The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-07

The humblest man in the navy is the friend of Admiral Dewey, and he feels 1t. It's no uncommon thing to have a sailor man come rolling into the admi- rals office, present himself to Lieut. Crawford and ask to see the admiral stating that he was on one of his ships at Manila bay, or else knew him some time during his many years of sea duty The admiral always receives them. and the two talk with as much freedom as though there was no differ ence in rank. The admiral himself seems to sincerely relish these meetings and has told his friends that some of
 the best things he has done in connec- tion the discipline of the men have
 grown out of the little chats he has had with the men from the wardroom.
 Admiral Dewey is much loved and much respected. He is dapper little 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 admi- rars Chinese valet has no less than twenty new suits of cloths to take care
 of at the beginning of each summer and each winter and that there are
 no less than ten pairs of shoes of every description for the use of the admiral and twice that many new pairs of
 gloves. But don't get the idea that the admiral is "duke." He is just a we'll
 groomed gentleman without a show of affectation or the appearance of hav- ing given thought to his personal ap~
 pearanee.
 About the only foolish thing the ad- miral has been known to do in his whole putlic career was to announceh his candidacy for the presidency, without first deciding to what partly he be- longed. Some folks seem to think he was a bit eccentric in deeding over the home given him by the American pub lie to Mrs. Dewey soon after his mar riage with her. No one who knows the admiral well believes that. They see his devotion to Mrs. Dewey, the more pronounced recently, now that she has been so i'll. They know that the ad-
 miral was the most surprised of men when he was criticised for his action. The admiral thought his lovers act would be applauded rather than criti- cised by the American people, for whom, collectively. he has genuine and patriotic love, as few men can have The admiral finds his work his re- creation. He does not have time for
 the clubs or other diversions that many
 men have. His home is his club. as proves to be the case with most mar
 ried men of domestic inclinations. He
 shows but one fad" if fad 1t may be called, and that is hos love for animals.
 He has one of the finest teams of driv- ing horses in the city and takes the
 greatest personal interest in them.
 With his coachman, every day he talks over the state of their health and hr- nor. If he finds that either one of the animals Is at all off his feed there will be no driving or use of him until he is fully on his feet again, His is not a
 perfunetory interset, either, for he goes into the stables for personal inspection
 every day and takes a personal interest
 in the manner of their care.
 He has an ugly looking English bull dog, which is also a pet of the admiral. Toward evening 1t is his custom in pleasant weather to drive out in a handsome victoria drawn by his team
 of bays. If Mrs. Dewey is indisposed and unable to accompany him that ugly-faced bulldog has a place on the seat beside the admiral
 The bulldog went through the battle of Manila bay with the admiral, so they are real "bunkies." They tell of | the time shortly after the battle, when the admiral was making a tour of in spection of the ships of the fleet and took the dog with him. As soon as the 1 deck of 8 ship was reached the dog was dumped out of the sailorman's arms who carried him up the boarding lad-
 der and was allowed the range of the
 ship until the admiral recalled him to
 his side by a shrill whistle, which the dog always recognized.
 On the particular ship where this in- cident occurred the captain in com mand was noted for his irascibe tenn per as well as his splendid courage
 and fighting record extending back to
 the days of the civil war navy.
 The admiral went to inspect the
 mems quarters, and fifteen minutes
 later returned to the forward deck. As he did so he saw a ball of fur hurled
 from the deck below and the unmistak-
 able toe of an officers patent leather
 boot close in the dogs wake Admiral
 Dewey was white with anger and sur prise. Tn a second when the captain
 appeared, following the direction of the
 toe of his boot, the admiral controll-
 ing himself as best he could, demand ed:
 "Slr, what do you mean by kicking my dog in that manner?"
 The captain came to g. swift salute,
 and his face, 1t was noted, was as pale
 and drawn with suppressed anger as
 pale and drawn with suppressed anger
 as was that of the admiral.
 Sir he said T would have kicked
 that dog if he had been the personal
 property of the Supreme Being; but,
 sir, I would not have kicked him, and did not kick him until he had ohewed
 the legs out of two $i5 pairs of uniform
 trousers and ruined a de lux edition of -the Naval Regulations as well as killed the ships mascot. ."-Jewell H. Aubere in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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