy gen.
eral board, charged with the duty OF
devising general plans for improv-
ment of the navy. the management
Of the ships, the handling of officers
and men, and the control Of the great
great Government shipyards. Every
noeuvres he Is at his desk In his Of
flee or attending to the meetings of
the board.
Admiral Dewey Is much loved and
much respected. He is a dapper lit
tie fellow, not much more than five
feet in height. His clothes fit him
like the naval uniform, without crease
or bag anywhere.
They do say that the Admiraps
Chinese valet has no less than twenty
new suits of clothes and ten pairs or
shoes to take care at g. time. The Ar
mirai Is not a dude, merely a well
groomed man without seeming to have
any thought Of his personal appear
ance
He has but one fad, IL fad 1t may be
called, and that is his love for wild
animals. He has one Of the finest
teams of driving horses In the city
and also an ugly looking English
bulldog. The dog went through the
hattie of Manila Bay with Dewey, so
they are real bunkies.
When the Admiral was making a tour
of inspection of the fleet the dog went
along and was allowed the run Of a
vessel while the master was aboard.
On one ship the Admiral returned from
the mems quarters just in time to en-
counter the dog sailing in most hurried
fashion from the officers'quarters with
the toe of an officers boot in hot
pursuit.
Admiral Dewey was white with an
ger and surprise. In a second, when
the Captain appeared, following the
direction of the toe of his boot, the
Admiral, controlling himself as best ne
could, demanded:
"Sir, what do you mean by kicking
my dog in that manner"
The Captain came 10 a swift salute
and his face it was noted, was pale
and drawn with suppressed anger as
was that of the Admiral.
Sir" he said, II would have kicked
that dog if he had been the personal
propert of the Supreme Being; but
sir, I would not have kicked him, and
did not kick him, until he had chewed
the legs out of two S15 pairs Of uni
edition of the Naval Regulations, as
| we'll as killed the ships feline mas
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Then they hOth laughed.