The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-24
WHAT DEWEY rs DOING.
Works Because He Wants Tonight BE
Idle on $4,000 q Year.

What has become Of Admiral George
Dewey and what is he doing now?'
This inquiry, sent to the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, elected tho following Informal
ton:
Taken all in all there is perhaps no man
in the United States in the service OF the
Government or out of it who is in a more
| enviable position than is Admiral Dewey.
Congress has given him the rank, pay and
allowances of an Admiral Of the navy, re-
viving the rank for his benefit. He is alb
solutely independent of the Secretary Of
the Navy and Of the President of the United
States.
He cannot be retired and he cannot be
disciplined by reduction in rank or any of
the other usual means employed. The place
gives him an annual income Of SIS 500.
II he chose to do so he could close down
his desk, 60 home and never turn his hand
over in the way of work, either for the ma Wy
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 general
board, charged with the duty of devising
general plans for Improvement of the navy,
the mana cement of the ships, the ha ndling
Of officers and men, and the control of the
great Government shipyards. Every day
when he is not at sea for the man9uvres
he is at his desk in his office or attending to
the meetings Of the board.
Admiral Dewey is much loved and much
respected. He is a 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 Admiral's Chinese
valet has no less than twenty new suits of
clothes and ten pairs of shoes to take care
Of at a time. The Admiral is not a dude,
merely a we'll groomed man wit hout SEEM
ing to have any thought of his personal
appearance,
He has but one fad, if fad it may be called,
and that is his love for animals. He has
one Of the finest teams Of driving horses u
the city and also an ugly looking English
bulldog, The dog went through the battle
Of Manila Bay with Dewey. 10 they are real
bunkies.
When the Admiral was making a tour Of
inspection Of the fleet the dog vent along
and was allowed the run of a vessel while
his master was aboard. On one ship the
Admiral returned from the mems quarters
luSJ III lHIlt 10 tllCOllnUtT lup uOR AllllR III
most hurried fashion from the officers
quarters with the toe OF an officers boot in
hot pursuit.
Admiral Dewey was white with anger and
surprise. In a second, when the Captain
appeared, following the direction of the
toe of his boot. the Admiral, controlling
himself as best he could, demanded;
"Sir, what do you mean by kicking my
dog in that manner?'
The Captain came to a swift salute and
his face, it was noted, was as pale and
drawn with suppressed anger as was that
of the Admiral.
Sir he said, Il would have kicked that
dog If he had been the personal property
Of the Supreme Being; but, sir, | would
not have kicked him, and did not kick him.
until he had chewed the legs out of two SIS
pairs Of uniform trousers and ruined a
de luxe edition OF the Naval Regulations,
as well as killed the ships feline mascot"
Then they both laughed.