Washington, Apr. 16, High praise for Admiral Charies Butler MeVay, Jr. the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, was received today by Mr. Charles Francis Adams, the Secretary_of the Navy. Colonel Dwight F. Davis, the Governor General of the Philippine Islands, cabled to Secretary Adams praising not only Admiral MeVay but Captain Powell, the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Pittsburgh, former flagship of the United States Asiatic Fleet.
The Department of "the "Navy to-day announced that on her last voyage the Pittsburgh, now anchor in Manila Bay, 1s to proceed {to the eastern coast of the United States by way of the Suez Canal and {the 'SMediterrancan Sea. Upon her arrival in "America the veteran Jeruiser will be decommissioned votes to 251,
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