New Year's reception at the White House. Admiral George Dewey, left front, and Navy officers starting for the White House from the State, War, and Navy Building (Now the Eisenhower Executive Office Building). Admiral Robley Dunglison Evans (August 18, 1846 – January 3, 1912) is third from front, right. Evans would command the Great White Fleet’s world circumference in 1907-1908.
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