Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-17

tinction and the nation just pride in those who serve it.''
 Lite of Achievement.
 Admiral George Dewey, hero Of Manila Bay,' fought and won the first great American naval battle against Q foreign foe since the war of 1912.
 His whole life was full of honorable achievement from the days of the civil war down to the time when, as the head of the general board, he began the last chapter of his work by lay ing plans for the defense of his coun~ try in time of war; His life was a striking exemplificatioh of the possi- bilites of career based upcn the exact and intelligent performance of every routine duty Mhich mo,ls 2 man on inflexible lines of duty and honor.
 One of the curious freaks of fortune in Dewey's case was that for perhaps the first and only time in his naval career he was disposed to protest against the edict of the naval depart ment which carried him into the Far East, where he was de; tined to per, form the greatest feat of his life an.i to win imperishable 1enown. That was baeT1 in 1898 when the war clouds were gathering and Dewey felt that he was being ''shelved' that the war with Spain was to be fought out ifl the Gulf of Mexico ana in the Carib- bean sea and that he, distant by half the circumference of the globe, would stand no chance of winning glory. for at that moment no thought what. ever had been given to thePhilip- pines. But he took bis orders and like true sailor obejed them. Tnc result is page of history under dato of May 1. 1898.
 Contrary to Spanish eXpectations, Dewey sailed into Manila bay on the night of April 30 and n the morllin of the next day he annihilated Al miral Montojo's squadron destroying eleven warship and capturing ali other vessels and all tre land bat teries without the loss of a man on the American side.
 Upon his triumphant, return to the United States he was feted by the na- ton. His admirers presented him with beautiful home in the national capt. tai. Congress gave him an engraved sword, and raised him from the rank of commodore to rear admiral and then 10 the full rank of the admsral of the navy.
 Third American Admiral.
 Admiral Dewey was the third American to reach that pinnacle of naval rank. Farragut was the first and Porter the second. It was under Farraeu that Dewey received h;s first baptism in war
 eva 'uable as the training of An naDolis was it was noor schooling be- side that of serving Under Farasut in time of war" Admiral Dewey once said. "Whenever I have been in a diff ficult situation or in the midst of such confusion of details that the simple and right thing to do seems hay have often asked myself, what would Farragut do." In the course of ore parations for Manila Bay, ] often ask ed myself this question, and l confess ] was thinking of him the nieht we entered the bay and with the q onvic. tion that l was doing precisely what he would have donc."
 George Dewey was born in the shadow of Vermont's state capitol at Montpelier. on the day following Christmas in 1887. At the age of IT,. he reached the cross-road of his career: one road led to West Point. the other to Annanolis. Young Dewey favored the former but
 "There was no vacency for West Point from Vermont" explained the Admiral in reviewing lis fife Other wise l might have gone into Manila Bay on an army transport instead of on the Olympia. But it happened that there was vacancy at Annapolis, so l entered the navy"
 At the outbreak of the Civil war, Dewey was 23 years old. He was commissioned lieutenant and guided the Mississippi as it's executive officer in Farragut's historic dash past New Orleans and it's forts. He woe rot SO successful at Port Hudson Farragut won through but Dewey ard the Mississippi ran aground under gu'e cf the fort. The ship was set