Show DEWEY HERO OF MANILA BAY 0 AD FOREMOST NAVAL OFFICER OP OF NATION IDOLIZED BY PEOPLE ANSWERS SUMMONS life wae was full tf 0 honorable rient rients from the tle day clays of the civil war down to 0 o ne ino time of his HI last ertly eril aly effort efforts admiral george dew sy y hero of the battle of manila bay nd ad veteran of the civil war the fore mott naval officer of ohp th knittel states 61 sit t his buie br jie hye bore thes day the naval hero wen went to hia death quietly his hand clasped in that of his devoted wife who has been at his bedside b giside throughout hia his fatal illness hibb began a seek previous up to the last week of his life ad miral m fral dewey had been one of the commanding comman ding figures id washington act active sire alert and p physically robust ho he had devoted himself with fervor and with every ounce of at his energy to hia his duties as president of the naval general board lie 1 e has worked tor for year years tor for increased naval prepared ness for war and with ibe general board worked out a program of naval extension ital with profound sati satia bapton dartlon that ho he saw the nation ern em barked on a great programs program of naval defense cind ind he worked with all his hi to aid in the inauguration of the new naval plans alar is despite tho the nine years which hia his harth day the day efter christmas the admiral bad been hale and hearty admiral dewey foi fat and won on the arst great american amerlean naval battle against ginst a foreign foe oe since the war of 1812 ills whole life was full of bono honorable rable achievement from the days of the civil war down to the time aben as the head oil tha th general board he the mgt chapter u nis ats flork ork by laying plans plane for the be defense of hie his country in time of at war ilia ills life was a striking exemplification of the 11 of a career b biard ased upon the exact and in performance of every routine duty which molds a man on inflexible ildea of duty and honor one of the curious freaks of fortune la in deweys case waa was that for perhaps the first mid und only time in hia his naval career he was dispo disposed oed to protest ADMIRAL GEORGE deway DEWEY 4 k 14 I 1 il tv 4 t 13 against the te eidt of the tle nay navy depart ment whim carried him into the fai east warre he was destined to per form tho greatest feat of his life and and to win 1 renown that waa was back in 1893 1898 when the war clouds were gathering and dewey felt that he wa was being shely rd ed that the war aar with spain was tc to be fought out in the quit gulf of mexico rn T rr r rn e I 1 1705 we a n 9 iaea e 10 fiaai d t h i i t h he e by half halt the circumference of the alobe would stand no chance ot of winning glory for at that moment no thought whatever had been given to the philippines but he took his or dera dem and like a true sailor ob obaed them the result is a page 0 under date of may 1 contrary to spanish ex expectations dewey sailed into manila bay on th tbt night of april 30 and rind in the of the next day he be annihilated ad miral mantelos montejos Monte Mon telos jos squadron destroying dest royln eliven warships and capturing all other vessels and ill 11 the land batter les its without witheat the loss of a man on th tho american side upon his triumphant return to th united states he was feted by the tha na tion ills admirers presented alix alre with a beautiful home in the rat nation tont capital congress gave him an en graved sword and ralferd him from tb abi rank of commodore to rear admire rind then to the full rank of adelm a of the tho navy geo george ge dewey was born in a thi shadow of state capitol al montpelier on the day follo following wini christmas in 1837 at the agis 0 11 1 he entered annapolis Aina polls |