The New England magazine . vernor Long, he ispopular with all classes. His appearanceis plain, but striking; and is still vividly re-called by the employees of the is short and stout, with broad stockyshoulders topped with an enormous came promptly and early to office, andusually carried with him a green bag wellstuffed with documents and papers. Hisrusty silk hat and cheap suit of ready-made NEW ENGLAND SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY 667 clothes contrasted oddly with the dress ofhis polished and well-groomed colleague inthe State Department, the late John Hay. Ina novel publish
The New England magazine . vernor Long, he ispopular with all classes. His appearanceis plain, but striking; and is still vividly re-called by the employees of the is short and stout, with broad stockyshoulders topped with an enormous came promptly and early to office, andusually carried with him a green bag wellstuffed with documents and papers. Hisrusty silk hat and cheap suit of ready-made NEW ENGLAND SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY 667 clothes contrasted oddly with the dress ofhis polished and well-groomed colleague inthe State Department, the late John Hay. Ina novel published some years ago, one of thecharacters, Mr. William Shortley, com-monly called Billy Shortlegs, was modelledafter Mr. Long. Shortley was very pop- as his ideal after-dinner speaker. He madehis points clearly, neatly, and with occa-sional vigor that was always surprising. Longs naval administration was themost noted one since that of SecretaryGideon Welles. Its brilliant prosecution ofthe war with Spain, with the memorable. William E. Chandler, Secretary of the Navy from 1882-1885 ular, well up in classics, and stands a goodchance of being Governor some day. Hewas a short man, with a corpulent bodyand a large open face; but he was a bornorator of a certain type. Rounded andpolished, mellow and musical, his sentencesrolled from his mouth in liquid cadence andperfect balance. Sir Hugh put him down achievements of Dewey at the battle of Ma-nila Bay and Sampson at the battle of San-tiago, are still fresh in memory. After thewar the building of the New Navy and theimprovement of the navy-yards and thenaval stations were greatly accelerated,and the naval expenditures were much in-creased. The reconstruction of the Naval 668 NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE Academy at a cost of $10,000,000 was be-gun; and the General Board, a most im-portant administrative body, was organizedunder the presidency of Admiral Naval Personnel Act, passed in 1899,was the most significant measure relatingto t
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