Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-17

ADMIRAL DEWEY.
Admiral George Dewey. hero of the
battle of Manila bay and the ranking
officer of the navy. died yesterday af-
ternoon at $3.50 o'clock, in his eightieth
year, at the family home. 1901 K street.
The highest possible honors, civil and
military. will attend the funeral of Ad-
niral Dewey. Although the details are
not finally arranged, it is settled that
1 funeral services will be held Saturday
morning and that burial will be in the
Arlington national cemetery in lot
the selection of which had been ap-
proved by Admiral Dewey.
Services in the Capitol.
1t has practically been decided to hold
| the services in the Capitol, under the
dome, at IL o'clock. The body. how
ever, will not be viewed by the public
In the event that the plan is perfected,
Congress would adjourn on that day
President Wilson will issue an execu-
tive order closing all government de-
partments on Saturday.
| Secretary Daniels today conferred
with Rear Admirals Badger, Benson
and Palmer and Maj. Gen. Barnett,
U. s. NJ. c., and Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt with respect to the funeral
| arrangements. and subsequently called
! on Mrs. Dewey for the purpose of
| ascertaining her wishes with regard to
| the funeral. Later In the day the Sec
retary of the Navy had a conference
| with the President at the White House
and with the Secretary of War. as re-
suit of which it was decided to have the
largest possible military and naval
demonstration at the obsequies.
The escort will be composed of all
| the soldiers, sailors and marines availa-
| BILE for the purpose, and the entire
| corps of midshipmen at the Annapolis
| Naval Academy, together with the
bands attached to those organizations.
/ The column will include three troops
| of the I'd Cavalry at Fort Myer,
! company of engineers at Washington
barracks, all the coast artillery troops
| at posts on the Potomac, at Fort Mon
| roe, Va, and at other nearby posts; a
| regiment Of marines from the bar
racks at Philadelphia, Norfolk, An
| napolis and this city: a regiment of
seamen from various warships in this
vicinity and from the naval training
\ station at Norfolk, with the midship-
men from Annapolis. numbering about
| 1920. probably at the head of the
/ COlumn. similar nOnOrS were accorded
at the funerals of Rear AdmiraIs Samp-
| son and Schley, the heroes of the battle
of Santiago bay.
Whole Navy to Pay Tribute.
| In addition to the ceremonies in this
! city it is contemplated to have appro-
pirate honors observed on every naval
vessel and at every American naval
station throughout the world on the
day of the funeral. by the firing of an
admirars salute of seventeen guns and
| the half-masting of the flag.
| A guard of honor, composed of sailors
from the gunboat Dolphin and the
presidential yacht Mayfiower, was
placed at the Dewey residence here
today. This will be retained until Sat
| urday.
At his bedside as he passed quietly
| away were his wife, Mrs. Mildred Nc
Lean Dewey; his son. George Dewey:
his naval aid. Lieut.. LIE Breton and his
| hysicians, DIR. A. M. Fauntleroy and
Dr. Luther Shelton. both of the navy.
! A general breakdown due to arterio
| sclerosis incident to old age was the
cause of death. The disease had been
| spreading gradually it's hold upon the
powerful body for a year and a half,
but the admiral, proud of his physical
| >igor, had fought it off and even kept
its existence secret from most OF his
intimate friends. Last Wednesday he
vas at his Office apparently hale and
hearty. The next day he collapsed as
he was preparing to leave the house
and the beginning of the end was at
hand.
Unconscious Since Monday.
He had not been conscious since Mon.
day. when he lapsed into coma still
believing that in few days he would
be back at his desk in the Navy De-
partment.
| Despite the aged officers youthful an
pearance. it became known during the
past few days that the first evidence
of a weakening of his splendid con-
stitution came about eighteen months
ago, when he suffered q slight paralytic
| stroke. At that time the physician
who was called to the house found
him sitting in his easy chair in some
distress, and showing a slight thick
ness of speech and dilated pupils which
were at once diagnosed as symptoms
| of paralysis.
The attack yielded to treatment. but
it was deemed unwise to permit the
admiral to make his usual summer
visit to the New England coast because
Secretary Daniels placed the naval
Yacht Mayfiower at the admiraFs dis
posal, and he returned to Washington
after cruise up the coast and q stay
at seashore resort, apparently in his
usual health.
Respected Admiral's Views.
It was because Of the admiraPs keen
aversion to any suggestion that his
health and strength were falling that
the naval physician attending him
agreed with the family to make no an
nouncement OF his condition after the
attack Thursday. 1t was given out tina
the admiral had q cold. and until Sum
day even the doctors hoped that he
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