Dry-Dock Dewey At Journey's End

DRY-DOCK DEWEY AT JOURNEY'S END

Secretary Bonaparte Congratulates Commander Hosley on Arrival at Olongapo. 

WAS ADRIFT IN MID-OCEAN 

Twice Great Hulk Was in Serious Danger of Total Destruction. 

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 10,- Secretary Bonaparte to-day sent a cable message of congratulation to Commander Hosley at Olongapo for the successful management of the dry-dock Dewey on its long voyage from Chesapeake Bay, in which he said:

"Department deeply appreciates and sincerely congratulates you and the officers and men under your command upon the successful termination of such a difficult undertaking so admirably and excellently accomplished." . This message was forwarded through Rear-Admiral Train, commanding the Asiatic station. who arrived at Olongapo on the flagship Ohio in time to join in the demonstration of the honor of the safe arrival of the Dewey expedition 183 days after it sailed from Solomon's Island, Chesapeake Bay, having finished its perilous voyage of more than 12,000 miles with an average speed of over one hundred miles a day for the time it was in motion.

Twice in Great Peril

Twice the dry-dock was in serious danger. Its first trouble was late in February off the Canaries, where it struck a storm. and the hawsers connecting it with the towing fleet were broken allowing the great hulk to go adrift.  Again in the Mediterranean, not far from Malta, early in April, the dock broke loose from its companions and floundered about for a short time. Great credit is due Commander H. H. Hosley for the masterful manner in which he conducted the Dewey on the long voyage. Commander Harry H. Hosley was to-day detached from command of the supply-ship Glacier and from commmand of the expedition which towed tho dry-dock Dewey to the Philippines and authorized to return to the United States.

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