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Show SAMPSON AND DEWEY, Mills Incident lllu.lrallns Hi. UlSw am IIMnaan the Too. I A letter recently received fronr Au- I gust II linage, an apprentice our on the Colorado In the sixties, but now i lustelsul chief engineer of the Minneapolis Minne-apolis fire department, recalls n case j In point, ssys the Hsu Frsnclsco Chronicle. I she It here ss llluttrstlve of the difference between Hear Admiral (leorge Dcwe) and Commodore Wni T Sampson In the capacity to handle men We were oft Palermo, Sicily The crew of the Colorado had a surfeit ol drill during the day anil were Inclined to be a little sulky You must besr In mind that we bad the reputation of hating the beet-drilled ship In Buro pesn waters barring neither class nor .uatlon This reputation was not gained by flying a gold-painted sign nt our mlssen truck It waa due to the admirable ad-mirable management of Mr Dewey ai executive otlieer and lo the pride Iht men tnok under him In perfecting their wurk by continuous painstaking drills At sunset on the diy In queellon the watch below was called up for boat drill Mr. Sampson had the deck When tho word waa passed t hoist awa on the lulls Sampson wan very much displeased with the lltllestneet of the erew. "l.nok alive there, ou men) You trail along like a lot of lubberly lub-berly mourners hired to follow a Hindoo Hin-doo funeral'" None of the boya knew how Hindoo lubbcra trailed at funerals. Indeed I have an Idea thtt Mr Sampson wus equally Ignorant, but all the same the boys were mad and showed it by slackening up Mr Hampton was beside be-side himself with nnger Three times were the boats loweted to the water Just before ho gae the wurd tho last time tn hnlst away lie shouted "I'll blacklist etrry mother's son of you from liberty on shore If there Is any more of this hangdog work Hoist aw ay thi re. now ' The men were now on their mettle. Libert) nshore la ono grand prlio ut the man-n-nara man but Jacky Is nut Ruing to buy It With one accord tho long lino atarted on a slowman'a rate up Hip quarter deck, noisily tramping to tho time of the dead marrh In 'Haul" Mr Sampson looked na If he was about to jump off the bridge and lay about him with Ills trumpet Kortunulely at this moment Mr Dewey earns up the ntlcrhntchway, attracted by the unusual nols. Taking In the altuatlon at a glance, ho sprang up the steps leading tn the bridge "I'll lake the deck, sir " he eald Mr. Hauipsun handed over the speaking trumpet and retired la the other cad of tho bridge with a tery sullen look "Delay that. )ou men!" Mr Dewey called out In n short, firm tone The boya halted atid looked up Mr Dewey looked down the line for a moment, cool, nulet and umlllmlr eonflilent. There waa at onco a ery perceptible change In the moral temperature. The I boata were again lowered lo the water "Man the falls, men I" The long lines were grnsped with n hearty grip, the men nodding to one another approvingly. approv-ingly. "Iloht away, tlierel" With a cheery atrfde tho men walked away with the falls with audi good will that the four cutters came Hying up to tho davits with a celerity that threatened to send them Inboard. "Delay all Pipe down the watch below boitawaln." The bo)a scampered off to Hie forecastle fore-castle to get their usual evening smoke, whllo Mr. Dcwc) after a few worda In an undertime tn Mr Sampson, went below lent Ing that nlnrcr a wiser and posslbl) n belter man, |