The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-09-08
WHAT DEWEY Is DOING.

"What has become of Admiral
George Dewey and what is he doing
now?'
This inquiry, sent to the St. Louis
GlObe-Dem0c,Gt, elected the follow
ing information
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 more enviable position
] than is Admiral Dewey. Congress
has given him the rank, pay and
allowance of an admiral of the navy,
reviving the rank for his benefit.
He is absolutely independent of the
Secretary of the navy and of the
president of the United States.
He can not be retired and he can
not be disciplined by reduction in
rank or any of the other usual means
employed. The place gives him an
annual income of SIS, 500.
If he chose 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
and his pay and allowances would go
on as long as he lives; but the ad-
miral 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 improve
ment of the navy, the management
of the ships, the handling Of officers
and men, and the control of the great
government shipyards. Every day
when he is not at sea for the maneu-
vers he is at his desk in his office or
attending the meeting of the board.
Admiral Dewey is much loved and
much respected. He is dapper
little fellow, not much more than S
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 time. The
admiral is not dude, merely we'll
groomed man without seeming to
have any thought of his personal ap-
pearance.
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 in the city
and also an ugly-looking English
bulldog. The dog went through the
battle of Manila bay with Dewey, so
they are real bunkies.
When the admiral was making a
tour of inspection of the feet the dog
went along and was allowed the run
of a vessel while his master was
aboard. On one ship the admiral
returned from the mems quarters
just in time to encounter 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
anger and surprise. In a second,
when the captain appeared, following
the direction of the toe of his boot,
the admiral, controlled himself as
best he could, demanded:
''Sir, what do you mean by kick
ing my dog in that manner" 7"
The captain came to 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, II would have kick
ed that dog if he had been the per-
sonal property of the Supreme Be-
ing; but, sir, would not have kick
ed him, and did not kick him, until
he had chewed the legs out of two
SIS pairs of uniform trousers and
ruined de luxe edition Of the naval
regulations, as well as killed the
ships feline mascot"
Then thew both lauChed