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What is General Merrit's first name? -- Zoe

Ah. I found it. -- Zoe ytt

According to www.history.navy.mil/bios/dewey_george.htm

George Dewey was commissioned Admiral of the Navy with date of rank 2 March 1899.

[edit] NADM?

I'm going to take out NADM from the intro and infobox, since it's sort of technical. It says he was an admiral soon anyway --AW 07:11, 12 November 2006 (UTC)