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[THEAUTOBIOGRAPH Y OF ADMIRAL DEWEY (FROM HEARST’S MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST) The intensely interesting au tobiography of Admiral Dewey now appearing in HEARST S MAGAZINE has attracted atten tion all over the country. The following excerpts from HEARST’S MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST describe the Battle of New Orleans: IN the late seventies, when there seemed no hope of ever having a modern navy and many officers Were talking of voluntary retirement, I always answered: "Not until the law makes me. While yon are on the active list there is a chance for action." Farragut has always been my ideal of the naval officer, urbane, decisive, indomitable. Whenever I have been in • difficult situation or in the midst of such a confusion of details that the simple and right thing to do seemed hazy. 1 have often asked myself. “What would Farragut do?” In the course of the preparations for Manila bay I often asked myself this question, and I con fess that I was thinking of him the night that we entered the bay and with the conviction that I was doing pre cisely what he would have done. Val uable as the training of Annapolis was. it was poor schooling beside that of serving under Farragut in time of wa . Commander Melancthon Smith suc ceeded Captain Selfridge in command of the Mississippi, before the advance on New Orleans. By this time the six officers who were senior to me had all gone to other ships, thanks to the wide spread demand with the increase of out navy. With tin i> departure, I ranked next to the captain and became execu tive officer. I was very young for the post, but fortunately looked rather old for my years. Indeed, I remember being asked one day, when there was a question about seniority for a conrtmartial, whether or not I was older than tin other lieutenant, who! was. in fact, my senior by ten years. When Farragut explained to Captain Smith that there was complaint on the part of some of ficers on the navy list about my holding a position higher than theirs, the cap tain said: "Dewey is doing all right. I don't want a stranger here.'’ Dewey Allowed to Slav. Farragut, who was fond of the cap tain. answered: “Then we will let him stay." For many trying months I was about a« close to Smith officially as it is jo ■ rible for one man to be to another, and ] learned to know and enjoy all his qualities. He was a pronounce 1 char acter, absolutely fearless, wjth .some thing of Farragut's grim determination in the midst of battle. He smoked con tinually, lighting one. cigar with the butt of another, whether shells were bursting around him or he was loung ing on deck. In action he became most energetic, but in the periods between action he was inclined to leave all detail to his executive. Every day gained' was vita! .to Far ragut. Farragut’s Queer Fleet. First, he had the big screw sloops Hartford, Pensacola, Richmond and Brooklyn; then the side-wheeler Mis sissippi, the screw corvettes Oneida Veruna and Iroquois; nine screw gun boats of 500 tons, which were known as the “nintey-day gunboats." because with characteristic American enter prise in a crisis, they had been turned out by our shipyards in ninety days. In addition was the mortar flotilla, not to mention ferryboats and many other craft that did service of one sort or another. There was hardly a night that the ‘lag-hip did not signal to send boats to tow fire rafts. These fire rafts were one of the pleasantries of the enemy in trying our nerves. In connection with the luminous flight of the mortars they offered us quite all the spectacular display that we were able to appre ciate. A tire raft floating down with the current at five knots an hour, flaming high with its tar and resin, would il luminate the river from bank to bank, and if it could have rested alongside a ship for even a few minutes it must inevitably have set the ship on fire. Launches used to throw grapnels into the rafts and oilier boats forming line would tow them ashore, where they would burn themselves out. On the night of the 20th of April oc culted one of those brilliant exploits of dating courage so common in the Civil war that they became merely incidents of its progress. Any one of them in a smaller war, when public attention is not diverted over a vast scene of ac tivity, would have woon permanent fame. Lieutenant Caldwell, command ing one of the ninety-day gunboats, the Itasca, and Lieutenant Crosby, com manding another, the Pinola, under took the duty of cutting the obstruc tion across the liver above the forts. Nine Shells at Once During a heavy bombardment from the mortars they slipped up stream un der cover <>f the hank. At times, so rapid were Porter's gunners in their work that there were nine shells in the air at once. About midnight on April 223 came the signal for which we were all wait ing. two red lights at the peak of the flagship, h meant that the fleet was Io grt under way. We were readx and eager for the test after the long strain of preparation, in which all manner of Ingenious suggestions had been appli- d in order that the fleet might get by the forts with as little damage as pos ,ihlr- our hulls had been daubed with i ii er mud in order to make them less ,-ilile in the darkness, Captain Alden, ' ih< Richmond. hail the Idea, w hich not kid out cxceili'nlly, of huimg Iht / Os \ / -t*r z JOT X V \ X-~-~ W F TO* A Admiral This Farragut is a f t a / x ~ Only Hartford, ° ne I W’e.v” Z - ? ? //is i of the Flagship, Many in the In terest- Battle r of Ulustra- New | led Orleans. > W/.' p Articles Farragut \ .MMlijj Which ‘ * "'‘'gift ■ iay ’ ■ i Are Always August My &i | Number Naval H|jL Hearst’s Officer.” ... j-Y Magazine I decks around the guns whitewashed, so that the implements required in work ing the guns could be easily identified by the gunners as they picked them up tor use. To protect vital parts of the ships from the impact of projectiles chain cables were secur d to the ship's sides. As the Mississippi was a side-wheeler, we towed out cables in the coal bunk ers between the wheels and the boilers and machinery. ’ Her position in the advance was di rectly astern of the Pensacola in the first division, under Captain Bailey, while Farragut, with the Hartford, led the second division. Our orders were to keep in column, maintaining our proper distances. On the Hurricane Deck. Captain Smith of the Mississippi had ■ opposed trying to make the passage in the night. ' “I can not see in the night." he de clared. with Characteristic brevity. “I am going to leave that to you, Dewey. You have younger eyes.” He took charge of the battery, w hile T took up my post on the hurricane deck from which we handled the ship. For a map of 21 I was having my share of responsibility. I was also to have my baptism of fire. ' Adapting our speed to that of the Pensacola, which was without lights, as all the vessels were, we steamed ahead, while the booming of the howit zers and the swish of their shells through the air made music for our progress. Just as the Pensacola drew abreast of the forts the enemy discovered her 1 and opened fire. We were so near the forts that we could hear the commands of the officers. The Pensacola stopped and fired both broadsides, which at first ’ seemed to demoralize the enemy. A second time the Pensacola stopped and discharged broadsides; and it was soon evident from the fact that the ■ forts kept,on firing that although the mortars might reduce the fire from the 1 forts, they could by no means silence them; nor could the Pensacola, which ’ had the heaviest armament of any of ’ our ships, silence them except for a ' brief interval during the effect of her broadside. Therefore, all the ships. In ' order to get by, must run the gauntlet ■ of a heavy fire. Why Pensacola Stopped. t It was most puzzling to me why the I Pensacola had stopped, In view of the i orders to steam past without delay. I Either she could not resist pausing to I engage the forts, or else there was something wrong with her engines The latter, 1 believe, was the real reason. > At all events, she did stop twice, which ' < meant that w< also had to stop. Th< , Mississippi herself was already tin<l< r I t fire anti returning it. and while my at-j . teiitlon war ventvicd in trying to keep I TfiE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, AUGUST 26. 1912. FEATURES IN HEARST'S MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST Among- tlie interesting articles in Hearst's Magazine for Au gust— -now on sale at the news stands—are; “Startling Rev elations in Standard Oil Letters,” "The Autobiography of Ad miral Dewey," "The Inside of the Cup,” by Winston Church ill: "Are We Better or Worse Than are the Age Ancients?” by Gugliemo Herrero: “America's Chance in New China,” by Dr. Wu Ting-fang: "The Story of George Helm." by David Gra ham Phillips; “Captain Kidd on Wall Street." by George Ran dolph Chester; “My Eat her (W. T. Stead' and Spiritual ism, by Estelle W. Stead, and reviews of Science, Art, Fi nance and Politics by the ablesj writers. AUGUST NUMBER NOW ON SALE AT NEWS STANDS astern of the Pensacola, J received warning of an attack from another quarter. Farragut had assigned to us .Mr. Waud, an artist for an illustrated week ly. When he had asked for the best position from which to witness the spectacle, Captain Smith advised the foretop, where we had a 24-pound howitzer. Waud was an observant as well as a gallant man, and from the foretop he could see everything that was taking place, even better than we could from the hurricane deck. "Here is a queer looking customer on our port bow,” he called to me. "On the Port Bow!" Looking in the direction which he indicated. I saw what appeared like the back of an enormous turtle painted lead color, which I identified as the ram Manassas, which had driven the Fed eral ships from the mouth of the river the previous autumn, in the action called "Pope’s Run.” She was rebuilt entirely for the purpose of ramming, ’and if she were able to deliver t) full blow in a vital spot she was capable ol disabling ain ship in the fleet. The darkness and the confusion per fectly favored the role for which she was designed. By prompt action we might put a dangerous opponent out of commission before she had done any damage. There was no time in which to ask the advice of the captain, who was busy with the battery below. 1 called to starboard the helm and turn ed the Mississippi’s bow toward the Manassas, with the intention of run ning her down, being confident that our superior tonnage must sink her if we struck her fairly. But A. F Warley. her commander, a former officer <|f our navy, was too quick foi ii- Hi- last service had been | "ti the Mississippi in ’a round-the- I world < ruin He appreciated In i nn ■ mobility in comparison with the mo bility of his own little craft, and sheer ed off to ivoid us. Hot then sheering lin, Io manage,| t<> stilk< us a glam ing blow just abaft the port paddle wheel. It was the sturdy construction of the Mississippi that sayed us from serious damage. A Close Call. Throughout the passage of the forts fire rafts were coming down stream to add to the picturesqueness of the lurid scene and the difficulty of keeping our course. One of these rafts nearly’ brought the career of Farragut's flag ship to a close. It was pushed by’ a little 35-ton tug called the Mosher, manned by a dozen men under the com mand of a man named Sherman. To him belongs the credit of one of the most desperate strokes of heroism I have ever known. It is a.n example of how the South, with its limited re sources, was able to maintain its gal lant struggle for foul years against great odds. His tug had no guns and no.armor. In the face of certain destruction from the guns of the Hartford, Ue pushed the raft against the Hartford's side. The Mosher's captain and crew all lost their lives, as far as is known, but they had tile satisfaction of seeing flames darting up the Hartford rigging and bursting through the ports, which thanks to the discipline of her crew, were quenched. Hut though he had lost his flagship, Farragut would have gone past tin forts with what remained of his fleet. We may be sure of that. Out of Range of the Forts. In passing the forts, the Mississippi fired grape and Ave-second shell from alternate guns. I was surprised to see how well the forts stood our pounding and also how well we stood l heirs. Though the Mississippi had been hit a number of times, our loss iiad been trifling, two killed and a few wounded. The business of taking cate of the other vessels of the Confederate river defense squadion fell to the other yes. -* -of our fleet. The Mississippi had an individual stole to settle. Dawn wa v It ■ .iking <nd we were just milking out tin ships uioumi u . off the qua.annus station, when we sighted that persis tent ram Manassas coming up astern in her effort to attack the fleet a sec ond time. The work of the battery be ing over. Captain Smith was on the hurricane deck with me. M hile every’ minute was valuable, the Hartford, smoke-blackened from the fire which the fire-craft had caused, and looking a veritable battle-stained and triumphant veteran of war, came steaming by. Farragut was In her rig ging, his face eager with victory in the moining light and his eyes snapping. “Run down the ram!” he called. I shall never forget that glimpse of him. He was a very urbane man. but it was plain that if we did not run the Manassas -down, and promptly, he would not think well of us. I never saw Captain Smith happier than he was over this opportunity. He was a born fighter. “Can you turn the ship?" he asked me. I did not know whether I could turn her or not, but I knew that either I was going to do so or else run her aground. Indeed, the Mississippi had not yet made a turn in the narrow part of the river, and' it was a question if she could turn under her own steam, with out assistance. But with so strong an incentive at the first trial we succeeded beautifully. When Marley saw us coming he did not attempt to ram. He realized that the momentum of his 354 tons was no for our 1,692 tons when we were coming straight for him. As the Mis sissippi bore down on him, he dodged our blow and drove the nose of the Manassas into the bank. We fired two broadsides that wrecked her. Her crew began crawling ashore over her bows and Captain Smith Immediately sent a boat in charge of an officer to board and report her condition. He returned with Warley’s signal book and diary, to say that the outboard delivery pipes had been cut and that the .Manassas was sinking by the stern. The Mississippi. proceeding up stream, fouhd the fleet anchored seven miles above the forts at quarantine, and. as we steamed among the vessels, all the crews broke into hearty cheers for us over the news that we had | d Dr. E. G. 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But she was the fleet's only loss. From the time that the two red lights had given the signal from the flagship to get under way until we were at quarantine only five hours had elapsed. The fleet steamed from the quaran tine station to a point about fifteen miles below New Orleans, where it anchored for the night. Weary as we were, there was very little sleep for any one, as fire-rafts and burning ships were drifting past us all night. So far as we knew, the rest of the journey up to New Orleans would be without obstacles and In the nature of a parade. The next morning we we.re under way early, with everybody eager for a first sight of the city whose loca tion we knew by the smoke rising from the Confederate storehouses and ship ping ivhich had been set on fire. Our purser, an elderly man w’hose place in battle was below’ looking after the wounded, was standing beside me on the hurricane deck when suddenly bat teries opened fire from both banks of the river at the ships ahead. 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