" HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE." 



ADMIRAL DEWEY. 



pedos," and his reply said to 

 York Magazine, when offered 

 a short article about the 

 busy." The Congress of the 

 bill to revive the rank of 

 passed at an early date, when 

 vanced to the rank of Admiral, 

 Navy. So when we had a new 

 tion as well as in the opinion of 

 it is the most magnificent red 

 that we should endeavor to honor 



^■n^HE History of the United States Navy up 

 / I to the Hispano-American war stood 

 m. \ j without a parallel among the nations of 

 1,1 the earth. Who does not among us 

 revere the names of Decatur, Paul Jones, Perry, 

 Farragut, Porter, &c, &c, and now another name 

 must be added to this list of Hero's — DEWEY, 

 It is not detracting from the glory of any of the 

 other commanders of our ships that were engaged 

 in the war with Spain to say that he towers above 

 them all like a giant. The name of DEWEY 

 stands out alone, DEWEY is on everyone's lips. 

 Of course it is said by many that he was placed. 

 in a position to earn distinction by means of not 

 being in communication with the authorities at 

 Washington. In other words, they could not in- 

 terfere with his plans. Let that be as it may, he 

 is pre-eminently the hero of the war, nothing can 

 de'ract from his glory. Two reported sayings of 

 his stamp the character of the man as to resolute- 

 ness and decision: his reply to the captain of the 

 fleet before entering Manilla Bay when asked 

 what would be done with the torpedo9 at the en- 

 trance of the harbor was: "To hell with the tor- 

 have been cabled to a New 

 Fifteen Thousand Dollars for 

 battle at Manilla, "I am too 

 United States has before it a 

 Admiral which will no doubt be 

 Geo. H. Dewey will be ad- 

 the highest rank possible in our 

 Rose to name that in our estima- 

 all who have seen the Rose, that 



\^B Pose in existence it seems fitting 

 if the Rose by naming it the 



mymuai DEVlEM rose. 



DEWEY'S FLAG 6HIP-OJLTMFIA. 



