The Record Union

ADMIRAL DEWEY'S HOMECOMING.

WILL START FROM MANILA IN ABOUT TEN DAYS.

The Trip to be Made Leisurely and is Expected to Occupy About Four Months' Time.

MANILA, May 13, 4:55 p. m.—Admiral Dewey will sail for New York by way of the Suez Canal on board the United States cruiser Olympia in about ten days. It is expected that the voyage will occupy about four months.

Admiral Dewey will leave for the United States as soon as he can arrange his business here and give full instructions for the management of the fleet to his successor. The United States cruiser Olympia, upon which Admiral Dewey will make the voyage home, will sail a leisurely trip, stopping at Mediterranean ports for some time to give the Admiral, the officers of the ship and the crew an opportunity for rest. Like all the Olympia's company, Admiral Dewey is much run down by his long stay in a tropical port, without change and under the rigid condition incident to a war footing.

All are delighted at the prospect of returning home. The officers have had little shore leave, and have been obliged always to be on shipboard by sundown. The crew have had still less leave, and show the effect of a year spent on a hot ship under an enervating sun.

The Olympia will proceed from Manila to Hongkong, where a fortnight will be spent in transforming the mud color which she was painted to white, having up to this time been unable to comply with the department's order to take on white paint. At Hongkong the cruiser will be coaled and provisioned for her further journey.

Admiral Dewey expects to retain his position on the United States Philippine Commission.

THE BOSTON TO COME HOME AT ONCE.

WASHINGTON, May 13.—Admiral Dewey to-day cabled the Navy Department from Manila that he had completed his plans respecting the Boston, and had concluded to allow the cruiser to come to the United States at once. The Admiral said nothing further as to his own return to the United States.

The officials of the Navy Department express some surprise at the announcement, through the Associated Press cablegram from Manila, that Dewey will occupy four months in the cruise, for this period is at least twice the time that would be required to make a straight cruise homeward. However, it is supposed that he desires to delay his arrival in the United States until the hot weather has passed, being already debilitated from his long exposure to the enervating heat of the Philippines. The Admiral will stop about two weeks at Hongkong, cleaning his ship and fitting out thoroughly for his homeward trip. He will also make stops at Singapore, Malta and Gibraltar.