The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-24
PAUL JONEs's LAST VOYAGE.
TUG STANDISH WILL BEAR HIS
BODY INTO PORT TO-DAY.

Silent Fleet Of Nine warships Lies in
Annapolis Roads--Admtrai sigsbee
Pays . Tribute to French Honors-Ths
Ceremonies To-day VIII he Brief.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. July 2c.--John Paul
Jones will make his last voyage to-mor-
row, starting at $40 A. NJ. aboard the United
States tug standsh 1t will cross five
miles Of Chesapeake Bay and the Severn
River, starting from the side Of the cruiser
Brooklyn and ending at the dock at the
foot Of the grounds Of tho Naval Academy.
The standish will be attended by feet
OF navy launches and other small craft,
bearing the officers AND men OF the United
States feet and Of the French cruiser
Jurien de Ia Gravisre who are to participate
In the official ceremonies Of transferring
the body OF the Commodore from the
standish to the temporary vault In the
Naval Academy grounds.
The Standish will leave the dock out
ward bound at 7:3o A. NJ. Arran gements
were made to-day at a conference between
Admiral sigsbee and Admiral Sands by
which the coffin containing the body will
be lowered over the side OF the Brooklyn
in time for the start for shore at $50.
Of an exchange OF official calls. When the
belated citizen Of Annapolis had finished
| his breakfast and taken his customary stroll
out to the sea wall, bis eyes fell upon nine
warships lying quietly at anchor. Eight OF
these were the four cruisers that composed
the feet Of Admiral Sigsbee. which is off,
cially designated in the report as the John
Paul Jones squadron, and the four battle
ship conveys. The other was the French
cruiser Jurien de la Graviere, which dropped
in to the Annapolis Roads yesterday morn
! ing from Baltimore under orders from the
French Government to participate in the
ceremonies tomorrow. The feet came up
Chesapeake Bay yesterday afternoon in
face OF storm that seemed typical Of the
career of the Commodore. The formation
was double column, Admiral Davis's four
conveys, the battleships Alabama. Illinois,
Massachusetts, and Iowa, leading, and the
John Paul Jones feet, the cruisers Brook
Ign, Galveston, Tacoma and Chattanooga,
following. At Point Thomas, fifteen miles
below Annapolis. the ships dropped anchor
for the night, having reached there about
6P. NJ. Early this morning they got under
way and came up into the Annapolis Roads.
The fleet anchored in double column about
Ave miles out, the cruisers lying nearer shore,
about 500 yards behind one another, the con-
voys lying in a corresponding column Of
800 yards. The Frenchman lay thousand
yards away.
About IL o'clock launches began to
ply between the Naval Academy and the
fleet. Mail and provisions were carried
back and forth Salutes were not ex-
changed. At 8 o'clock in the morning Off
,..u's ss s ~sse the launch of the
dock and Admiral Sigsbee and his aid came
ashore to pay an official call on Admiral
Sands, superintendent OF the United States
and when Admiral sigsbee returned to
that Of Admiral Sands. They steered
straight for the Jurien de la Graviere and
running alongside, Admiral Sands and
Admiral Sigsbee. each IN his turn, made a
THE SON correspondent was invited to
accompany Admiral Sigsbee on his return
to the Brooklyn. The Admiral talked en-
Enthusiastically u the SUCCESS OF his mission
and the honors shown by the French Coy
eminent to the visiting fleet and to the
1T. was a magnificent tribute. generous
exaggerated it, said Admiral Sigsbee.
THE French people were generous in thei,
| tTlDute W VIC tcdu anu III lIFe
honors paid our own country. Our return
trip was without special incident. The new
cruisers stood the trip remarkably we'll
There was no break nor any stop for repairs
The only stop was to take soundings near
Nantucket, and that was brief. We saileo
on the sth and picked UP the Nantucket
lightship oy wireless on the 10Th. Through
this medium report was transmitted Il
the Navy Department at Washington. The
J next morning at g clock Admiral Evans I
flagship, the Maine. was heard from by
wireless to the southwark. Later in the
dav his squadron was joined also by all blu
the Iowa Of Admiral Davis's feet of foul
battleshipe. The Iowa joined the fleet or
the 22d, the day we entered the Cages
Then Admiral Evans dropped down tc
Hampton Roads, saluting the Brooklyn
as he ressed her. The second battleshit
squadron took up the lead in single column
In which formation the trip up the hay wat
made"
Admiral sigsbee said he was convinced
from what he learned in Paris that the identi
fication OF the body was complete. There
can DE no doubt whatever that We have
brou ght home the body Of John Paul Jones.
he brief Chaplain Clark OF the Nava
Academy will read the burial service,
prescribed bv the naval regulations. Tht
ceremony will not OCCUPY over 80 minutes
J Admiral Sigsbee will give dinner to-nor
row night in honor Of the French Cantsin o.
the Jurien de Ia Graviere. Admiral Sandl
and the captains Of the American fee
will be invited. At the conclusion Of thu
e.ercises Admiral Sigsbee's feet will 60 Il
Tomplsinsville, N. Y.