Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . wounded to the water. Lieu-tenant Dewey saw thisincident in all the dark-ness and fearful noise,and without hesitationhe jumped overboard,put his arm around thewounded sailor, heldhim until he got hisstrength again, andhelpedhim into shallowwater. Then he went back to his ship and ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^. ^^^_^ ^,^. ^ ,^,^^,^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^remained there until ^ JUMPED from THE BURNING SHIP, every man had left. This was an action after Farraguts own heart,and the admiral instantly meutioned him for promotion.
Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . wounded to the water. Lieu-tenant Dewey saw thisincident in all the dark-ness and fearful noise,and without hesitationhe jumped overboard,put his arm around thewounded sailor, heldhim until he got hisstrength again, andhelpedhim into shallowwater. Then he went back to his ship and ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^. ^^^_^ ^,^. ^ ,^,^^,^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^remained there until ^ JUMPED from THE BURNING SHIP, every man had left. This was an action after Farraguts own heart,and the admiral instantly meutioned him for promotion. Deweywas hardly out of swimming reach of the ship when the magazineexploded. One of the crew recalls an order given by Dewey that night for the15. 226 ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY. whitewashing of the decks, that the gunners might see to do their grimwork. The order, though an unusual one, was expedient, since all lightswere forbidden while the vessel slipped by the forts without being discov-evered. This reminiscence, says a recent writer, is of special interestnow, in view of the way Dewey made his entrance into ihe harbor atManila in the darkness of that early May morning, in 1S98, when hesank or wrecked the whole of Admiral Moutojos Spanish fleet. Other notable engagements in which Dewey figured during the civilwar were those at Donaldsonville in 1863, where he was on one of thegunboats, and at Fort Fisher in the winter of 1864-5, as an officer of theAgawam. Receiving his commission as lieutenant-commander in March,1865, he served for two years on the Kearsarge and the Colorado, andwas after this attached to the naval academy for a further period of twoyears. In 1870 he was given command of the Narragausett, and duringhis five years
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