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(FROM HEARST’S MAGAZINE FOR JULY)
The Autobiography of Admiral Dewey
IT was my fortune to he in com
mand on May 1. 1898, of an
American squadron in the first
important naval action against a
foreign foe since the M ar of 1812.
The morning we steamed into Ma
nila hay marked an epoch in the
history of our navy and our coun
try in its relations with other na
tions. A hattie in a harbor whose
name was unknown to our aver
age citizen made us a world pow
er with a resultant impetus to the
national imagination and a new
entail of national responsibilities.
My orders were to capture or de
stroy the enemy’s force, and to
conduct offensive operations in
the Philippine Islands. These or
ders 1 endeavored to obey with
all possible expedition in keeping
with the traditions of our navy.
After the battle I received so
many requests from publishers
and editors for contributions in
any form under my name that I
might well have concluded that
the victory which had come as
the climax of my naval career
was about to embark me on a
literary career, toward which I
had naturally had the disinclina
tion of a man of action. I’rgings
from many quarters to write my
reminiscences have continued to
the present time. My answer in
variably has been that my record
up to the time of the battle had
not in itself sufficient personal
significance to warrant an auto
biography ; for the life of every
naval officer doing his duty as it
comes to him, under the authority
of the president and of congress,
merges into the life of the whole
navy- so that it becomes a mere
unit in the preparation for na
tional defense in a crisis.
In keeping with the decision
made when I was at Manila, my
official report* have been thus
far my only public account of the
battle. However, after my return
to Washington, for the sake of
historical accuracy an account of
my. command of the Asiatic
squadron from the time I hoisted
my commodore’s pennant until
my return home in 1899 was pre
pared. My plan was not to have
this published until after my
death. But now, fourteen years
after the battle. I am yielding to
the argument* of my friends, not
only to have it published, but
also to write my recollections of
my career before Manila bay
brought me into prominent pub
lic notice.
It is fifty-eight years since I
became an acting midshipman.
Thanks to the creation of the
grade of admiral of the navy
by congress in 1899, I was not
retired at the usual age. but
kept on the active list for life.
My memory stretches from an
apprenticeship under the veter
ans of the War of 1812, those
heroes of the old sailing frigates
and ships of the line from the
earlier days of the steam frigates
through the Civil Waif; from the
period of inertia in the seventies,
when our obsolete ships were the
byword of the navies of the
world, to the building of the
ships of our navy, which I was
to give its first baptism of tire;
and. finally, to my- Service as head
of the general board of the navy
since the Spanish war.
Cruise as Midshipman
To the Mediterranean.
At 74. 1 am writing in the
hope of giving some pleasure to
my countrymen, from whom I
have received such exceptional
honors, and in the hope that
my narrative may be of some
value and inspiration to the
young men of the navy of today,
who are serving with the same
purpose that animated the men
of Decatur's, Macdonough's and
Farragut’s day. and. hrter. the
men <>f our squadrons which
fought at Manila and Santiago.
On our graduation from the
academy, June 18. 1858. we pass
ed from the rank of acting mid
shipman to midshipman, with two
| years experience in practical
cruising ahead of us before we
actually got our commissions. We
were now to have our reward for
the four years’ grind. We were
to see the world. With three of
my classmates I was assigned to
the Wabash, a steam frigate of
over four thousand tons, with a
powerful battery for her day and
one of a class of six that had been
built in 1855. The Merrimac of
this class, which fell into South
ern hands in the Norfolk navy
yard at the outbreak of the Civil
war. became the famous ironclad
which the Confederates called the
Virginia, but which was always
known in the North by her orig
inal name. The Wabash was the
flagship of the Mediterranean
squadron, bearing the flag of
Flag Officer E. A. F. La Valette.
At that time the highest rank in
the navy was captain, so that the
commander of a squadron was
known as the flag officer.
Flag Officer La Valette, a vet
eran of 1812, had been in the
battle of Lake Champlain. He
was a white-haired, fine-appear
ing old officer and a very worthy
representative to take a Squadron
abroad. On a number of occa
sions he had the young officers
in to dinner. It was inspiring to
us to hear his experiences in a
war that had been fought 45
years previously.
The Wabash had two horizon
tal engines, and her maximum
speed under steam was nine
knots, with an average of about
five. We sailed from Hampton
Roads, July 22, 1858, arriving at
Gibraltar on August 15. Alto
gether some fourteen months
were spent in the Mediterranean,
cruising from port to port.
The Wabash was a ship of
which we could be justly proud,
-which means a great deal to any
naval officer when he is in for
eign waters. He does not like to
feel that his country’s flag is
flying over an antiquatd craft,
which was the ease throughout
the depressing years of the seven
ties and eighties. Many visitors
in every port came on board the
“Yankee” and marvelled at her
trimness and particularly at her
cleanliness, which has always
been characteristic of American
men-of-war.
At this period France’, after
England, was far and away the
preponderant naval power, and
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of course the next greatest influ
ence in world polities. The Ger
man Empire and a United Italy
were yet to be born. The lead
ing ships of all the nations were
in the Mediterranean, in view of
an impending war between
France and Italy and Austria.
Besides, the situation in the Near
East was always the ticklish one
in the policy of foreign chancel
leries, which, of late years, has
yielded its place in that respect
to the Far East.
Wabash the Finest of
The Foreign Fleet.
Every navy was largely repre
sented in the Bosphorus in Octo
ber, 1858, in celebration of the
birthday of Mohammed. This
was m,v first introduction to Con
stantinople and the Orient. In
view of the Crimean war. in
which the French and the English
had been allies of the Turk, both
were friendly to the Sick Man
of the East, and they made the
most of the. demonstration as a
political meneuver against Rus
sia.
The Wabash was quite the finest
ship of the foreign fleet and also
the largest. Her tonnage was in
excess of that allowed for foreign
men-of-war in the Bosphorus by
an international agreement which
had its origin in the mutual jeal
ousy of the powers lest one should
get advantage of the others. Os
course, the United States had no
interest in the interplay of Euro
pean politics, and morally the fact
of the size of the Wabash did not
matter at all. But Lord Strat
ford de Redcliffe, the British am
bassador, did not see it that way.
In his position as spokesman for
the British in a period of prepon
derant British influence in the Ori
ent, he was in the habit of giving
the sultan orders. So the word
came to Flag Officer La' Valette
that the Wabash must depart.
Meanwhile our very able Amer
ican minister, Mr. Williams, had
become a little weary, as had the
other foreign ministers, over Lord
de Redcliffe’s autocratic methods.
We were already making the Wa
bash ready for departure when I
went with Flag Officer La Valette
as his aid to see the Selemlik,
when the sultan makes his weekly
public visit to the inosttpie.
When the sultan came out of
the mosque he did a very unusual
thing, for so formal an occasion.
He came over toward the little
group of American naval officers
among the contingent of foreign
ers, and, addressing Flag Officer
La Valette, he said that he had
heard we were about to depart
and he asked us to remain; other
wise, he would be deprived of the
privilege of seeing our fine ship.
As he spoke as the head of the
government of Turkey, and we
were in Turkish waters, Flag Of
ficer La Valette changed his plans.
Trip From Gibraltar
To New York, 33 Days.
Sailing from Gibraltar on No
vember 13, 1859, the Wabash ar
rived at the Brooklyn navy yard
on December 16. Two day’s later
I was detached, with three months
leave of absence, which I spent at
home in Vermont. Afterward I
was with the Powhatan and the
Pawnee in a cruise to Caribbean
and gulf ports, visiting Vera Cruz
and getting my first experience of
tropic seas and tropic countries.
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Returning to the Naval acad
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final examination, which brought
me, at the age of 23. through the
grades of passed midshipman and
master. to that of lieutenant, in
April. 1 was now a full-fledged
and commissioned naval officer. It
seems that I had not altogether
wasted ray time in festivities
ashore in Europe, for in this*final
examination I was advanced to
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